RWBY Volume 6 Chapter 6 Reaction: Alone In the Woods

[@SenMysrana]

Note how Yang, affected by the Apathy's despair, starts looking for easy ways out and rationalizing those cop-outs. Just like her mother.

[@brandonmercer499]

O_O

[@SpiderandMosquito]

*deadpan* Oh great... thanks for pointing that out.... I don't like that woman

[@Merilirem]

@@SpiderandMosquito You shouldn't. She's Yang gone bad, as in food gone bad, not eeeviiilll.

[@eavv5837]

oof

[@eavv5837]

@@Merilirem honestly true, but i believe there's a tinnyyy bit of redemption, I guess it depends on what she does next.

[@wmxx2000]

You missed the biggest part of the Bartelby story. He was so Apathetic, any time he was asked to do something he would respond "I prefer not to". Eventually leading to him not eating, not leaving his office and eventually dying. The parallel in this episode was everyone saying "I'm tired"

[@Blazingstoke]

The Nuckelavee was bring-my-brown-pants terrifying, but it was the exciting kind of terrifying. The Apathy just *filled my soul with DREAD* . (I struggle against depression every day; the idea that it could be *weaponized* like that goes far beyond practically any other horror scenario I've ever heard of.)

[@andrewevers2420]

Weiss burning all that alcohol was probably cathartic for her considering her home life.

[@viviansytsui]

She probably sympathizes with Ruby having to deal with Qrow being such a heavy drinker :X

[@jamesvega6813]

@@viviansytsui yeah thats true but unlike Mrs Schnee.... Qrow still takes his job seriously and cant be counted on.... that being said we still dont know how the Lady of the house is really like... and to be fair...having a husband who you know doesnt really love you and cant even divorce him cause he controls all the money would suck balls so bad that not even a gay man would want that XP

[@andrewevers2420]

@@viviansytsui I sometimes wonder how supportive Weiss' mother was, and whether this downward spiral Qrow's on is familiar to her.

[@yamato0965]

Girls Night!

[@heyyaluvthis]

I never thought of Weiss setting the fire as her stopping the Apathy, but rather as a way to prevent other people from succumbing to the apparent safety of the house.

[@bskec2177]

I would call a group of Apathy a "Sorrow of Apathy." I think that encapsulates them a little better than a "Murder". Also, I think the noise they made were recordings of Gavin Free being struck in the genitals, slowed way down, and stretched out.

[@aidanquiett668]

Rip Gavin's balls

[@ashleyjohnson9651]

An abyss of apathy?

[@Merilirem]

Actually a "Depression of Apathy" makes more sense.

[@morlock2012]

A 'morass' of Apathy?

[@DavidKAnderson]

A "Whatever of Apathy." ;)

[@JJR93]

17:00 Ruby passes Will save, but fails the Dex check for being startled; 21:32 Blake nat ones her Will save. (In D&D terms)

[@wombataldebaran9686]

got allround levels in exhaustion. And then swarmed by the undead. That happens when your paladin is in the other side of the split party!

[@thetntraider]

The first time I saw this episode, I immediately started trying to brew the Apathy into a Shadowfell creature...

[@norahhitt104]

Maria is most welcomed character I've seen in an anime to come out of nowhere. Like she is just such a great mentor and in a few episodes has become one of those characters who will be dear to all of our hearts. I know it'll come when she probably dies at some point and I will absolutely lose it when that happens, but until then she is more than welcome to be around for the series.

[@nikecoro2606]

On Twitter Miles explains how he came up with the idea of the Apathy Grimm from looking at a weird skeleton/chuthulu type scarecrow on pinterest and the character Bartleby from a book he had read which dealed in depression and apathy. Apparently it was one of the first Grimm they made but they decided to wait to use it because they made them too strong to fight for our characters in Volume 1. He even showed one of the concept designs that came when making the form of the creature which took on a more horrifying spider like approach, except that idea was scrapped because it looked too fast. Man I love inspiration that can go into creature designing!

[@genericdreamers831]

Bartleby the Scrivener. That was the book.

[@genericdreamers831]

Bartleby the Scrivener. A short story about a secretary who straight up dies of depression. That's who he was based on.

[@Geth-Who]

Hey, Mister Guardian, look what you got drunk and FUCKIN' SLEPT THROUGH. I love how little patience Maria has for his horseshit, especially when he lets his alcoholism control him.

[@Eagle089]

Katie: "We're in Hell." My first thought: "I thought you were in LA, not Seattle."

[@coldsoul59]

So weiss burned a house down of apathy can she summon them now

[@Kiaxet]

I never knew I needed this until just now.

[@SenMysrana]

@@Kiaxet Imagine the effect being reversed. Weiss's summons having an AoE energizing/motivating effect. ...ye gods, imagine Nora in that field.

[@TheJeSTeR7530]

Well, the question is... Does she summon the Grimm or the House ? If RWBY Chibi taught us anything, it might be the House.

[@jamesvega6813]

shit i never thought of that XD

[@ashleyjohnson9651]

@@TheJeSTeR7530 does the house summon then become like the monster house from the movie monster house

[@opaldragon009]

Miles posted on Twitter that his three main inspirations for the Apathy were: a short story he read in college called Bartleby the Scrivener (like you guys looked up earlier), a creepy picture of a scarecrow he came across once, and the Reavers from Serenity (*SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIE* particularly, the effect that the experiments had on the humans that DIDN'T turn into Reavers.) In Bartleby's story, the narrator often mentions that Bartleby's response to work was that he'd "prefer not to," and Miles said that his version of that line was "I'm tired" as several characters continued mentioning, so there was quite a lot of stuff taken away from that! Another fun fact: they had come up with the concept for the Apathy before Volume 1 was even finished being written but they were way too strong to introduce that early on in the series. They were instead supposed to have their debut back in Volume 4 (or so I've heard, I can't remember if Miles said that in his Twitter thread or not,) but this point in Volume 6 proved to be the perfect time to bring them in thematically, since the characters were already at a low-point emotion/motivation wise (doubled with all those scenes focusing on Qrow's alcoholic tendencies lately.)

[@ravenhull]

The body in the tunnel matched the huntsman seen in the group photo. So, did he go on his own and get overwhelmed? Or did Bartleby do something?

[@funcoolfunfun]

Considering Bartleby was affected, most likely the Huntsman went on his own and got overwhelmed.

[@Lmolina90]

Yeah Bartleby stated in the journal that he had not even told his wife of his scheme to tone down everyone's emotions. I'm willing to bet that the CRWBY imagined that huntsman noticing something was off and probably saw some eyes looking back at him from the well. Not knowing the extent to Bartleby's folly the poor guy probably died a lonely and depressing death.

[@The_Game_Professor]

I think everyone's collective noun choice for the Apathy are too active. An *ennui* of Apathy.

[@TheLangenator]

martinkhall I like to think it would be a “whatever of apathy” since no one can be bothered to name them

[@andrewevers2420]

I swear the wait for this felt so long.

[@Arkatox]

Especially knowing they’re super into horror.

[@blackvial]

Now that we have Grimm that manipulate emotions we need more, like maybe one that causes rage

[@pumpkin2986]

uuuh, that would be really interesting

[@journey9411]

Omg yes! Make Yang go total berserk!

[@Just_Ch4rles]

@@journey9411 Oh god... Yang is alredy in rage mode because of Ozpin, if some grimm that causes rage appear she'll fucking murder someone

[@blackvial]

My idea for the rage grimm is that it in itself isn't a fighter but an infiltrator and it comes in packs. One wouldn't have to much of an impact but more would cause an increase in violent crimes and eventually cause mindless riots

[@time_dragon7]

My cat's a big baby, and loves to be held. Also, have you noticed that human based Grimm tend to be varying levels of twitchy and make lots of joint popping noises? Apathy, the "rider" of the Nucklavee...

[@funcoolfunfun]

Makes them much more horrifying.

[@emrys2619]

I distinctly remember on a aftershow you two did that Megan said she was pro “anything turning into a musical or horror movie” so needless to say I saw this and was like ohhhh she’s gonna love this

[@xenfast130]

I think someone mentioned on RWBY Rewind that the Apathy use those three long fingers to scramble up your insides.

[@sirdroolsalot12]

A fellow critter! I totally caught that Taliesin Jaffe quote and I love it!

[@ThatZeroChameleon]

"Life needs things to live" still one of the best quotes to date

[@kaosken]

Merry Christmas, always love watching your reactions! Also thank you for recommending Fred’s B/S. After two delicious orders covering everything from cookies, jam, and various brownies, I’ve decided that the only B.S. I need in my life is Fred’s B/S!

[@lizardkirby1196]

Kiaxet THANK YOU FOR ALL THE VIDEO'S YOU GUYS MADE, AND YOUR REACTION'S !! MERRY CHRISTMAS !!! 😆😊😁🎇🎄🎅🎁

[@rexamillion8446]

I call a group of Apathy a Depression of Apathy.

[@ginokallas1449]

Actually, it was a GRIMMSTONE episode

[@bskec2177]

During Volume 4, it was "Qrow dies and we riot" By the time we get to the end of V6, "Qrow can f-off and die"

[@jamesvega6813]

naaah i dont want him to die.... but he needs to man the fuck up

[@TheMhalpern]

No it's more, we will hate to see him go, but it makes sense to kill him at this point

[@cartooncrazy9883]

Michael Halpern why? Because ruby would lose her mentor figure? Cause that’s happening with his alcoholism, and him being alive results in her stepping up instead. Or if it’s because he’s not necessary anymore then I guess say bye to tai and raven and Weiss’ entire family and ironwood and the other teachers from beacon, cause they’re all dead now too. Idk, I just don’t think rwby is as dark as everyone seems to think. If it were I’m sure qrow would have died in volume 4.

[@sadi5713]

night vision doesnt work if people keep the lights on.

[@dresdenfan88]

First may I say Happy Holidays ladies! I say we never let Miles create any Grimm ever again...fuck the Apathy. Weiss had the right idea, we needed to burn that fucker down.

[@niteangel0496]

I think what Maria meant was that she is familiar with the signs that show Grimm were involved with the death/destruction of a group of people or maybe a small settlement or part of a settlement, but because the Brunswick farm was such a huge estate/settlement the pieces of information/knowledge she has on Grimm & the signs of their destruction conflicted with the new information presented to her. It probably also doesn't help that Maria is older than everyone (maybe around her late 70s-90s?), so chances are that there maybe some species of Grimm she never encountered because they just started popping up or she just never encountered them around the area she grew up in.

[@GeminiRosche]

Looking forward to hopefully getting a Silver Screams reaction to the Pet Semetary remake trailer. Seems right up your alley. If not, happy holidays and best of luck in the coming year!!

[@brianorblindsey8414]

Was waiting for this one, watched the last RWBY reaction 4 time because i just loved the horror vibe and both your reactions to it. Loved this!

[@billyp1836]

I hope to be as cool as Maria when I get that old.

[@Lmolina90]

Bartleby the Scrivener meets the walking dead, Day 5, meets Evil Dead. RIP the last huntsman who died in those water tunnels.

[@Reyn_Roadstorm]

I'm waiting for an Army of Darkness moment between Oz and Salem. Salem: You found me beautiful once. Oz: Honey, you got real ugly.

[@StoickTheTired]

Jim & Randall aka Nuckles & Nicole

[@KingsBard]

YES IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO SAW THE REDEAD CONNECTION! Also why do the guys from SoS have a better impression of Ruby XD

[@viridianfox6172]

Personally, I think that being touched by the Apathy would pretty much cause instantaneous total organ failure. My reasoning is because none of the people in the estate - excluding the individual in the tunnels- could have been touched by the Apathy. So, my point is this: just being in the proximity of the Apathy caused everyone on the estate to slowly stop functioning. Prolonged exposure would have led to their deaths, but I'm specifically talking about them slowly losing interest/ability to get out of bed and slowly starved to death. And if it went further, like in Bartleby the Scrivener, they may have stopped breathing all together. They're desiccated appearances could be caused by time passing.

[@ravenhull]

I’ve only recently got the ‘life needs things to live’ comment. Wish I was watching it back then.

[@funcoolfunfun]

This is my third favorite episode of the volume so far.

[@Geth-Who]

23:23 Also I SAW THAT YOU CLOSET CRITTERS YOU

"she burned through 8 volumes overnight." what's weird about that is that before the reveal of the Apathy, Maria read the 6th volume. but the one thrown away was the 8th.

[@namelessred8445]

The AMV Sōzō could have been a long ride

[@meravl7615]

Have you seen Serenity (Firefly's movie)? Because there is a little similarity there.

[@GeminiRosche]

Merry Scream-mas!

[@corym.m.3084]

I haven’t seen anything on Genlock. Going to wait for the show

[@Half_theBattle]

Love the Jonathan Coulton reference. Also, the journals are in ROMAN numerals? You just made Neo sad. ;)

[@ravenhull]

HalftheBattle1 the books used Roman numerals. There was a kid that looked like Roman in the family picture (along with a Neo’ish girl). Illuminate confirmed!

[@sonicboomkj]

It's hilarious the horror movie expert is eating this episode up.

[@gato23]

that Critical Role, Percy shout out tho.

[@jlokison]

Well Yang vs the Evil Dead, doesn't need a boomstick because her gauntlets cover that... the question is does she need an attachable chainsaw?

[@Jazz41173]

I knew you guys, especially Megan would love this ep. Also just saw the trailer for the movie US. It looks excellent, hope you guys can react to it.

[@shadowangel3995]

Katie, are you guys going to do Afterbuzz Gen-lock reactions?

[@Le7emeChat]

Wow, you're the first reactors out of a 15th react video of this episode whom get the zelda's redead reference.

[@constant5642]

Ruby from the future......

[@TheMhalpern]

They were redeads

[@PGT860]

"life needs things to live" Me: haha nice reference-- WAIT YOU WATCH CR?

[@derwynsharp5866]

I tried to use that website for Fred in your description, are they out of business because the site has expired.

[@starflame34]

Please tell me you have the next episode at least pre-recorded given the spoilers that happen in that episode.

[@Xercio]

8:57

[@wolfsaints]

I heard they based on a scarecrow

[@LuisTY]

Those brownies look soooo delicious 😍

[@Kiaxet]

They're just as good as they look :Db

[@K0RRAI]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[@mixednarwhal]

Slender man vs scp 096 but they are more of a scp 096 then slender man

[@TenebrousFilms]

Are you aware that the artist of the "This is fine" dog got so sick of the meme, they did a follow-up in which things were not, in fact, fine?

[@scottsheaves9102]

would anyone be interested in cameos of team SSSN CFVY NDGO BRNZ CRDL FNKI ABRN fighting grimm in the background as part the shows finale

[@wolfsaints]

The movie was so scary the computer didn’t even wanna play it lol