#and Pyrrha is an I do don't do causes I just love you kind of gal

[sandyca5tle]

Was having a semi-serious conversation with some friends, and accidentally found myself quoting RWBY in a way that actually helped the discussion at hand, which got me thinking, there's a good few lines in RWBY that are just generally good things for life, so i decided to write a post about it 'cause fuck it. Some'll have commentary some are self explanitary enough. "I'm not any one thing, I'm somewhat of a lot of things" - this was the one that actually sparked this, was talking about identity with a friend, and found this quote very applicable - you don't always have to neatly fit in a box, you can be somewhat several things at once, if that's what fits for you. "Well that embaressment, that desire to go back and tell yourself not to be so stupid, that just proves you're not the same person you used to be. And you're not done growing yet" "You don't have to look cool all the time"

"Of course you are [a real girl]. You think just because you've got nuts and bots instead of squishy guts makes you any less real than me?" - This is less a general life lesson, but more of a 'just because someone is different to you, doesn't make them/their experiences any less real'. And obviously there's the trans angle on this, not being a 'real girl' is an anxiety many trans girls have struggled with, or is something people throw at us to put us down. But just 'cause we're built a little different than cis girls, doesn't make us any less girls "Pyrrha thought that, if there was even the smallest chance of helping someone, that it was a chance worth taking" "I'd be lying if I said that it didn't hurt, that I didn't think about them everyday since I lost them. That I didn't wish I had spent more time with them. If it had been me instead, I know they would have kept fighting too, no matter how dangerous it was, so that's what I choose to do. To keep moving forwards." - Mostly putting this here 'cause it's always nice to have a talk like this regarding grief/loss, and yeah, i just think this is nice and fairly honestly reflection of how a lotta people feel when they lose someone, coupled with the adivce to keep moving forwards. "I'm not asking you to stop. Just please, get some rest, not just for you, but for the people you care about," - I like this one 'cause a) self care is important bitches! Burning yourself out isn't gonna help whatever you're trying to do and b) hurting yourself like that is also gonna hurt those who care for you, 'cause no one wants to see those they care for suffer. So remember to take a break from time to time. "You think you're being selfless, but you're not. Yeah that chameleon friend of yours got me pretty good, but I'd do it all again if it meant protecting you... and I promise Yang would say the same. You can make your own choices sure, but you don't get to make ours. When your friends fight for you, it's because we want to, so stop pushing us out. That hurts more than anything the bad guys could ever do to us," - Obviously the parts about fighting can be taken a little more metaphorically for everyday life, but I like this quote 'cause yeah, the people who are there for you *want* to be there for you, so deciding that you're a burden on them and hiding away/pushing them away is gonna hurt them because they *want to be there for you* - don't decide something for other people. "My losses, my failures, those, more than anything, are what have shaped me into who I am; showed me how I need to grow. If there's something I'm missing it's not because I've lost it, it's 'cause I haven't found it yet" - I just think this is a beautiful line. We've all wished at moments to undo the mistakes we've made, however those mistakes made us the people we are now. And yeah, I love the idea that something you're missing is not because you lost it, it's because you haven't found it yet. "One small kindness, in one small moment, lead to such a marvelous transformation, just like one act of dishonesty caused an unfortunate change" - Reminder that even small actions can mean a lot to others "What happens if I chose me?" "Then maybe, that girl is enough,"

But yeah, all of this to say I love RWBY, it has so many amazing and emotional moments and yeah, if you haven't given it a watch I would highly reccommend (and if you've heard bad things, i'd maybe give it a watch yourself first, a lotta people like to hate on the show in bad faith). But yeah, love RWBY and love all the wonderful moments and messages within it

[novankenn]

What If...

Pyrrha was also under the sway of Salem Cinder and Pyrrha loved each other (Pompeii)

Scene : Mistral in Little Miss Malachite's hideout.

==> @draggokid What if jaune survived and vol 4 is theme hunting the person who betrayed them.

Ruby was sad for Jaune. Ever since it had become public knowledge that Pyrrha helped Cinder orchestrate the fall of Beacon... Jaune hadn't been the same. Even to her the world wasn't the same. A week after the fall as she still lay in a coma, Jaune had received a visitor, his sister and she brought with her some requested items.

Ruby had awoken long after Jaune had left, finding his once treasured hoodie folded upon her dresser. He had left it behind for her, for his friends to remember him by.

Jaune walked through the streets of Mistral. His once warm eyes, cold and empty. There was no emotion in them any longer. Just indifference, and determination. He had used his family's connections and influence to gain a flight to Mistral. Once he was stalking through the streets of lower city, he sought out information, and rumors. Cold hard lien freed up more than a few tongues.

"Who are you? What do you want?" the gruff, but rather well groomed man asked. His tone hostile.

"I'm nobody important." Jaune replied.

"Then you have no business here."

"In that you are mistaken." Jaune commented. "I'm looking for information... trying to find two people. Maybe you know them?"

"I don't know anything."

"You sure? There's good lien in it for you... if you can point me in their direction."

"How much lien?"

"Depend on how good the information is." Jaune replied, as a massive denomination of a lien chip appeared in his hand. "I've heard... that they are here, and for a confirmation that they are... 10k."

"10k, for confirmation?"

"Yes. 10k right here right now, if you can confirm that Cinder Fall and Pyrrha Nikos are inside this very building." Jaune commented, while waving the lien chip before the man.

"They are." the man responded, holding out his hand, and just in case he added, "Meeting with the boss, in her back office."

"Thank you." Jaune replied, a cold smile on his lips. He tossed the man the lien chip. A he reached to grab it from the air, a knife appeared from the sleeve of Jaune's jacket. A knife that he plunged into the man's throat without hesitation. "Those who betray and but vermin to be exterminated."

The chip fell to the ground of the back alley, as the man grabbed at his throat trying to stem the flow of blood. Jaune watched him pass without a single bat of the eye. Reaching down he picked up the chip and returned it to his pocket before drawing his sword and pulling open the door.

Screams and shots interrupted the meeting. Cinder, Pyrrha and Miss Malachite exited the opulent room. The three flinched in shock at the pure bloody chaos that overflowed the room. A lone figure, armed with nothing but a longsword was butchering the Spiders. He offered no quarter, but bloody brutal death.

"Jaune?" Pyrrha stammered out, in utter shock and disbelief that the young man she had been leading on. Someone with such a pure and kind heart could be so remorseless.

"We need to get out of here." Cinder hissed into her lover's ear. Inwardly she was confident that she and Pyrrha could subdue the berserker, but she had doubts that they would come away from the confrontation unscathed.

Grabbing Pyrrha's hand, Cinder dragged her away from the blood, gore soaked scene unfolding with in the main room of the bar that served as the Spider's base of operations. As Jaune vanished from her sight, her last vision of him was a blood splattered face twisting in absolute murderous rage, as he struck down one man while his aura tanked automatic weapons fire from another.

"PYRRHA! CINDER!" Jaune bellowed, causing the pair of fleeing women to shudder.

The voice was inhuman, and for the first time since the fall, a tear of remorse rolled down Pyrrha's cheek, at the symbolic death of someone who she still in her twisted way held dear.

"I WILL FIND YOU! PYRRHA! CINDER!" Jaune roared as drove his sword through the chest of another gang member. "I WILL FIND YOU!"

[riku-izanami]

Let's give Pyrrha and Nora a good time and make Jaune dress as Gilgamesh and Ren as Enkidu

Costume Chaos 2.5

Jaune: .......Are you sure this is ok, Blake? This seems a bit.....revealing

Blake: Trust me, it's perfect for you guys.

Jaune's Newer costume

jaune:....idk, kinda leaves a lot exposed. What do you think Pyrrha?

Pyrrha: *trying and somewhat failing to hide her noise bleed* I......It looks absolutely perfect JAune.......

Blake: see, told you it's perfect for you *whispering to Pyrrha* These results are most pleasing

Pyrrha: *whispering back* I know, that's why i asked you for assistance

Nora: Come Renny, come out.

Ren:.....No......

Nora: Please, I promise i won't laugh or anything. Even jaune-jaune is showing off his

Ren:........Fine.......

Ren's Newer Costume (hope this what you wanted)

Nora: See, *rubbing her thighs together* look adorable.

Ren: ......Well......I do look pretty good, but the pants are very loose and leave my legs half-exposed

Nora: All the better to tear them off, my darling femboy

Ren: What?

Nora: Nothing~

Ren:.....Jaune I don't like this.....

Jaune: Come on Ren, Blake was kind enough to help us pick out new costumes, We shouldn't be ungrateful.

Ren: .....But you have to admit it's a little too convenient she wanted to help after showing off our last costumes?

Jaune: I guess, but Pyrrha did say they were bad so...

Ren:*deadpanning*.......did you not hear what i said afterwards?

Blake: Hey...Hey, guys please no fighting "yet". If you don't like it you could just take them off. But I did work hard to get them shipped from Menagerie...

Both Ren & Jaune: Sorry Blake/ We love them. They're greats

Blake: Puuurfect~! Now, just one last thing and they're complete

Ren & Jaune: ?

Blake causal holds up two shackles with chains attached to them, causing both Pyrrha & Nora to Have severe nosebleeds

Jaune: Are those supposed to go on our hands & feet

Blake: Nope~

Ren:.......oh hell no

Jaune: Well...if it's for the effect... *kneels down*

Ren: JAUNE NO!

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Please note, I have never watched any of the Fate series so hopefully this is what you asked for

[paradoxcase]

Chapter 28 of Nona the Ninth

A broken Sixth skull this time, but I'd guess probably not for any kind of deception

Honestly curious about who Gideon thinks Nona is at this point. I guess it's plausible that she does know Nona is Alecto since she did think Harrow was in love with Alecto

Are we ever going to find out what happened? Because I would like to know

Also, this kind of raises the question of why Alecto forgot she was Alecto here? Did she forget when John put her in the tomb? But even if she forgot who she was at that point, she spent all of Harrow the Ninth interacting with Harrow and even giving her advice (and her advice to lie to Mercy about her age indicates that she remembers something about who she is, at any rate) and Nona doesn't remember anything about Harrow here. So did something that happened at the end of Harrow the Ninth cause her to forget?

A ward of some sort, I guess

This reminds me of the whole "why does Ross, the largest friend, not simply eat the other friends" thing. Maybe this isn't just because Alecto has a resurrection beast perspective but also because this story is actually full of people eating each other, also, can you really blame her for making this assumption?

So the resurrection beast doesn't just drive necromancers mad, it also makes doing necromancy dangerous, at least for regular necromancers anyway, this didn't seem to be an issue for the Lyctors at the end of Harrow the Ninth

Camilla is like, half-dead in this scene, but she's still making jokes

So if I understand this correctly, they're making plans to somehow travel physically through the River in this BOE truck to Pluto, which for some reason isn't going to be dangerous the way it usually is, but no one has explained why yet

Something that's slightly confusing to me here is that they're talking about Gideon telling them things, and We Suffer is part of this conversation, and I think later GIdeon is outside the truck and sitting up and all, but at the beginning of this chapter Gideon claimed she was still pretending to be dead. So does We Suffer and the rest of BOE know that Gideon isn't really that dead right now, or what?

I think after the last John chapter, it's been sort of established for me that there isn't a right way to do Lyctorhood and there was never any kind of "perfect" Lyctorhood like whatever Mercy and Augustine though John was hiding from them. I guess Pyrrha wouldn't know, though, even if she does somehow remember the story John told, she wasn't alive at the time that John ate Alecto

I guess this is the gay sense and not the political sense?

This is mouth-to-mouth kiss #2, and so far neither of them have been between characters who actually have any kind of romantic hinting

Who is "she"?

I guess Camilla saved some of Palamedes' bones just so that she could eat it to fulfill the cannibalism part of the Lyctorhood ritual?

I don't think we've actually seen what happens during the standard Lyctorhood process looks like - we didn't see Ianthe's, we didn't get a detailed description of Harrow's, and everyone else's happened 10,000 years ago, so I have to wonder how this differs from the others, other than obviously they would usually wind up in the necromancer's body

Also, this seems like possibly a worse or at least not better version of what happened to the other Lyctors, since it seems like both Camilla and Palamedes died and they have become someone new instead

I mean, maybe for Ianthe, but I think Babs is long gone at this point, no?

I guess Ianthe noped out because she realized that there was no way she was going to be able to get back to the shuttle and therefore return with either Gideon or Pyrrha or the Sixth House, and she's obviously been aware of what's going on. But this also means she knows the approximate location of the Sixth House and what their plans are for Gideon's body, which I'm sure will be of great interest to John

[infoglitch]

Why am I doing this again? Oh right cause I'm one of the few who will die on the that crwby ain't shit-(god if I keep ignoring writing my shitty fanfics people are just gonna assume i'm bitch made)

Oh boy here I go again poking the damn bear with my shit takes-

(also before I begin I want to ensure that my message is given context, I hate crwby as writers not as people, I hope people don't misconstrued that because otherwise that's just gonna be frustrating to deal with)

Pyrrha is a wasted character and a PRIME example that crwby can't write women.

Oh boy pyrrha Nikos where do I begin with this cardboard cut out of a character.

So since a few (and I mean A FEW) people choose to live in denial of the obvious fact that crwby cant write and that to claim they can is possibly the most bullshit statement ever.. its time to take out the belt (bout to go Hellsing abridged in this bitch)

I'm mainly using Pyrrha because she is the most GLARING example of how bad the writing of Rwby can get.

Granted I am notorious for consistently and without calling Pyrrha the worst character ever (about as bad as later volume Blake.. then again just Blake in general- hoo boy I really am gonna piss people off huh?) this is mainly due to the fact.. she's quite literally a peice of cardboard and i actively cheer whenever I rewatch her death... Ok that last bit was an over exaggeration but you get the point.

Now to begin why I actively believe Pyrrha is terrible, we need to talk about.. the noodle knight.. sometimes I despise the fact I like jaune but regardless-

Jaune as a character is fundamentally a side character... Yet he has consistent screen time.. again.. and again.. and again. To the point where you could jokingly say he's the real main character since Crwby just love putting him in as much screen time as possible. (However I more take it as the fact jaune is just a scapegoat for Crwbys incompetence. But that's for when I piss of the rwde aspect of the community, because oh boy.. is there an argument I want to rip to shreds and call blatant bullshit.)

But outside of the screentime he is mildly interesting and has made a few actions that add dimension to the character... But why do I bring up jaune when talking about Pyrrha? It's due to the fact Pyrrha's entire character revolves around jaune.

Pyrrha is rarely shown to interact with the rest of JNPR, it's practically non-existent if jaune is not somewhere.

But some of you might say (and honestly I don't blame you and would agree with you) "Pyrrha is a side character, she doesn't need depth." To which.. yes... But she was a part of team JNPR, her death is treated as if it should have affected everyone. Hell her death caused ruby to awaken her silver eyes. But there's one problem.. technically two

1. Team JNPR (or more accurately JNR) are still active participants in the cast, you'd think them being side characters they would eventually be thrown away.. but they aren't. So that would supposedly mean their important.. which includes Pyrrha but if that's the case then why isnt she given depth, you can't three people of an extra be important enough to be a part of the cast and given development but Also have the other team member not be given some given some kind of development, that doesn't work either don't give development to ALL OF THEM or do the inverse.

2. she isn't shown to interact with team Rwby by herself, she's never given any scenes to show that she is friends with ATLEAST ruby, so her death impacting others that SHOULD be her friends doesn't make sense now because there's no scenes with her interacting with them by herself.

Every scene that is pivotal is in some form or way connected to Jaune, but even though characters like her can be good if written well, she isn't.

Pyrrha is never once given anything that is specifically to show off her, she's always written to focus on jaune. Even her death which was supposed to affect all of team Rwby and Jnr only was shown to affect jaune.

To many it may seem like it's not an issue she only showed up for three volumes before kicking the bucket and dying. So what's the point of talking about her?

Well from me specifically, the problem is the fact Pyrrha is not a rare case of bad writing, not just for characters either, may I remind you all of the white fang subplot. Don't worry I won't go into too much detail I'm writing an entirely different post about how the faunus/white fang subplot got swept under the rug because surprise surprise crwby writers are shitty at writing.

Alright time to get on my soapbox to sound all high and mighty.

to explain it simply. The white fang arc was supposed to be a lesson that is meant to talk about how racism is wrong and the fact that it only hurts innocent people, (both of obviously the oppressed and the innocent people who are unintentionally associated with the oppressor, hatred breeds hatred y'all know the phrase) but instead its not even given anything specific. This is especially a problem considering one of our main characters is supposed to be the protagonist that helps talk about the issue. Instead of anything specific that shows the faunus are oppressed and that humanity still has extremely bigoted and shitty people all we get is.. cardin and that's about it.. and then in volume 5 (or 4 I unfortunately lose track sometimes) it's just wrapped up with.. Adam being taken down and the white fang essentially being forgotten about.. the white fang, you know the organization that is full of faunus who do want equality but are somewhat misguided.. their apparently just disbanded after the piss baby that is "Adam Taurus" just gets defeated.. is it me or doesn't it make more sense to atleast hear mention of some white fang stragglers who still misguidedly fight in the name of equality. Honestly it feels like it got rushed and not properly expanded on.

To put it bluntly I find it just so weird that crwby has been shown to not be able to handle topics that are a little more nuanced and decided to sweep it under the rug, same with writing characters that could be interesting, but instead are just turned into cardboard cut outs. Yet there are people who claim that Rwby is better than any media *cough cough* the Twitter bastards *cough cough* which.. look i love Rwby to death, it's music is fuckin magnificent early volume versions of the characters can be.. minus jaune kinda (man does got a few bumps when it comes to being a fan) but Rwby is.. mediocre. But it's not it's fault, that's just what happens when writers aren't able to properly write a story, characters, a world for the story, literally almost every attempt at adding depth to rwby.

Ok.. I'm fuckin tired I'm expecting a lot of people to disagree (I'm praying the majority aren't just gonna throw insults and nothing else because honestly that just makes anyone look stupid.

Alright time to get off the soap box and return to the cave where I write shitty Rwby fanfics and equally shitty original story.

[moltensmusings]

I remember watching volume 1 of rwby and knowing something was going to happen to pyrrha. Either a villain arc, or she'd be killed. She had some kind of flag over her that was too big to ignore and everyone I'd met I'd tell my theory.

So when she died in volume 3 while I was happy to be right about something, it also meant that people who were unsatisfied with her handling also had merit to their feelings. Because Pyrrha was made too perfect. She wasn't allowed to have flaws until the episodes right before she dies and even then her only flaw was how ready she was to shoulder every burden. She was crafted to be loved and missed when she was gone and they didn't think of her outside that.

And this isn't to say she shouldn't die, her death is incredibly important, but her treatment throughout volumes 1-3 don't do the best job in showcasing that. We as the audience know she's a big deal. We've been told it since her first appearance. She's always winning fights and perfectly landing shots. She fumbles sometimes bit overall is clearly as skilled as she's intended to be. Her polarity makes her untouchable to most.

But they didn't push far enough with her and that's to their detriment. They wanted so bad for Jaune to be a 0-hero that they didn't actually think about a way to do it that would benefit both him and Pyrrha as characters.

Make her the leader of team JNPR if she's so incredibly talented, have the teachers and school itself laud her as someone for her peers to look up to and rivals to look out for. Put her on a pedestal that causes her to be so divisive in the student body that we are just as likely to find someone challenging her as we are to see those admiring her. Make it so we can't escape her. Have everyone buzzing during the tournament about watching her and her team fight because it's not every day you get to watch the rise of a living legend. Let her teach Jaune but still allow him to have his moments as a character outside of her.

Everyone we meet should know her name to some extent, and I beg that we let her be flawed beyond being sacrificial. Them constantly having her hover following her death is good, but she needs to hover more. If pyrrha's death is the one that changes everything, we needed her to be inescapable before we had the chance to miss her.

[thecryptidzenith]

I know a little about Locked Tomb, what’s your AU for that?

That title is a little misleading! It's not a full AU because honestly, it's just not that interesting but I did do a breakdown of which Fantasy High (and The Seven) characters would be which characters. I'm going to put the Dramatis Personae and some short explanation under the cut because it is Spoilers for all three books. Well, actually if you haven't read Nona you're probably good if you don't mind minor spoilers. The end of Harrow is critical knowledge though.

The Ninth House

Harrowhark Nonagesimus as Riz Gukgak

Ortus Nigenad as Penny Luckstone

Crux as Gilear Faeth

Gideon Nav as Fig Faeth

The Second House

Judith Deuteros as Antiope Jones

Marta Dyas as Danielle Barkstock

The Third House

Coronabeth Tridentarius as Aelwyn Abernant

Ianthe Tridentarius as Adaine Abernant

Naberius Tern as Percival Nevilleslime

The Fourth House

Issac Tettares as Ostentatia Wallace

Jennemary Chatur as Torek Railgrinder

The Fifth House

Abigail Pent as Garthy O'Brien

Magnus Quinn as Jawbone O'Shaughnessy

The Sixth House

Palamedes Sextus as Gorgug Thistlespring

Camilla Hect as Ragh Barkrock

The Seventh House

Dulcinea Septimus as Zelda Donovan

Protesilaus as Katja Cleaver

The Eighth House

Silas Octakiseron as Daybreak

Colum Asht as Kristen Applebees

The First House

John Gaius as Kalvaxus Goldenhoard

Augustine the First as Dayne Blade

Mercymorn the First as Penelope Everpetal

Cristabel Oct as Sam Nightingale

Gideon the First as Gorthalax

Pyrrha Dve as Sklonda Gukgak

Cytherea the First as Zayn Darkshadow

Anastasia the First as Pok Gukgak

The Blood of Eden

Awake Remembrance of These Valiant Dead Kia Hua Ko Te Pai Snap Back to Reality Oops There Goes Gravity as Sandra Lynn Faeth

We Suffer and We Suffer as Bill Seacaster

Our Lady of the Passion as Fabian Seacaster

Aim as Hallariel Seacaster

…And Alecto as Kalina Explanations:

Fig's parental situation is just as messy as Gideon's I cannot lie. Sandra Lynn Faeth would do that shit. Gorthalax is a devil and he's very lawful about it, and Pyhrra's a cop! So she's Sklonda. Kalvaxus being her bio dad isn't a perfect match, but his posse works much better for the First House than anything with the Nightmare King. As for Fig and Gideon... the Vibes speak for themselves.

(Note that this breakdown is from February, so it predates JY. And even with JY's new characters, all this would stay the same.)

Riz would stay up for 96 hours and put his bone marrow in a soup so he could try to kill someone. This is just a fact. Tragically, this makes Gideon/Harrow Straight, but you know what, the whole point of TLT is fucking with the boundaries of love so whatever. Putting Riz here also means he gets to be haunted by Kalina! Which works great. Pok as Anastasia the First follows natural from these roles. Riz's bio parents don't matter, they're not interesting.

The rest of the Ninth House follows from the placements of Fig and Riz as Harrow and Gideon, for the second house: Antiope is a military brat, and I like imaging a world where Yelle could set boundries (but their dynamic is solid and of course Antiope was going to be Judith so. Get another Seven girlie in there)

And of course our terrible twins here are Aelwyn and Adaine. Of course. I don't think I need to explain this one more, if you Know, you Know. Percival gets to be Babs cause no one gives a shit about Babs

Fourth House gets the dwarven clerics because I was trying to give the different houses different DnD races. Not much to say there, Torek is one of the few characters in FH younger than our protagonists so she gets to be one of the Babies.

I actually really like the Fifth House, with Sandra Lynn off being Commander Wake, that frees up Jawbone to have other relationships, and he definitely has that 'cool uncle' vibe that Magnus just exudes, terrible puns and all. And Garthy's an accomplished sorcerer! Also very kind, them being an Aasimar fits pretty damn well with doing soul magic.

Gorgug gets to be the smart one. The Sixth House was soooo tricky, but letting the orcs rep the house of librarians was fun to me. Gorgug is an incredible artificer, and Ragh is just so supportive. Suprisingly, it works!

Seventh House follows from Gorgug playing Palamedes' role, so we get Zelda as Dulcinea and Katja was a solid fit for Pro with Zelda in that spot

Eighth House is religious nuts, so: Daybreak and Kristen. Not much else to say there.

For the First House we've got Kalvaxus as Jod. Is he a villain? uhhhhh everyone else in the First House works well if they're in his posse! Penelope as Mercymorn works well, with Sam as Cristabel because their dynamic... yeah. Dayne as Augustine as well. Gorthalax never worked for Kalvaxus directly, but his warlock did so I'm counting it, and we've already talked about Fig and Gideon. Zayn is involved with Kalvaxus but he doesn't really want to be and kinda ends up on his own hence: Cyrethea, and we've already talked about Pok and Sklonda as Anastasia and Pyhrra.

And then the Blood of Eden! We've already talked about Sandra Lynn as Wake, but everyone else for the Blood of Eden is a Seacaster. They would be part of a paramilitary. Pash as Fabian is specifically because Nepo Babies.

And Alecto as Kalina! Is my Kalina bias playing a part in this? Yeah. What are you going to do about it? She haunts Riz, she worked with Kalvaxus but it did not work out, her home/self was Destroyed in a cataclysm caused by hubris and colonialism... what doesn't fit?

Yes, I did put way too much thought into this.

[citadelofmythoughts]

Who’re your top 5 fav RWBY characters?

Who’re your top 5 least liked RWBY characters?

The why’s are up to you whether or not you want to do it.

My 5 fav

1. Yang: every reason

2. Penny: she had such a big heart and despite being an android was relatable as hell.

3. Robyn: She’s so caring, strong, and uncompromising in her morals.

4. Pyrrha: still devastated by her death cause she was such a beautiful character inside and out.

5. Ironwood: yeah he was an asshole, but I found his character, development, and foreshadowing to be one of the best of the show. Plus it’s not hard to find authority figures in real life who are just like him and that’s terrifying.

Least 5

1. Cinder: she’s interesting, but I hate her with every fiber of my being for the things she’s done.

2. Neo: Just never found her interesting and her quick acceptance that Ruby was to blame for Roman bugged the shit out of me.

3. Lionheart: Somewhat interesting, but ultimately just a weak coward despite being a headmaster. Honestly don’t understand why Oz ever trusted him.

4. Tyrian: aside from being a crazy eccentric there’s nothing else to him (the interest he showed in Jaune is still unknown). Also hate him for killing Clover.

5. Sun: I appreciate him helping Blake, but he’s too simple compared to RWBY’s other characters and can be annoying.

Going to be some crossover between us, I can tell.

Yang - Always and forever Yang. My golden girl with the biggest, most loving heart. I've loved watching her grow and slowly realize her attraction and love for Blake.

Blake - she wasn't always one of my faves but her growth has been so amazing. I adore who she's become now that she has someone in her life that lifts her up instead of pushes her down.

Ruby - Oh Rubes....you've tried SO HARD to measure up to some arbitrary standard instead of seeing that people follow you because of who YOU are. I'm so happy that you've finally learned that you are enough.

Raven - Complicated deadbeat bird mom. Rarely has a character frustrated and angered me more. You can see the hints of goodness and caring in there but it's buried under layers of guilt, anger and cynicism.

Robyn - a true huntress. Defender of the people and an extremely kind person when you get to know her. I love her relationship with Qrow.

Least 5 - Ohhhh boy....here's where I make no friends lol EMERGENCY EDIT: What was I thinking? I forgot about fucking GOATMAN - ADAM TAURUS is the wooooorrrrrsssstttt - no other notes, just adjust the below list accordingly.

Neo - hate, hate, haaaatttteeee. I've thought she was overrated from day one and I neither like her as a character or a villain.

2. Cinder - On the other hand I hate Cinder because she is a good villain. She's certainly a complicated one.

3. Lionheart - Yawn.

4. Tyrian - I like him but he's very one note, like you said. You get past the crazy and the Salem worship and there's noting left.

5. Sun - I don't hate him but I don't like him either. He served his purpose well enough I suppose but that's it.

[heliosthegriffin]

I mean, everybody's hot in RWBY, it seems to be an Aura thing, and he already kinda has Pyrrha tripping over him from the start to teach him, and she was already on her way to legendom. Not to mention he very quickly got Ren, Nora, and Rubys loyalty incredibly quickly. So really, it'd just be Jaune's normal start up to 11. Oh wait, that beauty applies before aura, that shits going to compound isn't it?

Anyway, modifying the normal Beacon initiation reactions as follows.

That really leaves five individuals to change around. Weiss doesn't dismiss Jaune here, no here, she see's something and actually introduces herself properly. Jaune's actually shocked by this, and still tries to flirt, but Weiss misinterprets this to mean they should form an alliance. Jaune is clearly going to be any important person and Weiss is going to make connections early and as favorable as possible, and if late night business deals lead to something more...

Blake is no longer politely indifferent to Jaune's existence. The moment the she see's him, it's a full on anime moment, they meet eyes and a connection is formed. Blake realizes she is seeing something amazing in front of her, the cracking egg shell of a legend, the counter-balance to her former mentor. She doesn't introduce herself immediately, she watches and waits for the right moment, then she tests. She immediately launches into a verbal ambush, sending probe after probing question towards him, about everything his beliefs, his stance on faunus, on equality, on if love can bloom on a battle field the white fang, and so on. Jaune's surprised, but he manages to pull himself to together enough to surprise her with his blunt, simple honestly, that he's a decent young man that wants a good life for everyone. That's enough for her, enough for her to decide, he's worth molding, that he'll be the cornerstone to her revoultion, and the counter to Adam.

Yangs more curiosity about her sister's friend, and doesn't get it, at first. He's not flashy, he's not that well-built, and he's handsome, but he doesn't have the real confidence to use it properly, also he puked on her shoes. Still, despite all that, he's got something to him that she can't quite explain, it makes her want to know more, to give him more of a chance, he's got potential in a way that excites her, and brings a sort of light to her life she hasn't felt since she graduated signal. So, she makes him her gym-buddy, he's got potential alright, the potential to make some gains!

Goodwitch is confused, everything about him is untrained, so much so, that it sends her protective instincts into overdrive. But, at the same time, he has some kind of spark, genius even, that keeps her from questioning why he's here. No, in fact, it's making her question why hasn't anyone brought him here sooner. She's making plans to get him extra training.

Ozpin, it's not until after everyone else has gone to bed do the two meet. It's like looking in mirror for him. A shock to the system that nearly separates his conciousness. He see's the boy, and he see's a vast potential, and he notices his lack of training, and slumbering aura. With a wry smile, he askes if Jaune was planning to take his iniation aura-less. Jaune says bless you, and Ozpin laughs. He awakens Jaune's aura on the spot, and seeing how untrained he is, askes, if he wants some pointers from the Headmaster?

That's all I got. Oh wait, the beauty thing. Yeah, everybodys suprised the next day, when the 8/10 suddenly breakings the rating scale, with a 12/10. It causes collasions mid-air from people craning their necks during initiation. (No, I don't care if the aura-beauty thing is just fanon, it's canon to me!)

decided to roll on the celestial dojo spreadsheet for jaune. the following is what he managed to roll (the first two rolls didn't require paying the cost for this one)

Beautiful: (free) "You are very beautiful, guaranteed to be beautiful enough make the majority of the opposite sex think you are hot. This won’t shift your appearance to something you find ugly."

Worthy: (800) "Once every few centuries, someone special is born. The sort of person that you just know will be something great as soon as you see them, even as a child. In these times, that person is Arturia Pendragon, the future king of Britain. But what if there was another like her? You’ve been found worthy of the favour of the World now and been blessed for it. Your path is one of great destiny, paved with many gifts and prizes, leading to truly incredible feats. And all it takes from you is to take the first step to adventure. So long as you pursue great feats and pursuits, you’ll find yourself surrounded by advantages. Mentors and teachers of incredible skill and fame appear to teach you skills, spells and abilities. You’ll find yourself involved in many stories in favourable ways, gathering friends, allies and resources without even trying to gain them.

As you attempt to improve yourself, so long as it is in the aim of accomplishing great things later on, you’ll find no end to the breakthroughs and leaps of progress you achieve.

While on this golden path, you’ll be protected from many minor dangers and risks, never needing to fear dying or failing because of accidents or the threat of unimportant foes in your story. Finally, this blessing of the World has ensured your natural charisma has skyrocketed to immense heights.

Even if you act as an emotionless robot, you could gather a small army of devoted and powerful retainers over just a few years. It has it’s limits though, don’t expect people to stick around forever if you never show them a smile. Whatever path you take, it is one where you are assured to reach the centre stage of the story."

the rules are as follows for every thousand words written jaune gets 100 points, I've elected to say that he only gets new powers at the end of an arc he can however learn to utilize any powers he has gained throughout the arc, so for instance if he'd have gained the Sharingan he'd have access to it and it's abilities but could not roll for the evolved versions of it until the end of the arc, however any jutsu or other techniques he copied using it would be fair game. so how do you all think the story would change with jaune starting with these two powers?

@howlingday @weatherman667 @heliosthegriffin @thatorigamiguy

bonus points if you use prose but honestly i'm more interested in how you think this would effect jaune's character and the characters of those around him. to say nothing of the story shifting.

[winepresswrath]

g1deon has more game than anyone else in that universe. he's got Pyrrha leaving the cops for a deranged necromancer he's got Wake fucking a deranged necromancer (him) he's got Pyrrha proxy fucking Wake because she's only ever known two people that insane and it gets her down horrendous. the man is ugly & according to Jod he mostly doesn't fuck. Wake thinks he deserves a quick death. Pyrrha loved him on sight and asked him to kiss her before she died. what is going on with this man.

[novankenn]

"Jaune Gets A Gun AU - Day 2" Another Rival - Tiny Tina

Inspired by @howlingday's weapon posts.

Jaune: It looks like they have a pretty good selection over there. Maybe we can...

????: J-Baby?

Pyrrha/Ruby: J-Baby?

Jaune: (Turning slowly) I KNOW that voice.

Jaune: TINA?!? Is that really you?

Tiny Tina: In the flesh, babe. Who are these... ladies?

Jaune: They're friends of mine from Beacon.

Tiny Tina: They look a little more than friends, and I don't think I like it. Nope, nope, nope, don't like it one bit.

Jaune: Stop kidding around, Tina. What brings you to the gun show? Last I heard, you were going after another vault.

Pyrrha: Jaune, who is this?

Jaune: (Rubs the back of his neck) Sorry, introductions. Pyrrha, Ruby this is Tiny Tina. She's a...

Tiny Tina: The most energetic, kick ass, explosive woman in his life!

Nora: (From out of thin air) Blasphemy! I'm Queen of that Castle, Girl!

The quartet looked about themselves in confusion. Jaune, Ruby and Pyrrha actually expecting Nora to appear from nowhere...

Tiny Tina: (Cackling in a slightly unhinged way) Oh, bring it, sister!

Nora: (Again from thin air) Oh, it's been brought, and then some!

Ruby: (Moving to stand slightly behind Jaune)Jaune she scares me.

Pyrrha: (Watching Tina argue with empty air) How do you know her?

Jaune: Well, we were best friends since kindergarten, and then she kind of just left when she was thirteen.

Ruby: Why did she leave?

Jaune: Something about locating a great treasure that would prove her worth to me and my mom?

Ruby/Pyrrha : *Thinking* Another Rival!

Tiny Tina: So J-Baby, what are you doing here? Aside from looking for my badass booty?

Jaune: Take off the mask. It's creepy and cute... but more creepy.

Tiny Tina: Fine.

Tiny Tina: Better?

Jaune: Better, and to answer your question, I'm here to find a gun.

Pyrrha and Ruby take a step back as Tina just starts laughing maniacally. In fact, she's laughing so hard that tears start rolling down her cheeks. Jaune just shakes his head and then gives her a light, almost gentle karate chop to the top of her head...

Tiny Tina: (Rubbing her head and pouting) Hey, what was that for?

Jaune: You were doing it again.

Tiny Tina: Oh, sorry about that.

Jaune: No worries.

Tiny Tina: So what is this about you wanting a gun? Cause, I distinctly remember when I WAS trying to teach you to shoot, you were saying, and I quote... Knightly Heroes Don't use guns...end quote.

Ruby: That was a pretty good impression of his voice.

Pyrrha: And it is totally something he would say.

Jaune: (Rubbing the back of his neck) Well, I've been shown the error of my ways. So why are you here?

Tiny Tina: Just wasting time waiting for my flight back to Ansel... which I don't have to take now.

Jaune: How come?

Tiny Tina: (Leering Grin) Because you're here, J-Baby... and you are even more fine than I thought you'd be. So what do you think?

Jaune: About?

Tiny Tina: Getting groovy and giving this Queen some sugar baby.

Ruby/Pyrrha: *GASP* No... No... NO...

Jaune: (Laughing) Stop kidding around, Tina.

Tiny Tina: (Moves dangerously close to Jaune) Whose kidding... Hail to the Queen, Baby.

Jaune: (Swallowing) Hey, um, getting a little close...

Tiny Tina: I have to if I want to... umph!

Jaune watches confused as Pyrrha and Ruby grab Tina from each side and physically drag her away from him.

Ruby/Pyrrha: Enough of that bitc...

Jaune: Swear Jar! Both of you!

Tiny Tina: (Sputtering) What the f...

Jaune: Swear Jar for you too, Tina!

Tiny Tina: (Looks at Ruby and Pyrrha) Is he serious about that?

Pyrrha: Unfortunately yes... now IF you would be so kind as to take a long walk off a short...

Jaune: Hey, seeing as I'm looking for a gun, and you are like Ruby and really know your guns, want to help?

Ruby: But she was just...

Tiny Tina: (Pulling herself free of Pyrrha and Ruby) Would love to J-Baby. So where to first?

Jaune: (Rubs the back of his neck) You have any suggestions, oh and Tina.

Tiny Tina: Yes?

Jaune: It's nice you kept the ears...

Tiny Tina: (Blushing) Why than...

Ruby: Alright, let's try out the booths over there! That group looks promising, right, Pyrrha?

Pyrrha: Yes, right. It looks... promising.

Jaune: Hey, I thought you guys said it looked unpro...

Tiny Tina: Shut-up, your face, and let's get shooting!

Jaune stumbles as Tina yanks him towards the booth in question, while Ruby and Pyrrha have a quick and silent conversation, with an instantly agreed upon outcome.

Ruby/Pyrrha: *Thinking* - Tina must go

Around a corner, barely suppressing her rage, Emerald watched it all, and came to a very similar conclusion...

Emerald: *Thinking* - He... SHE will be mine... after I remove you three.

(Will Jaune survive this twist of fate? Can the Ruby and Pyrrha handle even more competition for their Blond Knight? Is Tiny Tina the prophesized challenger to Queen Nora's reign? Will this author EVER get back to making gun jokes?)

[arc-misadventures]

Oobleck: Now Ms.Arc what is the name of the island where the white fang headquarters are

Jeanne: Its M-Jaune: NO YANG I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG OF A DICK THE MALE YOU HAS THAT IS NOT SOMETHING GUYS TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT AND EVEN IF WE DID I DID'NT HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO ASK BECAUSE I WAS ATTACK REMEMBER

Class:......

Jaune: I'm just gonna go walk around to clear my head because in my world we didn't have school today and hopefully not get jumped and you 5 (P RWBY) fuck off and die good day

Time to Swap Out

Oobaleck: And, after the, Faunas Wars were concluded, the worlds decided to give the, Faunas their own land; Ms. Arc.

Jeanne: Yes, Professor?

Oobalek: What is the name of the island that the faunas founded?

Jeanne: It is the island of M…

Jaune: FOR THE LOVE OF GODS, YANG?!! I did not ask what the dick size of your male counterpart is? Why the fuck would I ask that?! Guys don’t talk about that kind of shit!?! And, I was too busy running away from them, because they we’re trying to KILL ME?!!

Oobaleck: …

Jaune: What?!

Jaune looks around, and sees he’s in the middle of, Professor Oobaleck’s class.

Jaune: Eh? Why am I in, Professor Oobaleck’s class… we have class off to… oh… That’s why…

Jaune looked around saw some familiar faces: familiar faces he did not what to see.

Jaune: Oh… I’m back here again… Fuck…

~~~

Jaune: So, yeah. You’ll be filling out the rest of time in detention when you get back.

Jeanne: Because you interrupted his class?

Jaune: No, I think it was because of the fact I got in a fight with, Pyrros.

Jeanne: Eh?! Why did you do that?!

Jaune: Oh, same reasons as last time. “Where is my, Angel!” Punch. “Tell me where she is!” Whack. “Ahh my groin!” Thud.

Jeanne: You punched him in the nuts?!

Jaune: The closest an, Arc is ever gonna get to ‘em.

Jeanne: …

Jeanne: Pfft!

Jaune: Are you laughing?

Jeanne: N-No! I’m not laughing!

Jaune: So, what was it like in my world for you?

Jeanne: Well… I said I preferred waffles to pancakes to, Nora. She tackled me to the ground, and tried to choke me…

Jaune: Pfft! Hahaha! Oh, that’s, Nora alright!

Jeanne: Honestly if it wasn’t for, Ren, and Pyrrha, I thought I was still in my world with my same, Nora.

Jaune: In my world she said that she was a… multiversal constant?

Jeanne: Yeah, something like that.

Jaune: Yeah, I only partially understood that, and I don’t want to understand the rest of it.

Jeanne: Same.

Jaune: Did they get, Nora off of you? I don’t want to return to, Nora chocking me out.

Jeanne: Eventually… I think they were letting her get at me for all the trouble I’ve caused you.

Jaune: That’s…! Plausible…

Jeanne: Yeah, I don’t think people like seeing me in your world.

Jaune: They certainly don’t like me.

Jeanne: Yeah… I’m going to try, and fix that.

Jaune: Really, why?

Jeanne: Why? Don’t you want to improve the relations between you, and my team RWBY?

Jaune: Well, I would prefer not to be attacked on sight by them. But, considering our last parting was me telling them to, ‘fuck off.’ I don’t believe in your odds of improving our relationships.

Jeanne: Well, I can try, can’t I?

Jaune: Well, you can try, but does that mean that you’ll…?!

(SPLAT!)

Nora: Haha! Take that, Jeanne!

Ren: Uhh… Nora?

Nora: Our, Jaune-Jaune would have dodged that! For he is the superior Team Leader!

Pyrrha: Here’s a towel, Jaune.

Nora: Now suffer, Hahahahaha!

Jaune: Nora.

Nora: Ahahahah-Jaune?

Jaune: Hi, Nora…

Nora: You swapped just as soon as I threw the pie…

Jaune: Yep. You would have gotten her with that pie, Nora. She didn’t know that was coming, if she did she would have told me that was coming.

Nora: Sorry…

Jaune: Nahh, its okay. She would have gotten a kick out of it.

Pyrrha: Are you okay, Jaune.

Jaune: …

Jaune: I’m with you guys, so everything is fine.

Pyrrha: Ahh, that’s good to hear!

Jaune: Shame about the pie though.

Pyrrha: Yeah, I wanted to have that too.

Nora: All you have to do is lick some off of him if you still want some~!

Pyrrha: NORA?!

[paradoxcase]

Chapter 9 of Nona the Ninth

I'm not sure what Hot Sauce expected to happen here, or why she thinks the contents of Nona's fake conversation could have had an effect, since if I understand right, she wanted Nona to hide her mouth so that whoever was watching could read her lips? if they were reading her lips, I guess they would have seen her say "hello, hello, I am having a conversation with Crown" which may mean something to someone, but I'm not sure how Hot Sauce would know about that or what she thinks the watcher leaving means. It seems like she would have been expecting the watcher to leave regardless, since I don't think there's much else that she would have noticed happening? But possibly that caused something to happen, due to all the shooting that transpired

It is interesting that Nona loves swimming so much, and salt water in particular. It can't all be because of the pool scene memories, can it? She also doesn't seem to like eating any food, unless it's like the mush and doesn't register to her texturally as food

I'm not sure what this means. "Water cure" is apparently a kind of torture?

I'm so relieved to learn that "jandals" is a genericized trademark that originates from "Japanese sandals" and was not, as I feared, "jean sandals"

More burning bodies. Do they think necromancy can only be done on dead bodies, or do they just really not want any chance of the dead bodies walking around? It sounds like people are dying all over the place right now also, so they must be burning a lot of bodies just to keep up with the new ones

I know this is a fantasy novel and an exoplanet and all that jazz, but I actually checked and there is in fact at least one IRL species of jellyfish that can kill you within five minutes, which is a kind of not-fun fact. I have to wonder, though, how Nona's Lyctor healing abilities deal with the jellyfish toxin exactly? Like Harrow and Ianthe and the other Lyctors were in fact able to get drunk, they were also able to undrunk themselves immediately, but it was a conscious action that required necromancy and not something that happened automatically. And Pyrrha gets drunk sometimes, I don't think she would do that if she didn't get an effect. But Pyrrha did survive drinking bleach, and she isn't any kind of necromancer. I'm not sure if there's rules about which toxins are automatically purged without a conscious act of necromancy to do that, or if it's just the immediately fatal ones only for narrative convenience

What intel do they want? Do they think that Camilla has information about the Wake-aligned BOE and it would be easier to get it out of her than to get it out of the actual BOE? It doesn't seem like they're interested in Nona, since they shot her

So my understanding is that Palamedes and Camilla merged temporarily by both being in control at the same time and this gave Palamedes temporary access to some kind of Lyctor abilities or Lyctor-like abilities that he then used to kill the Merv Wing guys. But because it's in Camilla's body, which is not used to exposure to this much thanergy, she has more serious side effects from this than a regular necromancer would have, with this extreme blood sweat and the "thanergy shock" that Pyrrha mentions later. Or possibly it's also because it's a kind of necromancy that ordinary necromancers wouldn't even be able to use, but the actual Lyctors never seemed to get blood sweats or anything like that, so it's probably either because of Camilla's body's lower tolerance or because they're not exactly a Lyctor?

But it wasn't really a one-way ticket for her, was it? Unless there's something we don't know

A couple things here:

Why is it killing Palamedes too? I don't think we've ever seen Lyctorhood also kill the necromancer

Isn't Palamedes like, already dead?

And also, like... I was kind of hoping that Camilla and Palamedes would have some kind of sane implementation of a necromancer/cavalier relationship, or even a Lyctorhood, if that's possible, and they wouldn't be an absolute disaster relationship like Gideon/Harrow or Ianthe and Corona, but they totally are. Like, this is a horror story, and yeah, there are some monsters that occasionally show up, but I don't think the horror is about the monsters? The horror of this story is what if you were in a relationship that was so codependent that the other person literally devoured your soul and you were like yes please, do that some more. It's about what if you were the soul-devourer half of the relationship and didn't realize it until it was too late. And like, I've shipping unhealthy relationships before, I get why people do that and everything, but I can't really vibe with this, it's too much for every time one of these characters talks like this the bottom drops out of my stomach

[frociaggine]

I'm curious that you think that the existing lyctoral necro-cav pairs shows that John can't choose at will who is a necromancer & who is not, because to me it's the opposite! The fact that both scientists & the lawyer (of intellectual occupations) all end up as necromancers and theis companions as cavaliers strongly suggests a guiding hand. Who do you think he would array differently if he had the power?

A few different reasons! All of them boil down to #vibes. My thoughts on this are all over, and I think it IS possible he chose them. I just think it’s slightly more likely he didn’t.

tldr: if he chose who got to be an adept, I think it was more intuitive / subconscious / accidental than a planned out choice with forethought behind it.

Assuming that he absolutely wanted to create matched pairs (why though? more thoughts below) I AM a bit puzzled over the criteria. It's not just intellectuals, they all were—“a cop and six different kinds of nerd.” Anyway, here are my thoughts, one by one.

Augustine, Mercy, and G1deon: these are obvious. They were his long-time friends, unflinchingly loyal, total enablers. If he did pick and choose, they were always going to be an automatic in.

Nigella: that’s easy also; she seems to be the member of the gang John was the least close to, brought into the gang by someone who was mildly critical of him. She IS a pass.

Alfred: second to least fave, though he was the one who figured out the dirt of the FTL fleet by following the money. (He IS a nerd, and more STEM-adjacent than Cassy. Finance runs on probability theory) I can see why he’d have been left out, though; John doesn't think much of him.

Cristabel: this is harder to justify! John had a very high opinion of Cristabel. He called her ‘sister,’ he saw her as a guide, and near the end they worked closely together trying to find the soul. Maybe he resented her for the way she forced him to ascend, but I didn’t get that impression from the flashbacks + John loves having people around who have their own failings, so he can feel better about himself. If he could bestow necromancy, I don’t get why he wouldn’t have picked Cristabel.

Pyrrha and Cassiopeia: these are the ones that leave me the most perplexed. They’re both strong-willed women who weren’t afraid to stand up to John. But Pyrrha was the one who betrayed her cop friends to warn him, who stood by him even after he killed her former colleagues, who encouraged him to be a “bad wizard” — she absolutely enabled him every step of the way. Cassiopeia, by contrast, was by his side in the early stages and ditched her bosses for him, but she seems to have stuck around just as much for Nigella as for “the cause,” if not more. She drops under the radar a third into the flashback narration when things get weird, and only makes herself heard again near the end to call out John; the only one who did. I really don’t get why he’d have picked Cassiopeia. Likewise, I don’t see why he didn’t pick Pyrrha; it’s true that Gideon was always close to her and “never knew who to pick,” but when it counted Pyrrha never went against John, and also, you know. He did wipe their memory. I don't think he saw Pyrrha as a threat.

Ulysses and Titania: ????? They were science projects. He had no attachment to either of them. Why not make more of his original friends into necromancers and give them Ulysses or Titania as “companions” if he was that attached to that model? The only scenario I can see in which they were included would be if John brought them back before anyone else to serve as a test case, but I don’t get why he’d have kept them around. I can, however, see John keeping them around if they randomly came back as an adept/non-adept matched pair and he was like, oh how nostalgic, control group yet again.

More broadly—regardless of who was picked, I don't think he planned out matched adept/companion sets.

One: Lyctorhood wasn't John's initial plan. He didn't bring them back thinking “I’m going to make my besties my immortal warriors and they’ll need a loyal companion.” He brought them back planning to keep them near him, and possibly to make them immortal. He accomplished that, successfully, for hundreds of years—but their immortality was conditional on their physical proximity to him. (John being John, this would be a feature, not a bug!) and didn’t come with huge necromantic powers. They were still killable. That only became a drawback once they were “on the clock for the resurrection beasts,” when it was imperative that his friends should also be his trusted lieutenants, able to carry out missions all over the universe. “God should be able to touch all of creation,” but he can’t do that if his fingers have to stay by his side. That’s why everyone ascended at the same time and the cavaliers went to their death. Before that, though? There was no point. I doubt he knew of the RBs until after the resurrection was complete.

Two: why the necro/cav pairs? I just... don't see why he'd split his friends into matched couples. I think it’s way more likely that the concept of “death wizard and death wizard’s fighting sworn companion” as social roles and as a tradition, is something that evolved because the original disciples made it a custom, rather than because John designed it to be that way. And, if he could bestow necromancy at will, why not give it to everyone who’d stood by him? Why did it have to be an even number split in couples, everyone with their companion? Like, I don’t think it’s out of character for John to go on a godly power trip and decide who gets to have powers. But I also don’t see why he would create a divide within the group. (Later, after 200 years, I absolutely get why he’d want to be THE most important person in all his Lyctors’ lives. But I don’t get that same vibe from immediately post-apocalypse, based on the flashbacks)

Basically, it's both some of the choices in who ended up a necromancer, and just... the forethought that this decision implies. John isn't a great schemer IMO, and I doubt he was especially lucid in the time right before the resurrection; I don't think he sat down and started worldbuilding his new social order and space empire. (Yes, he very much did build the Houses like a DM worldbuilding for an RPG campaign, but that happened more gradually and his friends had a lot of influence. I don't think the beforehand had much planning involved.)

Also: a lot of what John does, power-wise, is vibes. His soul merging with Alecto was done totally on the fly. Figuring out you can bestow necromancy, figuring out how necromancy is bestowed, doing some trial and error until you know how it works, and only then resurrecting your buddies—IDK, that’s a lot of planning.

Anyway. This is why I think that if he MADE a choice, it was subconscious. That's why more in line with how John does things.

[dragynkeep]

For the ship game: Yang/ Weiss. Yang/ Blake. Yang/Pyrrha. Yang/Ren. 👀🙂

FREEZERBURN / SHIP.

what made you ship it : really though my love for it blossomed in v5 when they reunite & yang, who is so closed off about her own past, just spills everything to weiss. weiss & yang are canonically still the two team members who know the most about each other & have opened up the most to each other.

what are your favorite things about the ship : literally everything about them. the hot / cold dichotomy, gold / silver, blue / yellow, the back & forth of their earlier scenes & that it never felt like they were on unequal or uneven ground with each other.

is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship : anything to do with the divorce joke :)))

BUMBLBY / DON'T SHIP.

why don't you ship it : the way the show has handled them was what started off my dislike for the ship, but the shippers & the attitude from those in the show, as well as the constant lying & gaslighting of people to pretend this was ever a thing they meant to do cemented it. there's nothing wrong with bees coming into play later, just don't insult my intelligence that this was what they meant from the beginning lol.

what would have made you like it : actually digging into the meat of the relationship. there's literally so much unspoken about blake & yang's relationship that they never get to touch on, like yang's early racism or blake leaving her or adam's death or yang's worsening anger issues or their disagreements & the fact they seem afraid to have them. the show never tackles these because the show also seems afraid to do so, like even looking at bees critically for one moment will cause it to fizzle apart which? does not go in favour for this ship being "the best rwby ship" as they've recently championed lmao.

despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it : i've seen a lot of gorgeous fanworks from fans very devoted to the ship who put the work into them & it's blatant to see.

GREEKFIRE / SHIP.

what made you ship it : i saw a really cool fanart & went them, they're the gays i want lol.

what are your favorite things about the ship : that they just kind of fit together & you wouldn't really expect that, you would expect that yang might be too bright, too loud for pyrrha & that pyrrha might be too pyrrha for yang, but there's something between them that just snugly fits right.

is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship : it should be spelt greekfyre for yang's initial wheeze.

SUNFLOWYR / SHIP.

what made you ship it : the hug!! it was completely unexpected but the fact that yang goes to ren in the v6 reunion & hugs him & lets him touch her hair, something she's canonically so touchy about, just set off that spark lol.

what are your favorite things about the ship : like with greekfire, that these two are a pairing you wouldn't expect to fit but they just do. you can see the similarities in this ship to their "canon" ships, yang is bright like nora, ren is reserved like blake but i think it goes far beyond that. ren has shown he isn't afraid to challenge yang on her beliefs & stand up for himself, going toe to toe with her: whereas yang has shown that she does have a deeper side to her beyond the sunny exterior she puts upon. they're more similar than they think with the loss of a parent for "doing the right thing" & how that instilled values in them that they hold to steadfastly. plus their colours just gel together so well.

is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship : i don't think ren was in the wrong in their v8 argument & yang should've apologised because she absolutely was in the wrong lol.

[palaceofpassion]

Truth or dare for Emerald

Truth- what is one thing you can’t stand/ hate about each of your teammates?

Dare- give (insert person here) a lap dance.

Master List

"So~ Em?"

Emerald's eye did a quick twitch at the nickname. "What?"

"Truth or dare?"

Emerald thought for a moment, wondering what kind of trap the psycho cat would put her in. Eventually she came to a conclusion, her fingers rubbed her temples as she spoke her fate.

"Truth."

"Bitchin! So, about your teammates, what's one thing you can't stand or hate about each of them."

Her eyes widened, oh that was a bad question! But there wasn't anything that she couldn't stand about Cinder! She was the best! So... so what was she supposed to say? Maybe she could nickpick?

"Yo, Em you there?"

She would have to make things up, 'I can at least start with Neo and Mercury.'

"Mint's really quiet, and not just in the, she can't talk kind of way. She's quiet in the, I'm going to sneak up on you when youre changing and watch kind of way."

"Oh shit."

She wasn't sure who said it, "The worst part is, she LOVES to mess with me. She put yogurt in my underwear one time!"

She wasn't actually making this up, dealing with Neo was a pain the damned ass.

"Oh... I'm sorry..." This actually came from Jaune, who looked at her in concern. "My uh, sister's tried that on one another... it didn't really end well..."

"No freaking duh!" She was left with a nasty itch for a good week damn it!

The boy didn't bother flinching, instead eyeing her carefully.

"Sorry..."

"No I get it, I've seen all the troubles that things like that can cause."

"Okay well why don't you move on to someone else?" The champion offered calmly.

She nodded, "Mercury... oh god where do I even start."

"Just one thing, that's all you need." Neon was starting to worry as Emerald began to huff.

"He's a sick twisted pervert! He uses the excuse that we all share the same room to peep on me all the damn time. He pretends he doesn't care, but the moment I turn around or try to get privacy he'll follow to a certain degree. I've seen the way he looks at me too and..." She shivered in repulse.

"It's pretty disgusting."

"Oof."

Even Neptune was turned off by that prospect.

"Then there's the fact that he'll openly masturbate. He won't do it when Cinder or Mint are around, but he'll do it when I'm there, cause he knows no one will take me seriously and it's frustrating!"

Yang nearly gagged, "Dude that's gross."

"You think that's bad?!" She was huffing now, "He leaves his damned dirty clothes on the floor... for all to see! He won't even pick up after himself! I've seen enough of his stains to be done with them for the rest of my life!"

No one was really sure what to say to that.

"Oh oh when he's masturbating, he'll freaking say who he's thinking of." She turned to Pyrrha, who suddenly paled.

"Sorry Nikos, but you're pretty high on the list."

"I'm going to break his legs."

Nora chimed in.

"Don't think you're not in that Shortstack."

"YEP breaking his legs!"

Perhaps she was overexaggerating a little? She wasn't even sure at this point, she was however frustrated and rather pissed off with Mercury's normal behavior.

Emerald continued, but moved on to Cinder. Without even realizing it, she began to speak words that she hadn't meant to, "Cinder's always acting like I'm just something to be used..."

Those words came out far more serious than she'd originally meant them.

The room got quiet for a moment, each not sure what to say. Emerald seemed to be having second thoughts about her team up till this point.

Eventually Yang moved, shifting closer and placing an arm on her shoulder. Neon taking her other side, "Sorry about the question, didn't think you had it that hard."

Eventually Emerald calmed down, "It's okay... I didn't mean to get the mood down."

This was the first time she'd managed to let her real self be free.

Sun suddenly called out to her, "Hey Em, catch!"

Emerald's eyes opened as she was drawn to Sun, a beer in hand.

She wasn't one to drink, but when the can was tossed her way she caught it, opened it and began to down it.

"Damn it I needed that! Alright! Whose next?!"