~~That Maiden story from RWBY made me tear up.The Maiden story bares a striking resemblance to team RWBY.Winter and Weiss's snowlike hair, names, and abilities. How Winter/Weiss partner up with Ruby/Spring first.Summer and Yang's bright and bold personality, fire-type abilities and solar comparisons.... and Summer being close to that of Spring, (her half sister Ruby)Oscar / Ozpin is surely the same man as the wizard, as I'm sure everyone has probably figured out by now.Spring and Ruby being the youngest of the group, with bubbly sweet personalities and determination. Ruby is associated with roses/flowers, something heavily affiliated with springtime.Autumn and Blake are technically the oldest, summer and autumn being tied in season's crossover while Yang and Blake are partners. When we were first introduced to Blake, she sat upon a rock underneath thousands of red-leafed trees deep in the mountains, something heavily associated with fall/autumn. Autumn/(or "Fall" as they called her in canon) is described as a quiet, reserved lady. Blake had been shut off and quiet because of her secret ex-affiliation with the White Fang and being that of a Faunus. In the most recent RWBY episode, Blake is the last to show up to greet her team, just as Autumn is the last sister to show up to the Wizard's home.I feel at this point, the heavy implications and similarities between the maidens and the wizard vs. Ozpin/Oscar and team RWBY.....if this show ends without them becoming the new maidens, safe to say I will be very confused.The Maiden selection thus far has been odd, which has me concerned for this theory.Ozpin thought Pyrrha Nikos was worthy enough to become the next fall maiden. She certainly had the abilities and brain for such power, but she wasn't ready, and Beacon was outnumbered, and Pyrrha AND Ozpin ended up dead.The current Fall maiden is Cinder Fall. Ironically her name matches and everything. However, in the most recent episode, it appears she was potentially killed by Raven. Unless the Fall Maiden's powers are transported to someone new, I'm questioning whether she's truly dead or not. (I hope she is though, I really didn't like her or understand her motivations) So the current Fall Maiden's whereabouts are unknown. If Cinder doesn't think of anyone specific in her last moments, it will be passed to someone randomly.The current Winter and Summer Maiden's whereabouts are unknown.The current Spring maiden is also a little alarming for this theory to be plausible. Raven, Yang's mother, is the current spring maiden. She murdered the spring maiden that appeared in her camp, and gained her power.If Ruby is supposed to be affiliated with the spring powers by the end of the series, and considering the heavy bounty placed upon Raven's head (spring maiden, killed Cinder, betrayed Salem and gave Ozpin the relic) and the questionable potential character development in the final battle of the series whether she will show up or not....I fear Raven may die, and the power of the spring Maiden may be passed onto Ruby somehow, as Raven and Summer Rose were quite close...so having Summer / Ruby in Raven's last thoughts wouldn't be too farfetched.~~~So hmmm.... I don't know....It feels so obvious but from what we've seen in the story so far, so many events will have to take place for it to all wrap up like this.Unless....Ozpin takes back the maiden power and redistributes it at the end of the series to the RWBY team who has deemed themselves worthy? hmm...Anyhow, this picture...I avoided to finish. I did a lot of sketch designs of their outfits until I thought one fit well enough, since the Season Maidens in the story don't have very fancy outfits. I attempted to shade it, but I realized I didn't design this with a light source in mind. The shadows would distract from their outfits too, so instead I went the over-texturize route, and it turned out pretty good. I'm glad I finally finished this.The RWBY series has certainly changed a lot since Monty died, but a lot of people I think are giving it TOO much criticism, or criticism that I'd disagree with.But if I were to agree with one thing: This season was extremely slow in both story and animation and I don't know why...just turtle crawling up until the last few episodes it felt like. Monty's RWBY fight scenes were extravagantly intense and somewhat ridiculous, but this RWBY's fight scenes were slow and hopeless it felt like...I kinda miss those old fight scenes. They were kinda exhilarating.Also where is Penny. She's .... she's a robot...like.....she was just cut in half...we know she's not dead Roosterteeth so.....I hope you guys finally bring Penny 2.0 into the next season!but that's all I really have to say. RWBY may have had some downgrades to people, but damn if it didn't have some great upgrades too. The backgrounds are amazing. I'm glad they continued it, even without Monty. I'm sure that's what he would have wanted. (and RIP me with this season's opening. "Let's Just Live" is my fav RWBY song....."When it feels like....there's nothing...worth living for....everything.. is broken.The light's not there anymore.And the story, takes an unexpected turn.A friend is suddenly gone.We can cry our lives away,but if they were here, they'd say:'Go forward, you must keep moving on'."God it just makes me think of Monty. And also, what I went through the past few years of my life. My friends and I had gotten to that low point in our lives where things seemed so hopeless, but we kept our perseverance and now we are doing better than we ever were.I hope you guys rise up out of whatever pit you're in too.Oscar Pine , Ruby Rose, Yang Xiao Long, Blake Belladonna, Weiss Schnee (C) RWBY / Roosterteeth / Monty Oum