#Cinder Fall

[cinderkisser]

Always reaching for something will leave you with nothing.

There's no one to save you now.

[wuyi1551]

Taoist college student cinder & secret vampire raven

[the-elegant-necromancer]

A little Wildfire

Blake: So, you're a dad now? Jaune: Looks that way. Blake: And Cinder is... mom? Jaune: I mean, yes? Why? Both turn to see Cinder laying on a couch with little Wildfire asleep on top of her. She gently pets their hair while they sleep. Blake: So, you going to take responsibility? Jaune: Am I going to take- Blake: *Giving him the a generous eyebrow wiggle* Jaune: She was fused with me for years. What would make you think she would want to be stuck with me for even longer? Blake: I haven't hear a no. Jaune: *Blushing* Shes not with Salem anymore, isn't that enough? Blake: *Grinning now* I'm still not hearing a no. Jaune: Cinder mind helping me out here? Cinder: I don't know, I haven't heard a 'no' either. Jaune: Uh...oh I'm in danger. Blake: Hey at least Wildfire is the only one calling you Dad. Cinder: I can change that if you like? Jaune: I am in great danger. Blake: *Smiling innocently* You wouldn't like someone calling you- Jaune: Don't Cinder: Daddy? Jaune: *Freezes blushing harder* Blake and Cinder: *Both with a smile like they won something*

@pilot-boi This came to me as I've been writing other things for Wildfire and your Fusion AU.

[purrgiri]

@skidsspace because of you this idea just hit me and i thank you for it i have no idea why i didn't of this before

Most of what I've seen people think cinder will do in volume 10 is the standard slam into maidens hoping to get the power and scheming against salem but thanks to skid i just got reminded jax the brainwasher exists and is someone cinder will have to deal with so with that in mind i propose this

What if cinder gets brainwashed early in the volume by a scheming jax who wants to use her to double cross salem and her plot is instead focused on her trying to escape his control rather then getting over confident and getting her ass kicked again for the only light counts at this point time

I think it would be pretty interesting to cinder character salem already took her choice and to some extent her body now jax shows up and enslaves her mind in a bid to take over salem faction

Now while her body is busy doing jax bidding fighting RWBY she's stuck fighting for her freedom in her own mind her own mini ice queendom arc (ashen queendom?)

But unlike weiss she's going to have to save herself because who's gonna help her?

Emerald fucked off mercury might just see cinder as a better alternative to jax but that doesn't necessarily mean he's going to help and salem will not give a fuck as long as she gets the relics and tyrian just follows salem

I think giving cinder her own arc which mostly has nothing to do with ruby relics or maidens could be a neat opportunity to develop her some build on her backstory like how did she meets salem what has she's been for the last decade at least she's been under salem delve into that

And of course for once an earned kill of one of the villains at the climax of the volume where either by her own efforts or help from RWBY (intentional or otherwise) she breaks out and rips jax apart for trying to make a slave of her

Of course it's just my idea cinder just going "maiden powers mine ROAR" and failing again is just as likely but anyhow

Thoughts?

[coinjarred]

almost forgot to post these here!!!

Got a bit more active on Twitter lol, but some late night rwby sketches :33

[pilot-boi]

Wildfire Arcfall looks like a very adorable and friendly child!!

So how in heck did they come from Cinder!?!??

They’re a friendly child with a LOT of issues, don’t let their happy exterior fool you

Wildfire has the body of an eleven year old, but they remember all of the shared trauma from the Ever After. They were created out of opinions and needs that Jaune AND Cinder had

They both wanted to leave the Ever After, so Wildfire does as well. They both wanted to live, so Wildfire does as well. Unfortunately, they both also hate themselves, so Wildfire does as well. It��s an intrinsic part of their being, they exist because of this overwhelming shared experience of two people despising each other and themselves and being forced to stay together

Luckily, Jaune and Cinder both also wanted to start over, so Wildfire does as well. And because of the Blacksmith, they actually get a chance to do that in a more authentic way than anyone ever has. So Wildfire is friendly because they’re experiencing the world for the first time

[spahhzy]

Cinder, enjoying the rewards of the heist she just pulled, took a sip of her wine inside her nice big loft she aquried using money from her other bank heists.

She looked over the balcony and into the city below.

Sure, all her crew mates were dead (some by her hand), but it was a job they all knew could go bad... oh well, she was the victor, and now she could spend the money all for herself.

Maybe a trip to atlas or something more exotic?

🔊🔊

Cinder looked behind her inside her home.

The sound of a ringtone began to go off.

Cinder looked down at her phone and saw it wasn't the one going off.

Her ears tracked down the sound, and her eyes laid on the pile of money in front of her.

She walked to the pile of money as the soundgrew louder.

Standing in front of the money pile, she moved some stacks around before finally seeing another phone in the pile.

Picking it up, she looked at the phone with an eyebrow raised.

'Tap tap tap'

Slowly turning around, she looked to see someone sitting in the darkness.

A small light flickered on, and their before Cinders eyes was a woman. She had pink and brown hair that matched her eyes, which was set into a glare.

She was dressed in all black.

The outfit was dirty and all torn up like she just came out of a fight.

Cinder: What do you want?

Cinder points to the stack of cash.

Cinder: Are you here for the money?

The woman shook her head before tossing something to Cinder, which she caught.

It was files.

*click*

Cinder saw the woman pull out a small pistol and aim it at her and made motion, which came across to Cinder that said 'Read it'.

Cinder opened the file and read out loud.

Cinder: Bullets A1 and A2 entered the right lung, causing collapse?

Cinder looked at the woman who continued glaring at her with the pistol still trained onto her.

Cinder: Bullet B1 penatrated the liver, and B2 ruptured the spleen.

Cinder: Bullet C1 and C2 lacerated the heart?

Cinder kept her eyebrow raised.

Cinder: Cause of death, blood loss, and trauma? Manner of death homicide.

Cinder flipped the page to see a picture of a blonde haired blue-eyed man smiling.

Cinder lowered the documents and looked to the woman again.

Suddenly, the woman pulled out another device that began to play audio.

Medical Examiner: In short, the liver, the lungs, the spleen, and the heart were all damaged -

The woman rewound the audio to which the medical examiner repeated the same thing.

Cinder: Oooookay? So what the fuck do you want?

The woman played the audio once more.

Medical examiner: The liver-

BANG!

Cinder barely had any time to register she had been shot as she stumbled backward and fell onto her money.

She looked up and saw the woman now standing up from the chair, gun still trained while holding on to the tape recorder.

She pressed play.

Medical Examiner: The lungs-

BANG!

A bullet rip through Cinders flesh, hitting her in the lungs, Cinder could only gasp in pain as she held the two wounds.

A click was heard.

Medical Examiner: The spleen-

BANG!

Another round was fired at Cinder, who could only gasp in agony, unable to scream or shout.

The woman stepped closer before rewinding the tape recorder again.

Medical Examiner: Jaune Arc-Jaune Arc-Jaune-Arc-

Cinder looked at the woman eyes pleading as the tape recorder just played over and over the same name.

BANG.

Another round left, hitting Cinder in the heart, effectively killing her as she laid lifelessly on the money.

The woman just glared at her one more time before wobbling towards the elevator.

It was done.

-

Stepping out the elevator at the bottom floor, the woman was greeted with Police Commissioner Ozpin.

Ozpin: Is it done Neopolitan?

The woman, Neopolitan, just handed him the gun, to which it was all he needed to know.

As she stepped out, he stepped into the elevator as a car waited for her out front.

Ozpin tipped his hat and closed the elevator door.

The door to the car opened up, and Neo wobbled inside before falling into the passenger seat, tired.

Her oldest and longtime friend Roman had picked her up.

Roman: You all good?

Neo didn't react or anything, and Roman knew that Neo still needed time to process everything now that her lovers' killer was dead.

Roman: You avenged him, Neo, you did it.

Neo just laid her head against the glass, not acknowledging her friend as memories of a blonde haired man, skimmed in her mind, the hole in her heart, bottomless, as the car began to drive back into the city.

[howi99]

Imagine a Castlevania x RWBY au where Salem takes the role of Dracula after Ozma's death.

Glynda is 100% Sypha. Although, Winter could work too, depending on the circumstances and if it's game Trifa or anime Trifa.

Trevor could be Qrow, who match the personality like a charm.

Now, i don't know WHO would be Alucard, maybe a good hearted Cinder? She is half-Grimm in the show so half-vampire would make sense.

Saint Germain stay as Saint Germain. Because i really don't know who could match his personality in RWBY and he can travel dimensions.

Ren is Isaaq, because he's probably the most level headed out of all Ruby's group (Nora would be Demon from hell, who's actually kinda chill)

Jaune IS Hector.

Carmilla... Hm, i would have said Cinder but she's already Alucard. Maybe an "evil" Willow? And her entourage would be her daughters and son. Which means Lenore is either Winter or Weiss... Probably Weiss.

[ficretus]

Ruby didn't cause Cinder's injuries

Not sure how controversial this is as an opinion, but I don't think any of Cinder's injuries were caused by Ruby and Salem is simply gaslighting her.

First of all, let's focus on what story implies happened: Ruby blasted Cinder with silver eyes which resulted in her losing her left eye and left arm. Salem told her it was because of Maiden powers, while it's heavily implied it happened because of Grimm Beetle she had during Beacon arc.

First, why it doesn't make sense:

Wrong arm. During Cinder's fight with Amber we see Cinder put on a glove containing the Beetle on her right hand. Meanwhile, Ruby supposedly destroyed her left hand. This... doesn't make much sense.

Even if Grimm embedded itself deeper inside of Cinder's body, damage still should have been on right side of her body.

2. Eye. Even if we chalk up hand as simply a continuity error, how did Cinder lose her eye? Grimm wasn't connected to her eye in any form. Even if we assumed light was so bright it damaged Cinder's eye... why just left eye? Honorable mention to light somehow damaging Cinder's vocal chords.

3. Different effect. Cinder wasn't the only one affected by Ruby's silver eyes, there was also Grimm Wyvern. However, Cinder and Wyvern seem to have completely different injuries.

Wyvern was petrified, meanwhile Cinder lost her hand and left side of her face has deformed, looking not to dissimilar to burn marks. This doesn't make much sense. For hand, you kind of need to again argue that it's continuity error, which would make it plausible that Cinder's arm was damaged beyond repair by Beetle petrifying inside of it. But what happened to Cinder's face? How is it possible that same blast petrified one thing while seemingly incinerating the other? Especially since Cinder's face should have been unaffected by silver eyes.

Story is full of holes and I think it's not a coincidence we were never shown what exactly happened after Ruby awakened silver eyes.

So what I think actually happened: Ruby used silver eyes on Cinder and Wyvern. Cinder was partially affected because of the Beetle and was stunned by sheer intensity of the eyes. And... that's it.

In that case, who is the true culprit? I'd say Salem.

Now, why would Salem cripple one of her most valuable assets? To further bind Cinder. That's why Cinder went from relatively small and removable Beetle, to being fused with Grimm.

Cinder acquired Fall Maiden power but that's not the part why Salem truly needs her. She is needed to open up her Vault. But on the other hand, Cinder doesn't need Relic, she wants Maiden powers. Salem can't risk her key to victory walking away. Of course Cinder is too ambitious for just one Maiden power, but still something worth considering.

That would explain why would Salem remove Cinder's arm, but what about eye? For that, we need to look at only other Grimm hybrid in the series, Hound. When Ruby peeled away Hound's Grimm skin, it revealed his human face and it had one curious detail, missing eye.

This already creates bit of a pattern. Both Grimm hybrids in the series have one of their eyes missing. It's possible that to create a hybrid, eye needs to be removed as part of the ritual.

So Salem removed Cinder's arm and eye to turn her into a hybrid, meanwhile telling Cinder that her Maiden powers made her vulnerable to Ruby's attack.

Would Cinder believe in this story? I'd say yes. On V4 rewatch I was surprised how little everyone seems to be informed about silver eyes. Both Watts and Hazel talk about eyes as if they are some kind of generic powerup, not crippling weakness of Grimm. And nobody corrected or questioned Salem when she said that Maidens are weak to silver eyes. So it's unlikely Cinder knows much about true ability of silver eyes beyond perceiving them as a threat. If you got hit by an enemy attack and next time you woke up you were missing your arm and eye, you'd probably assume it was because of said attack.

Now, does this really make sense thematically? Ruby not being responsible for Cinder's injuries would make Cinder's hate of Ruby misguided vendetta and that's something show does a lot. Lot of villains have their anger directed at the wrong person or problem, especially the ones that are Salem coded. Salem blames Ozma, Neo blamed Ruby, Hazel blamed Ozpin, Adam blamed Blake. I'd say this twist would be thematically consistent.

[fadedneonzzz]

Cinder Fall Commission by the artist @horang4628 on Twitter!

[purrgiri]

Blows the store up and takes item anyway

Lmao

[bridgyrose]

If you could have a conversation with any one character from a thing you like (not a real person, a character) how do you think it would go?

Okay, I've had to think on this for a while now. I have 3 characters I'd like to talk to.

The first is Pidge. I think I'd end up getting on her nerves asking how everything works, but the second I start picking it up, i think we'd be friends after.

The second is Cinder. I'd be incinerated or end up joining her with whatever chaos she's planning. There is no in between.

The third is Carmen Sandiego. I'd end up listening to her, enamored, as she spoke about the different countries and their history and architecture.... I just really like learning.

[wuyi1551]

无能 无助 无法脱身

[howlingday]

Neo: (Blinks)

Roman: NEO'S RIGHT, FELLAS!

Mercury: Wait, you can understand her?

Roman: Of course I can! Neo here is the voice of reason on this team!

Cinder: She doesn't have a voice, though...

Emerald: I think that says more about us than it does about her.

[oonicornflower]

The way Cinder acts in s1-3 is so funny. The unceasing bedroom voice, the knowing smirks, the "oh Roman, you'll know when you need to know..." all because every single step of her plan is going off without a hitch - the only situation she can handle. And the SECOND something goes wrong, the facade shatters IMMEDIATELY and we can see the angry, pathetic rabid wet cat she was the whole time.

[strqyr]

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