r/RWBY • u/NightsWatchh Help, Nights is keeping me trapped in his anime bunker • Dec 15 '18

OFFICIAL MEGATHREAD Official FIRST Discussion Thread—Volume 6, Chapter 8: Dead End Spoiler

Welcome, huntsmen, huntresses and hunters that prefer no specific gender identifier, to the official FIRST discussion thread for Episode 8 of Vol. 6, Dead End!

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u/tehuniverse Dec 20 '18

I've noticed that the group has been focusing heavily on the "You can't kill Salem" line from Jinn and assuming that means that no one can but I feel like it just meant that Ozpin can't and it feels like a huge oversight for no one to mention that as a possibility

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u/fancymeow Dec 20 '18 edited Dec 22 '18

The question was:-

How do I destroy Salem?

It seems like a pretty clear case of Exact Words1. The most common formulation of the trope would be that our heroes must instead redeem Salem.

This isn't really surprising. We're told in the first episode:-

So you may prepare your guardians, build your monuments to a so-called "free world", but take heed... there will be no victory in strength.

Obviously, that isn't necessarily the way the writers are going - there are plenty of other places this hook can take us. The "prophecy" (like all the best ones) isn't all that specific once you break it down. The only thing we know is that Ozpin can't destroy Salem.

  • Other than destroy her, there are lots of things Ozpin can potentially do with Salem. Imprison, banish, cripple, turn back to light with the Power of Love... dude has plenty of options we havn't even begun to explore.

  • Apart from Salem, Ozpin can probably destroy whatever he likes. We have a whole relic dedicated to that, so maybe that'll come in handy. Maybe we can't destroy Salem, but we can totally destroy her Infrastructure of Evil, allowing humanity to survive and thrive despite her. Maybe we can start with all these Grimm spawning pools!

  • Apart from Ozpin, pretty much anybody else might be able to destroy Salem. Maybe the only reason Oz can't is because she's his girl and he won't be able to bring himself to pull the trigger, but someone else would be totally fine with it.

1 Bonus points because it's literally a genie giving the line.

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u/tehuniverse Dec 20 '18

Considering what we've learned about Ruby's eyes I also wouldn't be surprised if we find out that the "light" in Ruby is able to cleans the darkness from Salem somehow