RWBY - Red Like Roses (All 3 parts, full)

Red Like Roses Pt 1 - 0:00
Red Like Roses Pt 2 - 4:38
Guide My Way - 8:38

[sandonmynips]

It's amazing just to hear Casey's progression as a singer 😤

[patinthesnow]

The difference in Casey’s voice is like night and day. It blossomed from the sweet bud to a beautiful rose. Complete with it’s thorns for that shout line.

[whateverandapathy]

“I’m what inspires the fairytale” makes me feel like all of these characters will end up Like Oz and Salem, eventually being the in universe true stories that inspired the fairytales we know, rather than the other way around.

[Sharky-xzhc]

Its the growth of the songs and artist, and the meaning of each song. I'm happy to have grown with this series and the music.

[firstconsul]

I like that it shows how Ruby has moved from wanting to be just like Summer, to now being able to forge her own path, splitting off from Summer's and hopefully being more successful than she was in ultimately defeating Salem.
While Part 1 established that Summer is gone, Part 2 reveals Ruby's goal is to be just like Summer (while Summer wishes for her to not wind up with her own fate), and the abandonment Ruby feels with the attachment to Summer.
In Part 3, you can see the evolution from this to Ruby splitting off, as at the beginning Ruby looks for Summer to guide her, and by the end she has recovered her resolve, determined that she's not going to be exactly like her mother (especially after she learns how she saw Summer was idealized instead of reality), and guide her own way. She'll become her own fairytale instead of a chapter of Summer Rose's tale

What I want to see come of this, is Ruby being able to fight harder, and win more often against human opponents, like Mercury and whoever they bring in to replace Emerald and Neo on Salem's side (if they bring anyone, because it would be interesting to see that in her drive to eliminate everything, Salem isolates herself and drives off a lot of her support. In turn, Salem just thinks that she doesn't need anyone at this point, and can just do it all with Grimm, thus not replacing her losses). I don't want her to be magically overpowered because she was in the tree or something, but as the fight against the Cat showed, she has some of her old style back, and with it the ability to adapt and overcome intelligent and strong opponents (because let's face it, part of her problem was expecting that her opponents would take hits like Grimm do, and not being able to handle dodging and counterattacks).

I suppose the superpower she gains from the tree, if anything, would be that resolve to forge her own way and defeat Salem for once and for all.

[kairussell]

Red Like Roses is complete for now, but I'm predicting we'll get one last part in the series finale. Part 1 establishes the legend of Team RWBY, Parts 2 and 3 are the arc of Ruby's identity in relation to her mother, and so I imagine Part 4 would mirror Part 1 in being about the team, how far they've come, and how their legend will live on. Parts 1 and 2 are the beginning of Ruby's heroic tier, and Part 3 is the culmination of her paragon tier, so Part 4 will be the culmination of her epic tier. It will be at once a return to the beginning and a transcendence to the ideal.

[blazingkite]

"After all these years, finally, I have them all."

[evildonut]

From a middle schooler to a broke adult rwby has been there ❤

[RoseTheVideomancer]

I think everyone is kinda missing the fact that RWBY music is a story in and of itself. The first one is obviously the weakest story wise but you can infer character from the wide open sounds, then in part 2 it becomes more cramped and internal because of her conflicting with her own self image and when her arc is finally made whole the song has more closed off and cramped sounding instruments, she loses the happy fairy tale feelings the first had because she now sees the world for what it is. She finally learns the weight behind what she said in I think volume two about being the people who make sure OTHERS can live their happy fairy tale lives. She realises she isn't a hero, she is a huntress. And her stuff becomes more focused and cramped. It's also synthetic because of penny and her connection to this conflict of self.

[Mitsuru]

The trilogy has been completed. Part 3 is so damn good!

[Lejozama]

One aspect I think is missing in the conversation surrounding this trilogy is how one can easily tell the differences between Cassey and Jeff both as musicians and as main producers for the soundtrack. It's undeniable that Cassey was influenced by her father, but you can tell how different their approaches are just by listening to this songs back to back. I may no longer be a fan of RWBY as a whole, but one thing no one can complain about is that the soundtracks for each volume have been great, and I think that, if there ever are new volumes of RWBY (and thus new Volume Soundtracks), Cassey will continue to be a great producer and musician. If anyone that likes this hasn't check her band Ok Goodnight yet, I seriously recommend it.

[RyuTheAsian]

Hearing the intro to Red Like Roses pt 1 in pt 3, but redone in a way that changes it from mystical and light, to hopeful and promising was a fucking genius move, and integrated into the episode so well

[JamesCPotter]

That SOLO in 3 is so satisfying with earbuds.

[piersoncassady]

That last song, joke, might be my favorite song in almost this entire show, man. It is so impowering

[roccotherayquaza]

I’m calling it now, there’s gonna be a 4th part before the series end

[trevorhensley]

I guess Ruby finally ROSE to the occasion.

[Bitcon_]

After all these years, finally, I've got them all.

[nbutcher]

Amazing hearing the progression of Casey’s voice

[Dionysus_Bandit]

POV: you’re here after Spotify deleted them all

[merlin]

I think it would be kinda poetic if the very last rwby song was a combo red like roses part 4, and a "This will be the day" remix or part 2.