#The Arc Horde

[novankenn]

The Sequel!

(A/N - Let's see what we can do with this!)

It had been 14 years since his one and only son had been born. The auspicious day heralded in a new era for the Arc clan. The baby making had ceased. The combined might of the mothers of his children deciding it was time to focus on raising and educating their brood over just expanding it.

But the hints were still there, Everyone was still hale and hearty... and once his oldest started moving out on their own... they may start the process over again. But however that was beside the point. His 9 oldest had decided with some urging from their mothers and aunts and grandmothers to bring home their boyfriends or girlfriends... to meet the family.

While Jaune knew that his children would never let ANYONE hurt or disrespect any member of the family, as the father... he had an age old duty to fulfill, but due to the sheer size of the undertaking he called in assistance. So there seated on three couches in the massive living room, sat the 9 would be paramours.

Across from them the father of their love interests. Before Jaune his 14 year old son, with his shoulder length dark brown hair put up in twin-tails, while wearing baby blue tights, a pink sundress and black flats. stood. Jaune knew after this... meeting... he was going to have to talk to his brood again about playing dress up with their brother.

Flanking Jaune was his reinforcements for this task. The grandfathers and grand uncle of the family. To his left stood Qrow and Taiyang. To his right Ozpin and Jaune's father. Behind him using his imposing size stood Ghira.

But there was one other, that even the assembled group of men was a little shocked at seeing. Standing behind the collected young men and women seeking approval to continue their relationships, was one Jacques Schnee, flanked by a squad of SDC security drones. One for each of his granddaughters and half-granddaughters.

Jaune's mind remembered something about Willow enlisting Salem's help in putting Jacques straight, and for several years the man had been banned from family outings. But then sunlight broke through those dark clouds, and the Schnee Patriarch proved his "worth" b y not only restructuring the SDC, but also himself.

Jaune: So... *Jaune's support as smirked... sinisterly* ...you want to date my daughters...

[drenosa]

This AU was spawned by @novankenn, with further additions from a few others.

After the Saga that was The Arc Horde: Expansion and before the Saga that was The Arc Horde: Date Night, there was:

The Arc Horde: A Son's Day Out

In the Kingdom of Vale, at the outskirts of it's capital city, a manor stood imperiously between the others in the district. It was grand, incredibly so, compared to it's nearest neighbours. The plot of land holding multiple buildings and distinct area's for a wide variety of uses.

Living quarters, lounging areas, recreational facilities, workshops and even a fully stocked and staffed medical ward were just part of the full range of what the Arc estate contained.

Today we find ourselves at one of the buildings holding living quarters. Here the regular pandemonium that comes with 38 children in one household was echoing through its hallways.

And it's in those hallways we seen the most peculiar sight. It is a boy. The only boy. The only non-blond brother amongst a sea of 37 very blonde sisters who can all call themselves children of one Jaune Arc.

This boy was currently running for his young life. Stuck in an objectively pretty dress and with fetching twin-tails in his brown, chin-length hair, he tried his best to ignore the sound of the pursuing party behind him.

"Aureus Gawain Autumn-Arc! Get your skirt-covered butt back here, right now!"

"We were still busy with your make-up! You're ruining the whole ensemble if you don't get back here!"

"Uncle Ren's tea leaves will not go to waste!"

The shrill voices behind him had the volume of airhorns, one the lanky 9-year old boy had no desire for to hear up close. Running through the hallways of the Arc Manor, he did his best to remember the layout of the stupidly large group of buildings he called home.

Turning the corner he spotted an open window. The collection of running sounds behind him gave him little reason to hesitate, scrambling over the windowsill and shutting it as he dropped down on the dirt beneath it.

Not even daring to breath, he listened on as his sisters stampeded past. When the noise was gone, he gave a quick glance through the window, dropping back down with a sigh of relief as he finally got a moment of peace. A moment well-suited to take stock of his own situation. Which, all-in-all, was a pretty stupid situation to be stuck in.

He, Aureus, only son of Jaune Arc, was once more "invited" for a tea party by some his sisters.

He, as always, respectfully declined said "invitation".

His sisters, as always, respectfully ignored his opposition and dragged him off by the ankles to "get dressed for the occassion".

He, as is often the case, managed to escape partway through his make-over. Leaving him him a "fetching spring dress" and twin-tails in his brown, chin-length hair.

His escape, which didn't succeed as often as he'd like, left him sitting outside a window, in the dirt of the inner courtyard of the Arc Manor.

The courtyard was actually the perfect place to be. The whole area was a massive garden with plenty of hedges, flowers, trees and most importantly, broken sightlines.

Aureus, his heart somewhat calmed, quickly made his way through the veritable maze that was the estate's central courtgarden, mentally keeping track of which direction he was travelling as he took a few extra turns to hopefully confuse any would be pursuers.

Popping back out the maze on the other side, he was greeted by the facade of another building, one that housed many of his home's lounging and recreational areas. Spotting yet another window left open thanks to whatever fortune he had left, he once again scrambled up and over the windowsill.

Dropping down on the floor with a huff Aureus finally took a real moment to enjoy an actual succesful escape from the clutches of his rabid sisters.

"Oh, well look at that, sisters. A surprise waiting below us."

Whatever warm relief the boy was feeling rapidly froze over with fear. Throwing his sight to-and-fro he desperately looked for his new tormentors, only to see no-one on either side of the long hallway.

"Aw... and he's looking everywhere but at the right place."

"Hihi, you'd think he'd know better by now."

Freezing again as the cogs in his brain tried to wrack and wrench together a coherent thought, Aureus looked up. Up near the ceiling he spotted three sets of triangular ears twitching with interest, three sets of amber and blue coloured eyes glinting with mirth, and three toothy grins smilling with delight.

Three of his sisters, the Belladonna children, lounged lazily together in the rafters, their composures as cat-like as can be.

"Hello, little brother." Said Yoru, the first Belladonna-Arc sister.

"Having some early exercise today?" Followed Raatri, the second.

"Not the best clothes for it, no?" Finished Nisha, the third.

Then again, Aureus might be wrong about the order. As much as he tried, and generally succeeded, in identifying which of his many same-faced sisters he was dealing with, the Belladonna triplets were among several who made it their life-goal to confuse anyone they could with an ongoing game of "who's who?".

With lazy stretches the three got up from their spots in the rafters, before hopping down almost 20 feet and landing with a grace and precision only a Faunus of the cat variety could perform.

Dressed in dark, baggy clothes, the three 11-year olds looked every bit the stereotype of the moody, pre-teen girls of generations past, wearing baggy trousers and baggier hoodies and with hands shoved deep in their roomy pockets.

The middle sister then traded looks with the sisters on her left and right, and with a simple arm motion the two nodded and sprinted off in opposite directions.

Thus Aureus was left with one Belladonna-Arc. Quietly, as if speaking any louder would alert his recently evaded peruers to his location, he hazarded a guess to which sister was before him.

"R-Raatri?"

"Nope." Was the curt, grinning reply.

"Yoru then?"

"Ooh, got it in two. Well done." Yoru's grin widened, just a little, as she regarded the dress wearing boy on the floor.

Said boy swallowed uncomfortably, knowing his future today was uncertain in the best case.

"What do you want?"

Yoru's grin became full and toothy as she held out two items in her arms. Aureus had failed to notice his sisters carrying anything before, so seeing a backpack in one hand and a small stack of Lien in the other was mildly surprising to say the least.

"We're going to get some ice-cream."

And with that strangely ominous declaration, Yoru tossed him the backpack, which he found to be filled with some baggy clothes fitted for him.

"Get dressed, you're being recruited."

Aureus sighed deeply as he pulled out the pants and hoodie. No matter what happened today, at least it beats being stuck in a dress drinking poorly made tea.

(A/N: A new little adventure, focused on the (not-so-)golden(haired) child of the expansive Arc family. What hi-jinks will Aureus be drawn into? What opposition will he face alongside his feline-inclined sisters? And will the ice-cream actually be any good, if they can get any? Guess we'll find out eventually. Thanks again for @novankenn for being the foundation of this bonkers AU, it's a good bit of fun all things considered)

[a-horde-of-mews]

Seymour, how would you describe King?

Seymour: Look atcha, all smug. You sure are happy with your decision there.

King: No idea what you mean.

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

a redemption arc is not a sacrifice.

a redemption arc is not some grand act of selflessness.

a redemption arc is not meaningless pain and suffering.

a redemption arc is simply facing the consequences of your actions, fixing your mistakes and doing better, regardless of whether you will be forgiven or accepted. that's it.

[red-l1ke-roses]

Their dynamic is everything to me.

I can genuinely say this is like my favourite ship ever. You will never guess that this relationship would work so well, and yet it does. Not just in a romantic way, they are genuinely friends that genuinely care for each other (Thought I think they’re are definitely more than friends). Entrapta was a big step in Hordaks arc, I think Hordak was definitely already questioning some of his actions and horde-primes but Entrapta really helped push him forward in his arc. Hordak had only ever had really two types of relationships either the relationship he had with horde-prime, a servant who genuinely cared and worshipped horde-prime even though he treated him terribly and didn’t care about him at all, or the relationship he had with the members of the horde they feared him as he was their leader. but I feel like Entrapta was the first person that ever treated hordak like an equal like a friend. He told her about his past and his ‘defect’ and she didn’t treat him any differently in fact she helped him and they grew to trust eachother. I think that was one of the major things that made him realize maybe he didn’t have to go back to horde-prime.

I’m going to do a longer thing on some other dynamic soon but this is done for now!

[harpuiaa]

the yuri duel links event fused with mmy current fixation in catastrophic ways. woe. ffxiv scholar be upon ye

[lorstandian]

people who do wow battlegrounds should be studied

[rorydrawsandwrites]

Rory I hope you know I didn't expect you to get into smg4 but I have also followed a separate person purely for their fanart of Mr. Puzzles, despite this I have not watched it, but goodness the two of you are tempting me

Do it

Join the dark side

SMG4 itself is like over one thousand episodes including movies but the Puzzlevision arc honestly isn't that long... maybe... I skipped the intervals tbh jgfjdglkdsg. If you can take the initially more dominant style of humor (which I believe is the standard, and it just isn't for me so I had a hard time getting through some episodes in the beginning) then it's alright :3

If nothing else it's definitely worth it for Brendan Blaber's vocal performance because he honestly blows the character out of the park. I love the passion and the raging and the playful moments as well, really makes him sound like a fun quirky fella who might also burn your house down

[my-current-obsession]

every time i see bakudeku compared to k/ance (now specifically in terms of them getting shafted in the ending and/or accused of queerbaiting) i take psychic damage

[wereh0gz]

The idea of shipping Omega with literally anyone is super funny to me bc the only reason I can see him be attracted to anyone in that way is bc of their destructive power and nothing else. Not personality not appearance nothing just how much shit they can break and honestly I respect that and want to see more of it actually

[novankenn]

the ARC Horde AU

Remnant was a land of danger, passion and mystery. The greatest of those being how Jaune Arc, an underwhelming young man suffering from horrific dating advice was able to father a literal PLATOON of children!

Thank You to @howlingday, @linkman447 for your assistance and contribution to this quirky little creation.

A SPEACIAL Thank You to @drenosa for their continued input and contributions that have been the back bone to this creative journey.

(Stories listed in Chronological order)

The Arc Horde: Expansion (Complete)

The Arc Horde: A Son's Day Out

The Arc Horde: Date Night (Complete)

[the-wayward-arc]

Sneak peek of Horde Protocal Remnant Knights: Captain (WIP)

Wip of a commission, Captains are more ornate to distinguish themselves among their battle brothers so orders can be given properly

[i-am-made-of-stupid]

This post will contain a lot of spoilers for various things, so beware.

So about a week or two ago and while I was in the middle of watching She-ra I saw a post that was about Catra’s redemption arc being rushed in season 5. While I didn’t read it I do want to toss my hat in the ring and give my thoughts.

So for starters, everyone probably already knows what a redemption arc is, but in the most basic terms is when a protagonist goes through character development that involves them starting evil but ending good. For example think Zuko in Avatar or for a real live example Robert Downy Junior.

Ok so we all understand how redemption arcs work, now to go back to Catra. There are examples of characters who can have rushed redemption arcs. One most prominent I would say is Ben Solo in the Rise of Skywalker, who after two movies of showing how bad of a person he was, changed sides after one fight with Rey where she heals him. That feels very rushed to me, especially when we see Kylo have moments where he is given a chance to come back to the light and he always refuses. In comparison.

But I would argue that redemption arcs can be as long or as short as they need to be depending on how evil the character is, and I would argue that Catra, despite not having good intentions throughout the first four seasons, was not in any way evil. So her redemption arc can be shorter because, yeah she did bad things, but wasn’t fully evil.

A lot of what goes on with Catra can be caulked up to the woman who raised her, Shadow weaver. Shadow weaver treated her in a very different manner than Adora, praising Adora for the frequently and claiming she was a perfect child. Catra on the other hand was treated poorly by Shadow weaver, in one example when she and Adora snuck into the Black Garnet chamber, despite Adora trying to take the fall Shadow weaver still blamed Catra for it. All because as Shadow weaver puts it to Catra, she sees a lot of herself in Catra. So I believe Catra is always living with the need to validate herself to Shadow weaver.

I can expand this to a lot of the characters in She-ra who fill an antagonistic role, starting with Shadow weaver. She only became evil after the ritual she wished to perform to protect Atheria from the Horde failed. She had good intentions, but that doesn’t make it right at all, and her heroic sacrifice made her unable to have a redemption arc, but she still was able to do something good for Atheria.

Next, I can talk about Scorpia, she’s a simple case where she only joined the Horde because her family sold the Black Garnet to the Horde, and she went along with it and joined. So she needed less redemption because she wasn’t ever truly an evil character.

Next, I can talk about Entrapta, she didn’t need much redemption because she only worked with the Horde because she was accidentally left behind by the Princess Rebellion. She didn’t do anything wrong to help the Horde, she just felt abandoned by her friends.

Next, I can talk Glimmer, who never became an antagonist, but her becoming Queen of Brightmoon put a lot of stress on her, so she slowly began to have antagonistic tendencies and alienated her friends. Leading her to try and seek out Lighthope for help and getting taken by Horde Prime.

Finally, the antagonist for most of the series up to season 5, Hordak. He’s also one where he’s evil, but his evil comes from a similar place to Catra. He created the Fright Zone in order to attract the attention of Horde Prime, so he can be at his brother’s side again. But when he does, he’s called a failure and a mistake for not only taking his own name, but altering himself to help with him being a clone. Leading to Horde Prime cleansing Hordak and making him like any other Horde Prime clone. I see Hordak as the Darth Vader of the series, manipulated by a much more evil individual and significantly changed as a result. Plus he gets a heroic sacrifice that almost works in destroying Horde Prime. But he gets the added benefit of surviving the sacrifice so he’s able to help fix what he broke. Furthermore, like Vader, Hordak had Entrapta, who helped him to see that his imperfections made him beautiful, and helped him despite him technically being her enemy.

So all the characters I mentioned are not truly evil, they are antagonist, but that doesn’t mean they are evil. Just like how just because you play as the protagonist doesn’t make you a good guy. Think like Paul Atreides from Dune who does horrible things once he becomes Emperor. Or any time you play an evil character in a Bethesda RPG. The only truly evil character in She-ra is Horde Prime, who was perfectly willing to enslave the minds of the people of Atheria in order to harness the power of the planet’s heart to spread his galactic empire.

In conclusion, another long post where I just wanna nerd out about stuff I know and like.

[roamthefarlands]

help im having the ysayle thoughts again

[mettatons-fat-doughy-asscheeks]

*Another message appears from the same goth girls*

Oh, we do exist~ Maybe we can make better introductions at your next fan meet-up?

*Well I guess appearing at the meet-up is as good a way as any to prove you're not bluffing. Remember to bring something to sign! Optimally merchandise of meeee!

[purplespacecats]

miffed that catra was voted out in the first round of the poor little meowmeow contest bc not only is meowmeow literally her last name her actual origin story is being born in a cardboard box all alone, like come on