#rwby rarepairs

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“ i've always looked up to you Ruby, and I still do. „

[whitelikeroses]

HELLO YES LOOK AT THIS AMAZING POLAR OPPOSITES ART I COMMISSIONED FROM THE LOVELY @fillmargarin

MY OT3

MY BLORBOS

I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

[idontknowwhattocallthisanymore]

a just-for-fun rwby rarepair tournament poll featuring only my favourite ships. im gonna do something for the winner. adorable art by @rubyneo

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[scythes-and-roses]

Blake, pointing: Can I sit there?

Pyrrha, confused: That's my lap

Blake: That doesn't answer my question

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RWBY Rarepair Exchange 2024 Sign-Ups

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[howdoyoudothedew]

Rated: G

Pairing: Dawn (Yang Xiao Long/Sky Lark)

Word Count: ~100

A/N: day three: blue collar, modern au, lumberjack Yang

Sky stares. Sky stares, because he doesn’t think he’d be able to not stare. Like if he looks away, or blinks, she will vanish from existence. Long blonde hair in a bun, and purple eyes, and a treasure trail just peeking out behind red flannel. The sleeves are rolled up to her biceps, revealing tantalizing muscles Sky wants, embarrassingly enough, to lick and the word sir sits heavy on his tongue, willing itself to be spoken. Called. And Sky talks a lot, but his tongue is dry as he does nothing but stare. Freckles cover sunburnt skin like painted constellations. Eyes a shade of purple Sky wants to spend the rest of his life trying to recreate. Her eyes catch his, and she smiles with dimples, and Sky feels his heart stop.

It restarts with a wink and a “hi”, feeling like it’s thumping to a brand new beat.

[rwby-encrusted-blog]

Ren: Emerald, you do remember when we agreed we were better off as friends, right?

Emerald, naked in Ren's bed: No, I absolutely do not.

Ren, already taking off their clothes: Fuck… Me neither.

[rwbyrarepairweek]

Day one! Welcome back to rwby rarepair week! Today's prompt is jobs!

Please tag all works with @rwbyrarepairweek and #rwbyrarepairweek within the first five tags. If you put it on ao3, we have a collection (rrpw2024)

[archester-creations]

its four am

(both outfits are outfits brian david gilbert wore and the second picture is using a reference from mellon_soup on patreon)

[bmblboop]

[hexcorazon]

you want rarepairs/crackships? i'll name you some of mine, so enjoy my long ramble:

-ironhill (Ironwood x Robyn) - HEAR ME OUT! i know Ironwood is disliked in rwby fandom while Robyn is, i'll safely say, unpopular in rwde community, BUT there's a certain charm of shipping disliked character with a liked character, especially when the views of the characters differ in different fandoms. Romeo & Juliet who?/j

But joking aside, i started shipping them when Robyn was like "i thought you were a jerk & didn't care about others, but i was wrong.". Call me basic but i like when two characters find a middle ground/realize they're not what they thought the other one was.

In all honestly their relationship was such a wasted potential and yes i am also saying it because i ship them, but with the theme of trust going around it would have been cool to have Ironwood & Robyn team up and become allies - with Ironwood representing Atlas & Robyn representing Mantle. Not to mention, BOTH care about their Atlas & Mantle and want the best for it's people. Just two leaders who didnt see eye to eye, only to realize both have the same goals in mind and are not each others enemy (it's Jacques)

Right now i can't name other reasons why you should like my ironhill propaganda, but consider this - they both hate jacques so that should be a sign they're soulmates/j & they both having shooting type weapons.

But even if you don't ship it, you have to admit their relationship was a wasted potential :/

-invisible poison(?) (Tyrian x Fiona) - HEAR ME OUT...it is mostly centered around them being Faunus, BUT the thing is Fiona is a sheep Faunus and Tyrian is a scorpion Faunus. Sheeps in general are seen in a positive light, while scorpions are seen in a negative light.

It's hard to put in words, but it would be interesting to explore how these two, while being Faunus had different experiences with how others treated them due to what type of Faunus they are. (Not to say Fiona never got discriminated against for being a Faunus in general).

Both are also very loyal to their leaders (Salem & Robyn), so yeah parallels...sort of. And my mind then came up with a scene where they fight and Fiona questions Tyrian on how he could be loyal to someone like Salem and he answer with that Salem is the only one who accepts him fully, never treating him badly due to him being a Faunus, UNLIKE certain other leader who called a dog Faunus "Waggs" & just makes Fiona question her role in HH and if she would have been treated differently by them if she had been a "dangerous" type of Faunus (but let's be honest he would mostly say this to mess with her)

There's the whole aesthetic/tropes with them too - short x tall, good x evil, kind x terrible etc. And I once decided to search them on google in case I find something, and while it wasn't a fanart, I did found a drawing of them together, so that's something.

-firewall/electric fire (?) (Watts x Cinder) - they hate each other and that whole balcony scene of Watts calling out Cinder's bullshit. Also unlike Ironwatts & Ironwood x Jacques, instead of them having divorced & sick of each other exes vibe, they rather have two people who refuse to get a divorce because they're petty af and want to see the other sufer. Next question

-target practice/pvp (?) (Penny x Pyrrha) - i might not ship it as i used to, but i think it started when i thought about how Pyrrha died thinking Penny is dead (which she was and will be), while Penny got brought back, not knowing Pyrrha is dead (does she know it is unknown but for the sake of angst im chosing this option) and then my mind thought of PvP Childhood AU, where Penny got the chance to travel around the world years ago and befriended Pyrrha with them keeping in touch over the years and getting to see each again other at the Vytal festival.

And yes that does make their fight a lot more devastating because now Pyrrha dies feeling the guilt of killing her best friend and Penny comes back only to learn her best friend is gone and died not knowing she's alive (if we assume bringing Penny took a lot of time).

Aside from the angst, I think they could have had a cute dynamic :)

-envy zinnia (Emerald x Ren) - it's the "because she's scared just like us" for me (dont remember if he said that because he used his semblance). It's the way Emerald reacted to his words and denied them. It's the way Ren looked at Emerald while others were arguing about her joining the team (i think it was Yang who mostly against it).

It's the idea of Emerald assuming Ren can read her well because of his semblance and trusts her based on that, only to learn he had never used his semblance and trusts her, because he wants to and sees good in her for me.

It's the idea of Ren feeling complicated about his feelings about Nora, because he feels like he should fall in love with her given she's his best friend and had always been by his side, only to fall in love with his former enemy. (nooo, i did not drop the summary of my wip here, nooo)

There isn't much with this ship, for me this mostly being "hey this is a neat one" only to then imagine Emerald getting flustered over Ren holding her hand or looking at her with a soft gaze in his eyes.

OKAY YOU SENT ME A LOT (WHICH I LOVE THANK YOU SO SO MUCH) so im gonna put my responses under a readmore bc i do actually wanna put thought into each of these

okayyyyy lets start with IRONHILL: well i think ironwood is a whole gay man but thats just MY hc so like. of the female characters u can ship him with its not the WORST option? like i 100% totally get what u mean that sometimes theres so much wasted potential or a better story hidden behind a dynamic that you either dont get to see on screen or doesnt get nearly enough to work with that u kinda end up shipping them just bc u want more of them. im not sure i see any romantic or sexual chemistry between them personally so i feel like i would "ship" them as like Business Partners. like

robyn: would you like... to form an alliance with me

james: ... yes, yes i would

robyn: EXCELLENT >:333

NOW TYRION/FIONA. This Interests Me. like i love corruption type romances, where the innocent or happy or naive one gets a dark or bad boy or straight up evil lover. some real hades/persephone type shit. ive said before that i love angel/demon imagery and u cant get more heavenly than a lamb. also i do agree that i think their parallels of their roles are very interesting and i also dont like robyn so anything that gets fiona away from her is good with me! i feel like i would really love like almost a roleswap of them? like a fiona slated to be a maiden candidate for salem, on the bad guys side, and a tyrion that was still fucked up but he is like on ironwoods payroll as a ace-op special assassin or something, like i feel like that would be really fun LOL or like a tryion that was just SLIGHTLY less insane and not on salems side but like is still a bad guy and he gets wounded and fiona finds him dying in the woods or something and brings him back to her little cottage and fixes him up and they bond as he recovers like THATS TASTY

cinder/watts im not a fan of. i do get what u mean about them having toxic divorced exes energy but i feel like watts/ironwood does that in a way sexier and fun way and i dont want to subject cinder to that sort of vibe tbh (i have another cinder-centric rarepair thats genuinely my cinder otp so theres also that)

TARGET PRACTICE IS A FUCKED UP NAME FOR PYRRHA/PENNY SKCBSODBSPEHEJ but pvp is deffo something i get... in a completely au context. like nothing about their canon vibes click for me? but with ur whole childhood friends thing i get it; i think like if somebody told me to outline a pvp fic, i would like. okay pyrrha is brought to beacon on a special recommendation and before she even starts the school, shes brought in and told about the maidens and magic and penny and the proposal to make her the next autumn and penny the next winter and ironwood and ozpin ask if shes willing and if she is, will she work with penny? and the two of them are assigned as partners (meaning jaune gets a new partner which according to canon would be WEISS so hello thats fun) and they bond and struggle with making friends and being 'normal' with these pressures and its quite bittersweet and emo and cute i like it

NOW YOU HAVE TOTALLY SOLD ME ON EMERALD/REN. i love putting ren with literally any other character and i feel like emerald has such a simple but good character that she can fit with a lot of people and tbh u really have sold me on them. i really like the imagery of like ren and emerald both having this barrier for whatever reason that prevents them from being open and honest with their feelings but using their semblances as different private u iqie communication that just WORKS for them they are both autistic and hot and i think they should kiss also their shades of green being complimentary and ren and her just having this really fun dynamic of them both being really snarky and sassy but quiet and observant and they just VIBE im highkey lowkey obsessed with the idea... ren and nora are side characters in my fic but they are on a team with merc and emerald (trust the process) and the plan is currently actually emerald/neon but... somethings may have to be rearranged bc im actually really REALLY into the idea of ren and emerald... SHIT YOU ACTUALLY DID IT YOU ACTUALLY SOLD ME ON REMERALD.....

[whitelikeroses]

My OT3 has this one (1) frame together and I will cherish it forever

[idontknowwhattocallthisanymore]

a just-for-fun rwby rarepair tournament poll featuring only my favourite ships. who knows maybe ill do something for the winner. adorable art by @rubyneo

i dont know if you'll want it, but if you do @rwbyrarepairs

[moonflower-song]

“And I wonder,, if everything could ever feel this real forever — If anything could ever be this good again,,”

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Alternative

[rwbyrarepairexchange]

2024 Guidelines & Schedule

1. Under no circumstances are you permitted violate the Do Not Want list of your recipient. This rule is the most enforced, and breaking this will get you banned from the subsequent exchange or exchanges depending on the extent of the violation.

2. Fics must be at least 1500 words, and artwork must be complete.

"Complete" means completed to your ability; every artist has a different style, and thus this just means finished to the artist's ability. Black/white pieces are allowed if they meet standards of polish.

3. Life comes up, and you may need to drop out. Please let me know before the drop-out deadline if this winds up applying to you.

4. NSFW content is allowed. However, NSFW of characters that are minors is not allowed (e.g. Beacon arc RWBY + JNPR) and incest/pseudo-incest (e.g. Ruby/Yang & Ruby/Qrow) are not allowed. Relationships where one character is a minor and one character is a significantly older adult are also not allowed (e.g. Ruby/Ozpin). However, aging up characters is okay.

5. The following ships are not allowed due to being too common to be considered rarepairs: Whiterose (Ruby/Weiss), Bumbleby (Blake/Yang), Renora (Ren/Nora), Arkos (Jaune/Pyrrha), Fair Game (Qrow/Clover), Nuts and Dolts (Ruby/Penny), Rosegarden (Ruby/Oscar), Blacksun (Blake/Sun), Lancaster (Jaune/Ruby), and Emercury (Emerald/Mercury).

Polyamorous relationships including these are permitted, however (e.g. Blake/Yang/Sun or Jaune/Weiss/Ruby).

6. Most importantly, have fun! This is meant to unite the rarepair shipping communties and feed each of our individual desires for more content of our rarepairs.

SCHEDULE:

May 15th: Sign-ups open

June 15th: Sign-ups close

June 20th: Matches sent out

July 20th: Drop-out deadline

August 2nd: Posting day!

[howdoyoudothedew]

Rated: G

Pairing: Dawn (Yang Xiao Long/Sky Lark)

Word Count: ~600

A/N: day one: leather, modern au, leather daddy Yang

It’s an innocuous enough statement at the time. Or, Yang thinks it was. Maybe if it wasn’t their first Pride together, it would’ve been fine, but Yang saw the group of leather daddies and maybe it was something about Sky but it just… slipped out.

“I’ve always admired them. Sometimes I kinda wish I was one.”

Sky’d blinked at her, and looked between her and the group of daddies in their leather, and his voice was so oddly quiet when he asked her if they’d been what she was talking about. And Yang may’ve been embarrassed, but she’s never been much of a coward. So of course she said yes. Maybe she should’ve. It’s not like Sky started avoiding her after. He didn’t. But since then he’s been staring at her like she’s a complicated problem to solve. Or something. And she can’t help but worry.

Daddies get a lot of flack for being weird and while Sky’s never been the most traditional person… maybe it’d been too much.

So, Yang spends a week worrying. And then another as Sky still says nothing, and suddenly does start avoiding her. It reaches a peak halfway through the second week when she visits his apartment and he doesn’t let her into his small studio. She wants to say something, but doesn’t, because not being much of a coward doesn’t mean she never is.

On the last day of the second week, Sky texts her late at night asking if he can come over, and Yang says he can all while thinking this is it. He will come over, and break up with her. At least he’ll do it to her face.

When Sky knocks at her door, her hair is messier than usual, sticking up in spikes from running her fingers through it. She takes a breath and opens it with a smile, only to freeze as he shoves a package toward her.

“I’m sorry it took so long, I just really wanted to get the right brown and the painting took a little longer than I thought,” Sky says in a rush, vibrating in excitement as he waits. Yang stares at the shiny golden wrapping for a moment, feeling his impatience, and slowly begins to unwrap it. The gold reveals brown leather and a collar and Yang looks questioningly at Sky. His eyes are bright and shining as he nods. She unfolds it and nearly gasps.

A dark yellow dragon curls around the back, blowing smoke across the shoulders. Daddy is spelled out by the smoke in whisps and embers. There’s a sky blue feather clutched securely in the dragon’s claws. Yang swallows hard, holding the jacket close.

“Did you make this?” Yang asks, soft.

“Yeah,” Sky says, his cheeks red but stubbornly meeting her eyes in a way she thinks he wouldn’t meet anyone else’s. Not right now, when he’s running his nail nervously across his palm. “I’d, uh… thought about it for a while after Pride. What you said about the leather daddies.”

“Yeah?” Yang prompts gently, when it seems like he won’t say anything else, despite still holding words on his tongue. Sky swallows this time. His nail digs into his palm and Yang juggles the jacket and wrapping paper to the same hand so she can uncurl his fingers and thread them with hers instead.

“I think it might be nice to have a daddy?” Sky says, unsure, and Yang feels her heart do a little flip. She squeezes his hand.

“Thank you,” Yang says, gratitude and acceptance both wrapped into the two words. When she kisses him, it’s with the leather jacket held close to her chest.