Okay, this is gonna be a bit out of nowhere, but I feel I need to say something, given that my current major project involves a fandom that's currently falls under RoosterTeeth.

I will admit, I have not followed the news surrounding RT anywhere near as much as I should. I don't feel like I have any real right to weigh in on it. But from what I have looked at, RT is under a lot of fire for its latest in a long series of fuckups involving employee abuse and a generally toxic work culture. Also from the little I've read, and again I will emphasize my opinion is very uninformed and that I might be wrong, CRWBY themselves aren't part of the problem, but it's systemic in most of the company and is just REALLY nasty to everyone involved. So, my sympathies (for what little they're worth, and TBH they aren't really worth squat) are offered to whoever deserves them (at the very least I know RT themselves categorically DO NOT deserve them). I will also say that what's going on with Roosterteeth will not have any effect on Of Embers and Aura or any of its sequels (though even before this, I was already planning to scrap like half of Volume 8 and ALL of Volume 9, unless whatever happens in Wonderland proves absolutely paramount to the RWBY universe, and if it does, I might end up going full-blown AU and break entirely with the parallel to the canon plot then... though honestly book 3 is already giving canon the Old Yeller treatment).

Between myself procrastinating and chapter 25 of OEaA what is essentially the single longest chapter I've ever writtten (it's already topped the 11k word chapter from the prequel, and it's not even halfway done), I don't really have anything new to give as a sneak peak to everyone, so all I'll say for now is if anyone has any ideas for a Qrow vs Leonhard (dual wielding the Heysel Pick and Crescent Moon Blade) fight to the death, feel free to tell me them, because it would definitely make the section that's giving me trouble go by faster. Seriously, even if it's just some concepts, or even a whole thought-out fight, feel free to PM me or something. I can't really say anything else without giving some massive spoilers that I definitely want to save for when I actually finish the sequel.

I hope everyone who's reading this has a good day, and I'm sorry to those I've disappointed by not making this a sequel status update.