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JL/Rwby crossover felt like a fan fiction and I mean that in the absolute best way possible as a fan of both franchises and of crossover/iseki fish out of water stories this seemed tailor made for my tastes, however it was a mixed bag

The Good As always the fights completely pop off visual spectacle as we've come to expect from rwby

A decent mystery with the characters working together to figure things out

Wonder Woman felt the most in character of the JL and I liked her dynamic with Blake and Yang

Jaunes struggle with his memories anout Pyrrha and dynamic with Jessica was easily the highlight of the film they make great foils for each other being the ones who always feel like there worthless

The best depiction of Jessica Cruz outside the comics, this really felt like her, not the stupid activist character from DCSG( rant for another day) or the version from Justice league fatel five that was too brooding and sarcastic and got over her fear way to quickly for the narrative to work properly

Funny lampshading of each others worlds

The Bad The character designs of the Justice League are not good they are too messy and would benefit from not changing as much from there original designs

Making the JL into teenages for forced conflict was stupid, having them be in a mentor relationship with the rwby characters while still not having as much of their powers or knowing about the rwby world would have been a fine enough power struggle conflict

I know they did it for brand recognition but the younger heroes in dc are right there and It would have been cool to see rwby with the Titans or Young Justice without some de-aging shenanigans

Batman as a teenager still feels super OOC, like distractedly so (though this may be because of the voice actor) I had to keep reminding myself it wasn't Dick Grayson or one of the robins who would have been a much better fit for this role

The villain was such a deep cut that even me as an avid dc fan didn't recognize them

This is definitely more of a rwby film than a dc film, you will be very lost if you haven't watched rwby, If this is a part 1 of a larger story I want rwby to do to the dc world.

People that aren't familiar with the source material will be lost with all the lore and names they throw at you, some stuff you can pick up from context but not everything. Fans will be disappointed that its not focusing on the most beloved or interesting part of the Dragon Age lore or characters, there just isn't enough time to properly develop anything, the animation and action looked nice ( minus the cgi dragon) and I found myself invested in the conflict with how quick the pacing had to be, but If I wanted to watch a DnD campaign type story about revenge with characters that are, queer, relatable and enjoyable that has both humor and emotional moments I would just watch The Legend of Vox Machina.