[RWBY] RWBY Shorts

[AndrewJTalon]

So... At least for the purposes of my little verse for RWBY, Vale is like a mix of the US and Europe, while Atlas is like a mix of the US, Russia and Germany.
Culturally and technologically speaking. A number of Mistalian and Vacuoan powers can rival them, but at least in the last century Vale and Atlas have been the most stable and powerful nation-states on the planet. Vacuo had many past glories but fell apart, and Mistral has several powerful sub-kingdoms but they're only loosely in a confederation of a kingdom. And Menagerie is thriving but still isn't on the level of the Big Four, even with Vacuo's issues. Not yet.

Which raises a few possibilities: One, Jacques makes a lot of his money with the SDC and slave labor in the easiest way possible. Just like modern megacorps, he uses slave labor in the parts of Vacuo, Mistral and Menagerie that are lawless. So that makes more sense why he can get away with his shit. Atlas and Vale are powerful but they can't police the world.

Two, Menagerie is pretty big. While Ghira and Kali's government may have driven out the SDC, there would have been Faunus loyal to the old regimes because they were getting rich off Faunus slave labor. So you can have various rogue Faunus warlords in Menagerie and elsewhere who work with the SDC to get rich, just like Third World Warlords do in our world.

Hell, some of them might be working with the more radical elements of the White Fang. The reveal that the White Fang is not only working with terrorists to destabilize the world and kill millions of people with Grimm, AND are exploiting their own people for money and power from the SDC, would be enough for Blake and Sun to get the political clout needed to dissolve the White Fang and to lead an army to help humanity. There.

Yes it's cliche but that's still a step above how Menagerie was handled in canon and gives you a lot more options.

 

[Handspan]

I still like the idea of Jaques to not actually be racist.
"I don't abuse faunus because they're Faunus. I abused them because I'm allowed to."
If it makes him more money he'd work with faunus Warlords. If it's profitable to depose them he do that too.

 

[SharkCultist]

So I don't like the character of Weiss (it's a very rare tsundere I like) and unfortunately that's going to make this next idea look like bullying.

It isn't but I could understand the view.

So one of the early fandom views was that among the RWBY crew Weiss had the weakest aura and compensated with skill and control.

But see that got me thinking about her family and her former career as a entertainer.

What do those two things have in common? A history of addiction and substance abuse. I'm not saying Weiss was involved just that her family has a inclination to it and the industry she was in was ripe with it.

Add in her perfectionist nature and I could see Weiss trying to get rid of the flaw that is her weaker aura by using aura boosters.

Horrifically addicting and really bad for your mental state.

And things will only get worse when she finds out about jaunes semblance.

 

[NightDranzer]

I still like the idea of Jaques to not actually be racist.
"I don't abuse faunus because they're Faunus. I abused them because I'm allowed to."
If it makes him more money he'd work with faunus Warlords. If it's profitable to depose them he do that too.

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Boy do I got news for you.....

MIles confirmed that Jacques Schnee is a man completely free of any prejudice.....because he does not give enough of a damn for anything other than wealth and/or power to bother discriminating against. The only reason he exploits Faunus is because the law makes it easier and more profitable to do so.

If Humans were the disadvantaged class, he would have exploited the Humans just as gladly instead.


EDIT: Basically, Jacques Schnee's character could be best summed up as "I am free of all prejudice. I will exploit everyone equally".

 

[SharkCultist]

So I'm going to combine a few characters here to give Weiss a.....fan? Not quite sure how to put it. (It's my apology for making her a addict in the last idea)

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Name: Maurice (no last name) - known as Manic

Species: faunus (hedgehog)

Aura: awakened (green coloration)

Semblance: converts electricity to speed boost (basically Nora's semblance but for speed instead of strength with a very minor bit of electrical manipulation)

Faunus trait: quills mixed into his hair (has been noted to also have sharp teeth. Unknown if there's any relation to him being a faunus)

Hair: green

Eyes: electric blue

Weapon: reinforced green flying V guitar with a electrical generator in it. (Secondary equipment seems to be a old homemade belt made out of copper wire and lighting dist tasers)

Clothing: green ripped jeans and a black leather jacket with a green flame pattern around the sleeves, black Steel toed boots

Bio: Manic is a a guy with a good heart he's just a bit abrasive and brash. Orphaned at a young age he spent the better part of his developmental years taking care of his siblings so he's not the most book smart guy. But you need a roof retiled or a thug chased off he's your man....teenager.

He's got the name manic for one simple reason. He's the only faunus openly supportive of a schnee, sure it's just Weiss but to the rest of the faunus a schnee is a schnee.

It hasn't helped his reputation that manic has known to get violently defensive of her and people badmouthing her. To the point he's actually taken down a few white fang cells. Nobody but manic knows where this fierce loyalty comes from.

Manic remembers being a half starved faunus kid sneaking onto the grounds of a rich person manor to get food and medicine for him and his siblings who all had terrible fevers. He remembers getting caught by a little girl with white hair and the bluest eyes he's ever seen. He remembers her loading his arms with pilfered food stuffs and enough money for him to get good medicine even with the "faunus tax". He remembers and he'll never forget.

 

[cavalal386]

But what if they only enslave pedo and rapist?

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depends on what their using the pedo and rapist for.

Boy do I got news for you.....

MIles confirmed that Jacques Schnee is a man completely free of any prejudice.....because he does not give enough of a damn for anything other than wealth and/or power to bother discriminating against. The only reason he exploits Faunus is because the law makes it easier and more profitable to do so.

If Humans were the disadvantaged class, he would have exploited the Humans just as gladly instead.


EDIT: Basically, Jacques Schnee's character could be best summed up as "I am free of all prejudice. I will exploit everyone equally".

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so what you are saying is canon Jacques is not a racist.
fandom Jacques, on the other, has been decided by the fandom as racist and will remain racist.

also the last line reminds me abridged alucard and the thought Jacques with abridged alucard personality make me giggle.

 

[NightDranzer]

so what you are saying is canon Jacques is not a racist.

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Yup. To Jacques, everyone is equally exploitable.

 

[SharkCultist]

Yup. To Jacques, everyone is equally exploitable.

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To destabilize Atlas Salem decided to target their economy instead of drowning them in Grimm (she can only pump out so many a day before she gets bored to tears). And since the Schnee are like 70% of the Atlas economy and dust production she does the smart thing and calls on a greater evil to destroy Jacques.


The IRS.

 

[Gur40]

I Hate late series RWBY so called "Character Development"

Spoiler: facts

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Stolen from Tumblr purrgiri

Winter and raven vs cinder in volume 10 be like:

Cinder: IM GONNA KILL YOU!! *envelopes her fist in fire and punches raven in the gut*

Raven:*recovers and smirks unleashing ice spikes trough cinder torso while winter stabs her in the back* it's over

Cinder: I'm not done with you yet!!

Winter: We stabbed you in all your vital organs?

Raven: How are you still standing?

Cinder:..... Plot armour

Salem:*In her Castle mentally commends the grimm to replace cinder shredded organs* and me

Cinder: NOW DIE *swings sword at raven head only for raven to vanish*

Raven:*appears behind her* to slow *sends cinder flying*

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Jaune: "So sweetie, what did you learn in daycare today?"

Mia: "That the Starlight Rangers are awesome heroes who beat up Grimm monsters!"

Jaune: "Haha! They absolutely are!"

Jaune makes it back to the JNPR common room... Which has a fire fighter team handling it.

Jaune: "Wha-What happened?!"

Weiss: In an apron "Jaune! You're back!"

Pyrrha: Also in an apron "It's so great to see you!"

Nora: "I tried to stop them, Jaune-Jaune! I swear!"

Ren: "Unsuccessfully."

Jaune: "What happened?!"

Pyrrha: "Um... W-Well, we... Wanted to try and make dinner for a change."

Weiss: "You always do most of the cooking! Well, you and Xiao-Long..."

Jaune: "Oh yeah! She does a good job!"

Weiss and Pyrrha: fume a bit

Pyrrha: "So we tried to make you-I mean us-a nice, simple dinner!"

Weiss: "Yes! Steak and potatoes with side salad!"

Pyrrha: "Beef noodles with pork buns!"

A pause.

Weiss: "Wait, that's what you were trying to make?!"

Pyrrha: "I-I was following your lead!"

Jaune: sighs "It's all right, both of you. Nobody's hurt, and... Look! Professor Goodwitch is fixing everything up!"

Professor Goodwitch is indeed fixing everything up, and sending the firefighters on their way.

Glynda: "Miss Schnee, Miss Nikos... No more cooking except under strict supervision."

Pyrrha and Weiss: "Yes ma'am."

Glynda: "Mister Arc. I will be joining you for dinner tonight."

Jaune: "Yes ma'am."

Glynda: "And I'm holding Mia in my lap."

Jaune: "Of course ma'am. No problem!"

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Cinder Fall had put Mercury and Emerald on watching Jaune Arc. The fact a member of his family was now in a key position of authority over Vale's defenses meant she had to take him seriously-Perhaps even more seriously than Pyrrha Nikos.

It was annoying. Embarrassing, really, to have to approach the idiot loser and act like a fawning fangirl. Cinder though had done worse for her quest, and so she sought out Jaune Arc on a Saturday morning.

The rest of his little entourage were off busy with their own things. Pyrrha Nikos with a commercial, Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren off to a diner in Vale, Yang Xiao-Long was working in the school garage on her bike, Weiss Schnee was visiting with her sister and Blake Belladonna was alone in the dorm room. No doubt reading or watching more porn.

That left Ruby Rose, and Cinder was confident she could handle her just fine.

The odd part was that Jaune and Ruby had headed off to an open air training field, number 47. That was usually reserved for large groups of students, being wide, large, and surrounded by trees-What were they doing there? As she approached, the sounds of thrusters, metal clashing against metal, and Dust blasts filled the air. She moved a bit more swiftly, before the trees opened up around the sidewalk path and she finally got a good look at the field itself.

Her eyes widened as she saw a white mobile power suit flying across the lawn, propelled by twin vernier thruster packs, wielding a green Dust Beam Saber. It clashed with a white, blue and red mobile power suit with an elaborate gold headdress and bird-like wings, wielding another green Dust Beam saber, a red shield, and a massive two-barreled Dust beam rifle it kept tucked away under the shield. Both suits flew higher and higher, their clashes like thunder across the partly cloudy skies.

Tallgeese and Wing Zero?! Cinder thought in astonishment.

Cinder spotted two figures: A tall man in a green Valean Special Forces uniform, with long platinum blonde hair and a noble visage, and Ruby Rose. Both were watching the fight, the older man with a keen expression and war weary eyes, Rose with stars shining in her silver orbs.

"I see we've attracted some attention. Come over, it's fine."

The man spoke so calmly and surely that Cinder jumped. Ruby looked over her shoulder and beamed.

"Oh hey! You're Cinder Fall! We met before, right?"

"Ah, yes," Cinder said quickly, walking over to stand next to Ruby. "The noise attracted me on my walk. You are?"

The man smiled softly.

"Milliardo Peacecraft," he said. Cinder's eyes shot open even wider. "Ah. You've heard of me, then?"

"I... Y-yes," she stuttered. Ruby grinned.

"The Lightning Count Zechs Marquise! The only human leader of a White Fang Cell that uh... Um..." She winced, "Tried to blow up the capital of the South Sanus Alliance States... Um..."

"Yes," Milliardo said, nodding.

"I... I see," Cinder managed, taking Zechs' hand and shaking it, "You were pardoned?"

"I was," Zechs allowed quietly, "but I owe a great debt to the world. One I have been working on repaying."

Ten years ago, the South Sanus war had been a dizzying conflict. While nominally part of Vale, the South Sanus Alliance had been overstepping its bounds for decades, oppressing their island colonies, which were mostly populated by Faunus. They'd even mounted a coup of the Sanq Kingdom years ago as the Sanq Kingdom had been trying to end the military expansionism. Vale itself had tried to rein them in, but the Romefeller Foundation and OZ, both mysterious organizations, had managed to keep them at bay with diplomacy, money, rumored blackmail, and assassination attempts. It didn't help that their latest advance, mobile powered suits, had revolutionized their military and they'd been selling the technology to various consumers worldwide.

The colonies had sent five guerilla fighters with the most advanced mobile powered suits ever built: Gundams, made of Gundamnium alloy, one of the strongest materials on the planet. The Sanus Alliance, in response to their attacks, had voted to make peace with the colonies and Vale... Which had led to OZ overthrowing the Alliance in a coup and taking over the colonies directly. Through a dizzying series of political reversals, Milliardo Peacecraft, aka Zechs Marquise, had gone from OZ's brightest soldier to leader of the White Fang in the colonies and taking over the air battleship Libra, while his sister Relena had been made Queen of South Sanus in an effort to make peace. It had all ended in a massive battle on Aslanmas Eve years ago, where one Gundam pilot had saved South Sanus' capital city from being destroyed from Libra ramming it, and Milliardo Peacecraft being considered dead. South Sanus had formally joined with Vale and disarmed, though its advanced military technology was still in use for peacekeeping. It had taken time to rebuild it though: South Sanus had been forced to destroy all their military technology and production facilities by White Fang, or Zechs would have detonated Libra over the city, killing millions. Atlas and Vale had both tried to intervene, but had made little contribution to the end of the fight-There had been other crises in the world at the time.

Crises Salem had been instigating.

Why is he here...? Cinder thought.

"We're watching my cousin train with my..." Zechs made a slight face, "brother-in-law."

Wait, Tallgeese is Milliardo's suit. If that's Heero Yuy in the Wing Zero, then who is...?

The Tallgeese got knocked out of the sky and slammed down hard into the grass, throwing up sod everywhere as it skidded to a halt. The Wing Zero landed nearby, pointing its Dust Beam Rifle at the suit.

"Yield," a cold, familiar voice stated over the suit's PA. The Tallgeese raised its hands in surrender. Milliardo and Ruby headed over to the downed suit, while Cinder followed.

Ruby and Milliardo knelt on opposing sides of the suit, helping him sit up. The helmet opened up-Revealing a gasping Jaune Arc. Cinder's jaw dropped.

WHAT?!