Snippet 60
Requiems and Resolutions
Genre: Angst/Humor
Pairs: None
Parody: -This ties into my multiverse of tales-
AU-Type: Meta
Tags: Paying Respects, Conversations of One's Future, Jaded Oracles are not Fun Oracles, Jabs and Take That's, References to Ryo vs the 8, References to Feb 2019's edition of Warper News Network
Mirai Yoshi had found walking through graveyards to be a calming thing. He had done this often as a young middle schooler but had done it infrequently as the years drone on. This time, things were different. For one, he was an oracle. Two, he was visiting the graveyard planet, Saint's End, where all to go rest. Most who lived on the planet were caretakers for the graveyards, basically warpers who liked a steady paycheck and liked having no one bother them. He walked towards the sector for those in animation noting the graves with a few in peculiar.
Rest in Peace – Part 1 Naruto, the hard worker before all the Ashura BS
"Eh, Part 1 Naruto still relied on the Fox instead of learning more jutsu or training…" Mirai Yoshi thought.
Burn in Hell – Pink Diamond
"Hell's too good for her." Mirai muttered.
Rest in Pieces – Sonic Fandom
"Beating a dead horse at that point." Mirai said shaking his head.
The next grave he saw a row over was heavily defaced and pelted with trash, bits of feces from various species, and urine.
Here Lies Vic Mignogna and His Career
"Jeez…" Mirai said noticing three people there.
The original Broly from the older movies stood in silence, the newer canon Broly had a look of horror, and there was Qrow on his knee sobbing.
"What a mess." Mirai thought recalling his firing from RWBY. "Those fools screwed up big time."
Mirai knew that without concise evidence to tie Vic to all this, the victims' accusations were only going to be seen as empty baseless words. Mirai could only shudder at some of the horror stories, and even a rising star VA came out with her story.
"And yet RT up and fires him without thinking of the fact that he could sue them. Besides, by that logic, Yang could be dropped for crushing a man's balls or Jaune harassing Weiss." Mirai said to himself with a sigh before walking away.
Mirai found the grave he was looking for.
Rest in Peace, Monty Oum.
The man behind RWBY himself was one who was missed even if there were counterparts in the multiverse alive and well. Most could alive the show went downhill after he passed. Mirai got out a bundle of purple roses and had lain through the rest of flowers people left behind.
"Damn it…it's been a few years since your passing and everything down the toilet." Mirai said drained. "The show, the crew, the fandom…"
"And you're afraid it'll end up like that other show you're distancing yourself from." A voice said right next to him.
Mirai jumped with his hand on his katana only to see it was only…Lie Ren. Mirai calmed down and released his grip but was wary of him.
"Yeah, but how do you know?" Mirai said shifting his hands in his trenchcoat's pockets.
"You have a blog, don't you?" Lie Ren said coolly.
"Yeah, but I'm rather small-time. I'm no big shot with a massive following. I barely cracked 400,000+ plus on my tenure and that if I round the number of my top ten I manage." Mirai said unsure. "Plus, I can't call myself a member of the RWBY fandom."
"Hmm…well I can also read it on your face. You're terrified that RWBY could devolve to." Ren said.
"It's like no one had the balls anymore. Woobifying your villains to the point of babying them, nobody can seem to write minorities or women for crap, choking LGBT down the throats while doing a poor showing, and letting the fans run the asylum. Yeah, I had to get out the Steven Universe fandom. I couldn't stay…" Mirai admitted. "And here I am suffering burnout with all of life's pressure on me."
"I'm curious. Why did you come to RWBY?" Ren asked.
"Well then, take a seat. This is going to be a while." Mirai remarked using his warper power to create two chairs. "It was rather simple. I saw them first on Death Battle. Ironic, that as RWBY goes on, the less I think Yang could have actually beaten Tifa. Power scaling inconsistency and all that but moving on. I discovered a RWBY fanfiction of having the characters react to Death Battle, and I was hooked. I found several other fics, and I was geeked up to see the show. But then Volume 3 ended…." Mirai said quietly.
"I see…was Pyrrha was your favorite character or something?" Ren asked.
"Far from it. It was then I started digging on the villain, Cinder Fall. And then it hit me, this "villain" is a complete joke and the writers literally had to make everyone around her a moron for her plan to work. Cinder's issues were merely the tip of the iceberg." Mirai said getting a chocolate bar out of his trench's pockets.
"Yeah, I think most agree Volume 5 was a disaster." Ren said disappointed.
"True, but it really all feel to crap in V4. It led into the holes…everyone would find in V1-V3. It's gotten so bad to the point where everyone talks of what a reboot could look like." Mirai said with a heated sigh. "I aided in that too. The fandom's ships are being shot and toyed with. Only the Renora boat seems to be the sturdiest."
"Figures." Ren said dryly. "Shipping really should not get in the way of the story."
"Exactly. That's why I can't stand Bumblebee, because it stabs at the story. When was the last time we got to see Ruby and Blake interact or any sister moments with Ruby and Yang. What about Yang's PTSD? Don't even get me started on Adam's face reveal…" Mirai said.
The words, "Adam's face reveal", tend to trigger an involuntary response of some RWBY characters, and that was to facepalm. The crying Qrow stopped to facepalm before looking to another grave.
Here Lies Adam Tarsus, His Dignity, His Limp Dick, and any shred of him being a compelling villain.
That grave was defaced by Bumblebee shippers, Sienna Khan fans, fans of the show, and one of the "Mods" Mirai knew.
"A shame and a true fall from grace from what he was in the Black Trailer." Ren said bitterly.
"Yet Cinder still breathes." Mirai remarked. "But I just fear RWBY could follow SU in ending in a way that shoots the whole point of the show in the foot."
"Yet, you kept your doors open." Ren said curiously.
"I did because a year back, I did it for the sake of getting views and spreading my work through the react managers. I knew people were starved for content and I needed an easy way to get some people in to bolster my stand. Instead of doing it for passion, I did it to sell out." Mirai admitted. "I feel dirty inside."
"Despite it's origins, you found yourself in the different position later on." Ren remarked.
"I found myself enjoying it and putting a lot more effort and attention to it. I found playing with those characters enjoyable. RWBY was like a toybox full of characters, ideals, and potential just unusued. It was like the Loud House productions I ran. Especially, as react managers were taking my works in. I found myself building miniseries, challenges, and even now getting into giving commentaries." Mirai said with a wistful smile.
"And now you have several worlds to manage and a growing rep." Ren remarked.
"I've been my share of mistakes in my younger years. Shit that I'm proud of…stuff I'd avoid like the plague now and want nothing more than to bury." Mirai said quietly looking into the sky.
"Anything like what Vic is going accused other there?" Ren said raising an eyebrow.
"Wha…no…God no. Nothing like that…" Mirai said disgusted. "I was raised better than that. I'm more terrified of offending anymore more than anything."
"And in a world like this." Ren said as Mirai finished, "I try to cling to my morals and beliefs as well as I can. It's tough, but I can deal."
"If there's one piece of advice I can give is learn the mistakes of the past and keep moving forward." Ren said giving a supportive hold of Mirai's shoulder.
"Thanks. Well, I can't stay here all day…I have a future to peruse. Thanks…for letting me vent." Mirai said walking away. "I have a job to do as an oracle. I think my burnout's brunt out at the end."
Qrow groaned at the pun. As Mirai left, Ren watched him go. Mirai had not questioned why Ren was wearing all white having not noticed.
[Cues: Cody G. - ukulele and chill]
Mirai bopped his head to the beat blaring from his green headphones now on his head instead of around his neck. His thoughts loaded of ideas that he could form. He looked to his phone to see a few messages from the mods. Green had been concerned to let me know that the group was still shook up over the latest controversy. Thinking back, Mirai realized his cracking down on the show was not the best time then. Arriving to the gate, he found his leading lady sitting on the hood of the car. The muscled Sayianess had been on her phone and looked up to see Mirai come up.
"You got it all your system?" She asked.
"Kirasha, I did. Had a good venting and I'm ready to get back to my duties." Mirai said pausing the song to remove his headphones from his head.
Mirai had slipped into the driver's seat having shoved his headphones into the glove compartment before connecting his phone to his car's Bluetooth radio. The song un-paused and continued to play.
"Yeesh, don't you have something a bit more beat. This is a bit too chill for me." Kirasha said backflipping into the passenger seat.
"You're lucky you're adorable, and that I love this song I'm about to put on." Mirai said hitting the skip button to go to the next song.
[Cues: (Lo'Fi Boy - The Struggle In The 90s)]
As the song blared, Mirai started the engine and drove away unaware that Ren had came to the gate to see him off.
"Keep moving forward, kid. Time's fleeting." Ren said watching them off.
A flash of white and "Ren" had become dust vanishing in the air just as a drunk Qrow stumbled to the entrance.
"Was that…?" He slurred before collapsing to the ground.
Broly BR picked him up to sling him over his shoulder as the other Broly walked up.
"C'mon brother, let us get Qrow into bed." Broly BR said flying away.
"Ed isn't going to like what happened to the grave." Original Broly grunted out following him.
As Mirai and Kirasha drove away, Mirai could feel a spark of hope for the future despite the struggles. He'd had to put on shades for a future so bright.
(A/N: Thanks Monty, you were taken too soon. I wanted to write something special. Something to vent my own struggles while mourning. Something in my own unique way. As for the Vic mess, I can't say I'm gun-ho to #kickvic. This needs investigation. But I'm going to bet Qrow will throw into the same void of ignored as Glynda, because why not?! Happy 60th everyone!)