User blog comment:SelenaZephyr/Monty Oum - A Eulogy/@comment-4681758-20150203153444

I remember what it was like the first time I watched the Red Trailer after the Season 10 finale of RVB. Once it was over, I just stared at my laptop screen for a minute, then said to myself, "HOLY SHIT THAT WAS AWESOME!" I was immediately hooked on the show, and would spend hours over-analyzing every second of each of the trailers that came out with my best friend. Then when the show finally premiered, I realized something. This was something NEW and ORIGINAL. How often can people say that in this day and age? RWBY was something different, in all the right ways, and I remember thinking to myself, "You know, Monty's done something pretty great."

Unfortunatley, I never met Monty myself, but I can't thank him enough for what he's done. He was unbelivable animator, creator, and just a great mind that was taken from the world too soon.

Thanks, Monty. We'll always remember you.