#roman torchwick headcanon

[lesbianneopolitan]

Sometimes I ask myself, how much RWBY would be different if Roman didn't have died unluckily by that Grimm?

Also it'd be interesting if he didn't have died after all and managed to get out of the stomach of that bird, like until now fighting to survive in that wasteland

I feel if he would've survived, he and Neo wouldn't have tried to keep getting involved with Salem's plans after the fall of Beacon, so a lot of things could've changed, mainly because Neo has actually been pretty useful for Cinder in previous volumes before the end of V8 and V9

Now that Roman's death is mentioned, though, I have this headcanon of Roman not dying inside the Grimm (mainly because Ruby kills it like 5 second after)- I like to take the angst route of an unconscious Roman dying in the CRASH of the airship they were in not long after, which made things 100% worse for my Neo once she actually found the remains in the ruins of the crashed ship (plane crash accidents are VERY nasty). A vision that got engraved in her mind for too long, and that not only sent her into a depressive spiral but also, ultimately fuelled her need for revenge later on once realizing that, if she killed herself and gave up there, she wouldn't be able to avenge Roman

You didn't ask for the angst, more like on the contrary, but I felt like I had to bring it up because it still HURTS

[papihomo]

RWBY Ethnicity headcanons because why not!

Tyrian Callows - Lebanese, I mean his name comes from the Lebanese city of Tyre and that makes sense.

Coco Adel - Belgian, I mean she just gives me Belgian energy idk why

Weiss Schnee + The Entire Schnee Family - Swiss-German, it makes sense, okay like Jacques has a French name and in Switzerland the main languages are French, German & Italian.

Nora Valkyrie - Norwegian, its basically canon

Oscar Pine - Moroccan & Bedouin + Scottish & Irish, I totally think he's Maghrebi like YOU CANNOT CHANGE MY MIND OKAY.

Professor Port - Hate that man, literally identical to my Bio Teacher, probably German because my Bio Teacher was German.

Mercury Black - Scottish-American, he just is.

Trivia "Neopolitan" Vanille - Neapolitan & Corsican

Roman Torchwick - Sicilian

The Belladonnas - Its of course canon that they are Indigenous, Ghira is on Chief & Council, need I say more? Anyways I have a feeling they would be from the Pacific Northwest, more specifically they would be Gitxsan.

Hazel Rainart - German + Assyrian, he kinda reminds me of the Sumerian folk hero Gilgamesh who stems from what is now Modern day Iraq.

Emerald Sustrai - Basque + Sudanese & Arab, her surname is basque, her allusion is Ali Baba/Aladdin and she seems to be of african descent as well so honestly she could be Basque, Sudanese and Arab.

Elm Ederne - Afro-Dominican + Mongolian, need I say more.

Vine Zeki - Tibetan + Japanese, Need I say more.

Harriet Bree, Afro-Jamaican + Cambodian, its my headcanon.

Marrow Amin - Paternally Ethiopian & Ugandan, Maternally Indigenous Australian & Greenlandic, his surname "Amin" is of Arabic origin but is prevalent in Uganda as a couple of my Ugandan friends from 9th grade had that exact surname, also his weapon being a boomerang could point to him being Indigenous Australian {Also the Faunus being very clearly Indigenous} & Greenlandic.

Clover Ebi - Turkish, that man is Turkish, okay? HES TURKISH TO ME.

Qrow & Raven Branwen - Welsh & Breton, need I say more.

Sage Ayana - Yoruba, one of my Nigerian friends presented me with this headcanon and now I hold onto it dearly.

[rwby-imagines-and-headcanons]

Can we get some NSFW headcannons for Roman torchwick :)

Oh heeeeeell yeah baby, we getting some Torchwick all up in here

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Roman Torchwick NSFW Headcanons

Roman may be a criminal mastermind, but he's still a gentleman. Both on the streets AND in the sheets

He never hits or insults you during sex without your permission. If you want him to get rough or nasty though, just ask! He'd be happy to oblige~

This man will never bottom, I don't care how much of a dom you are. Roman will make you a submissive bitch (and you'll like it)

Prefers to have you on top of him, whether with him leaning back or you just directly on his lap. Cowgirl/Reverse Cowgirl is his favorite and he always gropes your ass and chest during it. The view is just fantastic

If he wants to tease you, he'll just lean back and let you do the work yourself, all the while smirking at your frustration

It's not made apparent, but Roman is definitely into secretive exibition. He'll rub you under the table or run his hand over your body ever so gently, then have the audacity to act like nothing happened. Also expect saucy neck kisses when no one is looking

Whispers in your ear seductively just to get a rise out of you in public. And it pretty much always works

Do you reeeeally wanna get this man off? Two words: Thigh Riding

The hottest thing in the damn world to him is you straddling his thigh while he works, and grinding yourself against him. Hearing your desparate cries of pleasure makes him so hot, as well as feeling his thigh get progressively wetter. Having you face him makes it even better as he gets to see glimpses of your expressions

If you moan out his name while riding him, he. is. GONE. You are gonna be slammed on that desk and ravished

Okay confession time. About half the time he calls you into his office, he doesn't actually have any work to do. He just finds the scenario hot af and wants to bang you

A big person on sweet talk and praise in bed. Nicknames especially. When he isn't calling you "Good Girl/Boy" or a pet name (Sweetie, Hun, Baby, Doll, etc), he is using his special nickname for you

Call him Daddy, please. You'll drive him absolutely insane. This man will get tunnel vision and wont stop until you're a twitching mess covered in cum

Actually fairly decent at aftercare. He'll help you clean up and even lay with you for a bit cuddling. He likes to tease you and say how horny and desperate you were, and then proceed to kiss you sensually

On the other hand, Roman is quick to get up and get dressed. It's almost superhuman how quickly he is able to compose himself. He'll pretty much be up and out 10 minutes after sex. He's a busy man, he's got places to be!

But if he leaves before you wake up, he always leaves a note behind to let you know where he is and when he'll be back

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I stg writing NSFW headcanons are so fun, thanks for requesting this!

[eagle-shadow]

Roman: Neo did you draw nipples on my binders!

Neo:*proudly nodding*

Roman: Why!?

Neo: *signing* well everyone kept saying free the nipples but you can't so I drew them on

Roman:*frowning* okay but how did you get them to match perfectly?

Neo: *holds out measuring tape*

Roman:*sighs* what else are you planning?

Neo:* opens sketch book showing her life drawings*

Roman: Wow amazing! How about you draw me like that~

Neo:*Nods happily*

*Roman posing naked*

*Neo drawing making angry huffs*

Roman: you alright?

Neo:｡⁠:ಥ⁠_⁠ಥ *signing* can't get the fucking shading

[thebunnyremix]

Cinder: Where are you going now?

Roman: To do a, um...exchange. We're in need of funds here, and I found a buyer for Dust. Neo and I are gonna meet him behind that crappy diner that closed down last year. It won't take long.

Cinder: Hm...all right...I'm going with you, then.

Roman: Eh heh. No, you are not.

Cinder: Excuse you?

Roman: Cinder, this is important. I really can't afford to lose a buyer right now.

Cinder: What, you think I can't handle an exchange?

Roman: Well, you probably could...if you could keep the blood lust under control.

Cinder: Blood lust? What is that supposed to mean?

Roman: It means you're too trigger-happy. An exchange like this requires a level head.

[Cut to Emerald and Mercury watching TV nearby.]

Mercury: Level head? You're just gonna go, "You got the money?" and "You got the stuff?" back-and-forth for twenty minutes.

Emerald: [laughs]

[Cut back to Roman, Neo, and Cinder.]

Cinder: [ignoring that] I'm very levelheaded.

Neo: [snorts]

Cinder: [glares at her] ... [to Roman] I promise I'm not going to scare away your precious buyer. Now let's go.

Roman: Yeah, um...look...no offense, but how exactly do you think this is gonna play out? Because let me tell ya...no one's gonna do business with you if they know they're likely gonna get a bullet to the head once they hand over the money.

Cinder: Don't you talk down to me. I know how to exchange Dust for money.

Roman: You know how to scheme and intimidate. I don't think you know how to do business.

Cinder: I do so.

Roman: All right, lemme give you a scenario. You're robbing a Dust Shop. What do you do? Tell me step-by-step.

Cinder: Okay, first I- ...do I have henchmen here?

Roman: No, I wanna know what you do flying solo.

Cinder: Okay, fair enough. [ahem] First, I walk in and threaten the shopkeep to unlock the displays...

Roman: All right. Good.

Cinder: Once the displays are empty, I take whatever valuables the customers have, if any are present...

Roman: All right. You're on a roll.

Cinder: Then...I kill all of them and the shopkeep, take the money from the register, and run before the police show up.

Roman: Okay, good- [jump] Wait, what? No! Don't kill the shopkeep!

Neo: [signing] And leave the register alone! You'll make way more money selling the Dust!

Cinder: Yeah, but if I empty the register, I have that money and what I'm gonna get for the Dust.

Roman: No, Neo's right. That's just gonna slow you down. Leave the cash and don't kill the shopkeep. Just get the Dust and go.

Cinder: Why?

Roman: Because the shopkeep is important.

Cinder: No, they aren't. I got the Dust. There's no further use for the shopkeep. They're just a witness who's gonna call the police, so they gotta go.

Roman: No. Don't kill the shopkeep. They're still important.

Neo: [signing] And you don't think you have blood lust...

Mercury (v/o): Just kill the police when they show up!

Roman: Okay, don't- ...I mean, do that if you have to. But don't stick around for that. What you want is a clean getaway.

[Cut to Emerald and Mercury.]

Emerald: Wait, so she can kill the customers and the police, but she can't kill the shopkeep?

[Cut back to Roman, Neo, and Cinder.]

Roman: Because the shopkeep is the only one who's important!

Cinder: How? I got all the Dust.

Roman: Yes. You did. But then what?

Cinder: What?

Roman: You cleaned out the Dust Shop. Now what?

Cinder: I... [frustrated] I sell it all?

Roman: And after that?

Cinder: What?

Roman: You sold it all. Gotta replenish your stock. Where are you gonna get the Dust from?

Cinder: [annoyed] The shop.

Roman: How? You emptied it out and killed the shopkeep. There's no more Dust.

Cinder: What?

Roman: You think that next shipment's gonna order itself? No. You need the shopkeep to do that.

Cinder: Oh, come on. Surely someone else will take the job.

Neo: [signing] Oh, yeah. That's gonna go over well. Everyone's gonna be lining up for that job interview. "Okay, so the previous owner was killed during a robbery and the culprits were never caught. I'm sure you'll be fine, though."

Cinder: [scoff] I'll find a different Dust Shop, then.

Roman: Yeah, I dunno how many Dust Shops you think Vale has, but if you keep killing everyone behind the counter, you're gonna end up having to outsource.

Cinder: [heavy sigh] Why are we even talking about robbing a Dust Shop? We're about to go do an exchange. That's not the same thing.

Roman: Because it's business. Which you apparently have no idea how to do.

[Cut back to Emerald and Mercury.]

Emerald: Still confused about how she can kill the customers, but not the shopkeep. Won't killing the customers scare off future business, and then the Dust Shop will have to shut down?

Mercury: No, no. See, that's when you go back disguised as a customer and make purchases, and then resell what you bought for double. That way the business stays open and you still make a mint.

Emerald: How is one patron gonna keep it alive, though?

Mercury: Just be a regular. Go in every day. That makes it look safe, and then regular customers will pile in.

Emerald: But then you should totally empty the register when you go back to rob the place, since you basically helped fill it.

[Cut back to Roman, Neo, and Cinder. Roman is rubbing his temples in frustration.]

Mercury (v/o): Nah, you sold what you bought for double already. Let the shopkeep have what's in the register. Think of it as tipping the waiter.

Emerald (v/o): Oh, yeah. I guess so. They'll need it to order the next shipment, anyway.

Roman: [lowers hands] Okay. That's it. Everyone in the car.

Cinder: What?

Roman: Get in the car. We're gonna go deal with the buyer, and after that I'm taking you guys to rob a Dust Shop.

Cinder: Wait, what? Why?

Roman: Because I didn't know it was frickin' amateur hour over here. [grumbles as he walks off] Gotta show you people how it's done...

Neo: [signing] I call shotgun! [follows him]

[Pause.]

Mercury: Aw, I wanted shotgun...

Emerald: Is he being serious right now?

Roman (v/o): GET IN THE CAR!!!

Cinder: Let's just go. [walks off]

Mercury: Okay, but try not to kill the shopkeep when we get there.

Emerald: I promise nothing.

[uunromanticized]

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[britishneopolitan]

Neo definitely listens to Lana Del Rey while Roman listens to Panic At The Disco

You can’t change my mind.

[coolclaytony]

Consider: Neopolitan using ascension as an indirect way for her and Roman to have the child she always fantasized about. That child being, of course, the Mad Hatter and his twin brother, the March Hare.

[hawklanstargazer]

Roman: Alright, everyone, settle down. We’re about to have a meeting. Now as you recently saw, I had to give Neo 20 bucks. The reason for this is because Little Red is, in fact, autistic. And since I have this information, we’re going to make a few changes.

Xiong Henchman: Like what, exactly?

Roman: Well, first and foremost, your uniforms are made of testable fabric that is going to set off her sensory issues. So we’re going to switch to a nice cashmere.

Xiong Henchman: Shouldn’t we be using her sensory issues to our advantage?

Roman:

Roman: Kevin, I am many things; An egomaniacal maniac, a homegrown terrorist, complete grade A sadist. But if there’s one thing I’m not, it’s ableist. And if I’m going to take down that little snot-nosed hero wannabe, it’s not going to be through the use of her autism! Now, we are getting cashmere coats!

[eiiskonigin]

@candlewick-corporation: [skin]: obviously colour, but also if they’re inclined to run hot or cold, do they have any blemishes or unusual markings, are they inclined to blush, are they freckled, do they tan, what does their skin feel like, etc.

Winter's skin tone is quite pale, and she comes by that honestly, given that both of her parents are equally as sheet-white. The unfortunate downside to having such pale skin, of course, being that things tend to show up more notably: when Winter flushes, she turns a deep red -- the color spreading from her face, across her shoulders and even down to her chest. There really isn't much pretending not to notice, because she does flush quite dark.

She also burns almost hilariously easily... a fact she is desperately fighting against in Vacuo. It's part of why she's desperate to stay covered in the desert: better to fight the heat than to suffer a burn.

As a rule, Winter tends to run quite cold -- her skin often being cool to the touch. She blames it on poor circulation, although once she gains the Maiden powers this seems to have worsened. It's a large part of why she wears her gloves most of the time -- she finds that people reacted strangely to her cold hands, and prefers to skip that interaction when she can.

( it certainly adds to the ice queen teasing )

Her skin doesn't seem to have any notable freckles or moles, but she does have a small birthmark on the left side of her ribs. It isn't shaped any particular way, at least not to Winter's eye: perhaps a more creative person could find something in the shape of it that she misses. To her, it just appears like a small bruise.

Speaking of bruises: this girl bruises like a fucking peach. When her aura isn't capable of or worthwhile expending to prevent them, she bruises almost hilariously easily. Her bruises will come to the surface quickly and turn quite dark. It takes a while for them to go back down, as well.

There are only a handful of scars worth noting: minor scrapes and nicks on her hands from blades when she was too young to fully activate her aura. A jagged line on her right foot from an incident when she was a child, involving her shattering several windows in the Schnee Manor. A burn to her left shoulder, following her fight with Cinder, as well as small scratch across her nose, most often covered by her makeup.

Winter does follow a pretty strict skincare routine, one of the few things she does to relax after a long day, and one of the vanities that she regularly indulges in. As such, her skin tends to be quite soft ( save for her hands, which at times are more calloused ) and usually smells like cocoa butter.

let's get physical ( features )

[evilrwbyfan]

roman would taste like perfume and either car oil or this one type of candle i dont remember

[lesbianneopolitan]

Headcanon that Roman was a big Spicecream shipper but his idea of supporting it was teasing Neo about her crush till she would get all flustered and blushing

I love the idea of this because Roman would be the only one managing to make Neo blush of EMBARRASSMENT with the teasing, LIKE...everything was so lighthearted before the fall of Beacon, in a way

I can even imagine Neo 'telling' Roman about how Cinder is actually super inexperienced with relationships once she starts playing around with her, 'she tries to be a femme fatale but she's actually so awkward, you wouldn't believe', so Roman has to keep acting like if he didn't know when Cinder is around, but he knows the truth™

even funnier to believe that at first Roman was somewhat wary about Neo getting close to Cinder but, after learning of Cinder from Neo's point of view the teasing increases LMAO

[shilps7]

Ask me about my RWBY headcanons, and it can be for team RWBY, team JNPR, team CFVY, team SSSNN, team ABRN, team NDGO, team FNKI, and Cinder, Emerald, Mercury, Roman, and Neo.

[sir-adamus]

Plus, Ironwood telling Roman he has custody of him for as long as he sees fit…. Roman is terrible to be sure but yikes

oh yeah, just subverting the local justice system by holding a man indefinitely on your own ship without trial (which calls to mind the later reveals that his Ace Ops can just black bag 9 people off the streets on flimsy justifications, and his attempts to have Robyn snatched off the streets with no official warrant for her arrest), because yeah, we know Torchwick is involved in Salem's schemes at some level (though like Adam he is, for the most part, a patsy who doesn't know everything), but the public don't, so this is just Jimmy, a foreign military leader, putting himself above the nation's law with no justification (especially as it seems like any of the surviving White Fang just got arrested), with the implication that he's going to try and torture what he wants out of Torchwick (which as we see later on, with Watts, that he's not above doing) - which all feeds into this hero complex Ironwood has that he thinks he's the only one capable of saving the day

really nothing he does later on is surprising, because it's all laid in the groundwork earlier, but because there's an air of affability and civility early on, that he's not snarling and stomping his foot every time he doesn't get his way, it's easier to not recognise those red flags for what they are, especially because we have audience perspective of knowing more than the characters do

it's like in volume 4 where he makes it clear he is blatantly and flagrantly corrupt by boasting about his two Council seats, diverting all responsibility for the Fall of Beacon (and by proxy, the loss of life his robots are responsible for) by blaming Oz, and threatening Jacques in his own home when the latter criticises his methods - but because we're primed to not like Jacques, it's easy to write off his complaints as him just being a greedy capitalist (instead of seeing that while his motives are impure he's not wrong) and side with Ironwood because we want to see Jacques squirm

but yeah, throughout Ironwood's entire time on the show there's been this weaving in of red flags that, because he's on the 'right' side, only flag as kinda weird in isolation and not an immediate problem to pay attention to as they stack up, especially if you were watching the show as it released so there's weeks between those weird flags and then months between volumes; memory smooths over the flaws and headcanons calcify, and, in the case of people who have contempt for the show at its core, the presumption that because RWB/Y is 'bad' and 'poorly written', then there's no way those early hints were actually hints because that would be halfway clever writing, and the show isn't 'good enough' for that to have been intentional, blah blah something something Monty's vision blah blah blah (sidebar, not only does Monty outright say in the volume 1 commentary that Miles and Kerry did most of the worldbuilding, he outright said in interviews around volume 2 that Ironwood was a character they invented - so fuck, maybe Ironwood's downfall arc was intentional, who could've guessed)

[thebunnyremix]

[Going to a bar after a heist.]

Cinder: [abruptly stumbles into Roman, voice slurring] Ahem! I just wanted to tell you that you are a swe- Have I ever told you that you are SWELL human being, Roman! Roman, you are...a FASCINATING creature!

Roman: [a mixture of amused and annoyed] Oh, is this really how you feel? Are you actually opening up to me? [tries to steady her]

Cinder: [swaying as she tries to gesticulate] Is it-? I-! I--! These are thoughts that I have had...um...never. But right now I am having them, and I am embracing them, and I want you to know that THIS is a...this is a thing between us! Yeah, I think...where... [knees cave in] I need to sit down.

Roman: [gently helps her sit on the floor] Are we ever gonna have this kind of talk when you're not drunk, or is this just like a one time-

Cinder: No! Nooo, uh...noooo! [slumps back, now laying down] Nooo. No-ho-ho...

Roman: [now more amused than annoyed] Okay. Okay, uh...what-

Cinder: [abruptly raises finger] PASS THE COURVOISIER!!

[uunromanticized]

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