[RWBY] RWBY Shorts

[Ash Craig]

Blake is in a horrible bind when she comes to Beacon, thanks to her team. Not only is she a hidden faunus, but her team leader reveals red-black wolf ears under her hood and the Schnee has the long flowing tail of an arctic fox. Making matters worse, their sister team's star member is a red fox faunus with both the ears and the tail of a vixen!

Surely she can bear it. Just a little.

That is, until she accidently blurts out that Ruby's not so bad for a Fido in earshot of both her team and JNPR...

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Yang is also a faunus, and she has a dragon's firebreath.

Think of it as a automated timeline correction system. Anyone who messes with time travel it erases their memories, corrects the timeline and pulls out the bit of them that led to them discovering a path to time travel.

But it can't just throw away those pieces so it integrates them into itself. Which has given it a identity of sorts but it's not actually a person.

That's also the reason Ruby got so many chances. The echoes all hoping that this time it works. But eventually it had to do its job.

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Interesting. Especially since

I agree with Yang being explosive and then I think she'd turn into a bit of a sad drunk. I also think that ruby would be kinda unaffected by booze

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Blake gets super apologetic when drunk and Weiss gets cuddly.

Ruby seems unaffected but in actuality the booze removes her filter.

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Everyone's drunk self would be fun to see.
Head canon - Jaune has SEVEN sisters. He knows how to handle drunk women.



Yang sobbing in Jaune's shirt "Don't abandon me" continues to sob hysterically.

Jaune - "I left for two minutes to use the bathroom"

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Yang is a sad, but relatively functional drunk, Blake shows a shocking amount of self-loathing, Weiss is cuddly but also her own fear of being abandoned again come out (don't tell me this girl wouldn't have abandonment issues, even if not as bad as Yang), and Ruby acts similarly but without any filter, and has a shocking degree of nihilism to her (we're all going to die in the end, and probably not of old age, so let's have fun while it lasts type of attitude). Jaune begins to see how messed up all of them are, and is extremely concerned. Jaune himself can handle his alcohol with the best, and only gets slightly melancholic (post-fall) or nostalgic (Beacon).

Incidentally, I don't see Weiss getting anywhere near alcohol without something extreme, because of her mother, so this would either be after the Fall, a spiked punch situation, or after some other rough event.

(WHY JAUNE KILLING PENNY?! WHY IS TRAUMA THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO TO HIM?! JESUS!)

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They didn't even really give a good reason for Jaune to not heal her. If she'd been torn in half or something, Penny could have told him that it would take to long, if he could do it at all, and that by the time he'd have even been able to stabilize her, Cinder would probably have beaten and killed Weiss at that point. This definitely doesn't help the "stop traumatizing Jaune" issue, it actually hurts it, since Jaune failed to even stop Cinder, but it does give a reason to not heal Penny.

 

[SharkCultist]

Yang is also a faunus, and she has a dragon's firebreath.

Interesting. Especially since




Yang is a sad, but relatively functional drunk, Blake shows a shocking amount of self-loathing, Weiss is cuddly but also her own fear of being abandoned again come out (don't tell me this girl wouldn't have abandonment issues, even if not as bad as Yang), and Ruby acts similarly but without any filter, and has a shocking degree of nihilism to her (we're all going to die in the end, and probably not of old age, so let's have fun while it lasts type of attitude). Jaune begins to see how messed up all of them are, and is extremely concerned. Jaune himself can handle his alcohol with the best, and only gets slightly melancholic (post-fall) or nostalgic (Beacon).

Incidentally, I don't see Weiss getting anywhere near alcohol without something extreme, because of her mother, so this would either be after the Fall, a spiked punch situation, or after some other rough event.

They didn't even really give a good reason for Jaune to not heal her. If she'd been torn in half or something, Penny could have told him that it would take to long, if he could do it at all, and that by the time he'd have even been able to stabilize her, Cinder would probably have beaten and killed Weiss at that point. This definitely doesn't help the "stop traumatizing Jaune" issue, it actually hurts it, since Jaune failed to even stop Cinder, but it does give a reason to not heal Penny.

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I think part of your response got hidden or deleted. That or something is wrong with my view.

 

[Gur40]

The Girls meets RWBY CHIBI!

Spoiler: Protect Your Chibi!

Chibi! Ruby has brought Ruby to the Gremlin Side!
Chibi! Weiss has excepted this

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Both Are Cute

Spoiler: Same Picture

Oh i see! Ruby has her eyes closed in the second pic

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Arc Wedding!
During Aqua and Kazuma Crazy Wedding do they have Wedding Armor?

Spoiler: Ruby Self Made

The Speedster always gets the Buque

 

[Trebonius]

Arc Wedding!
During Aqua and Kazuma Crazy Wedding do they have Wedding Armor?

Spoiler: Ruby Self Made

The Speedster always gets the Buque

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A mix between armor and a wedding dress would make sense since it's an Arc wedding.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

The lecture hall for Professor Port's Grimm Studies class was a cavernous space, its walls lined with taxidermied Grimm heads and faded battle maps, the air thick with the scent of old leather and chalk dust. Jaune Arc strode in, his school uniform covered by a garish pink dress that strained across his broad shoulders, the hem swishing awkwardly above his knees. A sparkly tiara perched lopsidedly on his blond hair, glinting under the fluorescent lights.

The room fell silent, Team RWBY and JNPR staring from their seats. Yang's lilac eyes widened, a grin tugging at her lips. Ruby stifled a giggle behind her notebook, while Weiss's jaw tightened, her ice-blue eyes screaming disapproval. Blake's ears twitched under her bow, her expression unreadable. Pyrrha's smile was warm but amused, Nora cackled outright, and Ren's calm facade barely hid a smirk. Cardin Winchester, seated in the back, snorted derisively, but a sharp glare from Jaune silenced him.

Professor Port, mid-anecdote about a Beowolf hunt, paused, his mustache twitching as he adjusted his reading glasses.

"…Mister Arc, is there a reason you are coming into my class in a pink dress and tiara?"

Jaune straightened, his voice steady despite the flush creeping up his neck.

"Tea party with my daughter, sir. Ran a bit long."

Port's eyes lit up, his booming laugh echoing off the walls.

"Ah, say no more! Is she a Wisney princess fan?"

"Very much so, sir," Jaune replied.

"Who is her favorite?" Port asked, leaning forward, genuinely curious.

Jaune's grin softened, his blue eyes warm as he thought of Mia.

"Changes regularly, but right now she really loves Elsa and Anna."

"Jolly good!" Port clapped his hands, his voice booming. "My daughters are more fond of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty! Why, I remember when I slaughtered a Boarbatusk herd with a Wisney Store's contents strapped to my back! I had 'Let It Go' stuck in my head, and it did raise my spirits, so I sang it loud and proud to keep the Grimm's attention on me!"

Jaune chuckled, adjusting his tiara. "I'll have to remember that one, sir."

"Well! Off with you, off with you," Port said, waving his hands at Jaune's seat. He sat down at his desk, and got down to writing notes as Port resumed his lecture.

"Pink is definitely your color, VB," Yang whispered to him from behind. Jaune smirked.

"You should see me in pumps."

 

[SharkCultist]

So something inspired by things like bleach, space king, beyblade, etc.

What if there's a reason that huntsmen don't usually pass on weapons?

That being that unless your aura is a perfect (or almost perfect) match for whatever aura has saturated the weapon it retaliates. Violently. Sometimes fatally.

Could be part of the reason that even with his early lack of skills nobody suspected him of being a sneak.

Because they know it's a inherited blade and nobody could possibly be dumb enough to just grab a fully aura saturated blade, not test the compatibility, and go out into combat with it.

 

[Bommel]

"Tea party with my daughter, sir. Ran a bit long."

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Spoiler: Jaune right before class.

"Ah, say no more! Is she a Wisney princess fan?"

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So is that like the disney animation studios but owned by the Schnee company (almost all of the first names of the actual Schnee's start with Wi)?

 

[dragon_cloud16]

How much says Weiss was jealous and wished somebody would have done that for her growing up?

 

[Bommel]

How much says Weiss was jealous and wished somebody would have done that for her growing up?

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Or put a twist on that.
Weiss is kinda nostalgic seeing that, as she remembers some of the few times where Willow played with her, together with Klein who wore almost the exact same outfit.
Jacques always got angry at them for "waisting time" and "ruining the family image" he wanted them to project at all times, and kinda retaliated against Willow and Klein (which is why they tried to keep it secret, but still kept trying to play with Weiss whenever they could).

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Or put a twist on that.
Weiss is kinda nostalgic seeing that, as she remembers some of the few times where Willow played with her, together with Klein who wore almost the exact same outfit.
Jacques always got angry at them for "waisting time" and "ruining the family image" he wanted them to project at all times, and kinda retaliated against Willow and Klein (which is why they tried to keep it secret, but still kept trying to play with Weiss whenever they could).

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And of course she starts buying cute outfits for Mia and playing tea party and oh my, wouldn't it be wonderful if she could become Mia's new mommy so she could spoil her like this all the time?

 

[Balorak146]

And of course she starts buying cute outfits for Mia and playing tea party and oh my, wouldn't it be wonderful if she could become Mia's new mommy so she could spoil her like this all the time?

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To be fair, Weiss would be the best parent among RWBY.

Yang already did it for Ruby, and I can't help but feel like some part of her still deeply resents her family for foisting that on her. Idk if she'd ever want kids of her own, and while she's definitely qualified and would unquestionably love her kid/s to tears, a part of her would always long for the open road and the adventure & freedom that her childhood lacked. Kids pick up on stuff a lot better than most, even themselves, ever give them credit for, and that would put a growing strain on the relationship between Yang & her child/children unless someone spots it and intervenes. The thing is, Yang's gotten really good at putting up a false front of confidence, so...good luck with that.

Ruby is too obsessed with her Hero/Martyr Complex to do anything less than repeat the cycle that Summer started.

And Blake....well, enough comparisons between her and Raven have been made over the years that I feel anything I have to add would be moot.

 

[Ash Craig]

I had a idea for a semblance for Mia that's kinda related to her dad's while also being perfect for a kid.

She can amp emotions instead of of aura. Which would be hella useful to be honest.

Civilian panicking? Amp bravery. Criminals doing a crime? Amp guilt and empathy.

Accidentally broke a window playing with Aunt Nora's hammer? Boost your adorability

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She's a Rioter, huh? That's a strong semblance, and one that you can do a lot of things with. If you haven't read Sanderson's Mistborn, I'd give it a read, and it has a lot of interesting ways to use emotional manipulation present in it.

If I'm being honest? I do like some Adam Redemption Fics. And not just because Blake is such an annoying hypocrite verging on being a Mary Sue in the later volumes.

But because I think he could have been more complex. More interesting than just a one-note obsessive incel.

So! How would you redeem Adam Taurus?

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I'm not full of ideas on the redemption, but I have some ideas for how you could flesh out his relationship with Blake (for redemption, tragedy, developing Blake, whatever).

So, I'd make Adam and Blake meet in the earlier days of the White Fang. Both of them saw the injustice, and both hated it. They threw their all into protests, displays, whatever they could do to change things, but still civil. Then, one day, Adam brings news to Blake. There's an SDC mining camp abusing its workers badly. There are humans there too, but it's mostly faunus, since they don't need lights down in the mines, so they're cheaper and less people will fuss about their abuse. Blake and Adam decide to do something about it and go free the workers, since every day they spend protesting things civilly means more people dead and crippled, so they have to act now. It goes well, and the two of them begin doing more operations like that. At first it's just cases of stopping active harm when they can't afford to wait, but as things go on, Adam begins to become more and more hateful, both at the people perpetuating harm and at the civilians he sees as enablers for the abuse. The train is when Blake finally realizes that Adam has completely lost his way, and is fighting for hatred and revenge rather than the justice and equality they once believed in. This could be the push Adam needs to reflect upon what changed, or it could drive him further into his hatred. Either way, it sets him up as a better foil for Blake and allows him to challenge her in ways she needs to grow as a person. I'm not sure where exactly the brand and his career as an SDC worker fits into all of this, but I don't want to just get rid of it. Maybe him working for the SDC was his way of trying to change things through the system?

no he did not have incest babies with his sister, he just fucked his sisters wife while his sister watched on, etc)

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To quote a post in the NSFW thread:
"…I only impregnated Terra."

Drives Remnant's equivalent of an old blue volkswagen bug that over the course of the story has had so many parts replaced it's a mix match of different colors.

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Is that the Blue Beetle?

I think part of your response got hidden or deleted. That or something is wrong with my view.

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I don't remember exactly what it was I said there, but I think it was something to the effect of "interesting that the Silver Eyes had enough weight to make them manifest, and I'm curious as to whether this is the first time Ruby has tried, and if the Silver Eyes come from quantity or a few specific instances with a lot of weight"

 

[SharkCultist]

She's a Rioter, huh? That's a strong semblance, and one that you can do a lot of things with. If you haven't read Sanderson's Mistborn, I'd give it a read, and it has a lot of interesting ways to use emotional manipulation present in it.

I'm not full of ideas on the redemption, but I have some ideas for how you could flesh out his relationship with Blake (for redemption, tragedy, developing Blake, whatever).

So, I'd make Adam and Blake meet in the earlier days of the White Fang. Both of them saw the injustice, and both hated it. They threw their all into protests, displays, whatever they could do to change things, but still civil. Then, one day, Adam brings news to Blake. There's an SDC mining camp abusing its workers badly. There are humans there too, but it's mostly faunus, since they don't need lights down in the mines, so they're cheaper and less people will fuss about their abuse. Blake and Adam decide to do something about it and go free the workers, since every day they spend protesting things civilly means more people dead and crippled, so they have to act now. It goes well, and the two of them begin doing more operations like that. At first it's just cases of stopping active harm when they can't afford to wait, but as things go on, Adam begins to become more and more hateful, both at the people perpetuating harm and at the civilians he sees as enablers for the abuse. The train is when Blake finally realizes that Adam has completely lost his way, and is fighting for hatred and revenge rather than the justice and equality they once believed in. This could be the push Adam needs to reflect upon what changed, or it could drive him further into his hatred. Either way, it sets him up as a better foil for Blake and allows him to challenge her in ways she needs to grow as a person. I'm not sure where exactly the brand and his career as an SDC worker fits into all of this, but I don't want to just get rid of it. Maybe him working for the SDC was his way of trying to change things through the system?

To quote a post in the NSFW thread:
"…I only impregnated Terra."

Is that the Blue Beetle?

I don't remember exactly what it was I said there, but I think it was something to the effect of "interesting that the Silver Eyes had enough weight to make them manifest, and I'm curious as to whether this is the first time Ruby has tried, and if the Silver Eyes come from quantity or a few specific instances with a lot of weight"

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Ah ok so maybe I didn't make it clear in my explanation. He took a soul piece, not physically taking her eyes or rewriting her genetics not to have silver eyes.

He just pulled out a tiny part of her soul that would have allowed her to develop a path to time travel.

When he adds it to himself he gets tainted with a echo of her. Like a snapshot image of her taken when he pulled out that soul piece.

Put in a blender with all the other echoes.

 

[Ash Craig]

Ah ok so maybe I didn't make it clear in my explanation. He took a soul piece, not physically taking her eyes or rewriting her genetics not to have silver eyes.

He just pulled out a tiny part of her soul that would have allowed her to develop a path to time travel.

When he adds it to himself he gets tainted with a echo of her. Like a snapshot image of her taken when he pulled out that soul piece.

Put in a blender with all the other echoes.

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I understand that he's not actually using genetics, which is why I found the silver eyes notable. If he has silver eyes, it means that someone else with silver eyes tried this, and there were either enough of them or a particularly influential one for that to manifest over other possible. I don't know, I'm probably just explaining this poorly.

 

[SharkCultist]

I understand that he's not actually using genetics, which is why I found the silver eyes notable. If he has silver eyes, it means that someone else with silver eyes tried this, and there were either enough of them or a particularly influential one for that to manifest over other possible. I don't know, I'm probably just explaining this poorly.

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Oh, yes maria and summer both tried time travel at some point.

Along with

Ozpin
Jaune
Pietro
Ironwood
Yang
Nora
Weiss
Salem
Salem again through a different method
Actually you know what let's just put a * next to Salem.
Tai
Watts
And a few unknown people throughout history

 

[Gur40]

Stolen from Tumblr

BY luimnigh
Aug 24, 2021
RWBY Described Badly
Volume 1: A bunch of teenagers go to trade school, learn the benefits of friendship and actually taking the prerequisite courses.
Volume 2: A bunch of teenagers go on an unsupervised and a supervised field trip. Surprisingly, the supervised one goes worse.
Volume 3: Intercollege tournament goes badly wrong when a series of injuries leads to an exchange student finding another college's equipment in the basement, an infestation, equipment malfunctions and unwanted guests. The college closes as a result.
Volume 4: Worst Roadtrip Ever, featuring manmade natural disasters, that one guy who knows you but you don't know them, that horse that traumatized your friends when they were kids, your drunk uncle passing out and you having to carry him to the hospital, and half the group starting the trip later and promising to catch up.
Volume 5: Everyone's waiting for school to start, but before it can, the worst parent-teacher conference of all time happens.
Volume 6: Worst Roadtrip Ever 2, featuring a small town so empty it's depressing, bumping into your ex's mom, adopting a grandmother, breaking your ex's heart with your gf, and just the worst airport security lady of all time.
Volume 7: The students finally graduate and enter the working world, but it turns out their boss is a control freak with terrible ideas, so after a season of trying to make him see reason, the students are fired. However, they take the IT girl with them, who the boss needs to get his project off the ground.
Volume 8: With the help of the IT girl, our heroes restore internet access for about five minutes. With the help of an exchange student and her father figure, our heroes manage to get the youngest of them away from his ex. One of our heroes suspects her mom might be a furry. Unable to access medical help, our heroes seek a cure from a naked man. Due to a walkway's lack of railings, half our heroes take a tumble. Newly sober uncle makes friends with a socialist lesbian in a holding cell.

 

[SharkCultist]

My fucking eyes!

 

[AndrewJTalon]

So, I'd make Adam and Blake meet in the earlier days of the White Fang. Both of them saw the injustice, and both hated it. They threw their all into protests, displays, whatever they could do to change things, but still civil. Then, one day, Adam brings news to Blake. There's an SDC mining camp abusing its workers badly. There are humans there too, but it's mostly faunus, since they don't need lights down in the mines, so they're cheaper and less people will fuss about their abuse. Blake and Adam decide to do something about it and go free the workers, since every day they spend protesting things civilly means more people dead and crippled, so they have to act now. It goes well, and the two of them begin doing more operations like that. At first it's just cases of stopping active harm when they can't afford to wait, but as things go on, Adam begins to become more and more hateful, both at the people perpetuating harm and at the civilians he sees as enablers for the abuse. The train is when Blake finally realizes that Adam has completely lost his way, and is fighting for hatred and revenge rather than the justice and equality they once believed in. This could be the push Adam needs to reflect upon what changed, or it could drive him further into his hatred. Either way, it sets him up as a better foil for Blake and allows him to challenge her in ways she needs to grow as a person. I'm not sure where exactly the brand and his career as an SDC worker fits into all of this, but I don't want to just get rid of it. Maybe him working for the SDC was his way of trying to change things through the system?

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Also good! Sorry I haven't been replying to all your quotation posts, I wasn't sure where to start. Again, fascist and radical movements throughout history do tend to attract young women, especially young bored rich women who want to feel authentic. Blake falling into that thanks to Adam, and Adam falling into it due to his own issues, and both doing some reflection on how deep they're falling would have been far more interesting than what we got.

 

[Ash Craig]

Again, fascist and radical movements throughout history do tend to attract young women, especially young bored rich women who want to feel authentic.

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There would also definitely be an aspect of wanting to be like her parents in there, having grown up on stories of the injustice they fought against, which would only compound the guilt and shame at losing her way. Also, she was a kid at the time, and she grew up knowing that the White Fang was a force for good, something to respect, and wasn't mature enough to understand the nuances and why the new White Fang was fundamentally different than the old one.

Basically, it's a lot more personal than just bored rich girl.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

There would also definitely be an aspect of wanting to be like her parents in there, having grown up on stories of the injustice they fought against, which would only compound the guilt and shame at losing her way. Also, she was a kid at the time, and she grew up knowing that the White Fang was a force for good, something to respect, and wasn't mature enough to understand the nuances and why the new White Fang was fundamentally different than the old one.

Basically, it's a lot more personal than just bored rich girl.

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True, which drastically improves Blake as a character. And Adam too.

 

[SharkCultist]

Huh I wonder if menagerie has specialty classism like transformers did?

You're a aquatic faunus so you have to work fishing or navy.

You're a predator faunus so naturally you have to be military or hunter.

You're a herbivore faunus so you must be good at farming.

 

[Ash Craig]

Huh I wonder if menagerie has specialty classism like transformers did?

You're a aquatic faunus so you have to work fishing or navy.

You're a predator faunus so naturally you have to be military or hunter.

You're a herbivore faunus so you must be good at farming.

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I'd say keep it subtle in the big cities, and mainly have it out in the countryside, so Blake can keep her idealized version of Menagerie. (She was what, twelve when she was last there?) I'm not saying Menagerie has to be bad, but it would only make sense if Blake's perception of it was tinted by youth and her parents' dream of the perfect utopia they threw themselves into creating, while the reality was far more human.

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

Honestly we all know Jaune absolutely rocks a dress. Would be really hilarious if when he actually tries he could be considered the hottest of his friend group when he dresses up. The sheer salt from Weiss and Ruby would be funny

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Apparently Cinder x Adam is called Bull's Eye. It could also be called Trainwreck. "Dumpsterfire" is taken as an alternate pairing name for "Bumbleby."

So, while it would be total crack... Just imagine Adam and Cinder actually hooking up and become a power couple. A lot of it would be on Adam's end, to be honest.

Adam: "Blake! I've come to destroy Beacon... And here is my new girlfriend!"

Blake: "You-You... Wait, new girlfriend?!"

Adam: "She's better than you in every way!"

Blake: "She is NOT!"

 

[Gur40]

Anyone remember the JLA comic were Jaune saw Human Blake as Cinder?

Spoiler: not the one 1 was looking for but it works

 

[Villuviel]

Funny Omakes where the Future Arc kids ask for advice on dating and finding THE one. (Auntie [Blank] can be exchanged for Mom)

Kid: Dad, how do I know I found the one?

Jaune: Well kiddo, that depends on your taste in partners. If you are into the Dorky and Quirky girls then ask about their hyper fixation.

K: Oh! Like Auntie Ruby!

J: Exactly! Now, if she looks/talks at you the same way she looks/talks at her "babies" than you found them!

K: Wow! Who else?!

J: Well, if you are into Hyper-peppy girls, then I recommend you going to your Uncle Ren. He probably has a doctorate in that subject. (Only NoraxRen in this house!)

J: As for girls like your aunt Yang and Aunt Weiss it all depends on their body language, and how open they are to you.

K: What do you mean?

J: well, a lot of times people who shout the loudest are the ones who feel they need to prove something. To others or to themselves. Believe me, I would know. So they tend to build walls around their hearts. If this type of person gets comfortable enough to share their burdens, then you know that you are the closest person to their heart. And they will do everything to never let go.

K: what about Auntie Pyrrha?

J: haha, those are the trickyest, but the most simple ones. Because they will let you know you are theirs. And if they are shy about it, then you should just be painfully honest and ask directly. Works 80% of the time.

K: What about Aunty Bla-

J: You run.

K: Dad, romance is weird...

J: See, you are already learning!

 

[Ash Craig]

"So?!" Blake demanded. "Your Nana thinks you're engaged to five girls anyway! You should at least be able to make time for me, your first fake fiancé!"

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At what point does everyone admit that the reason they haven't stopped this is because they want it to be real? Or are these snips secretly prequels to This snip?

Ozpin would make many strange and obscure soups, or older versions of soups, that hadn't been popular for many years.

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I like the idea of Ozpin as a carrier of legacies, someone who collects information and cultures so that they will never be truly lost, because everyone deserves to be remembered, whether it be for what they are, what they could have been, or as a cautionary tale. It would both give him more character than just "immortal wizard" and help to illustrate just how old he is and what that means. It's one thing to tell us how old he and Salem are, another to make your readers genuinely understand just what it means to have watched empires rise and fall, to have seen the full course of human history.

If symbols are so important to a character, why have your primary antagonist share it with one of your "side" character, why make him this really old hero who basically started the entire warrior culture that everyone is part of?

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Really, Jaune reads as a deuteragonist and foil to Ruby at almost every point. Ruby is good enough to get into Beacon either one or two years early (don't remember which) while Jaune faked his way in with literally no experience to speak of. Ruby is one of the best fighters but struggles to earn the respect of her team while Jaune easily earns it while still being the worst fighter in class. Ruby is a highly mobile fighter with lots of mechashift to let her fight both up close or at range while Jaune is exclusively a close range fighter with only a little bit of mechashift and without the ability to cover ground like Ruby.

It only fits for Ruby to be descended from great heroes while Jaune is descended from the most powerful villain. Seriously, they should have just bit the bullet and made Jaune Ruby's lancer.

Also, did they not feed Weiss anything growing up, or is she naturally so portable and travel-sized?

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Image dieting, baby! I can absolutely imagine Jacques putting his kids through that kind of thing for the sake of social standing, regardless of the harm it did to them in the long run.

It could also be a reason why Jaune still doesn't have his Aura unlocked, as the whole knight-spy training is required to be done without any Aura at all to maximise the benefits, such as the experiance with danger and how to react to it.

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I actually have some ideas in this direction that I'll give its own post later, but maybe the training has to be done without aura because they want to bias semblances towards certain types?

Had a idea where Blake finds out about a new business "exploiting" faunus.

Feline Fine, one half clinic (and pharmacy) one half Spa. Fully staffed by cat faunus or people cosplaying cat faunus.

Catboys, catgirls, catboys who look like girls.

Naturally Blake is livid and drags everyone of her friends to support her Karen Crash Out on the business.

Only to learn that
1. The Business (which is franchising) is owned by a faunus.
2. It has great benefits and a great reputation among faunus and humans.
3.the owner actually knows one of her friends personally.

It's Katy.

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I'd make it so that one of their rivals is actively spreading negative rumors about them to try and put them out of business, mostly so that Blake actually has a reason to go after them beyond social justice screeching.

Anton's Semblance let's him amplify the vibrations that he causes in an object. Essentially, he does extra Force damage on his attacks.

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I'm hearing "sonic attack" here pretty loud, is his semblance strong enough to do that?

-Ren offers Blake some Menagerian tea. Jaune cooks her dishes that cat Faunus tend to love. Pyrrha offers to promote Faunus causes and Nora wants to help Blake catch that pesky laser dot. In short, everyone knew she was a Cat Faunus from the start except for RWBY. And when I mean everyone I mean EVERYONE.

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Nora knows, but the laser pointer thing is completely unrelated, and Nora would do it regardless.

Eon knight. A comic book about a ageless knight trying to hunt down the evil witch who cursed him with his unaging existence.

(Not quite sure if it's someone who knew Ozpins secret and broke ties or salems group. Either way it is 100% someone fucking with Ozpin.)

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Actually, I could see something like this being based on old tales, since Oz and Salem wouldn't be able to keep the secret from getting out forever, so there are definitely stories about them around.

We only get a small look into the old Red Fang Gang from the Nekomata Teaser and ZZZ Chapter 1, but they seemed to at least protect and fix up their territory and those under their influence.

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That gives me the oddest idea:

At first the White Fang meant the fang untouched by blood, to represent their desire to bring about equality without bloodshed, but under the leadership of Sienna Khan, it became a symbol of terror, the fang of a Grimm. But what if another group formed, one dominant in places where faunus could not protest peacefully, where they were forced to submit or fight for their lives? The Red Fang is a militant group, unlike the old White Fang, but they still remember why they fight. Not for dominance, not for vengeance, but for the freedom to live in peace. They regard the original White Fang as idealists, but hope every day for a world that needs only the White Fang, but the new White Fang? They hold nothing but disgust and loathing for those who would willingly take upon themselves the visage of Grimm.

This has absolutely nothing to do with ZZZ, the name just made my brain start spinning.

What if Neo wasn't really a imaginary friend?

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What if Neo making herself real was actually just Neo's aura awakening and her soul fully integrating into Trivia's body? Maybe Neo and Trivia are co-pilots, or maybe Trivia is the trapped one now, just a voice in Neo's head now. Maybe Neo revels in her new control, and maybe she hates it. This would provide an interesting explanation for her semblance evolution to produce sound: Neo still can't make sound, but Trivia's semblance can create and manipulate sound. Or maybe she tries everything she can to help her sister, but fails. Trying to awaken Trivia's aura fails because anyone who tries only sees Neo. This Neo would work with Salem not because she blames Ruby for Roman's death, but because Salem offered her the only thing worth more to her than her hatred: Salem offered to separate Neo and Trivia, so that both of them could live. In any case, the conflict would come to a head in the Ever After with Ascension. Ascension would allow the sisters to either achieve harmony in a single body or to separate into individual entities. Depending on whether Neo subjugated Trivia or sought to restore her, you now either have a Neo that no longer needs Salem or a Trivia finally free to fight back against her captor. Either way, our heroes gain a powerful ally and Neo gains more depth.

I have a few ideas for Trivia's semblance, the first being that she has manipulation of sound to Neo's manipulation of visuals. The second is that Neo keeps sound for her own illusions, while Trivia has the ability to create invisible but solid constructs to mirror Neo's visible but immaterial ones. The third idea I had was for Trivia to have some sort of mental manipulation semblance so that while Neo creates physical illusions Trivia has mental ones… but then I remembered Emerald and this feels kind of like stepping on her toes in a narrative sense, so it's definitely the weakest of the three.

"Yeah. They were trying to semblance shape him."

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Ach, I was going to post an idea about this. Ah well, I still have a few ideas that you didn't put here, particularly about how it could affect RWBY's timeline, so I'll still post it. And I was so proud of coming up with it…

@SharkCultist you seriously have so many of the best ideas on this thread, reading your posts is always a treat.

 

[LordofBones]

"Oh come now Summer Rose. Why so melancholy? A glorious future lies before you - you, the destined heroine, of a charming fairy tale come true."

*Salem sweeps her hand over the head of her staff and leans it forward. The orb blazes and shows Ozpin's tower.*

"Behold - the Wizard Ozma's Academy. And in yonder bed chamber, dreaming of honoring her mother's memory, the young Ruby Rose. But see the gracious whim of fate - why, 'tis the self-same daughter, who our noble warrior left with naught but a token of a mother's love but yesteryear. She is indeed, her mother's heir. Innocence of youth upon her visage fair, eyes that shame the pale pale moon. In deepest sleep, she finds repose."

*The mists within the orb show Salem's smiling face, before revealing the image of an old, broken woman limping out of Evernight Castle to a gravestone tied with an orange bandana and falling into the arms of two younger women, no longer innocent but just as scarred and broken, faces twisted in rage and self-righteousness slowly turning blank with horror.*

"The years roll by, but a hundred years to a steadfast heart, are but a day. And now, the gates of a castle part, and our heroine is free to go her way. Off she goes, her noble quest complete, a valiant figure, straight and tall! Her foe vanquished, her family safe! And proof that true love conquers all!"

*Summer lunges and strains against her chains, screaming in hate and rage, as Salem laughs, her attendant Grimm howling and chittering in horrible joy.*

 

[SharkCultist]

@SharkCultist you seriously have so many of the best ideas on this thread, reading your posts is always a treat.

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Well thank you. I've got plenty of ideas that pop up but I'm not good at planning or longform typing. So I dump ideas here and hope someone takes em.

 

[Ash Craig]

I like the idea that Blake just decided they're dating and it doesn't even cross her mind to tell Jaune.

Jaune: *asks Blake out on a date*

Blake: *confused thought they were dating for three months*

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I also like the idea that Jaune just didn't realize they were dating, and literally everyone else thought they were a couple. Blake was taking it very slow due to past relationship trauma, and didn't realize Jaune wasn't on the same page as her, so it's not like they were kissing in the moonlight, but they were close enough.

Well thank you. I've got plenty of ideas that pop up but I'm not good at planning or longform typing. So I dump ideas here and hope someone takes em.

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Yep. I've been posting ideas, and maybe I'll write a full snip someday

Manic remembers being a half starved faunus kid sneaking onto the grounds of a rich person manor to get food and medicine for him and his siblings who all had terrible fevers. He remembers getting caught by a little girl with white hair and the bluest eyes he's ever seen. He remembers her loading his arms with pilfered food stuffs and enough money for him to get good medicine even with the "faunus tax". He remembers and he'll never forget.

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Awww, that's sweet. It also sets up for some fun character dynamics and adds more nuance to the issues represented, which was needed.