~~PENNY'S NOTEBOOK~~ - "'Return' to the Ever After" - Environments are insanely pretty - CC can nudge people into "ascending" - Purposes can change - No memory, like reincarnation - "Ascension" is more like recycling and def sounds a bit sketchy - Memories go away but heart remembers - TGWFTtW not 100% accurate - not written by Alyx? - Ruby at her limit, doing self-soothing gestures - "Can't remember all that" Ruby is so AuDHD-coded - Bees being cute - Emotional support Little - Sound + visual design when Blacksmith appears is very good - Blacksmith is Mysterious Narrator from trailer - "Nothing, no one is ever truly lost" IN REFERENCE TO PENNY'S SWORD??? - Penny come back will come back (copium) - "Little is Penny" theory - Reflection of Penny in sword - weapons are an extension of a person - Forging butterfly wings - symbolic for Ruby this volume - Blacksmith could be person who "reclaims" and "repairs" people - Little saw everything too - not just in Ruby's head - PENNY'S SWORD BECOMES ALYX'S DAGGER?? - SUMMER ROSE AHH - "Carrying a large burden" Ruby framed w/ Summer's weapon behind her - has been carrying mother's legacy since start - Ruby doesn't mention ANYTHING she just saw to her team - WBY aren't therapists, Weiss's banter with Ruby comes across as harsh here but is perfectly in-line with their typical dynamic - CC is a cat - Emblem is a "mother's promise" - promise to come home? - Jabberwalker can stop ascension/reincarnation cycle - CC can change a person's purpose? Bird's eyes are glowing - Rusted Knight is Jaune!!! - Never fixed sword - still carrying burden - Mile's voice work is excellent - Love the bunny-deer design - WBY back to normal size - Barb headcanons Yang ate enough to be *slightly* taller than she was originally lol - Another BOP from Casey - Neo can clone Jabberwalker - clones can still SPEAK - WBY still going thru it as well - Blake fangirling is funny - Bunny-deer is named Juniper = JNPR (pain) - OLD JAUNE - Greying hair + degraded armor = LOTS of time has passed - Was the Rusted Knight from Alyx's story too? - Ponytail tied by a shred of red sash?

Not to spoiler here, but the 2nd episode of RWBY Beyond specifies how long Jaune was there alone. It was.... a LONG time