#general Ironwood

[brokentrafficknight]

Was sitting on this one and only just remembered I had a genderbent Ironwood!

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Ironwood: ALRIGHT MEN! ALIENS ARE REAL! First; We must treat them with respect from a distance; Secondly! We must wait for our scientists to collaborate until we can determine the physical compatibility of our immune systems and Microorganic beings! Which means now handholding, no hugging, no Kissing and no Sexual intercourse!

Jaune: QUESTION, SIR!

Ironwood: Yes Private!

Jaune: I HAVE HAD SEX WITH AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL!

Ironwood: You WHAT!

Jaune: I Have done nothing but Fuck an Alien for the past three days!

The Squad: ...

Qrow: ... What was it like?

Jaune: You really Don't know?

Qrow: *Also definitely fucked an alien* ... No.

[howi99]

Prince of Vale 7

Meeting room

Jaune: *looking at the leaders of every major nation* Messieurs, leaders of Vacuo, Atlas, Mistral and Menagerie, i welcome you. *Bow in sign of respect to his guest*

All of the representatives: *bow to the king, showing their respect*

Jaune: *taking a seat* As all of you must know, i have summoned all of you to discuss two major incidents. The first and least important one being the demands of Jacques Schnee, demanding the day of my mother's funeral, the queen funeral, that i take one of his daughters as queen consort. The second and far more grave incident was the Prime Minister of Mistral accusing me of protecting the princess of Menagerie from the Mistralean judicial system.

Ghira: *looking directly at said Prime Minister* Is that so?

PM: *adjusting his tie* With all due respect, your daughter did participate in White Fang's activities. Both of your nations may not see them as a terrorist organization, but the material damage they are causing in the name of liberty cannot be disregarded.

Jacques: *a calculating look in his eyes* And should i remind you, your majesty, that said material was the property of the Schnee Dust Company? Not only that, but my daughter was placed in the same team as said criminal?

Jaune: *coldly looking at Jacques* First, may i remind you that you are only the manager of said company and not its true owner? *Looking at Willow* Your wife is the one allowed to speak without constraints during the meeting. And secondly, you shall address her by her title or miss Belladonna.

Willow: *surprised* Your majesty?

Jacques: ... *Sigh* I must ask your forgiveness. It slipped my mind.

Jaune: I see. *Now looking at the PM* Now, as you probably know, Miss Belladonna isn't part of the White Fang anymore. Not only that, but her crimes were committed as a minor. Furthermore, she isn't a Mistralean resident, meaning we are in no obligation to extradite her.

PM: *frowning* You are saying that she won't be punished for her crimes?

Jaune: *shaking his head* I never said that. She will be judged according to Valean laws.

Ghira: *nodding* And i approve of this decision. Tell me, wouldn't you prefer we bury the hatchet and try de-escalating the situation?

PM: ... *Sigh* What would be the sentence?

Jaune: Under our laws, she committed vandalism, vigilantism and endangerment of civilian life during said vigilantism. For the remainder of her time in Beacon, she will have to do community service every Saturday. Furthermore, she will be forbidden from leaving the vicinity of Beacon UNLESS it is for said service.

PM: ... Fine, we shall accept those conditions. *Looking at Ghira* In exchange, we simply ask for the White Fang to stop attacking the SDC shipments to our cities.

Ghira: *sigh* I would love to, but i have limited influence on them i'm afraid.

Jaune: *looking at the annoyed Jacques* Maybe the SDC could make some concessions? *Smiling, now looking at Willow* What do you think, lady Willow?

Willow: *nervous* I-i... My husband...

Jaune: *gently cutting her* Has no authority during this meeting.

Willow: *Feeling the gaze of her husband* I... *Shaky voice* Y-yes your majesty. The company has gone too far.

Jacques: *low angry voice* Willow...

Willow: *looking at Jaune with more resolve* I am fully aware of the wrongdoing of Jacques. In exchange for those concessions, however, i want the rights of the SDC's old mines back.

Jaune: *pensive* The one from before the faunus war, i assume?

Willow: *nod* Yes, your majesty... I will be frank with you, Jacques demands were mostly aimed at re-appropriating them back.

Jaune: *sigh* It would have been so much easier to say so... *Nod* You are free to restart mining on Valean soil. However, some of the mines were privatised. Is this fine with you, my lady?

Willow: *nod* I was already aware of that. Besides, competition never hurts.

Ironwood: *surprised, whispering to Winter* It's the first time i've seen her speak up.

Winter: *as surprised as him* Same for me here. I always thought she was completely under my father's thumb...

Jacques: *furious, getting up from his chair* Willow, what are you doing!? "I" own the company! "I" brought it back from the mountain of debts your father had to pay!

Willow: *looking at him* And in doing so, you ran my family name through the mud. *Getting up, locking eyes with him* You made us enemy number one of faunuskind, you supplied both the government and the criminals alike in the name of profit and that's enough! I'm through with this!

Jacques: What are you-

Willow: I'm divorcing you, you twat!

The Vacuan representative: *whispering to Jaune* Soooo.... Would it be a bad time to talk about the unlawful exploitation of our Dust by the SDC or?

[rnlacc]

Have you considered longer haired Jimmy?

[notmaplemable]

Stubbed

Yang: Hey Ironwood, if you don't mind me asking, how did you lose your... you know.

Ironwood: No need to be nervous. I understand the need to connect o others who have lost a limb.

Ironwood: It was early in my military career during a routine patrol in Southern Mistral.

Ironwood: I had some success in clearing out Grimm hives with my platoon, we had been taking very few casualties and... I got cocky.

Yang: Really?

Ironwood: Indeed. It was... traumatic. You see I-

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Lt. Ironwood: *Stubs his toe on a hidden stump* Man Down!

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Yang: ...Really? You stubbed your toe and decided to get new legs?

Ironwood: No, that was a joke.

Ironwood: I stepped on an IED.

[tumblingxelian]

OK I am just gonna say it.

In regards to the whole "The writers said Ironwood sacraficing his arm means he is giving up his humanity" thing?

I think that they are 100% talking from Ironwood's perspective there.

Now hear me out.

Ironwood is one of the people who most dehumanizes Penny. Yeah sure he's superficially 'nice' when everything is going his way. Be he explicitly had her made as a weapon and the moment its more convenient to treat her as a tool than a person he does so.

Ironwood is fucking weird about his prosthetics. He is always trying to hide them until they are too bulky to cover up with clothing. He's clearly deeply uncomfortable with them and defaults to blaming them for his own behavior.

Compare & contrast to other characters. All of the heroic characters constantly emphasize Penny's personhood and even when disagreeing with her never start couching their language in commands but convincing arguments as they would anyone else.

What's more, Yang, Maria, Fox, Pietro & hell even Tyrian all wear their prosthetics or disabilities very openly and without shame. The shows framing, theme & narrative do not present these things as some kind of loss of humanity or otherwise as a negative. If "Prosthetics eat your soul" was a thing the writers actually felt, it would be more obvious.

Note: I am unsure whether the writers regard Penny as disabled, so I didn't put her with the others.

Penny's new body. Much for much-ness is made about Penny "Becoming a real girl" as though the show hadn't consistently treated her as one from her first moment on screen. & while ignoring the fact that her new body was clearly a magical/Aura construct given it was made up of wobbly green energies under a scan not flesh and bone like other characters.

Even if we ignore all that, when it comes to her new body and that whole angle, while she did show an appreciation for her new tactile senses, she was also shown to be far more vulnerable & generally to be struggling with the new body & it ultimately led to her fall.

This is very much not on brand if we were meant to regard her mechanical form as some kind of problem outside of how others used it to mistreat her.

One of Atlas's core themes' is dehumanization. The people pf Mantle are dehumanized into a faceless mob, a few city blocks that can easily be crushed beneath Ironwood's heel.

Cinder Fall was "adopted" into child slavery where the rights of her abusers to own and harm her always took precedence over her humanity.

The Ace-Ops are trained to regard themselves, their fellows & everyone else as inherently expendable. Cogs in a machine that can be replaced and should not be cared for or mourned.

& most integrally, when Ironwood sacrificed his arm so he could beat Watts. When he had Watts dangling over a lava pit & said he would sacrifice anything to beat Salem. Watts smirked. Because Watt's knew Ironwood's penchant to view harming himself or others as "Ruthlessness" and thus pragmatism was alive & well & would destroy him. Which it did.

The 'other' statement. There is one other line people point to, namely Yang's V8 line, regarding "The mechanical bits are just extra" as somehow ableist. Even ignoring as I said before that I am unsure CRWBY even regard Penny as disabled, or as equivalent to a person using prosthetics. The fact is, I can only view taking that statement as dehumanizing Penny by virtue of her mechanical nature as at best, misinterpreting Yang's statement.

Seriously, they are talking about the fact Penny will still have a soul. IE the very metric of personhood that's used to define every person in universe! It'd be no different if she was made of clay or cloned flesh.

Conclusion. As I said above, if the writers really felt that way about prosthetics, it would be much more overt than one off hand statement that very much seems to reflect Ironwood's thinking not the writers. Ironwood thinks giving up his arm and replacing them with prosthetics is something that makes him less human, a trait he explicitly admired in/projected onto Salem. It makes so much more sense for the writers to be commenting on Ironwood';'s thought process here given it thematically does not align with the rest of the show at all otherwise.

[rainbow-zebra-art]

Cover art commission for CodyMacArthurFett! This piece was finished just about a year ago, but now the story is published, so it's finally time for this cover to shine in my galleries~ "Hearts of Ice" is a holiday-themed murder mystery following Glynda, her new husband James Ironwood, and their kids as they try to unravel the dark deeds in a far northern village during the blackest time of the year.

You can read it now on: SpaceBattles, Archive of Our Own (AO3), Fanfiction, Sufficient Velocity

[lord-of-rain]

Ironwood: And that concludes the situation update. Any questions?

Ruby: *raises her hand*

Ironwood: I swear to the fucking brothers. If you suggest that you and Arc make more silver-eyed warriors again, I will shoot you.

Ruby: *lowers her hand*

[but-a-humble-goon]

Some Atlas techie was like “this arm’s supposed to be for civilian use right? You said she was a student? Is the gun really necessary?” and presumably Ironwood who’s been looming over his shoulder ruthlessly monitoring his progress the whole time was like “I’ve known Yang Xiao Long for five minutes give or take so I can say with absolute confidence that she’s going to want a gun in this thing.”

[ironwoodprotectionsquad]

While I’d love to hear six hours of discussion, perhaps we can hear your top 10 reasons you like Ironwood? Don’t want you to lose your voice after all my fellow Dadmiral friendo

Look I stream for 6 hours straight some days but that’s beside the point lolz. Also sorry this took so long. Life has been a thing.

1. James feels…human. I know the point of characters in stories is to make them feel alive and to immerse you into the world I know. But stay with me there are just little details like James adjusting his tie and little laughs at R/WBY’s antics that just make him feel more real.

2. James is strong. And not just in the physical sense but the emotional one. Between him in volume 3 holding it together despite the world falling apart around him and him taking on all of Atlas and Mantles hatred and vitriol while trying to protect them is incredible. Everyone hates him despite him trying his best and it’s both incredible and heartbreaking to see.

3. James is compassionate. I am not even slightly referring to volume 8 that bullshit is not canon at all just no. After watching Yang with his own eyes break (who he thought) was an innocent students leg unprovoked after the match ended and his aura was down, he believed her when she said she saw him attack first. He assumed the best of her even when all evidence showed that she was being malicious. Or in volume 4 when Weiss accidentally summoned a Grimm that attacked someone, he stood up for her or after Ruby failed to stop Cinder in volume 3 (? Or 2 can’t remember for sure) and he told her she did well and she took action which is what huntresses do. He is strict but he shows kindness to people.

4. He’s kind of silly sometimes. He’s normally very strict so it makes his funny moments stand out more. Like when he laughs when the girls admit they stole an airship or when he grins at Winters comment about how he couldn’t pay her to smile for the cameras.

5. He’s not a good public speaker. Now I can hear you say “but wait, he speaks publically all the time and while yes he does, he also does the equivalent of error 404 when things don’t go exactly as he mentally prepared beforehand and we see this in volume 7.

When the girls don’t react at all to his announcement that they’re all huntresses now he just freezes because this man needs to preplan everything and he did not have a plan b prepared and panics and it’s so relatable I adore it so much.

6. He’s awkward. While similar to the last point, people can suck at public speaking and still be able to converse well with people in a smaller setting but sometimes James seems to even be a little awkward even in less formal moments.

7. In early volumes he was allowed to make mistakes and still be a good person. I like it when characters are allowed to make a mistake and still be seen as a good guy. People make mistakes and screw up but that doesn’t make said person evil. Sometimes we can’t fix something or stop a bad thing from happening or even make a decision that winds up causing more problems. But the intention of the decision is the important thing. James wanted to protect people in volumes 2 and 3 so he brought his army because he had a feeling Salem was up to something. Cinder used said army to cause even more chaos but at the time the narrative refused to demonize him for this and allowed people to understand what his intentions were. That’s way more compelling than the narrative twisting itself to try and somehow prove the mains are always correct and never make mistakes. Learning and growing make stories interesting.

8. James is willing to make the tough decisions. Time and time again we see James making really difficult calls to try and navigate a war that most people don’t even know they’re fighting. He makes the plans to transfer Ambers Aura to keep it from Cinder. He pulled his armies from the other kingdoms to try and maintain peace, he decided to focus on Amity instead of the wall to try and restore global communication, he decided to try and save who he could when he was put between a rock and a hard place. He made the tough calls and stuck by his decision and that is admirable.

9. James trusts people. After James’s talk with Glynda she took his advice to heart and was more open and honest with people. When Winter tells him something is going on at Haven, he takes her word for it. When Ruby and co lie to his face he trusts their word. He trusts Yang when she says she saw Mercury attack her first during the Vytal Festival. (Despite what the narrative tries to tell us) James gives people the benefit of the doubt and is willing to trust people.

10. James is an incredible fighter even without a typical offensive Aura. Pretty self explanatory but James is able to go toe to toe with some dangerous adversaries and hold his own despite not having a special “super power” like everyone else does. Or even a special weapon really he kicks ass with just a pair of guns and that is so badass of him lolz.

And a bonus more meta point because I want to talk about this so there. But one thing I loved about Ruby and James’s volume 7 fallout is that we can see exactly how and why each of them made the decision they did during that breakdown. On one had we have Ruby who is full of hope still and sees the best in the world. She lost her friends and is still dealing with the trauma of that and doesn’t want to ever lose anyone else again or let people suffer a loss like she did during the fall of Beacon. On the other we have James who is equally traumatized from Beacon but in a very different way. He did his best to fight back against Salem and it was in the end used against him and caused even more pain and suffering. He’s terrified of going toe to toe against Salem again and wants to protect what he knows he can until he knows they are able to take on Salem. It’s realistic and painful and neither side is really a perfect option. It’s a bad situation and we can see how the characters respond to it and it feels in character and real and I wish that we got to see that writing continue into volume 9.

Sorry again for how long this one took! As I said life’s been all over the place and chaotic and it still is but I got a burst of motivation so I decided to finally type this out.

[brokentrafficknight]

His goals are surely beyond our comprehension!

The General Ironwood Fitness Challenge

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Continued from here

Ironwood: Pietro! How has your automatons Come along?

Pietro: *In a tracked, Steam-powered Wheel Chair* Fairly Well ...

Ironwood: What was that Pause for?

Pietro: ... Penny May have ran off.

Ironwood: *In Confusion and Anger* What.

Pietro: Well, My darling heard that the Princess Weiss Schnee hadn't arrived at Vale, she decided to go save her, like Knights in the stories I read to her.

Ironwood: ...

Pietro: She'll be fine! Mostly! Uh, some components were still in need of updating for their designs, but she can still move and fight!

Ironwood: ...

Ironwood: *In Utter befuddlement* What.

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Jaune: *Moves a rook from f1 to e5*

Weiss: ...

Weiss: *Places her king on its side*

Jaune: Ha-Ha! *Rotates board so Weiss has the white pieces now*

Weiss: Hmph!

*Distance sound of chuffing*

Weiss: ... ?

Jaune: ?

*Chuffing grows Closer*

Jaune: ! *Draws Sword and Shield*

A Knight in Shining armor bursts through the door of the holding cell, Slitted visor lowered, with a long green feather poking out the top of the helmet

Knight: *Excited Steam Whistle, points at self*

Knight: *Certain Steam Whistle, Points at Weiss*

Jaune: ?

Weiss: *Shrug*

Jaune: *Fully readies for a fight*

Knight: *Unleashes floating swords*

Weiss: Halt!

Jaune: *Holds Still*

Knight: *Holds Still*

Weiss: Penny?

Penny: *Raises Visor, Whistles Happily*

Weiss: Er ist ein Freund! (He's a Friend!)

Penny: *Tilts head, Whistles Questioningly*

Weiss: *Gestures to chess board* Freund! (Friend!)

Penny: *Contemplative Whistle*

Penny: *Shocked Whistle*

Penny: *Excited Whistle, Holds arms out for hug*

Jaune: ?!?!?

Weiss: Jaune!

Jaune: ?

Weiss: *Hugs herself, points at Penny*

Jaune: ...

Jaune: *Walks to and hugs Penny*

Penny: *Hugs Jaune, whistling LOUDY*

Jaune: *Crushed by hug*

Weiss: Penny? Warum kannst du nicht sprechen?

Penny: *sets Jaune down*

Jaune: *Wheeze*

Penny: *Takes helmet off, revealing an exposed neck full of hoses, wires, and rods*

Penny: *Whistle!*

Weiss: Warum bist du gekommen? Ihr seid nicht zusammen! (Why did you come? You're not together!)

Penny: *Hands Weiss a picture*

It's a crudely drawn picture of Penny and Weiss holding hands. It clearly has Romantic Subtext.

Weiss: ... Danke. (Thank you.)

Penny: ... *Whistle?*

Weiss: Myrtenaster?

Penny: *Sad, apologetic whistle*

Jaune: ...

Penny: *Whistle!*

Penny: *Draws a picture*

Its an okay picture of Weiss' rapier

Jaune: !

Jaune: Pouvez-vous me comprendre? (Can you understand me?)

Penny: *Affirmative Whistle*

Jaune: L'épée est par là ! Veuillez suivre! (The Sword is this way! Please Follow!)

Penny: *Affirmative Whistle*

They Leave

Weiss: ...

Weiss: *Pushes door*

The Door opens without much resistance

Weiss: ...

Weiss: Konnte ich die Haltezeit wirklich einfach verlassen haben?Willst du mich veräppeln? (Could I have really just left the hold time?!? Are you Fucking Kidding me?!?)

[genderbendqueen]

Was watching a RWBY AMV when i realised theyre the same person!!!

[rnlacc]

The artificer and his *bird*.

RWBY RPG collab that I took part in.

[notmaplemable]

Ironwood: The previous grimm attack was devastating, but as long as the spirit of Atlas remains, we shall fight on.

Winter: General, the caffeine reserves were destroyed.

Ironwood: Then all is lost.

[iamafanofcartoons]

Remember how people claimed that team rwby had no plan, that ironwood was the real hero, and that ruby somehow had a messiah complex?

The Finale of V9 basically showed every Ironwood Simp that Ruby’s plan worked!

Team RWBY made the right call, and Ironwood failed.

Somebody pick up that phone, because I FUCKING CALLED IT!

@instantbee thanks for the screenshot!

#GREENLIGHTVOLUME10