#no qrow but boy

[jinxedcrow]

guess who finally watched v9

[strqyr]

tbh i feel like qrow's arc would work better if it was focused more on his fear of how people are going to react to learning about his semblance, rather than his semblance being this "boogeyman" that causes problems and makes it difficult to be around people, especially his friends and family.

because frankly, for the latter, the show is kind of... inconsistent about it? qrow keeps his distance from team rnjr partly due to his semblance (at least, that's the explanation qrow himself gives), but once everyone knows what his semblance is and the gang leaves mistral, his semblance is basically non-existent in that sense; he's hanging out with the kids like he has no fear in the world his semblance would cause any problems, even in the wilderness. like, there's no "qrow opts to fly instead of taking the train bc misfortune will find a way for the train to break down" or anything like that.

(not to mention that even prior to the events of the show, qrow trained ruby to use one of the most dangerous weapons in the world. his semblance makes it difficult to be around family, but that's a-ok? uh-huh. sure. makes perfect sense lol)

but if the focus was on qrow's fear of how other people react to it, how they start treating him afterwards, etc, it all makes a bit more sense. like, the background is already there; the tribe learned about his semblance, and the next thing he knows, he's "cursed" and unwanted; his team knew about his semblance and it made no difference in "the coolest team to graduate beacon", so when the kids know and they don't treat him any differently because of it, well. he doesn't have that much of a problem being around them anymore. no reason to try to "hide" his semblance by spending less time around them to keep it less "obvious", and so on.

[renabe4life]

No. Not again.

Don’t just watch her walk away. Don’t-

"I'm sorry!" The words leap out, louder than intended. Desperate. Sharp. Afraid, to fumble any longer to find the right words. If there are any.

Yang nearly loses hold of the doorknob, having jumped at the sudden outburst. She adjusts, grips it tightly. A lifeline should she need it.

"I'm," Qrow tries again, softer this time, "so sorry. For so many things that I. I’m not sure where to start."

Metal digits loosen, release their hold. Yang inhales a shuddering breath. Lets it out more steadily. And turns around. "For starters, you can apologise for being a coward."

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Chapter 17 of Take Root is out. Hoo boy it's finally happening, I'm not readyyyyyyyy. Hope y'all are >w>

[averagemrfox]

rwby rewrite this rwby reboot that

you’re wrong let’s get that straight but i do need crwby to redo every single scene with the team strq photo because i refuse to believe they’ve all been wearing the same outfit since they went to Beacon

[butchgeorgefayne]

Naja’s team is CAND! (Candy)

C - Candy Wick (romanneo daughter, sugarplum fairy from the nutcracker ballet)

A - Adrian Cotta-Arc (jaunes nephew, prince arjuna from the mahabharata)

N - Naja Sustrai (emercury, snake from Antony & Cleopatra)

D - Daiyu Ren (renora’s eldest daughter, Daiyu from dream of the red chamber)

[bittiblakebelladonna]

What time is it? Staying up past midnight making RWBY text posts time

[howlingday]

Jaune and qrow are hit by a semblance that makes them sing the truthful answer to any questions asked. When asked how things are they sing party time by the northern boys

Song

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Ruby: So, how long should the semblance last?

Winter: It's difficult to say. It may take hours, or it could take days. Perhaps even years.

Nora: Years?! But that's tomorrow!

Yang: Ugh... Really didn't need to hear Uncle Qrow to tell us how gross and sad his life is.

Weiss: As if Arc is any better. I'm really starting to worry about his mental health.

Ren: You only just started?

Blake: Your uncle is really gross.

Ruby: Well, yeah, but I didn't think he was this gross.

Oscar: How gross did you think he was?

Winter: Apparently not as pathetic as Mr. Arc.

Nora: ...It's a bop, though.

[freeusemuses]

Sun: You spent our tuition money on Menagerie hookers...?

Neptune: They're not hookers! They're massage therapists!

Qrow: They'll massage your cock for money!

Glynda: There's a word for that. I think it's "hooker"?

Neptune: YOU'RE A HOOKER!!

[tecnestheim962]

Another day, another day of missing Ruby Rose and Oscar Pine

[gamingmint]

Fair game week day 3: sunrise/sunset

[onewomancitadel]

My favourite small detail about V7 is that you can see Jaune watching I/ronwood suspiciously in the background of many scenes or outright glaring at him. It's very funny, I love his problems with people on the "good" side

[scham-wcan]

Also New Elemental chapter bb sorry for the delay!

[bowl-of-shortness]

In the Academy of Death, what are Oz and Qrow's first impressions of each other and how do their opinions change as they get closer (if they change at all lol)?

Qrow finds Oz particularly strange when they first meet, though he finds him to be a comforting presence due to him being generally very friendly to both Qrow and Oscar along with helping them around the academy and making them feel welcome (altho both attribute this to him just doing his job as a headmaster)

Qrow’s not sure why, but he’s used to people being rude to him, so when the other souls in the academy or even the teachers are rude to him, he doesn’t really care.

But kindness feels weird and he kinda clings to that as much as he doesn’t want to.

After the revelation that only one soul could be given a second chance, and the others lost to the realm of purgatory, Qrow takes it upon himself to try and convince Oz to do otherwise. He’s pissed, sure, but he also still sees Oz as a good person who’s probably just following the rules of his predecessor.

So he doesn’t yell at him or berate him, more just aggressively questions why Oz is doing what he’s doing.

The week after the incident, he calls Qrow to his office to talk to him. Qrow, of course thinking that this is about his demerits, isn’t too happy to be there until Oz explains that he thought over what Qrow said. And that, while he’s uncertain, he will change the rules so that the system is more fair to everyone.

And also changes the trials to be more of a test to see if they’re ready for the living world instead of to try and make them regain their lost memories of their lives.

Ozpin doesn’t pay Qrow or Oscar much mind until he notices their merit and demerit scores. Merits and demerits are a system used to track the behavior of the students, it doesn’t necessarily do anything, but staff are instructed to work with the ones with the most demerits to make them better people in case one of them becomes the soul to get a second chance. Demerit holders are also watched much more closely to ensure they aren’t hurting anyone as they typically are the worst of the worst types of people.

Hence why he finds Qrow so interesting.

Qrow, very early on, lands himself the title of “most demerits of his class”. And yet, once Oz looks at his records, he wasn’t really that bad of a person. More, he was a person who had to do bad things in order to get by.

He doesn’t seem to get the demerits intentionally. He seems to be caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. But also he just happens to have a bit of a mouth on him and doesn’t take kindly to authority (specifically authority that see themselves as better than other people or as superior due to their position).

And he learns just how much he doesn’t take kindly to authority taking advantage of people after Oz announces that only one person will be able to be given a second chance.

He finds Qrow’s questioning to not just be a surprise (because nobody’s really questioned him like that in the past) but also slightly frightening. Keeping in mind that the man is taller than him and also probably a lot stronger than him, he would prefer not to be in this situation.

So Qrow ends up accidentally scaring him oops. But ultimately he thinks about it and decides to change the rules

Afterwards he gains a lot of respect for him, he has the audacity to challenge him and ultimately changed things for the better for everyone.

So, he’s still pretty interested in him hehe

[image816]

AM I SORRY? NOT REALLY. 

couldn’t stop wishing that this edit existed so i just took matters into my own hands and did it myself. i apologize. however i just eat up the angst

[greenlakegalpals]

my summer rose hc is that shes hispanic(boricua/domincan insp) and loves to dance. is the reason why yang loves to dance too. qrow and tai learned to dance from summer and whenever qrow visited Patch he'll occasionally put on some music and get everyone to have fun

qrow trying to keep up that tradition during atlas and embarrassing ruby(not yang, her ass is already on the dance floor and goading the rest of the gang to join)

its all fun and games till yang switches the music to latino club music and suddenly its a dance off between uncle and niece on who can dance the slutttiest

[bafflement]

Deaged Oz AU - The First Meeting

I was reminded that I'd never actually written this, so here it is. Better late than never, that pivotal scene where Oscar and Tip introduce themselves to the others.

Oscar looked rather intimidated, waiting in the room for Qrow's nieces and their friends to come together so he could meet them all. In contrast, Oz looked more or less unruffled, his small form steady, though his eyes seemed far away. Then again, these were his students, weren't they? In a great many ways he already knew them. Just, not as a ten year old. Oscar snickered slightly, amused at the sudden image that gave him. Though Oz had been teaching him for a month or so back on the farm, the thought of him in front of a class populated by these rather intimidating older teens was amusing to say the least. He knew, intellectually, that Oz had been an adult until pretty recently, but it was very hard to see his little brother as anything other than what he was now.

Oz tried to ignore the curious glances he was being give while they waited for Miss Rose to come downstairs and join the others. There was no way of knowing exactly how much Qrow had told them, though it was probable that he would need to explain at least a part of things in person. He was just glad that he'd already told Oscar as much as he could regarding matters. After all, it had never been his plan to involve these, his students. Not in this, not in this war. But then, if what Qrow had said was true and Leon really had betrayed them? They would have no choice but to trust that these children, his students, would be up to the task. He frowned internally, noticing that Miss Belladonna was missing. That might complicate things rather.

"So, who are you two, exactly? And how do you know Uncle Qrow?" Yang asked, sounding curious. Oz sighed at that, glancing over at the man in question briefly. Qrow just shrugged and saluted with his flask, so he wasn't likely to be of much help in the scenario.

"That would probably be best discussed with all parties present. I believe we're waiting on Miss Rose?" His voice was as steady as his form, Vale accent obvious. The others exchanged concerned glances, hands inching towards their weapons. After what had happened at Beacon, this random child coming looking for Ruby was not filling them with confidence. Qrow had bought them, but then Qrow's decision making seemed slightly suspect when he was drunk. Right now? He was smelling like a bar, but then again the kid had to be all of ten if that. It was unlikely he was any real threat. Oz blinked up at them, eyes wide, and they aborted the idea of attacking him. They were hunters after all, he was just a helpless child. They could take him pretty easily.

Presently, Miss Rose came downstairs, towelling off her hair and blinking at the new additions. Oscar stared at her, he'd never seen someone so pretty before!

"You... have silver eyes?" He breathed, unknowingly echoing Oz's own first thoughts on meeting Ruby. Oz blinked beside him, thrown by the similarity in the statement. Maybe the month they had spent together had rubbed off on the other boy? There was always the alternative to that, but he couldn't bring himself to think about it too deeply. If things had gone even slightly differently, would he have ended up as the voice in the back of his brother's head? It was a horrifying thought.

"Umm... who are you?" Ruby ventured, blinking at the two unknown boys that the others had let in. Uncle Qrow didn't seem worried to see them, so that probably meant that they weren't intruders? The smaller boy smiled, looking sad for a second. There was something about the smile that was familiar, but she was certain she'd never met the small, red headed boy in her life. She'd probably remember yet another redhead and, whoever he was, he was far too young for Beacon.

"I'm Oscar Pine." Oscar breathed, still lost in her eyes. Next to him Oz snickered slightly. After all the teasing Oscar had given him over Qrow, it rather looked like he might have some payback.

"I go by Tip Pine at present, though I do believe you all knew me by another name." Oz's voice was quiet, yet carried nonetheless. That had always been a useful trick to use when he needed attention and he certainly did right now. He twisted the head of the long stick he carried, releasing The Long Memory from its hiding place. All eyes were on the ancient weapon as he deployed it into cane form and looked around at them seriously.

"You last knew me as Professor Ozpin. Hello again, students." The silence that followed his declaration sounded rather shocked and it was plain by the looks on their faces that they hadn't been expecting him. He sighed slightly as he felt the first tremor in his hands. It had been nice while it lasted, at least?

"Told'ya he wasn't dead!" Qrow hollered from the couch he was slumped in, laughter in his tone. The glance he shot Oz was soft and loving, Yang paling slightly as she noticed it. Wait, did that mean that Uncle Qrow's mysterious partner had been Professor Ozpin? That was uncomfortable to think about even without the fact that he appeared to be a little kid at the moment. And how on Remnant had that happened, anyway?

"Umm, Professor? How are you a child?" Weiss sounded suspicious, her eyes on his hair. "...and why do you have red hair?"

Oz grinned at her. "Hair dye can be a wonderful thing, Miss Schnee. As for why I am a child, well what has Qrow told you so far regarding certain fairy tales and their basis in reality?"

"Well, we know about the maidens. And apparently the witch is real and called Salem? There's something in Mistral we need to find, though he refused to tell us exactly what. Where does you being... sorry, how old are you, anyway?"

"Physically I appear to be ten years of age. However, that is rather misleading. In most ways that count I am still your Headmaster, Miss Schnee. If Qrow has told you as much as he appears to have done then that makes things rather easier. The maidens do indeed exist, as does Salem. Unfortunately. She is a danger you must not underestimate! Too many people have done so and paid the price.” There was a deep pain in Oz’s voice, which itself served to underline the danger far better than mere words ever could. The children were used to him being untouchable, emotionless, but whatever he was right now none of the previous labels applied. There was a strange glint to his eyes that looked almost like tears and beside him the boy who’d called himself Oscar lay one hand on his shoulder comfortingly. Oz leaned into the touch without really realising he was doing it and Ruby and Blake exchanged rather alarmed looks. Nora started to coo, making Oz glare at her, but she was the only one. Having confirmation of what Qrow had told them was not a good sign but at least now they knew the monster they were facing? Or at least the overarching one? In some ways it was almost a comfort, having a single person they might one day be able to defeat.

“Professor? You still haven’t explained why you’re a child right now.” There was a note of something strange in Weiss’ voice though, a look in her eyes that she only really got when she’d worked out the answer to a riddle. Oz sighed.

“When Miss Fall attempted to kill me, things backfired rather. Instead of outright killing me, I woke up like this. I’ve been recovering over the last month since almost dying did not leave me in the best health.” There was a humorous note to his voice, though that made the declaration no less terrifying. Cinder had killed Pyrrha after all and they had all heard that Professor Ozpin was missing. Had that been meant to be his fate, too?

“What does that have to do with the maidens?” Yang broke in, sounding impatient. Oz grinned at her, too, tipping his head in her direction.

“Cinder Fall is the current Fall maiden, as appears to have been her design all along. As for why her powers backfired when used on me, it would appear to have something to do with the fact that I am the current incarnation of the wizard.”

“… of course you are.” Yang sounded fed up now, the warning Raven had given her still ringing in the back of her brain. But even if Professor Ozpin was somehow untrustworthy, what danger could a ten year old really pose? Especially one that had been limping as heavily as this one had been when he first entered the house? Ozpin was dangerous, sure… but at ten he was many things, none of them the least bit intimidating.

The mood seemed slightly more relaxed now and none of them seemed particularly interested in seeing him prove that he had magic. Did that mean…

“Qrow, did you turn into a bird in front of them?” Oz was curious, though the relief very much showed in his tone. If Qrow had done that then it certainly would make things easier. He just hoped the children wouldn’t ask to be turned into birds too.

“Well, yeah, Oz. The story’s kinda unbelievable without some form of proof.” Qrow smirked at him, taking another swig from his flask. Oz blinked at that and opened his mouth to ask something else but ended up yawning widely. He winced even as Nora started to coo again.

“You, Are. Adorable!” She squealed, Oz turning a tired glare on her once more. He doubted it would have that much affect though since even on the journey to Mistral several people had taken time out of their schedules to tell Oscar and he both just how cute they looked. Neither one of them had appreciated it, but it didn’t look like it would be stopping any time soon.

Qrow got up, noticing just how tired Oz appeared. “C’mon, you two. I think you need to be in bed, I’ll show you up to the spare room we set up for you. Might need to grab an extra bed for Pipsqueak, though." Oscar looked vaguely offended at the term for a second, though it raised an interesting point. Qrow seemed to like giving people nicknames, he wondered just what he would come up with for Oz? Speaking of… he really was going to have to get used to calling him Tip, wasn’t he? For his own safety, they all were.