RWBY: Top 10 Worst Designs

[@twiinsiink]

I deleted the pinned comment because people kept trying to fight with me. I'm so tired of feeling like this. It's just a funny top 10 video.

[@MrChad-tt5oi]

Lmao, people fought you over the funny top 10 vid? Kinda cringe, they must have a lot of time.

[@koikat6638]

They really didn't listen to "this is just my opinion" huh. That always sucks, and i hope you don't get more!

[@Silver_Red4248]

I can't believe people are actually getting triggerd by this

[@KokaKola633]

@@Silver_Red4248 ikr

[@aramis9331]

It do be like that.

[@MIR_ilmenite]

You know Monty's whole mindset with designing his characters were so that they were easier to cosplay as, and if you see no one cosplaying any rwby designs in volume 4 and beyond that should say something.

[@iatemycat5320]

THATS WHAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST!!! That was the point of their clothes and they just throw it out of the window

[@supersparrowJ]

There are some good outfits for cosplay, like V4 Weiss, but where the designs really started becoming too much for me was V6 onwards. Try cosplaying as V7 Weiss or Blake, you’ll look ridiculous.

[@whiteraven562]

I can believe that. I was able to put together a Neo cosplay almost entirely from stuff I already owned. The only thing that needed to be made was her jacket (and I bought a wig). Neo's new look? I have no idea how I'd cosplay that.

[@MIR_ilmenite]

@@whiteraven562 Imagine trying to cosplay Blake, and Weiss's new outfits.

[@iatemycat5320]

@@MIR_ilmenite Blake is horrendous and weiss is too much

[@ashdalbey4700]

They honestly should have given Robin two designs, one for when she is being a freedom fighter, and another for when she's being a politician. It's absolutely ridiculous that every character wears one outfit all the time. I get that is for utility to some extent, but that is no excuse for characters that aren't actively fighting all the time

[@KikiCatMeow]

Yeah, I mean you'd think if you're running for council in one of the most PRESTIGIOUS KINGDOMS you wouldn't show up to important meetings looking like a homeless goblin, they should've gave her something at least SLIGHTLY formal

[@j3ssthealien283]

Or have them maid Marion character run for office because in the Robin Hood mythos Robinhood is a disgraced nobleman and can't come back however his lady maid Marion has some political power

[@Nighthowlerschannel]

I think Mercury's eye color is actually a cool concept even if RT will do nothing with it. Silver Eye warriors, as provided with proof and even Maria outright saying it, draw their powers from the love of those around them. In this case, Mercury doesn't have anyone who he loves. His father was abusive and we have no idea about his mother or if he has any siblings. The only true relationship ties he has is Emerald, but it's on a more coworker level. The idea that a silver eyed warrior cannot even use them because they have no love is interesting and would make a good character arc for Mercury.

[@lucasrobin2788]

If I could only say one thing to the RWBY designers it would be: your show is about COLOUR. it’s a massively central theme to absolutely every aesthetic element. It’s written into the character creation rules. The show is an acronym for Red, White, Black, Yellow. In-universe, almost everyone is named after a colour AND they all have a specific colour associated with their aura and semblances. So why on earth do we get terrible colour theory like Robyn’s outfit or Ruby’s Mistral outfit or that random team that JNPR fought in Vol 3?? Seriously, if you can’t think of anything else, just slap a primary colour and a secondary colour onto a neutral background and call it a day. You know what colour Robyn’s aura is? Purple. It’s purple. That’s the colour of her eyes and the colour of her semblance. Not green, not red - purple. It’s like Tyrian all over again - but at least Tyrian’s outfit was completely neutral so they could add whatever colour they wanted and it didn’t clash.

[@TheXBladeist]

I love how passionately frustrated you are. A shame the folks at the show know naught of color theory.

[@lucasrobin2788]

@@TheXBladeist I adore the show and today’s episode was definitely my favourite episode of the entire series but GOD sometimes the show creators don’t understand their own show. Colour theory: out the window half the time Fight scenes: they clearly did not understand that Montys fight style was absolutely integral to the show when they opened V4 with the godawful Rock Geist and Blake + Sun v Water Grimm fights. Magic/Maidens/Aura/Semblances: literally everything that a Maiden can do could be accomplished by giving Weiss or Glynda enough dust crystals. And don’t forget, Ruby transforming into a stream of independent rose petals with enough speed to create a wind tunnel is not magic, but seeing Raven transforming into a normal raven is. Despite that illusion semblances exist. Fiona has a personal pocket dimension ffs. I am going to balance this by saying V8 has been phenomenal, with fantastic pacing, great worldbuilding, and excellent characterisation especially for Ironwood, Cinder, Ren, Nora, and Penny. The Grimm have been terrifying, ironwood’s fall from grace has been excellently written and performed, and the visuals are amazing. The explosion today?? The red Cinder flashbacks?? The terror on Emerald’s face when she faces Salem?? This is RWBY at its best. Truly.

[@TheXBladeist]

@@lucasrobin2788 Yeah, it feels like they don't take it seriously half the time. As someone who really enjoys colour theory, I'd love for the show to be more careful of how they handle it, but alas. Yeah, I remember that one weird headbutt in the ace ops fight and laugh every time. Well, thats kinda what happens when you make your show without givinh much thought to the rules and all that. I still distinctively remember when Yang punched that guy and he pinballed his way out of the store. It was meant to be comedic, but later was explained he didn't even have a rubber semblance to bounce like that. I've not been watching since the subscritiption is too much in my country's money, but I'm glad to hear thats the case!

[@sketchycat6223]

I feel like after volume 3/4 they just lose that color idea. Like seriously they literally put Blake in so much white and it kills me.

[@ledge-magee]

I know right? Lincoln green was right there for Robyn, free of charge. Like come on.

[@richman6974]

Top 10 most medium designs when?

[@emectric1455]

That is the hardest one

[@connorrichardsonx5105]

Top 10 upper quartile designs when?

[@aceg.rookie]

Top 10 mildly-subpar designs?

[@Choicexband]

10 designs

[@Messiah.Complex]

Meh

[@cherrydreampalladin9784]

If I had ONLY one pick: Robyn, for the clear lack of creativity. She is based from Robinhood which could lead to so many cool designs for the "chaotic good rouge" character but they instead went for whatever she is wearing and none of the cool elements of her fairytale to be seen. Worst of all she is important to the plot so we can't just ignore her presence

[@flowersandcheesecake1710]

You can’t even tell what’s she based on until you hear her name, you can’t even go “Oh that’s why they did that” For the design, her design pissed me off the most and made me hate her even more......

[@exloster9624]

Honestly I wouldn't have even minded if the rest of her companions stayed the same, but the fact they were that lazy with her outfit design is such a shame. Even just a.. idk.. forest green jacket and boots would of done something.

[@flowersandcheesecake1710]

@@exloster9624 Yeah pretty much all of them have long coat, long coats aren’t the only coat that can help you with the cold!

[@thenintendnub64]

One of my biggest issues with her design (other than that the colors are really ugly to look at) is that they didn't give Robin Hood a hood. I can understand if the hairstyle of the character wouldn't allow for it, but c'mon. She doesn't have to wear it. Heck, Ruby doesn't wear hers at all minus the beginning of Volume 8 and she still has one. How did they screw that up? Edit: I just now realized she did have a hood, but I couldn't tell until I saw the concept art. You'd imagine it'd be easier to see, perhaps being green? Heck, I thought she was just wearing an ugly brown scarf. Ruby's hood is a bright red. I can actually see it on her model. It stands out. Robyn's hood doesn't.

[@cherrydreampalladin9784]

@@thenintendnub64 Yeah either changing the color or giving her a different short hairstyle to make the cape a much more important element on her design would have been good

[@thatcringeboi7080]

Maybe just me but it would’ve been better if Weiss cut her hair instead of Blake. It could represent her rebelling against her daddy and what not. Plus she does look cute.

[@YourLadyStar]

I think I remember her concept art for v7 showed that they did consider cutting her hair short and it actually looked really good. It really emphasized her rebelling against her father, ditching the heiress look, and becoming her own person.

[@Syfa]

One of the things I hate the most about Nora's new designs is that they've gotten rid of the harness/girdle for her, which looked *great* because it was suggestive that she was physically powerful in a subtle way. It looked like a weightlifters harness in some ways, which is used to try and prevent herniation while lifting stuff. It also served as a callback to her Mythological inspiration: Thor, who wore the belt Megingjord (the "Power-belt") which was supposed to enhance his strength. Furthermore her original design at least looked *girly* which was part of her character too. I'd have loved to see the design develop so that the harness was adapted to deliver the electricity her semblance uses, or help store and absorb what she produces (cause she is supposed to be able to produce electricity). I feel like she has steadily gone downhill with her designs to the point where she is just "kingdom hearts" now and doesn't even look like she belongs in the same series as the rest of the characters. Ren on the other hand has improved in quality, I always associate him mentally with a dragonfly, and his image looks great for it.

[@floofzykitty5072]

Weiss' design actually changed the way she fights. If you look at Weiss design, it is very close to stereotypical "ice sorceress" rather than "graceful figure skater". This change turned her sword into what is basically now a magical wand/staff, and her main form of attacking is basically just casting spells using her seemingly limitless surplus of dust she should no longer have access to.

[@williamharmon4039]

I get your points about Cinder's outfit and you make a good case, but I wanted to make one random interjection. I think the bandages are supposed to be a sarashi: a long strip of cloth, usually thick cotton, wrapped tightly around the midriff up to the chest. Historically worn under kimono both by samurai (to resist injury) and by women (for more "obvious" reasons, particularly in eras when a slim figure was considered fashionable), its association with warriors has made it a near-universal symbol of toughness in Japan. It still doesn't look very good on her though because it doesn't fit the rest of her usual aesthetics and general theme. Cinder isn't a samurai or martial artist and is not themed with traditional Japanese fashion, so it does end up seeming pointless and out of place on her even with the knowledge that it's a real thing. Really this comment is just me sharing random trivia on a whim.

[@YourLadyStar]

To compare, Rinkah from Fire Emblem Fates wears bandages around her chest in a similar fashion, but it works with her since it fits her visual aesthetic and the location she's connected to.

[@williamharmon4039]

@@YourLadyStar Right, because she's themed after Oni in a Japanese themed country.

[@emmitt0ther297]

The oops all inconsistencies and the hidden in the back where it belongs killed me thank you for this

[@antobono64]

I watched this like 3 times and I still forgot that rubys mistral design has a backpack

[@AlbionLegend]

Weiss' Atlas look makes me think the designers secretly hate the animators and want to make their jobs miserable. Like, "let's see how many layers we can add before she's basically rooted to the spot, spamming dust and summons."

[@Saiavinn]

Cute how you think they'd actually put that kind of thought into their designs.

[@64gbdata11]

Blake design final fight with Adam. Fans: she looks great woth full black outfit... I hope keep it that way. CRWBY: Hold My White Jacket.

[@IkaMusume813]

Fucking I wouldn't want to be credited with designing Vernal Either. She really reminds me of a Fire Emblem Bandit...

[@YourLadyStar]

To be honest, I think Fire Emblem has done better bandit designs than Vernal, at least in terms of looking less like a mess.

[@Christian-sq2bw]

I mean, she is a bandit, so it makes sense that her outfit would look awful. She probably made it by grabbing the most intact stuff that fit her that was looted on the last raid. Im just surprised she doesnt look even worse given how vibrant the clothes in RWBY are.

[@noraunhappy]

Blake’s short hair style looks like she got gum stuck in it and they had to lop it all off, and now it’s at that weird awkward length where you can’t really do anything with it.

[@onyxcummings6115]

The way they had Winter's armor still on her arm in the hospital made me think she'd gotten a prosthetic at the time of first watch. I was like "are we not gonna address this?"

[@TheIntratec9]

@Twiins iink So apparently, here's the madness at 18:46 Who else wears bright white, poofy sleeves, has a Victorian-style boob window, and wears a backpack? Penny. Who also ties a piece of red cloth with a single clip? Pyrrha. Ruby, in-universe is mourning Penny and Pyrrha by incorporating their motifs into her outfit. She is paying tribute to their deaths so that a part of them lives on in her clothes. Girl's artistically confused, but at least she has the spirit.

[@emn2375]

The only Yang outfit I've ever liked was her Huntress outfit from Volume 2. I hope that we get a new Yang outfit with that colour palette and a less top heavy design. I like the idea of Yang in a jacket, but her model has narrow hips/a large bust, so the scarfs and jackets only make her look super unbalanced.

[@LAZY-RUBY]

7:49 Fun fact about Lulu's skirt: Apparently Nomura designed it that way to test the CG animators (rendering something like that with late 90s tech was a challenge and a half). It's like the reason she's rarely depicted in the CG scenes. All those belts would fry the computer!

[@master-of-frogs5415]

13:02 I just realized that his big ass belt buckle thing isn't attached to anything at all, like, there's no belt, it can't be attached to his waist wrap, it's just hanging there... menacingly

[@Jordan-gp3mj]

As far as Robyn goes, I just wish she wore a hood more lmao. That would at least make her more mysterious. But her ponytail is too high for that😭 Also I never thought about that about her neck and I saw the episode. But it’s weird cause she has no physical scars there from that event, right? Also weird that she never messes with that area, leading us to believe there’s no actual wounds from her past.🤔

[@grandempressvicky6387]

I wish she was a ginger, that way your eyes aren't super drawn to her hair and she looks like the Fox version of Robin Hood.

[@KikiCatMeow]

Cinder having some sort of PTSD from the electric collar would've been great, because that's BOUND to fuck you up more than just "I hate everyone" It didn't have to be a huge thing like Yang, just something subtle

[@Jordan-gp3mj]

@@KikiCatMeow exactly! Thank you!

[@Jordan-gp3mj]

@@KikiCatMeow just anything for us to use to tie in this pain. Because technically we still don’t even know why she’s the way she is. We don’t even know when she met Salem so it’s not a full backstory.

[@unreallyhooman]

The thumbnail is what happened after that grimm destroyed Coco's favorite clothing store back in volume 2 😂

[@auderpopstudio]

I can’t believe it never occurred to me that Mercury also has silver eyes holy fuck! I feel like that says a lot about how story ideas are handled in RWBY

[@pregum9019]

Ren’s atlas design speaks for itself

[@Barakon]

Robin should have been colored like an actual European Robin.

[@addielarraga8194]

You know, you should feature the character in the thumbnail of this video more often they have really nice clothes!

[@yuichirojinx]

I cosplayed Mistral Ruby, I literally took thrift store belts for it all

[@LunaKey]

I half agree and disagree with Weiss' design. In the show, it looks awful. But the poster art looks really good. The skirt looks more like silk which would flow elegantly with her movements, and the shades make her White as Snow colour more visible. The show did an awful job of animating the skirt for sure, it flows like water in the poster, yet moved like tar in the show. If it had been animated better and stuck to the colours on the poster, it would have been a well executed design I think.

[@twiinsiink]

Einlee's artwork is consistently amazing, but unfortunately the show isn't made out of Einlee's posters. The in show models is what we're stuck looking at, and so need to be what one considers the most for lists like these.

[@LunaKey]

@@twiinsiink I totally get you, I WISH they followed the designs better, then almost every design would be awesome. Totally agree with your list and your reasons.

[@LunaKey]

@@twiinsiink My personal least favourite designs are Blake's Volume 4+5 outfit, Nora's vol 8 outfit, Weiss' volume 4+5-6 outfit and Hazel's designs. My favourites are Roman Torchwick, Blake Vol 1, Weiss Vol 2 bonus dress, Neo's first design, and all of Jaune's designs. :D

[@shermk7955]

@@LunaKey or what they should've done is design based on the limitations of the 3d models. If they couldn't replicate the flow of Weiss' dress in Einlee's art, then I think that constitutes as a bad design in my eyes

[@jonasmaynard1138]

finally something good to watch while i draw =D

[@twinodoom]

I don't like the Happy Huntresses designs. They look more uniform than the Ace Ops, and I can't name any unique traits about their clothes besides color and size off the top of my head because most of their clothes designs feel like generic and blander versions of Robyn. It's even worse that 3 of them use the exact same weapons and none of them have used any combat oriented semblances, as it feels like they have identical fighting styles, and look completely interchangeable in combat because they have no unique fighting skills. They don't even appear to have personalized weapons, in a show where cool weapon designs and unique fighting styles are one of the focus points of character designs. It's like they decided to just throw out these random characters and only fleshed them out just enough to not make them look like clones of each other, but not enough to make them look like they're more than just background characters. It just makes me question why they even bothered stopping at 4 Happy Huntresses, and didn't just go the route of giving Robyn a small army of followers that use identical weapons because they don't have the training and resources from Atlas.

[@beary523]

I would love to see a montage of them putting on all their belts and zippers, because that can't be a short process (especially for Weiss and Blake)

[@cardboard-boxgames9308]

I had literally zero idea that Ruby design had a boob window... that’s wild

[@SwitchbackCh]

I would have sworn Atlas Neo would have been the No. 1 or even mentioned. A truly horrendous design compared to her original, classy outfit.

[@janeyvtrigt]

I hate Penny's new design. Specificly, I HATE her hair! The long hair looks so weird, while the short bob was so cute!

[@caboosemcgrief]

everytime i see v7 weiss, i think of a tube of colgate toothpaste...also, v4 ruby is probably my least favorite design to draw. the arm belts aren't even attached to her backpack belts in the show, so i don't even know why they bothered including them on the model.

[@LocalGooberGoobs]

Back at an old anime con, I cosplayed as Ruby Rose. However, I wanted to wear the volume 4 dress instead of volumes 1-3. Unfortunately, (fortunately in this case), it never arrived, meaning I had to go get some last minute things to cosplay as the Ruby from volumes 1-3. Thank god I chose that, it looked so much better hahah!

[@olioh758]

Some of these they are nice from a far but up close they are a bit confusing but Cinders outfit was a no Brainer for #1 I remember being like “girl what the heck are you wearing???”

[@MoonShine-yf2re]

I always wondered why they weren't in cute winter outfits too. I was kinda expecting that, then maybe down the line when they needed to fight a lot more they got their current outfits. They missed an opportunity to put the gang in winter dresses when they went to the Schnee party. Any kind of casual wear when they did things like go to the movies. They could have had the girls wear their pajamas differently. Like one size fits all. So Weiss wore it as a night grown, Ruby's is just super baggy on her. Yang could have ditched the top and wore a tank top or sports bra of her own just something other them looking like your average Atlas kids because they're Beacon kids.

[@moonheartsky]

12:38 “poop green. light poop green” 🤣🤣

[@DancingTiger]

So I thought Mistral Ruby had a full shirt on, I couldn't tell the difference between skin tone and shirt tone

[@autumnmcclinchey]

The fact vernal has too much on her and still feels bland goes to show you that more doesn't mean they'll stand out more.

[@orchishmamukherjee5250]

Merc could've had more red elements (you know, like mercuric oxide maybe? Like Penny has green for tarnished copper)

[@justhaku9240]

When winter came up my exact thought where "whaaaat i love that design, i mean minus the dumb armor" and thats exactly what she rips into

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

I actually like cinders design in the tournament arc but it makes no sense on cinder. It works for a cowgirl or western style character, not cinder.

[@bri6373]

Honestly it’s not the worst except for the shoulder pad thing not being attached to something, and the knee pads don’t work with the outfit overall. If it was tweaked it could work much better, but again not the worst

[@paladindragoongirl18]

It makes sense for Tifa Lockhart. Tifa wore an outfit similar to Cinder’s, but she’s wearing a matching mini skirt.

[@beanbrain6162]

K but no-one going to talk about Fox Alistair's ugly dark orange sleeveless zip up shirt ... thing clashing with his skin tone and hair? I've seen fan art that actually makes these colours look good bc 1. They chose slightly different tones that looked okay together and 2. The fan art had very good and detailed shading - something which the show lacked. In show proper, Fox just looks flat, and gross, and it would have been nice for his outfit style and colour to suit him better.

[@Wingedlight-nn4hl]

With the Volume 7-8 outfit designs the concept art shows that they are layered with art for each individual piece that can be removed and I feel like in Volume 9 since team RWBY (along with Neo and Juane) will be in a warmer climate they will each take off a layer and here is what I think they will be: ❤️ Ruby: the compression shirt/sweater she’s wearing as her first layer which will leave the skirt and that corset thing on her waist along with her red hood 🤍 Weiss: the short blue jacket with the gloves and her grey top dress she has on which will leave her bottom layer which is a white dress 🖤 Blake: the white coat with the wrist belts which will leave the catsuit underneath 💛 Yang: the bomber jacket and the longer sleeves on the pants cuz the concept art shows that the long legs can be detached with zippers and buckle

[@rixku3358]

Purple Mercury’s design was so different, I didn’t even know it was him.

[@BBrawler101]

Wow, I'm genuinely surprised you disliked Cinder's tournament outfit! I honestly like it a lot, though I agree it didn't fit with Cinder--Emerald likely would have been a better choice, if only because the green pants would've fit better. Personally, I think Hazel's Atlas outfit is the worst for me, and I'm glad to at least see him in the honorable mentions. There's a frankly obscene and unnecessary amount of belts (which could have been made useful if any of them were holding dust crystals, but no, they are all dumb, decorated, and pointless) his shirt looks like it was made out of cardboard, the visible chest/side muscles just look weird and out of place in the cold weather setting, and the pop of yellow on his collar feels completely out of place. The one positive is the little metal knuckle bracer things that supposedly protect his hands and give his punches more pain, but man, that one tiny detail does not make up for the rest of the outfit. I would've loved to see him in a fur-lined coat like Ghira's, as that would've made sense with the setting and worked with his design, but nah, just make him wear a vest and some bandages, I guess. The beauty of Hazel's first outfit was its simplicity. The muted colors and background-character appearance make him blend into a crowd, but stand out amongst the villain team. He looked like a normal person which, when put next to characters like Yang, Emerald, Watts, etc., made him unique and made you intrigued, while also working with his personality. Now, however, CRWBY just said "welp, we don't need to keep him discreet-looking and we're upgrading everyone else's looks, so why not?" and threw in a bunch of unnecessary elements while taking away all the things that made him look cool in the first place, because instead of going the Emerald route and just improving the original outfit, they just decided to re-invent the wheel instead.

[@mitsukichan8426]

in my opinion they did penny SO DIRTY. Her original desing was perfect. the short hair and her skirt made her look so cute. Now i feel like her new desing is just too much :(

[@coulsonintahiti]

The worst design in my opinion is Atlas Weiss. She's white, not blue. It would make sense if she were still enemies with Ruby . . . "Are any of us only Saints or Sinners, or is it always Red Vs. Blue?" -Jeff Williams

[@BrittanyArtPoetry]

I don’t think it’s the worst but I really wish Yang had a better dress for the dance. She went out of the way to say she was going to be turning heads, and that it mattered to her, and then they put her in the generic dress that a whole lot of background characters where wearing. Especially considering how well designed slot of the other dresses where (excluding Pyrrha fir obvious reasons). Define rly worse than Noras look, which I actually really liked. It was functional, fun, played with the heart motifs she had and reminded me of the queen of hearts, which is a character Nora has played with even if she is Thor (anyone remember the off with their heads line from the food fight). There are a couple others I disagree with or would switch around but those are the main two I would change.

[@moongem4489]

I'm extremely behind in RWBy (with no intention of catching up) and I have no idea what's going on in 13:41 other than...aggressive fist-bumping?

[@xenahikari1878]

I'm surprised Hazel isn't high on this list. Like I mean LOOK AT HIM, DISHONOR

[@ibraahimdureng7482]

Jojo has taught me there can never be too many belts or zippers on a character.

[@ArtPendragon]

YES. I love hearing ya talk about the character designs, whether it’s best or worst! Character designs/weapon designs have been my favorite part of RWBY

[@kotonkats]

i don’t know why but i couldn’t stop giggling like an idiot when you said “hip blankie”

[@shadowbrine114]

I think I finally understand why I always forget Adam is a faunus (yes, even though I know he's in the white fang). It's not because his horns are hard to see. It's because, in the black trailer, they animated his horns flowing around like his hair does. For some reason I'll never understand. So I always think its more hair 😂😂

[@SaiyanGamer95]

Jesus Christ, I just noticed Mercury's collar; one is straight up and the other is folded. I've seen this guy from Volume 2 through 6 and several videos talking about him and I'm just now noticing it. And your spiel about Blake's Atlas design? I'm reminded of Stan Lee and his views on costumes. They look iconic, but they're also believable. Like you can see how a character could get in or out of an outfit and it would make sense. Like I believe earlier Spider-Man outfits had a zipper of some sort on the back. Hell, Captain America's are basically stylized shirt and pants combo.

[@lay-lowandsmash1519]

Lol. Bionicle. Nice

[@lay-lowandsmash1519]

@Julian R lol we all do man

[@jacobkleinsasser5658]

My thing with character/outfit design is if the outfit is 1. Is it functional for what the character is. So, a character having a bunch of zippers on their outfits I could see as them having a lot of pockets which would mean the character should be a collector, constantly on the look out for knick knacks to gather. Maybe a kleptomaniac. You get the idea. 2. Is it comfortable. Cosplayers, I love yah, but if you feel like you are going to die after wearing a costume for a few hours, how do you expect the character to wear it CONSTANTLY?! Special shout-out to the original Storm Troopers from Star Wars who would wear their attire for a parade and would want to die at the end of it! Anyone who has suffered the Monkey Bite knows! And 3. Practicality. It should be relatively easy to put on/take off. If a character has to undo 6 different belts just to take a piss, then the outfit sucks! Original RWBY, the outfits are pretty cool. Aside from coloring missteps the outfits look comfortable (if a bit tight) practical. Noone is going to give themselves a hernia trying to wear them and functional. Those outfits are clearly made with freedom of movement in mind. Heck I have seen RWBY cosplayers wear their outfits doing sports without any difficulty. Modern RWBY however fails on every account. These outfits must take an hour + to put on, and God Forbid you need to take it off in a hurry...

[@paranormeow]

The fact that I sort of liked a few of these designs at first before hearing the reasons they were bad really means that I might need a few lessons in character design.

[@Kikkia2018]

I honestly didn’t notice all of the zippers and the belts everywhere. I also find it funny that Cinder’s “disguise” would probably draw attention to her. Why is that girl wearing so many bandages? Why does she have an evil smirk on her face? Hmmm If you’re going to evilly smirk so much and keep the same hairdo, you should put a mask on or something.

[@KdeeBUBBLES444]

Nora's Atlas outfit just looks like a copy-paste of Kairi from KH2 and beyond i really don't like it

[@flowersandcheesecake1710]

Now that I think about it now, wouldn’t Robin wear gray and white? The reason Robin Hood wore green and brown was for him to camouflage into the forest he hid when being chased and this would have made Robin Hills design so memorable for how unique the design is Another wasted potential from RWBY

[@TheIntratec9]

@Twiins iink What RWBY outfits would you consider a "busy" design that still follows proper color theory?

[@twiinsiink]

Pyrrha or Ren's V4-6 outfits.

[@TheIntratec9]

@@twiinsiink There we go. I think I have figured out the secret behind Ruby's 2nd outfit madness. Wanna hear it?

[@lourancia]

Honestly, I hate every single new design past vol 3. All the colours don't coordinate with the characters and the new characters just consist of a bunch of muddy colours, while (a good portion of the) characters in vol 1-3 were very vibrant :(

[@yelloturkey]

Mercury doesn't have the tick marks in his eyes that Silver-Eyed characters do.

[@twiinsiink]

That's the stupidest, never explained, impossible to see, minor element they could use to signify silver eyes. They should just NOT have people with grey eyes in this show.

[@yelloturkey]

@@twiinsiink It is pretty dumb, yes.

[@Nefariousaa]

Weiss's Elsa braid pisses me off so much.. like it LOOKS SO BAD? Like braided playdoh.

[@YanelArez]

finally someone else who hates the scene where ruby laughs at the bunny hoodie

[@thomasraines1396]

It’s really messed up, you would think everyone would know about how it’s tied to Pyrrha.

[@unchartedraider7547]

Hi I just watched this video. I agree with Weiss's breast implants... The character being flat made sense...Since well, I don't know any Ballerine who have this massive huga bugas. Like the fact that they completely changed her fighting style. Like she got from, incredible fast as fuck ballerina ice queen to Summon the Knight, the walls and the monster than get one shot. Like wow...I stopped watching because of this design, she is my favorite character and they are just destroying her. Like bruh. She was the Flat Queen, how dare you make her an Albinos Yang ? WE WON'T TALK ABOUT ANY OF YANG'S OUTFIT-

[@Sennnjuuu]

Reading the comments and listening to the points made about Blake's Atlas design hurt me because its one of those things where all the points made were very good but I cannot fight it. I like Blake's Atlas design idk why I just do

[@twiinsiink]

and that's ok!

[@tvfunkyman6269]

2:14 because both of his legs are robotic

[@kemistree.]

I created a Robin Hood OC when Volume 3 was being released and I really leaned into the green. But instead of pairing it with red, I opted instead to mix in blacks and grey. I was super excited to see Robyn in the cast lineup and then they just totally screwed up the design.

[@j3ssthealien283]

I feel like instead of actually talking to the character designers and refining and doing redesigns they just do a first draft and that's. Like for volume one you can see tons of first drafts and different character designs until they refined it to what we see but later on you're lucky if you can see any concept art for any character.

[@ferrousoxcide393]

I strait up didint even know that the "titty window" on rwbys second design existed. Thats how similar her skin tone is to the undertop.

[@kazukimisaki2312]

Ghira's hot daddy body and face carry the design for me lol Oh and also he looks like a final boss design. But I agree on all the points yiy have againts him

[@lincolnbeckett8791]

The way you went off on Winter had me cackling 😂

[@MattSayYay]

Let me talk about Blake's Atlas design. First of all, I always wanted Blake to cut her hair since I first saw her, mainly because I thought it looked similar to Yang's. Unfortunately though, it's very clear the animators weren't ready for that, as the hair had to be tweaked and let's be honest, it looked like clay. Also, while I do think the coat is more necessary in the colder environment, the constant zippers and the random backpack makes me think the designers were using Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy as a reference, which while those are great series with great characters (for the most part), they are commonly made fun of for the designs having a surplus of zippers and belts. Holy shoot, I just noticed how RWBY is like Kingdom Hearts, not just how the Grimm kinda remind me of the Heartless, but also the designs of the characters, and it's starting with Blake and Ruby. You may be wondering why I'm so attached to talking about this design and that's because I have had to draw this awful appearance a few times (I do it the old fashioned way), and each time gets more and more painful and hard, to the point where at the 3rd or 6th time, I was like "screw it" and stopped trying. RWBY characters are tough to draw.

[@charisgehman7941]

okay, implied belly button armor was probably the best thing I've heard in a while.

[@Rotihn]

God has the worst design, he made me

[@justinquan9963]

I actually really like Ghira's design. I do definetly agree with the unpracticality of the design but thats not where I see the appeal. For one I think his silhouette as a character is far more interesting than most. Ghira's already muscular but the jacket buffs up his build which makes him look more top heavy like a bear which suits his gentle giant personality. And I think you can interpret the fur jacket as a symbol of Ghiras high respected status. Like he wears the jacket with the metal armor over it like it's a symbol of his peaceful yet powerful history. Which explains why I think he just chucks that shit off when it's brawl time. And I actually like his tan pants. It's like a more washed old gold so it's slightly less eccentric and compliments the belladonna pallete of black gold and purples.

[@NintendoSegaGuys]

If you lose the arm zippers and leg belt Adam's Mistral outfit would look good on a different character.

[@afterpasthours7504]

I don’t understand how the hair progressively gets WORSE over the series despite moving to higher fidelity software.

[@midgetwaffles8635]

I have no goddamn idea who any of these characters are but I am liking this video anyway because it pulls no punches LMAO

[@turtlebugs2859]

For mercurys eyes, pretty sure that silver eyes have a lighter color and little white lines in them as well. So yes his eyes are grey and not silver. It is still really confusing though.

[@bleepbloop47406]

"Yeah, background characters with one or two lines look bad, but let's keep the focus on characters that matter." Damn, how's T-shirt guy ever going to recover?

[@hiagain1463]

Poor Mata

[@Pootis-Spencer]

At least you can cosplay that easy-

[@RandomBeardGuy]

Mata will remember this

[@sigh582]

So uh...does anyone else think he doesn't look that bad?

[@edgarmorales9950]

Summer Rose. She looks too much like a palette swap version of Ruby. She's Ruby with a different hairstyle and a white hood.

[@KokaKola633]

For a character who is supposed to be so important, her outfit was underwhelming.

[@emmitt0ther297]

I’m pretty sure it’s not here because tbh Summer Rose Isn’t an important character. Sure like she’s the main characters dead mom but like she doesn’t have much going for her other than one scene that she looked bad in if she shows up again I would redesign her entirely

[@wrestlerdude6955]

Her weird crunched goth look in Team STRQ looked a hundred times better than whatever hairstyle she had in vol 6 and 7.

[@kingraplhmativo5178]

@@emmitt0ther297 she'll be important, if she's summer maiden in vaccuo.

[@yabazyabacoffee]

Fr it's like Summer conceived Ruby all by herself cus as biology as my witness Tai is seen nowhere on Ruby, same with Yang (except for having Ravens red eyes and maybe untamable hair)

[@theghostofjeffgoldblumdail9613]

Wait, Mistral Ruby has a backpack?

[@ShizuruRavenRobin026]

Yeah I forgot she did tell I re watch a few episodes of volume 6

[@OnlyOSpoonFull]

I thought she only had in in volume 4 that’s it

[@Radiolonestar]

I deadass had no idea she had one until this vid

[@FacelessCrowd]

APPARENTLY BECAUSE WHY THE HELL *N O T*

[@Fuzunga]

It was under her cape the whole time!

[@Deadss2796]

"Mercury''s design would be perfectly fine as a background character...but he isn't." That...felt oddly nice? The tone was meant for this serious takedown at the end but it became this compliment? I dunnow, maybe it's just the nicest thing I've heard of anyone say anything about Mercury ever.

[@foam3132]

Wait, how r U gonna put some form of colour on Mercury when he has been raised in a life of no colour. Also calling Mercury's vale costume boring is actually a compliment. This is due to the fact that he's an assassin. In actuality, an assassin would actually like to use the same boring colour scheme in their clothes to blend in

[@exloster9624]

I honestly think criticizing Mercury's outfit for not having any popping colors is kind of dumb. It makes no sense to put vibrant colors on him, him being all grey and black actually makes sense for him. No matter how "boring" it is.

[@KikiCatMeow]

@@exloster9624 yea but gray and black can still look appealing, vale mercury wasn't imo

[@tableswithoutchairs1168]

If you want to see some mercury complements go to the “emerald and mercury vs coco and yaysuhashi” and “yang vs mercury” videos. Just a bunch of people telling everyone how badass he is

[@anusaukko6792]

@@tableswithoutchairs1168 and they ain't wrong.

[@hiagain1463]

I don't know why but hearing Allison say, with so much suppressed rage, "stupid... bandage shirt!" always gets me

[@nukiradio]

There's more belts that henry ford's assembly line

[@siddiqsmouse5004]

"Color Theory? Bitch! I dont know who that is!!" I'm waiting for the t-shirt

[@Missing-Ace]

I feel like Mercury’s design should have had more focus on his legs

[@EtamirTheDemiDeer]

Agreed. If he’s a kicker then his thing is L E G G

[@georgeggg7548]

maybe, the color might be monotonous (works for me) but the armor in his arms does make sense I mean he has advanced leg prosthetics made of metal he doesnt need armor there. And he actually does use his arms for punching or blocking (more blocking), plus he uses martial arts (specializing in kicks) probably if he blocks without armor his aura would get damage. So in my opinion the armor is justified

[@foam3132]

Also, Mercury's 'boring' costume that has colours that don't make him stand out make sense; he is an assassin. He'd want to be the character that blends in most with the background for espionage and assassinations, making his costume actually making sense

[@Missing-Ace]

@@foam3132 yeah some colour variety would have helped him a lot

[@foam3132]

@@Missing-Ace To make it interesting, yes. To link to Mercury's character and occupation as an assassin, no

[@redhead_bebs]

Hopefully Blake will ditch the white jacket for Vacuo... Seeing as Vacuo would be the third setting where white jacket doesn't work... Too hot for her home, too cold for Atlas, and too hot for Vacuo.

[@Hashbrown1682]

Well she still wore the jacket at menagerie

[@StoogesFan]

She'll probably start wearing more white and even dye her hair blonde to show more bumblebee fanservice

[@DreamyAileen]

@@StoogesFan But if her main color isn't black anymore, than it isn't Bumblebee, right?

[@maiseree1511]

Honestly Blake should wear something predominantly white for Vacuo. The weather there is hot, and light, which generates heat, travels more slowly through dark colors which means the heat will linger on your body for a longer period. Furthermore, amaryllis belladonna is a whitish pink flower. So thematic accuracy as well when it comes to her surname

[@redhead_bebs]

@@maiseree1511 I'm not saying she shouldn't still have white... Just not a jacket. I know that lighter colors help shield you from the sun's heat.

[@lightdragoon88]

I hate hate HATE Neo Atlas design. So they are going to Atlas, the cold region and going into the shadows to avoid the heroes and Salem. What to wear? Almost nothing with the biggest boob window ever all for fan service.

[@justapotato1176]

Doesn't even go well with her fighting style with the large coat thing. And her hair gets lost in the coat. Her hair is just a big spiky mass unlike the cute short wavy hair she had. and the mint green eyeshadow is just clashing with her other colours.

[@mistermr6145]

They have to show as much cleavage as possible even if it doesn't make sense

[@mray4784]

Doesn't RT hate fanservice now? XD

[@DylanoRevs]

Its also why i hate Hazel's Atlas design. I mean, look at him! That outfit fits well for Vacuo!

[@cherryblossom00000]

I hate Neos new design. Everything about it makes me so mad. Especially her shoes that clipped to her pants.

[@supersparrowJ]

SPOILER FOR THE VIDEO You know we’re in for a fun time when Merc’s grey pyjama outfit is no.10

[@foam3132]

So would you call his costume boring?

[@supersparrowJ]

@@foam3132 Yeah I’d say so. It’s got no special details or tertiary colours that catch your eye. It just looks like boring overalls.

[@foam3132]

@@supersparrowJ That's the point. An assassin isn't meant to draw too much attention to themselves when carrying out espionage and assassinations, something Mercury specializes in as an assassin

[@KOTEBANAROT]

@@foam3132 stupid ass reason, this show is bordering on wuxia with how over the top the action is, but no, we're pulling "but muh realism"? Fuck realism. Give Mercury powers of invisibility.

[@foam3132]

@@KOTEBANAROT Mercury doesn't have a semblance. But still, personally, I like his vale outfit from volumes 2 and 3. From volume 4 to 6 it was fine but his volume 8 outfit is epic.

[@-w-Trix]

The thing that KILLS ME about the weiss atlas design is that this is the arc where she's supposed to be breaking away from her good girl mold, but instead of giving her a ripped skirt and shoulders with wild hair(which would be really good for when we have to take her more seriously) she looks like a shitty bootleg disney princess where some of the parts came in too big. They also gave her a tanky looking design for the fastest and most graceful character--as well as in the arc where she was supposed to be the least like a tank, she was supposed to be a spear not someone to rely on.

[@kabob0077]

She isn't a shitty bootleg Disney Princess, she looks like a shitty bootleg Artoria (Saber Class) but without armor.

[@astereotypicalgamer1708]

Cinder's lack of neck covering is by far the most damning indictment on their claims to long term planning, too. It not only looks bad- it actively undermines plot and characterization.

[@vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489]

I love the fact that your profile pic is Gendo and your name is "A stereotypical gamer" implying that your stereotypical gamers are supposed to be as violent and scheming as him.

[@miadaorerk1681]

"there's no limit to how many times a character can appear on the list" blake better appear on here at least twice

[@MrAuthor3DS]

And she do!

[@mercury2157]

The only Blake design I even remotely like besides her vanilla V1-3 design is V7/8 and that's solely because of her hair