Highlights from the RWBY panel at C2E2 2020

Disclaimer: This is all from memory. And my one brain cell is dedicated to the bees, so… sorry if I missed anything non-bumbleby related that was important lmao

1. They’re going to start writing chapters 11, 12, 13 soon! Almost done with V8. It’ll be more complex than V7 apparently? Miles said the aim is to make it more bite sized and approachable since V7 felt so BIG. All the writers wished there were more character moments in V7 too, so it seemed like they’ll try to insert more in V8. “More pairing stuff” (Idk if he meant romantic specifically or just one on one convos, but probably both)

2. V7C3 got too long, so a convo about faunus between Marrow and Blake on comms was cut (when Blake goes alone to the other side in the abandoned Schnee dust mine). A convo about faunus still might happen in V8 tho??? Miles’ wording was Vague





3. Someone’s backstory has been pushed three volumes, which made Miles REALLY frustrated, but I think it’ll happen in V8??? (Nora? 👀)





4. Miles admitted that maybe being 22 years old and having two white men did not help with writing a complicated race storyline when RWBY began. It was probably “overly ambitious”





5. Someone asked “What’s the biggest aspect that you share with your character?” Arryn answered last and was like, “I can’t say the thing I want to say!!! ……….. I like books 😔” (JUST TELL US BLAKE’S BI PLS)





6. (Paraphrasing here)

Moderator: “What’s the heart of the show?”

Dunkelman: “Well obvi since Yang has a flaming heart as a symbol. It’s me”

Arryn: Okay but I think someone already has Yang’s heart 👀





7. Arryn forgot Marrow’s name (and had trouble remembering what the ace-ops were called? 😂) and was like, “What’s his name! The hot dog???” LMAO. And apparently she has a crush on Neptune and Marrow? She brought up how good Ironwood’s butt looks lmao





8. All of crwby calls Ironwood “Irondaddy”





9. Dunkelman knew from the v beginning, right before voice acting for RWBY, that Yang’s arm would be cut off later on. Even the Yellow trailer foreshadows it and there’s a quote that mentions asymmetry :O !!!





10. (Idk if I remember the exact question bc it was a long one) I think someone asked about whether there will be an exploration of Penny (since she’s not human) being marginalized like the faunus are? It was confirmed that they won’t go into that