#Taiyang is Ruby's father

[iamafanofcartoons]

All I wanted is a Happy Xiao Long Rose Family AU in RWBY.

Instead, all I see are fanfics trying to tear the family apart.

Why can't there be a happy fanfic of the family?

Artist is AlessiaDettaAlex

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[howlingday]

Ruby/Yang: Happy Father's Day~!

Taiyang: Oh, you girls~! (Hugs them)

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Blake: Happy Father's Day, Dad.

Ghira: Oh, thank you, sweetie. (Hugs her)

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Weiss: ...I hope you're not expecting me to wish you a Happy Father's Day. Whitley might have sent you the flowers, but unfortunately, Winter and I know better. I just had the decency to speak to you myself, instead of ignoring you.

Weiss: Why Mother or anyone else in Atlas would care enough to give you a grave is beyond me. And before you go patting yourself on the back, no, Whitley didn't commission it. It was Mother. Our of respect for you.

Weiss: Respect. What respect? She hated you just as much as you hated her. The only reason you two stayed together was because you threw yourself into your work while she drowned herself in her bottle, all so you both could avoid a scandal that would ruin your business and my family name.

Weiss: And do you know what the worst part is? I can't bring myself to hate you, even after everything you've done to me, your own daughter. Because deep down, I remember the man I was told you were. Someone who sought to bring Atlas to the forefront of greatness. The same man I was told cared too much about Atlas to consider his children. They may have been lies Winter and Mother told me, but... Dammit all, I can't just dismiss them away like anything else you may have spewed at me.

Weiss: Good-bye, Father. May you find peace in knowing that you've won at least one more battle in my war of defiance.

[goldenamaranthe-blog]

Watermelon Crush

Blake: I still can't believe you tricked us into spending time together, Mom....

Raven: Honestly, I can. She's very persuasive.

Kali: Oh, would you two suck it up already? Our little outing wasn't that bad. Besides, you have more in common than you think.

Blake & Raven: I have nothing in common with her!

CRACK!!! TSHHH!!! SPLAT!!!

BRK: What in the world? (Turn the corner and see a crowd of people cheering)

Blake: What is going on?

Emerald: (counting lien smugly) Your girlfriend and father-in-law are competing to see who can break the most watermelons between their thighs in five minutes.

Kali: Father-in-law???? Blake, how could you get married without telling me?!

Blake: Mom, I swear! Yang and I haven't-

Raven: (grabs the top of Blake’s head and turns her focus towards the crowd - resulting in a full Jurassic Park moment)

Blake: (jaw drops)

Taiyang: (panting and grunting warily as he finally cleaves his tenth watermelon in half. He's wearing a pair of retro-red male equivalent of booty exercise shorts, leaving his juice stained, chiseled, Dad hairy legs on display)

Yang: (wearing similar shorts as tai but in black and yellow, shakes off the guts from her twelfth watermelon as she quickly reloads and bursts a thirteenth with a roar. Watermelon and seeds fly everywhere, juices and black spots of seeds follow the contours of her leg muscles as they shake from exertion)

Ruby: Time's up! A valiant effort, you two! But our winner is Yang!

Kali: (claps as the crowd roars) Well, that's one way to spend quality time. (Looks over to Blake and Raven) Don't you- oh! (Snickers)

Blake & Raven: (blushing beet red as their eyes scour their prospective blonde's legs and juice covered bodies)

Kali: And you think you have nothing in common.

[anthurak]

So here's a minor Rosebird Parents-related thought I've been mulling over for a bit that I've also been asked about a couple time:

Even outside of the general 'Unreliable Narrator' nature of himself and Tai that I have already discussed, Qrow not telling Ruby (or Yang) about Raven being her dad/other-mom makes a lot more sense then you might think.

Simply because it is actually entirely possible that Qrow wouldn't actually KNOW that Raven is Ruby's other mom. At least, he wouldn't know for sure.

Qrow would have his suspicions certainly. He could even be PRETTY SURE that Ruby is actually Raven's and Summer's kid. But if Summer was being tight-lipped on the matter, there really wouldn't be anything Qrow could do to confirm it.

And after Summer's disappearance, there's only two people left who could confirm Ruby's true parentage to Qrow, and neither of them would be easily pressed for information.

I've got a lengthy theory-post on Qrow's and Tai's relationship in the works (the REAL foil to bumbleby on Team STRQ XD) that goes into detail on this, but given what we've seen of them together I imagine that Qrow has basically been 'walking on eggshells' around Tai ever since Summer's 'death'. Out of fear of destroying his relationship with the one teammate he has left (and also because he's still pining for Tai, but more on that in a later post). So Qrow would never just up and ask Tai "hey, so is Ruby ACTUALLY your kid?"

And of course, Raven being ENTIRELY unforthcoming with information would likewise absolutely be in-character for her.

So with all that said, even putting aside the general tendency of adults in RWBY to hide VERY IMPORTANT information from their children/students/charges, I think it actually is entirely in-character for Qrow to have not mentioned this possibility to Ruby. And I would even call it an actually GOOD mentoring/parenting decision on his part.

I mean would it really have been a good thing for Qrow to one day pull a pre-teen Ruby aside and go 'Hey, so I think your parents were lying to you and your dad isn't actually your dad and your real dad is my sister and also your sister's mom who's been gone for your entire life. I mean I don't know for sure, but I've got a pretty good hunch about it.'?

[blackhakumen]

Mini Fanfic 1210: Gardening with Mr. Xiao Long (RWBY)

2:41 p.m. The Xiao Long Cabin's Backyard........

'Cling'

Oscar: ('Phew') (Uses his Arm to Wipe the Sweat Off his Forehead While Panting and Holding onto the Stick Part of the Shovel He Placed Next to the Now Slightly Shaded Garden) Okay! I think....That's everything.....for now.....

Tai: (Chuckles Lightly) Hey now, don't get tired on me just yet there, kiddo! I thought you're used to this kind of work.

Oscar: (Turns to his Girlfriend's Father) I am. Heck, I'm all for doing more of it nowadays, but not in this level of heat capacity. It's unbearable!

Tai: That's the Summer Heat for ya. It's so hot that it could make even most strongest willed warriors worn out after a while.

Oscar: Yeah, but did it really have to be here now? It's not even technically Summer yet!

Tai: (Smiles More Sheepishly) True, but it.....practically already start the moment the first day of June came around, so.....

Oscar: ('Sigh') You're not wrong there. The road was already filled with traffic before Ren brought me here.

Tai: (Shrugs) Eh. The roads are always busy in Patch, no matter the season- (Forms a Cheeky Grin) Or Weather the forecast~

'Badum Tssss'

Oscar: (Eyes Widened Before Slowly Turning his Head to Taiyang) Was that pun you made just now?

Tai: Yep! Been a long while since I've made one believe it or not, so I gotta make up for lost times. 'Less I wanna be pass my- (Points and Shows Off his Watch) time! (Chuckles Some More)

Oscar: ('Sigh') You are definitely Yang's father alrght.....

Tai: Hey, if you can stomach through my little firecracker's puns on a daily, you can handle a few of mines as well. (Wraps his Arm Around Oscar's Shoulder) Now, come on, let's head back in and get away from this heatwave before it gets even more un-BEAR-able! (Let's Out a Single Laugh Before Walking Himself and Oscar Back to the House) I still got it.

Oscar: (Oh god. He really is the King of Corny Dad Puns......)

Inside of Xiao Long's Cabin............

Tai: (Pouring a Two Glasses of Cold Lemonade for Both Him and Oscar) Thanks again for helping me take care of the garden out there, Oscar. There's no way I would've gotten everything done alone in that heat. (Hands Oscar his Drink)

Oscar: (Smiles Softly) It's no problem at all, Mr. Xiao Long. As exhausting as today was, I'm glad we got the chance to spend time together today at least. You're a pretty good company to have around. (Takes a Sip of his Drink)

Tai: (Smiles Brightly) Likewise, kiddo! Better be careful now. (Forms a Playful Smirk) We wouldn't want the girls thinking I'm stealing you away from them.

Oscar: ('Scoffs') Please. As if those two would ever get mad at their dad, let alone over me of all people.

Tai: (Takes a Sip of his Lemonade) I dunno. You seem like a pretty lovable guy for people to protect and fight tooth and nail over.

Oscar: That's true. I can't begin to tell you how many legs Nora broken trying to kept me from getting killed in battle......

Tai: (Chuckles Lightly) Is that right? I take it her and Pyrrha playing the mother hens these days?

Oscar: Yep. They can be a bit much at times, but I still love 'em regardless. Jaune and Ren too. They're all are amazing to have around.

Tai: Good! I'm happy life been treating you a whole lot better these days, especially after all the crap you all had to endure.

Oscar: ('Sighs Heavily') You said it. To this day, it still surprises how far I've come to here, with and without Ozpin's help.

Tai: You ever missed having him around?

Oscar: Sometimes. We never see eye-to-eye in a few instances, but it was nice to have him around inside my head until the very end, especially when we're both at the lowest we've been in our lives.

Tai: (Smiles Softly) I'm glad you two got along throughout all of it. That man has been a tortured soul for as long as i knew him, which made sense to me why he doesn't trust people as easily as either of us do these days.

Oscar: ('Sigh') Yeah, that's been a century issue believe it or not. B-But he had gotten better at it overtime! Even more so when everyone stop being angry and gave him one more chance, despite their trust in him weren't the same as it was before. (Sighs Once More) But regardless, I'm just glad he's finally resting in peace now.

Tai (Happily Nodded in Agreement) As he should.

Oscar and Taiyang raise their glasses of lemonade towards one another before taking another sip of their respective drinks.

Tai: ('Sighs Relaxingly') You know, Ruby's been talking about you quite a lot these days.

Oscar: She has?

Tai: Yeah. Way before you two started dating. I mean, she talks a lot about her and your friends as well, but....not exactly in a way she does on you, if you catch my drift.

Oscar: I- (Raises an Eyebrow a Bit in Confusion) think so?

Tai: Like, how happy you've made her and how you've inspired her to better herself as huntress and person and what have you.

Oscar: Ohhh! Okay, gotcha. (Chuckles a But Before Rubbing The Back of his Head and Putting on a More Sheepish Smile) I honestly feel like she inspired me a lot more if anything. Can't imagine what my life would've been like if Oz didn't convinced me to go meet her and the others in Mistral.......

Tai: (Casually Shrugs) I'm sure you two would've met under different circumstances. (Smiles Brightly) Even then, there wouldn't be any doubt in my mind that you two would be a perfect match for one another.

Oscar: (Stares at Taiyang For a Brief Second Before Happily Bowing his Head to Him) Thank you, sir. I'm not as strong as Ruby, at least when it comes to combat, but I promise I'll continue to keep her safe.

Tai: You don't have to the strongest in the globe to try and look after her, yoi know? You're a team, partners in crime busting. You really think Ruby gonna let you fight on your own at your very lowest?

Oscar: No, she would beat 'em down in a bloody pulp if anyone dares lay a finger on me. Her words.

Tai: (Burst Out Laughing) Exactly! She'll always have your back and you'll always have hers, even when she'll propose to you on the spot one of these days!

Oscar: Pretty sure that's too early to- Wait. (Raises an Eyebrow Again) You think Ruby will propose before me?

Tai: (Forms a Cheeky Grin) I believe so, yes~ Girl's loves you way too much not to at this point. Especially since she takes under her mother, Summer.

Oscar: She proposed to you in the past?

Tai: Oh yeah. Night out under the stars, in the middle of the forest. (Starts Snickering) She quickly swept me off my feet and kissed me the very moment I said "Yes". That was like the most romantic thing she'd done yet!

Oscar: (Chuckles Lightly) Oho she is definitely Ruby's mom alright.

Tai: What? She swepts you off your feet too?

Oscar: More times than I can could.

'Door Opens'

WE'RE HOOOOOOME!~

Oscar: (Sighs as He and Tai Turns to See Two Very Familiar Faces Entering the Room) Speaking of which.......

Tai: (Smiles Brightly at his Two Daughters, Ruby and Yang) Hey there, ladies! How was your mini patrol today?

Yang: (Rolls her Eyes a Bit) As uneventfully time wasting as you can imagine.

Ruby: Yeah, they weren't any sight of Grimm anywhere so they let us come back home early. Which is great- (Rushes Over and Hugs Oscar Very Lovingly) Cause we missed you like crazy, honey!~

Yang: (Gently Ruffles the Top of Oscar's Hair With a Bright Smile) Hope you and dad had a great time at home together today. He wasn't boring you too much, was he?

Oscar: Nah. Not really. He was cool enough to make us both lemonade after I helped him take care of his garden and whatnot.

Tai: (Forms Another Cheeky Grin) I'm a good company in his eyes. Possibly better you girls are.

Yang: ('Playfully Scoffs') Please. I'm a FAR more funner company for him than you'll be, old man.

Ruby: (Starts Pouting at her Sister and Father) Um hello! Girlfriend in the room! I'm clearly the most superior company he ever has around here!~

Yang: Over Nora? I don't believe it.

Tai: Yeah, that kind seems far fetched there, kiddo.

Ruby: (Comically Glares at the Two) IS NOT!!

Oscar: Guys, guys, you ALL are amazing company to me. Now cool already.

Yang: (Points at Ruby) I will once she's brave enough to pop the question~

Ruby: (Turns to Yang) Hey! I'll put a ring on his finger one of these days, quit rushing me!!

Tai: (Watches the Girls Bicker Along with a Flustered Oscar) Well, whaddya know? (Gives Oscar a Bit of a Cocky Like Smirk) I was right on the money this hole-time~

'Bada Tssssss'

Oscar: (Gives his Future Father in Law a Deadpinned Look) Don't start. (Turns Back to his Girlfriend) Hey Ruby, I have a surprise to give you if you shimmer down a bit.

Ruby: (Growling at Tongue Sticked Out Yang Before Quickly Turning Back to Oscar) ('Gasps') You do? Truly?

Oscar: Yeah. (Gets Himself Up From his Seat) It's not much, but consider this a token for your hardwork as a huntress- (Gives Ruby a Kiss on the Cheek Before Turning Away, Blushing and Smiling a Little) As well as being the best girlfriend I could ever ask for~

Yang: (Clasps her Hands Together in Awe) Awwww~ That's so sweet~

Tai: (Chuckles Lightly) And very gentleman like!~ That kid's a real keeper, Ruby.

Ruby: (Giggles Softly While Blushing as Well) You darn right he is!~ (Hugs Oscar Again) How bold of you to kiss me in front if my dad like that, Mister Farm Boi!~

Oscar: (Shrugs) Yeah, well, it took every nerve in my body to even think about doing this. Don't expect this to be a recurring thing.

Ruby: Don't worry, I won't. (Forms a Mischievous Grin on her Face) Buuuuuuuuut~

Oscar: Oh god, what is it?

Ruby: Given that you've been so kind as to bond and help my dad with gardening, I think it's right that I return a favor, no?~

Oscar: Yeah, sure, if that's what you wanna- DO!? (Immediately Gets Swept Off His Feet by Ruby)

Ruby: (Happily Carrying Oscar in a Bridal Carry) Of course!~ (Looks Down at Oscar With a More Flirtatious Smirk on her Face) Now brace yourself and plucked up~ (Ignite her Kissy Fury Upon Oscar's Freckled Face)

Oscar: (Chuckles Ticklishly by Ruby's Love and Affection) Rubyhehehe!~ Not in front of your familyhe!~

Yang: (Let's Out a Bit of a Playful Grossed Out Noise While Watching the Couple's Antics Along with Her Father) ('Ugh') Young love.

Tai: (Smirks at Yang) Oh and like you haven't done the same to Blake.

Yang: Hey, at least we had the common decency to do it closed doors. Those two have no shame at all!

Tai: Just like your mother and I~

Yang: Summer or Raven?

Tai: ...............Yes.

Yang: (Sighs While Rolling her Eyes) Barf.

Tai: Hey, you asked!

Yang: And I'm regretting it as we speak! (Turns Back to Taiyang) Get off my freaking back!!

Tai: Twerp!

Yang: Old Fart!

Tai and Yang glare at each other for a few seconds before they start breaking down laughing.

Yang: ('Sigh') But no seriously though, dad. I'm glad you like Oscar.

Tai: (Smiles Softly as He Wrap his Arm Around his Elder Daughter's Arm) I am too, Yang. He's a really good kid and so long as he keeps my girl happy, that's good enough for me. Though I do wish he would appericate my puns a lot more. I'm getting desperate here.

Yang: (Gently Pats her Dad on the Back) He'll come around to them eventually.

Happy Father's Day!!!

@ma-lemons

@albion-93

@bestpony666

@maripr

@rwbyrosegardenweek

[bafflement]

Glitter Is Annoying

@remnants-of-rwby-events

Day 4 - Decorations. It would have been longer, but I'm not feeling too good today. :(

Poor Tai...

Tai groaned as he dislodged yet another piece of glitter from his desk. Normally, he’d be all for making your own decorations, but he really wanted to find whoever introduced the girls to glitter. He just wanted to talk, it was adorable watching them craft paper decorations and glitter covered stars, would definitely brighten the place up. But…

But Ruby had already needed one bath, the giggling, glue covered six-year-old not seeming to understand that said glue was meant to go on the decorations, not her. He guessed he should just be glad she hadn’t thought to try to eat it, he still remembered that particular incident with one of his students and… no. He was glad his girls were at least more sensible than that.

But still… why had their school had to push decorating so hard? They had decorations, Tai had kept every single one Summer had ever owned, protected, preserved in the boxes she’d left them in. They’d always had a tree, had tinsel and baubles, even if he never could quite bring himself to touch Summer’s things. They’d been happy, but… had they?

He was always at work, always busy. He should have been here, watching over his girls. The paper garlands were adorable though. They glistened and sparkled, almost felt alive, even if he rather wished Yang had had better aim with the scissors, at least she hadn’t given them to Ruby? The star might have been less wonky, but at least it was made with love?

He was just happy there hadn't been any metal available. Ruby was already so obsessed with weapons, that he rather feared that might have ended badly at best. images of a weaponised snowflake like someone like Jacques Schnee could only dream of started flashing through his mind and he shivered. But hey, his girls were sensible, they knew that he loved them even if he wasn’t always around. Qrow was usually watching, when he wasn’t in Vale with, eugh, Ozpin. They were already so like Summer, though thankfully rather less like Raven. He wasn't sure he'd live through losing either of them.

At least Qrow was around if he needed him, even if he questioned certain parts of his lifestyle. Ozpin had been responsible for Summer, and yet the two had been in love for far longer than he really wanted to think about. His brother in law really needed better taste…

He squirmed, dislodging yet another sharp, pointy piece. He wasn't mad, he wasn't even really upset. He just wanted a few words with whoever invented glitter, that's all.

[rwby-taboo]

How open are the members of team RWBY about being daddy's girls?

(Sorry for taking so long, but now getting to answering these.)

In order from most ashamed to most willing to flaunt it?

Given all the effort Weiss went through to get away from Jacques, she is mortified how much she wound up enjoying serving as her father's cum slut and bed warmer. She tries telling herself that any pleasure she experienced was merely her focusing on getting to Beacon, and had nothing to do with taking her father's Schneenis.

Blake has slightly more positive, but still very mixed feelings about joining Ghira's bedchambers with Kali. On one hand, her father is unquestionably a better lover than Adam "Crimson McEdgehorn" "One Rage-Pump Chump" Taurus ever was, and the trysts she's enjoyed are more euphoric than all her filthiest smut novels could have ever made her imagine. On the other, she's pretty sure that most girls wouldn't consider their own fathers as potential rebounds, and she'd prefer not to give anti-faunus bigots and human supremacists more ammo to use for a race war - the propaganda writes itself, "Only filthy animals would dare engage in such filthy taboo debauchery!"

Ruby, being the social awkward butterfly she is, tended to bond the most with her dad and Uncle Qrow prior to her arrival at Beacon. Back at Signal, whenever her classmates brought up her male relatives' looks, she'd pretend to act grossed out that anyone would ever dare imagine them in the context of such FILTH - while also trying to keep from blushing at the memories of following in her mom's footsteps as the one who could help Qrow and Taiyang settle down. Of course, if she does find someone she thinks can keep a secret, she'll gladly talk about the fun times she's had with the "daddies" of Team STRQ.

And that brings us to Yang Xiao Long. While she might prefer girls most of the time, her daddy is the one man she loves the most of all. Its a bit of a delicate dance between the two Xiao Longs, as Tai doesn't want to force his daughter into anything she doesn't want - whereas Yang has made it clear multiple times over that she'd have no problem picking up the slack from her moms. She's got many reasons to become a Huntress, but amongst them are proving she's better than Raven Branwen. A better person, a better fighter, a better lover and a better wife and mother. And if that leads her to becoming her father's THIRD wife - and mother to her and Ruby's half-sibling - then she'll gladly take the honor.

Suffice to say, the last thing Team RWBY ever expected to have in common was being able to compare notes on their sex lives with their father's - Yang and Ruby enjoyed getting some outside perspective.

[rwby-encrusted-blog]

Penny: Happy Father's day! I have brought a variety of confections for you to enjoy, Father!

Pietro: Oh my darling daughter, No matter how good they may be, none are as sweet as you.

Penny: Thank you, father. I love you!

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Tai: Hey gir- HMMP!

Ruby: *Tackling him* Hey dad! Happy fathers Day! Yang's bringing in your gift!

Tai: Well it's good to see you again! What'd you get me?

Yang: We got you some albums - A Vinyl Record and some C.D.'s. Hey Pop's!

Tai: You girls are too good for me.

Ruby: Maybe Just a little.

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Blake: Dad!

Ghira: Blake! *Hugging her* It's great to see you again.

Blake: Happy Father's day! I couldn't find amything for you, but I just wanted you to know-

Ghira: You being here is enough of a gift for me, Blake.

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Papa Arc: BOY!

Jaune: Hey Da-*Hugged*

Papa Arc: You're alright! You're alright. Don't run off like that again, please.

Jaune: ... It's good to see you again, old man.

Papa Arc: I ain't that old!

Papa Arc: Though, you've seemed to have done some growin' yerself.

Jaune: Yeah, I have. Also your dating advice Sucks.

Papa Arc: Worked on yer Ma' enough to get her to suck Me!

Jaune: *Blushing* DAD!

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Ren: *Meditating with his Father's knife*

Nora: Um H-Hello sir! Uh ... I know we never got the chance to meet, but thank you. You're son is wonderful, and kind, and he's always had my back. He thinks the world of you, and ... Thanks For giving Him to the World.

Ren: *Smiles, Tears roll down his cheeks*

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Ozpin: What are you two girls up to? Your teams are out for fathers day.

Weiss: While I might refer to Jacques as Father, he hardly deserves the title.

Pyrrha: I have two Moms. Father's day is a free day for me.

Ozpin: Well those are both very fair reasons. Have a nice day, and please stay out of trouble.

Pyrrha: Oh, you know our teams usually pull us into their shenanigans.

Weiss: ... Hey, Professor Ozpin, You always say you're older than you look. Have you ever had kids?

Ozpin: *Visibly Stiffens* Uh ... Yes. Once upon a Time, I did have children. Four beautiful Daughters ...

Ozpin: I ... I'd rather not speak about what happened.

Weiss: OH! Sorry for bringing it up Sir!

Ozpin: It's all fine Miss Schnee, you couldn't have possibly known without the use of some kind of Magic. Enjoy your afternoon. Good day.

~~~~~

Happy Father's day, This is just a reminder that a biological Father isn't the same a a Real Father. Have a nice day, whether or not you celebrate Father's day.

[dragoonbutched]

Yang and Ruby: Haply Dad's Day, Dad! *hands him a pun-jacket*

Tai: Thanks Kiddos! You're sure thread this all the way to my heart! *group hug*

~~~~~~~~~

Penny: Happy Father's Day, Doctor! Here's some new glasses *hands him googly glasses*

Pietro: Awww! Thank you, Penny *both hug*

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Blake: Happy Father's Day, Dad...*hugs Ghira*

Ghira: I love you too, Blake. *hugs back*

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Weiss, Winter, and Whitney: Father...

Jacque:...Children...

~~~~~~~~~

Marcus and Mercury:

[xfanzonly]

I genuinely want to know why people think Taiyang is a good father? He neglected his kids and Yang had to raise Ruby! Seeing him get praise yesterday was honestly so sickening to me, him and Jacques are in the same boat if you ask me 🤷‍♀️

[iamafanofcartoons]

I was speaking to @dappercat123 about RT and CRWBY being pressed for time with regards to fleshing out certain scenes, and I realized that one thing RWBY Ice Queendom tried to do with show Taiyang reacting to Ruby stopping Roman’s armed robbery of an old man’s store.

Or Ruby meeting his former mentor.

How do you folks think that would have gone?

Art by legendfofremnant

https://www.deviantart.com/legendofremnant/art/RWBY-Scene-Tai-enters-the-Police-station-862818800

[blade-liger-4ever]

I love this story, this theory, and ship. Thank you for sharing it with us.

burden of my name

[Not so long ago I started watching RWBY and instantly liked Qrow. He is very cool character and I felt sorry for him because of his Semblance. And I ship him with Summer. I find it a bit unfair that Taiyang got Raven (who I don’t like very much), and Summer while Qrow is alone and doesn’t have a love interest.

Anyway, this ff was inspired by theory that Qrow is Ruby’s father, (usually I don’t believe in fan theories, but I believe in this one for a number of reasons), Qrow’s theme song (hence the title) and other similar stories where Qrow hides the fact that he is Ruby’s father for her safety. Hope you will like my version of it. And no flames please. Also posted on AO3 and FF.net.]

“Are you sure this is a good idea, Qrow?” Taiyang asked his friend, both of them sitting in chair and on couch respectively in living room of Xiao Long house.

“Do you have a better idea?” Qrow asked the blonde man. Taiyang opened his mouth to say something, suggest a better idea than the one his teammate suggested, but nothing came to mind, and he closed his mouth. Qrow saw that, and smirked humorlessly. “Thought so.”

“I still don’t like it,” the blonde man said. “It’s been only a month since Summer died. Ruby already lost one parent, now she is losing you too. “

“She is not losing me exactly,” Qrow said, ignoring the first part of the sentence. It still hurt to think of Summer. And will hurt for the rest of his life. “I will be here for her as ‘Uncle Qrow’, not Dad. “

Taiyang didn’t say anything to that.

Qrow continued. “Believe me it’s hard for me too, but it’s for the best. The people that had been after Summer because she…” he swallowed, “was SEW, will be after Ruby too if they find out I’m her father, because they knew Summer and I ar-were in relationship, plus she is gonna be SEW too someday, and that will put her into more danger. Not to mention my Semblance is going to mess things up if I try to take the care of her. She is safer in Patch, here with you and Yang. Please take care of her.”

Taiyang sighed and gave in to the plea.

“Okay, I will take care of her.”

The raven-haired man breathed a sigh of relief, his shoulders sagging.

“Thanks, Tai,” he told his friend.

“Don’t mention it,” Taiyang said. “But try to be in girls’ lives as often as possible. “

“I’ll try,” Qrow promised, getting up the couch, and going to the stairs that led to the second floor of the house.

“Where are you going?” Taiyang asked.

“Want to see Ruby before leaving for mission,” Qrow replied without looking at his teammate.

Taiyang nodded, though Qrow didn’t see it.

Once Qrow was on the second floor, he went to the Ruby’s room.

Entering the nursery, the raven-haired man approached the crib where his daughter slept.

Qrow’s red eyes softened as he watched Ruby sleep peacefully. She looked so innocent, still unaware of the dangers of the world.

And she was all he had left from Summer. Which was why he had to distance himself from her, hide the fact that he was Ruby’s father from everyone except from the trusted few, so she would be safe.

Qrow didn’t like this plan, but it was necessary for Ruby’s safety because he couldn’t lose his daughter like he lost Summer.

The man shook his head. He had to go. Otherwise, he would lose himself again like he did when the love of his life died.

Qrow leaned closer to Ruby and kissed her on the cheek. The little girl stirred, but didn’t wake up.

“See you, Petal,” he whispered to her before straitening up and leaving the nursery.

“Going on mission?” Taiyang asked when he saw his teammate descend the stairs.

“Yeah,” Qrow replied, taking Harbinger that he placed to lean against the wall in his hand. “Take care of the girls while I’m away. “

“Will do,” the blonde nodded. “And you stay safe. “

Qrow nodded in reply and left the house.

As he walked away, he didn’t think of mission. He tried to convince himself again that leaving Tai to raise his daughter was for the best.

After all, she didn’t need the burden of his name.

[goldenamaranthe-blog]

RWBY: Pokémon AU

Taiyang gives his girls eggs to hatch when they start out on their journey to go along with their starters. He runs the Xiao Long - Rose Nursery, so he has no idea what they end up being. His partners are Charizard and Kummo-o.

Yang & Growlithe: Thanks, Dad!

Taiyang: Just be careful.

-A Few Weeks Later-

Yang: (on videochat) Dad! Dad! You'll never guess what happened!!!

Taiyang: What?

Yang: (holds up shiny Jangmo-o) The egg hatched!!!

Taiyang: (clutches chest) That's.... wonderful, baby girl.

-A Few Years Later-

Taiyang: And here's your egg, Ruby. Be safe out there. When you get to the fire gym, let Yang and Barkanine know I say hi.

Ruby & Riolu: Thanks, Dad!

Taiyang: Be careful out there!

-A Few Weeks Later-

Taiyang: Hey, Ruby! Did you make it to the fire gym alright?

Ruby: DadDadDadDadDadDad!!!! You're never going to believe this!!!!

Taiyang: (thinking: Oh, no...) What is it, baby girl?

Ruby: (holds up shiny Raltz) THE EGG HATCHED!!!! AND IT'S A SHINY!!!!

Taiyang: (clutches chest tighter and cries) That's... Unreal.... Sweetheart....

*Call Ends*

Taiyang: (crying into Charazard's belly) I've never hatched or even seen a shiny before in my life... and yet both of my girls got one within a few weeks of starting their journeys?!

[iamafanofcartoons]

RWBY Theory Volume 9: The Blacksmith, how Summer Rose could be the Blacksmith, and how it can tie STRQ the Xiao Long Rose Family and Ruby’s last name of Rose together.

After we saw the blacksmith, we also saw that, from what other theorists have said, those weapons are identities, or “burdens.”

And one of them was Summer Rose.

So how can Summer Rose be the Blacksmith?

A blacksmith “forges”...they take pieces of different materials and forge them together into something new and great.

Summer took three misfits (the Branwen Twins and Tai) and with herself as the catalyst or the lynchpin holding them together, she forged the greatest team, Team STRQ.

All of them contributed their own parts, but Summer, the Leader, was what held them together.

And when that team fell apart due to Raven? What happened then?

Summer took the remains of Team STRQ. Tai, Qrow, and Yang...

And so Summer forged something new from it...The Xiao Long Rose Family.

Why does Ruby contain Summer’s last same? 

Because Ruby is the one thing Summer has that did not solely come from one of Team STRQ. It came directly from her, from Summer.

Ruby is Summer’s material...her key piece. And Summer gave Ruby her last name, rather than Xiao Long or Xiao Long Rose.

Its the same reason Summer didn’t take the last name Xiao Long...she already had her identity to bear. And as a parent and a mother, she forged Ruby’s.

Though it did complicate things for Ruby to look like Summer and nothing like her father, while Yang only has Tai’s blonde hair, but Monty already said that Ruby and Yang are half-sisters, so let’s take that debunked theory and kick it to the curb shall we?

Point is...With Summer the lynchpin, and the forger, a new group/team/family was forged from it, and as a result everyone began to recover from the loss of STRQ.

Until Summer died...and so the Xiao Long Rose family was without its lynchpin, without the person to forge their destiny and identity.

So Ruby and Yang both suffer from one form of identity issue or another.

Qrow forged Ruby into a huntress, so Ruby gravitates towards Qrow as her role model, rather than her own father, Tai, who was broken from the loss of Summer’s guidance.

Yang instead seeks out the person responsible for her Birth, Raven, to figure out her identity and what path she should forge.

After Yang realizes that Raven left due to fear, Yang continues the path of a Huntress, while protecting the last creation that Summer left behind for their family...Ruby Rose.

Somehow Summer ended up in the Ever After. We don’t know how. But her weapon is there.

“Nothing is truly lost”

Summer is away from home, she can never make it back...not as she is.

So she surrenders her identity, the identity of a warrior who failed...and became somebody else...somebody still helpful.

I base the Blacksmith as human or formerly human due to The Rusted Knight being human as well.

What makes RWBY unique is that each of the members of RWBY have worked together to forge the team...that is how they succeed where STRQ failed.

A group forged by the group, rather than a group forged by the individual.

Summer can help Ruby rebuild herself...by learning from Summer’s mistakes...and Yang can find a way to finish the forging of her identity.

[anthurak]

Taiyang Xiao Long: The Latest in a Long Line of Fuckups

So there’s been quite a bit of discussion by this point from a number of people, myself included, about the idea that Taiyang Xiao Long isn’t actually the ‘Good Dad’ that much of the RWBY fandom has long seen him as. That he is in fact just as much of a dysfunctional fuck-up parent as Qrow, Summer, and yes, even Raven. There are a few different factors to this that others have gone into more detail on, but for me it really comes down to one core point in particular:

If you have checked out of parenting to the point where the two girls under your care can both state overtly and matter-of-factly that the older of the two raised the younger, then it frankly doesn’t matter WHAT your reasons were for checking out or how hard you may have been grieving. You have unequivocally, massively, FUCKED UP as a parent. The fact that the show has made it clear that Ruby considers Yang, her SISTER, to be her primary parent-figure does not speak well to ANY of Team STRQ’s parenting, Tai included.

However, with that said, I thought it would be worth talking about what all this discussion could actually mean in practice, ie; how might all this end up being actually explored in the story of RWBY itself?

After all, it’s not like Tai’s failings as a father have really been directly focused on or confronted or even overtly spelled out in the show thus far. The most direct we’ve gotten was during Yang’s talk with Weiss in the episode Alone Together, and even that wasn’t so much directed at Tai himself so much as describing how Yang was forced to take up so much slack in the family after Summer’s apparent death. Right now, discussion of Tai’s failings as a father is still very much ‘reading between the lines’.

And I believe that is all deliberate on the part of the writers. Thus far, the references to Tai’s failings as a parent haven’t meant to be overt and obvious to the audience. But rather they are meant to be hints and foreshadowing hiding in the margins and not immediately obvious to the viewer.

At least until it’s time to MAKE them obvious.

You see, I believe that Taiyang as a character is going to turn out to be all too similar to the likes of Qrow, Ozpin and Ironwood.

Men who are introduced appearing to represent noble and good-natured archetypes, but who wind up being revealed to have DEEP and extensive personal failings and flaws that wind up hurting themselves and all those around them. The warning signs of which turn out to have been floating around the margins, between the lines and just outside the audience’s field of view since practically their first appearances.

Consider for a moment just how characters like Ozpin, Qrow, Ironwood and Tai were/have been overtly presented in their early appearances. In other words, how the story at first wants us to view them:

The Wise Teacher

The Quirky Mentor

The Heroic Soldier

The Good Dad

And now let’s remember just how the first three wound up failing our heroines. And all of the hints we got that FORESHADOWED that failing:

All of the ‘Shady Oz’ behavior that people were noticing as early as Volume 2, and which only compiled and built over the subsequent volumes until being finally dragged into the light at the start of Volume 6.

Qrow’s rampant alcoholism, which he was outright introduced with in Volume 3 and later noted by Glynda to ALWAYS to be drunk. And shown later in Volume 5 when Ruby doesn’t bat an eye at Qrow showing up at their house near-passed out drunk.

And of course, ALL of the red flags that Ironwood was on the fast-track to fascism right from his first appearance when he showed up for the preparations of a festival celebrating peace and unity with a fleet of giant warships.

Now we have Tai, a character who turns out to have all kinds of indicators pointing to him actually being a complete dysfunctional fuck-up as a father once you start looking closely. From Yang’s multiple recountings of how Tai shut down and left HER to care for Ruby, to his shall we say QUESTIONABLE mentoring advice to Yang, to Ruby outright stating that it was YANG who raised her…

Really if you just start taking a closer look at Tai’s actions and behavior across the show, you can start finding plenty of hints and red-flags to his dysfunctional parenting hiding under a thin veneer of ‘expected’ character-archetype behavior, just like what happened with Ozpin, Qrow and Ironwood.

For example, just look at Tai’s ‘mentoring’ of Yang in Volume 4. At first glance, this scene is framed like a typical ‘hero gets tough-love advice and help from their wise and experienced parent’ situation, which is the takeaway most of us probably got on first viewing. Yet the moment you take a closer look and start unpacking what Tai is actually saying in this scene, it becomes clear, particularly in hindsight, that Tai is FULL OF SHIT. To the point of seemingly not even understanding how Yang’s semblance even works.

Or how about his claim that Raven ‘did a number of this family’, which if you actually take a minute to analyze, ESPECIALLY now in hindsight, makes no goddamn sense. How exactly can Raven have ‘done a number’ on the family when she’s been GONE from said family for the past 18 years? Particularly now that it seems like if any member is guilty of ‘doing a number’ on the STRQ, it’s actually SUMMER for going off on her super-secret suicide/martyr mission. We can’t even say that Tai can blame Raven for what happened to Summer because as Ruby’s Tree Vision made clear, Tai doesn’t even know Raven was involved. What this statement REALLY feels like is a shitload of projection and Tai blaming Raven for all of HIS fuckups as a parent.

HOWEVER, because none of this is directly framed by the show as being explicitly ‘bad’ and doesn’t present Tai with traditional/obvious ‘bad dad’ traits (see Jacques, and more on him in just a bit…) and generally couches his behavior with a veneer of ‘feeling baseline care and affection’, it’s easy to overlook on a first viewing.

Really, it feels all too much like how Volume 4 also presented Ironwood on the surface as the noble, heroic ‘only sane man’ among the authority in Atlas, all while slipping in NUMEROUS red-flags of him being on the fast track to fascism.

Speaking of Jimmy the Child Shooter, it’s been noted by a few people at this point that in hindsight, it’s pretty clear that Jacques Schnee effectively served as a red-herring villain to distract the audience from the growing red-flags surrounding Ironwood, both in Volume 4 and again in Volume 7.

Well, what if Jacques was also being used to distract the audience from TAI’s own parenting red flags in Volume 4? After all, it’s easy to be more forgiving of Tai’s sketchy parenting choices when the show keeps cutting back to Jacques’ brand of ‘parenting’.

Really, I think in hindsight Volume 4 is giving us three different looks at fatherhood: We’ve got the caring, nurturing father in Ghira, the abusive villainous father in Jacques, and the dysfunctional fuckup in Tai. A real ‘the Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ situation.

And finally, the simple fact that Yang raised Ruby. The biggest indicator of Tai’s, as well as the rest of Team STRQ’s, MASSIVE fuckups as parents which goes all the way back to Volume 1 when Gold framed Yang as a motherly figure to Ruby, outright comparing her to Summer.

It all points to Tai being set up for the same kind of big, subversive narrative rug-pull as Ozpin, Qrow and Ironwood. Men who are introduced as these strong, capable, ‘good-guy’ archetypes, only for it to be later revealed to both the heroines and the audience that these adults that they trusted are actually massive fuck-ups who have been making a mess of everything.

The only difference with Tai is that the story simply hasn’t decided to shine the light of narrative focus ON all of his numerous problems and fuckups and force our heroines to confront them like it already has with Ozpin and Qrow in Volume 6, and Ironwood in Volumes 7 and 8.

At least, not YET.

And wouldn’t you know it, the last RWBY Beyond episode set up what could be the PERFECT opportunity for that with Yang’s line about Tai being on ‘special assignment’.

Sure, people have been saying stuff like ‘Oh he’s gotta be doing something super important like guarding the Relic of Choice’, but this is RWBY we’re talking about. The show that ALREADY made a big point about how the ‘Daddy had a good reason for abandoning you’ trope is utter bullshit.

So frankly, I’d say there is NO WAY IN HELL that Tai has an actual ‘good reason’ for not having come to Vacuo to see his daughters.

And that this is instead the setup for Ruby and Yang to finally have to DEAL with all of their parents’ dysfunctional bullshit.