The Apathy: The Best Part of RWBY Volume 6

[@Blizzic]

Hey dudes. Here's where I've been, if you're wondering: kzbin.info/door/LTwCXoMcff_mpeGduZ0G7Acommunity

[@Grimatlasproductions]

wall said bilzz :D.

[@Alloutgamer-ur8vu]

Thank goodness I Thought you were setting up for a jump scare at the end so I waited with but your phones off LOL

[@mediaocrity4]

The Brunswick Farm stuff was probably the strongest part of the Volume, which is saying a lot because this Volume was pretty solid.

[@ProxyDoug]

It wasn't original, so it kind of says a lot.

[@hawaii5298]

Nice little touch at the end

[@lordeclipse9069]

If I'm being honest, I'd genuinely say the Brunswick Arc may be 1 of the best Arcs in RWBY to date. V3 still takes the top spot to me but I honestly think this Arc is very close/rivals the fall of Beacon. It's just so increadibly relateable (for me especially since Apathy is a lifestyle I've fallen way too deep into...) and together with the impossible quest reveal to the cast, it all just fits together so well. Definitely will be one of my favourite arcs for a *very* long time. Nice to see you back here too haha

[@liveonguitar5625]

Oh hey, it's the return of the lowkey best RWBtuber

[@Blizzic]

(you made me blush redder than your average anime girl)

[@liveonguitar5625]

@@Blizzic "The Villain Problem" got me into media analysis :)

[@Blizzic]

@@liveonguitar5625 That's awesome!

[@obara7366]

As someone so invested in and fascinated with the academia of storytelling, horror is a big draw for me, because the ability to truly cultivate fear and unease in someone through 3rd hand means seems absolutely incredible and fascinating. As such a person, this was a fantastic video essay. You seem like a dude who'd be great to talk about screenplays and film academia with.

[@camerongrow6426]

Beutiful video, your sign off frightend me more then I expected.

[@Blizzic]

EXCELLENT

[@HanayoSora]

That was really well done~! The apathy is definitely my favorite grimm alongside the nuckelavee because of the reason you pointed out :) Very well done!

[@phantomnite]

The Apathy is definitely the best villains in volume 6. Such great Intresting monster design. One of my favourite parts about their creation is the fact miles took inspiration from serenity, which is a movie from the firefly series. There's a planet the cast visits but everyone on it died due to apathy. Such a cool creepy thing to base a monster around

[@vicente8107]

Excellent video, the Apathy is truly one of the best enemies in the series and this was one of the best arcs of the show. What are your final thoughts on Volume 6?

[@Blizzic]

Some of the character arcs just kinda...failed to finish strong after this, but for the most part, it was a jam.

[@Da_caffeinated_insomniac]

I enjoyed it the beginning was amazing but cordovin was just a waste of a villain but the rest was pretty good (and Adam dying was planned by monty to happen earlier so it wasn’t really a waste of a character since this was planned for him)

[@dreadrath]

"Apathy is death."

[@samxaveir5463]

wow such deep analysis damn u deserve more views and subscribers

[@Blizzic]

Sam Xaveir thanks bro

[@samxaveir5463]

@@Blizzic mention not u deserve even more

[@jaxongedden7174]

This is what bothers me. The grym are clearly defined, have a wide variety of types, and obviously antagonistic by nature. Yet every single character seems determined to do their work for them by unilaterally indulging negative characteristics to an absurd degree without recourse.

[@LunaP1]

Oh shit. One of those things are hiding under his floor boards, isn’t it?😱

[@orange_text]

love your use of the rwby score in the video! the soundtrack's highlighted songs are good, but jeff did a great job with the background music throughout the show. really liked the video overall, just this detail popped into my mind while listening.

[@dylw4667]

What a mood. Great editing and tying all your points together without really leaving lose ends. Keep on going, even dragging your feet moves you along a little

[@vicente8107]

Omg a video from Blizzic! If I am dreaming don’t you dare wake me up!

[@estaticethan1752]

9:49 You are a mad man! I love it. PS: I like the video and the arc. Perhaps, RWBY should do more horror with Grimm to show how bad they can really be as supposed to them being cannon fodder. As well as the too much of a good thing is a bad thing.

[@frozenearth2074]

Loved this, thanks a lot for sharing! It's great to see the highlights ofnte volume discussed, there were a lot of them!

[@ezgiacik2371]

Great video man! I love it when people explore the themes of rwby than just ragging on it! I hope to see more from you in the future!

[@firdawsjetbohpal2823]

I love this video. You succeed to describe the Grimm by integrating different concepts. ❤️

[@pinkpaesh3474]

Changed my Life. I have a pretty emotional bound to this episode

[@soareverix]

You're back! Oh man! I ended up watching the entire series of My Hero Academia just so I could watch your commentary video on it. 100% worth it!

[@ragingmonkeycritic]

I listen to the soundtrack of your videos and you are a man of culture

[@tdfern1]

I really glad to see your video on RWBY especially I have been drowning in negativity by other KZbinrs who have just gave up on RWBY or just trashing the series & characters. Thank you.

[@vicente8107]

What KZbinrs have you been watching? Mediaocrity4 and Unicorn of War have been pretty positive in this Volume.

[@tdfern1]

@@vicente8107 I won't deny that although they are still objective on both the pros & the cons. I mean other KZbinrs such as Adel Aka, Vexed Viewer, Muffin Man Dan, and EruptionFang (well he has been fair as well)

[@vicente8107]

​@@tdfern1 ehhh, from those the only one I would call decent would be Vexed Viewer, and just decent enough for me to care about his opinion and point of view, I have been unsubscribed from the rest.

[@tdfern1]

@@vicente8107 yeah Adel Aka just seems want to trash RWBY whenever the opportunity and just for the LoLs. Muffin Man Dan just up and quit all because his favorite character wasn't given a proper chance. Vexed Viewer is decent but his recent message post seems like he is going to be done with RWBY this time, at least that's what it came across. Eruption Fang well he is also okay and I did like video analysis of Adam becoming wasted potential. Also Hero Hei is also kind of decent, if you heard of him. Recently even Digibro made a video about RWBY just his own ramblings a rant if you will, he never really watched the whole show.

[@vicente8107]

@@tdfern1 The "I give up?", I doubt it, he already has his Chapters 12 and 13 scripts ready. And he said in Twitter that this Volume had one of the best finales, even though that is more because he thinks that most finales are kinda mediocre in this series.

[@garousolos4614]

I don’t see why they can’t beat Salem. Being immortal isn’t the same as being unbeatable, trap Salem somewhere or something.

[@patrickfrost9405]

Put her in the closet.

[@phantomnite]

I mean she's also part Grimm basically.... just get ruby to use her silver eyes

[@penguin123446678]

11:58 i'd much rather say that qrow would feel much worse about being useless and failing to protect the kids because of his drinking, on top of blaming his cosmic bad luck that they got there in the first place.

[@ColorOfTheSky_]

14:47 and we never see him again.

[@Woolint]

5:20 That sound scared the living hell out of me I popped my earbuds out quickly to make sure I wasnt hearing something outside, Thank you. Dont do that again.

[@gabrielseaborn257]

so, you're finally awake...

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

I can relate to this particular story so very much. For a while, the only way through each work day was to repeat a mantra. "Think nothing, feel nothing, be nothing. You are nothing, as long as you are here." I'm afraid that nothing we do here matters, unless we can defeat an impossible enemy, time and death themselves, before we are sucked into the empty void the universe came from.

[@vicente8107]

And curse you. How dare you use Hollow Knight music? It’s such a sad, depressing and beautiful music.

[@tdfern1]

The music at the beginning?

[@vicente8107]

@@tdfern1 nope, at 8:00, best Metroidvania and indie game of 2018

[@vicente8107]

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[@TheDimensionDweller]

Honestly, the Brunswick Arc is what got me back into watching RWBY after quitting towards the end of Volume 5.

[@StevyJoe]

I really like the apathy. Although when I first saw this thing. I was excited thinking of it being a wendigo grim or a creature a hopelessness and hunger (themes I felt where shown in the early part of the arc) but I was really dissapointed seeing the apathy. Then i heard about the twitter fiasco and then all hope for a cool a potentially one of the strongest grimms faded away...

[@bryanemilius1606]

Twitter fiasco?

[@lukebarroso449]

I loved the Brunswick farm episodes the most in volume 6, so creepy and really interesting story.

[@jeremyrosal6049]

What is that game at 0:40 where you can't move the PS4 controller?

[@Blizzic]

Jeremy Rosal Until Dawn. Pretty funny horror movie simulator.

[@jeremyrosal6049]

@@Blizzic - Oh, thank you for the answer!

[@ieatsand9259]

I thought I heard Hollow Knight music lol! Love this channel

[@angelmarques3124]

2:18 he he he, lusus naturae sounding in the background

[@Saurus990]

Hey man, this vid was pretty good. So here, have some algorithm boost!

[@moonknightress5059]

The Apathy where already fucked up enough, can you imagine a false Hydra Grimm !?

[@JesseGolo]

When you put it like that, the Brunswick arc was pretty good. If only I wasn't completely taken out of it by how dumb the Ozpin conflict had been

[@wyatttingle2590]

Quick thing whats your opinion on the rwby soundtrack? Just wondering

[@Blizzic]

As a whole it's amazing. If we're just talking about this volume though...it's amazing.

[@mzaid8437]

I have a feeling the knuckelavi's physical form is inspired by scp 1153

[@irongeneral7861]

Nice channel theme. Think I'll stay a while.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Hey buddy we never finished talking about Atlas

[@pinkseductionnsfw9404]

EXCELLENT :)

[@theironrhino110]

So...who else is watching this video for the fifth straight time?

[@Blitzunivrse]

Regular dude: this apathy sucks!! This guy: Let me shut you down :3

[@Gamer1288]

8:46 They WEREN'T told that. They were told that nothing OZMA does matters.

[@PaperThinnGlennHall]

if you need to focus on school and bettering yourself. do that, don't worry about little old us

[@Tigerman1211]

hey it's you again. nice

[@caylya7869]

They took there time on this episode and adapted there inspiration and idea really well. Maybe that’s why a lot of outside fans liked it but not the rest. I think rwby’s only problem is taking there time with there ideas.

[@phantomnite]

RWBYs main problem is the writing, and the fact miles and Kerry don't know how to write Interesting characters. But the fact they write episodes like the apathy episode and the latter half of volume 3 and the first episode of volume 8 is very annoying, cause they're showing they can write Intresting story's if they put the time and effort into it

[@key6955]

"Romance with Sun"......ahahahahah

[@Blizzic]

I know, right? I was so used to gay ships being “not canon” at the time that I didn’t even consider how they were actually heading that direction. Feels silly in hindsight xD

[@key6955]

@@Blizzic Same! However I really liked with what they did with Sun. He didnt push for anything romantic when he understood that what Blake needed was a friend. So that's what he became. No ulterior motive just a friend and shoulder to cry on.

[@mikedude2724]

Can you do a review on Volume 6?

[@Blizzic]

- GamehunterMC - I don’t think I’ll ever do a video on volume 6 specifically, but I’ll probably end up talking about it more in the future.

[@mikedude2724]

@@Blizzic Aww man! I wanted to hear your thoughts on volume 6 as a whole!

[@fernandobonsanti3240]

[Rant]DUUUUDE! How come your computer just breaks like that? no fair. I missed your videos, wtf. I thought you died or some shit, never disappear like that again.[/rant] Now, back to the video. I totally agree with everything... most of the time i too felt uneasy and tired, and that part when you said "it was out of character" i thought that but couldn't bring it to words, and it made their journey more realistic, because they never took a step back to think what they were really getting into, even if salem WAS killable, we are talking about killing the "mother of grimm", and they went head-on like this was a vacation trip, even AFTER Pyrrha's and Penny's deaths... the shock was necessary so we could start taking RWBY Series more seriously. This episode was so good, but unfortunately (and to surprise a total of 0 fans) they messed things all over again. I do feel like they are improving, but SO GODDAMN SLOWLY... they are TRYING to make ruby a proper protagonist, and when i get my hopes up here comes miles and kerry to destroy everything, again. I believe they are taking all the criticism to heart, but they lack experience for the task and things are now too fast for them to handle so they need a break (HELLO ADAM). And things got worse because this was the first finale i wasn't happy or sad, or anything... i was apathetic. (pun intended) On a side note (and speaking of which) it's okay for you to take a break and breathe, but next time try to warn us that you're alive, so we don't worry something happened to you, ok? (ok i just saw that you actually warned us, and for some stupid reason i didn't see that... my bad)

[@lilsoonerfaninmo]

Can I mention how I loved the shade thrown at Smash Ultimate? Its completley irrelevant but goddamn I love me a good roast

[@jackalzirson2631]

Seriously, salems immortal? SO WHAT victory isnt as simple as life or death, or as hopless as they fear, not a single character will act like its worth it to keep fighting with everything they have. So i cant tell if im just wierd or not but my first response to that reveal was "so what? Keep trying" the show is trying to be so realistic that its unrelatable at this point

[@HiImAiden]

I agree. Thats the comment.

[@brysond5131]

The best parts were the nerfs it was hilarious

[@MisteRRYouTuby]

Sadly the best part this Volume can produce is entirely skippable and it would not affect the story in any way.

[@Blizzic]

Michael Rivers That is incredibly false and half of my arguments in this video are in praise of the fact that this arc is so essential to the larger story and character arcs.

[@MisteRRYouTuby]

@@Blizzic Yet the very next chapter negates that the moment they get a call from Jaune's scroll. Don't misunderstand, your video is VITAL to watch in order to explain the Apathy in greater detail...but with very minor dialogue changes that arc would be completely sidestepped and nothing WOULD change. It is a filler arc, after all.

[@sandraswift7280]

volume 6 was so good, especially this arc, but damn, when will they start taking ruby's character development seriously?

[@metaman9952]

hahaha 420 likes lol

[@Gigamokin]

Oh hey remember when rwby was good, me too. Then it crashed and burned. It was made worse in contrast by how well this volume was going with arcs like this one.

[@scott.727]

It was ok I guess

[@redgeoblaze3752]

Honestly, as much as we don't want another season of nothing, I would have liked volume 6 a lot better if it had ended after the apathy.

[@lordsurvivor5663]

i love how people can reach this hard to make fodder sound interesting, any threat that can be killed in hone hit by a majority of the heroes who aren't even engaging their special abilities makes for a very weak enemy to go up against. The storm troopers are fodder for example but have the numbers and resources over the rebels as well as two powerful sith lords at the helm so are still a threat to most of the world. The grimm are weak, goal oriented creatures who at the most manage to hit a character who's on screen or kill characters we know nothing about, it doesn't help either that none of the villains but Salem are any threat at all and on most occasions lose in their own right multiple times, that and the grimm don't listen to any of the villains but Salem so they really aren't a force that can be lead by the villains as a whole Finally Salem isn't menacing or oppressive, people get on just fine even with her scheming for years, it also doesn't help that her backstory is legit being the wizard tropes ex gf who hates the gods for being meanies but yeah, i get it the Apathy were the only EFFECTIVE GRIMM but only if ever again managed to kill fodder nobodies off screen prior to their appearance. When faced 7 potential victims they just can't catch a break simply cause the main characters happened to show up.

[@ProxyDoug]

Personally, I found it was a bad moment for that arc since the characters were already giving up on their quest before reaching the farm. Also, the arc was "inspired" by Joss Whedon's 2003 film Serenity. I know Miles twitted about it, but I think more people should know about that since this arc gets so much praise.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Well The Apathy seized upon it and used it to their advantage

[@kaiserzer0468]

It’s just a shame that the final act of this volume was terrible

[@jakesantiago3740]

The video is good, but some things questionable and I hope you would understand what I am saying 1.) Your definition of horror is somewhat bland. The strength of horror lies in the unfiltered truth about the dark subject matters, unlike dark fantasy where we only get a glimpse because it is only for show 2.) The placement of the Apathy Grimm is my biggest nitpick since they could an obstacle at the ruined city near Mount Glenn in volume 2. It would give our heroes and villains to do, and we know why that city is abandoned and no one huntsmen ever returned from that ruin. It is one perfect way to integrate the Grimm, while not feeling out of placed 3.) The characters defeated by the Grimm who pose no physical threat would be embarrassing, yes I know about the psychological powers of making people sleepy, but their powers were stop by the use of silver eyes. Which symbolises the moon, ironically, could even vaporise the Grimm if near Ruby in a 3 meter radius I think 4.) The filler arc, (and yes it is filler, accept it), being better than the main story is more embarrassing than the MC’s losing to the Apathy Grimm, since it shows that Miles and Kerry can’t write something the didn’t even created 5.) The purpose of the Farm arc was to show Ruby’s Lazer eye powers, and show the apathy Grimm, so M&K could throw the concept at their writing bin. Even though the climax was anticlimactic itself 6.) Aside from Ruby getting a new power-up and the identity of Maria. None of the characters even developed at all that isn’t I’m sleepy Hey, at least it is less contradicting and illogical than your videos on Plot Holes and your review in Infinity War

[@Blizzic]

I don't think you understand what "filler" is.

[@jakesantiago3740]

Blizzic, I’ve watch through the bleach anime, so I know what a filler arc is, and you didn’t really see both number 5 as a continuation of the previous point

[@vicente8107]

Jake Santiago yeah. You really don’t understand what filler is. Filler arcs in anime are original anime arcs created to give time to the manga. You can skip it and nothing would be lost. If you skip this arc you miss important character development and set up that is used later.

[@jakesantiago3740]

Vicente 810, what kind of character development did happen in the abandoned farm Qrow’s alcoholism? It did nothing to him but make him look weak from the ONLY adult capable of keeping the teenagers safe from salem’s chaos syndicate Ruby’s powers? The power outbursts from volume 3 and 5 could be retroactively fit in the last half of volume 6 The characters’ melancholy? It’s not caused by the MC’s lack of faith to Ozpin, but by the Grimm and its just really lazy The Apathy Grimm? Miles said that it won’t fit in other scenario besides in this filler arc. So we won’t see them ever again, if they’re doing another horror-based story arc ever again The things I listed are artificial plot points made in this filler arc, which who have been put in anyway if the animators finished modelling Argus before episode 3. Nothing would have changed if the Farm was taken out

[@vicente8107]

Jake Santiago Ruby’s power. Maria telling her the basics on how to use the power. Qrow’s depression. Blake and Yang problems.