[RWBY] RWBY Shorts

[AndrewJTalon]

In the Ever After... Without all that nonsense at the start... RWBY comes across the Rusted Knight. He saves them from peril... And then takes off his helmet.

Ruby: "... Jaune?!"

Jaune: "... I... Do I know you?"

Yang: "Hey! Looking hot, VB!"

Weiss: "Very mature!"

Blake: "You're the Rusted Knight?"

Jaune: "..." blinks

Ruby: "You... You do remember us... Don't you? It's me, Ruby."

Jaune: "..." He stares at his hands, and then at them "I have been guarding this land for so long... My life... It is a castle built of sand. Each grain is a single memory... And the world is an ocean that crashes against it. Every time the waves come in... A little more fades away. I am the king of a crumbling castle... One day... One day, I will be swept into the sea with my castle... With the last grains of sand..."

Ruby's eyes become filled with tears.

Ruby: "Jaune?"

Jaune: "It is... It is all falling away. There was... There was a girl with red hair. There was a blonde woman who smiled down at me. There was a blonde man who held me in his arms and laughed... But it's all faded away. My anger... My fear... It's all being replaced with nothing. And I am... I am empty..."

Ruby: "Oh... Jaune..." sobs

 

[NightDranzer]

Cross-posted from SB


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...Imagine if Jaune's Nightmare in Ice Queendom was expanded in the same way as Weiss. In canon, he was "too weak" for the Nightmare to gain any power.

In a Trained!Jaune's case; the Nightmare got far more of a boost from Jaune than they did with Weiss. Not only due to Jaune's outrageous natural power, but also due to Aura Amp making things worse by furthering powering up the Nightmare as well.


The conflict would be along the line of: A [White Knight], the embodiment of Jaune's Will, Goodness and basically a Psychic Manifestation of him fighting the Nightmare's influence is still weakened by his insecurities and can't access most of his powers yet, while the [Nightmare], while far more powerful than ever they still bit of more than they could chew; since their "conscience" (or what passes for it) was actually subsumed and taken over by the [Black Dragon], the embodiment of Jaune's self-hatred, his suppressed yet massive anger issues, the smothering, overbearing and nigh-neurotic over-protectiveness AND the cold and cynical side of him he really hates and tries to keep hidden as much as he can.

It's basically a conflict between Jaune wanting to be the ideal hero his ancestors were (AKA: the [White Knight]) vs the reality of him actually being more akin to the classical Byronic Anti-Hero (AKA: the [Black Dragon]) and trying to reconcile the fact that both aspects need not be mutually exclusive.


**I say [Black Dragon], but it's actually a Black Knight, not an actual dragon. It's just that it represents Jaune's fears of people loving him only for the Knight aspect of his personality but fearing the Dragon aspect of it.




To further give an idea of the thought processes behind The Knight and The Dragon, and how they are still Jaune Arc at their core


[White Knight]: A Knight will always strive to do good and protect the innocent.
[Black Dragon]: A Dragon will always protect what is theirs.

[White Knight]: One must protect not just people's bodies but also their hearts.
[Black Dragon]: So long as they still remain alive and safe; they can fear and hate me all they wish.

 

[LordofBones]

Ruby: "Oh... Jaune..." sobs

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Jaune: I am a monument to all your sins. I am everyone you have failed on your crusade. Look upon your work, ye mighty, and despair.

 

[Gur40]

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To further give an idea of the thought processes behind The Knight and The Dragon, and how they are still Jaune Arc at their core


[White Knight]: A Knight will always strive to do good and protect the innocent.
[Black Dragon]: A Dragon will always protect what is theirs.

[White Knight]: One must protect not just people's bodies but also their hearts.
[Black Dragon]: So long as they still remain alive and safe; they can fear and hate me all they wish.

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Why not add the Rusted Knight to it, with Ever After shenanigans?
Jaune subconsciously uses his semblance in jaundice, so maybe the Nightmare could do the same?

 

[NightDranzer]

Why not add the Rusted Knight to it, with Ever After shenanigans?

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The [Rusted Knight] is just a Remnant, a Lingering Will; a Husk that happens to bear elements of both the [White Knight] and the [Black Dragon] but otherwise represents the Jaune who gave everything he had for others to the point he "burned out" and only his Purpose remains. He's the logical conclusion of the Hero's Journey, AKA: The Path of Self-Denial and Self-Sacrifice.

Jaune subconsciously uses his semblance in jaundice, so maybe the Nightmare could do the same?

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The Nightmare can; but at the end, the Nightmare is a Grimm and Grimm have no Souls of their own. The Soul the Nightmare amplifies upon using Aura Amp is that of Jaune's, or rather the [Black Dragon]'s in this case; which only ends with the Nightmare overwhelmed and inevitably consumed/subsumed by the [Black Dragon]'s Will.

 

[zMADLAXz]

Ren is a closet Mistralian animation enthusiast and hus favorite series is about a Loud mouthed Ninja with a heart of gold.

Considering Blake's nature, you know she is a complete degenrate and has too many written pieces of fanfiction anout this series.

Blake and Ren accidentally discover each other's love for this series when they both tried to get the same volume of manga at a book shop.

A mutual friendship starts between the two ninjas, as Ren is suddenly plunged into a new friendship, he fears he may be losing his love for Nora in favor of his current friendship.

It lasts till the point Shitty Kitty opens her mouth and starts complaining that the MC should have gotten together with his main rival.

Saying what a hot incestuous spiritual relationship it would have been between men, a perfect yapi couple and goes on an LGBTQ representation rant(not realising that the main character is pretty much gender fluid and occasionally calls him slurs because she is used to saying vile shit and getting away with it)

Needless to say Ren lost all live, he personally shipped MC with his other best friend, the calm collected, loyal to the bone, ride or die, that understands both the rival and MC's heart, who despite his wish for a monotonous life goes beyond the call of duty for his friends and becomes the MC's right hand to support him with his intelligence.

However, Ren is an absolute chad, he doesn't cry if his OTP wasn't implemented and is respectful of the Canon ship, knowing that MC deserves a devoted lover who supports him and shares his viewpoint after all the trials and rejection he has faced.

Still, Ren doesn't break off the friendship.

Until, Blake showed her true degeneracy.

He saw her writing another fanfiction and asks for the plot.

As per usual, it's about the MC and his rival in a relationship.

But this time, Both her cheating with their canon partner and not only that, the MC is abusive towards is canon wife.

And she also writes Blacked NTR in the same story(you know who she is going to write as the NTR antagonist and who is going to be fucked)

And from that day, team JNPR and team RWBY became blood enemies.

(Ren was Traumatized for a week and when Nora got to know about this, she practically destroyed half of Beacon in next team 4v4 combat lesson)

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Ren is a closet Mistralian animation enthusiast and hus favorite series is about a Loud mouthed Ninja with a heart of gold.

Considering Blake's nature, you know she is a complete degenrate and has too many written pieces of fanfiction anout this series.

Blake and Ren accidentally discover each other's love for this series when they both tried to get the same volume of manga at a book shop.

A mutual friendship starts between the two ninjas, as Ren is suddenly plunged into a new friendship, he fears he may be losing his love for Nora in favor of his current friendship.

It lasts till the point Shitty Kitty opens her mouth and starts complaining that the MC should have gotten together with his main rival.

Saying what a hot incestuous spiritual relationship it would have been between men, a perfect yapi couple and goes on an LGBTQ representation rant(not realising that the main character is pretty much gender fluid and occasionally calls him slurs because she is used to saying vile shit and getting away with it)

Needless to say Ren lost all live, he personally shipped MC with his other best friend, the calm collected, loyal to the bone, ride or die, that understands both the rival and MC's heart, who despite his wish for a monotonous life goes beyond the call of duty for his friends and becomes the MC's right hand to support him with his intelligence.

However, Ren is an absolute chad, he doesn't cry if his OTP wasn't implemented and is respectful of the Canon ship, knowing that MC deserves a devoted lover who supports him and shares his viewpoint after all the trials and rejection he has faced.

Still, Ren doesn't break off the friendship.

Until, Blake showed her true degeneracy.

He saw her writing another fanfiction and asks for the plot.

As per usual, it's about the MC and his rival in a relationship.

But this time, Both her cheating with their canon partner and not only that, the MC is abusive towards is canon wife.

And she also writes Blacked NTR in the same story(you know who she is going to write as the NTR antagonist and who is going to be fucked)

And from that day, team JNPR and team RWBY became blood enemies.

(Ren was Traumatized for a week and when Nora got to know about this, she practically destroyed half of Beacon in next team 4v4 combat lesson)

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That's absolutely hilarious and sadly, all too conceivable. Develop this idea further!

 

[AndrewJTalon]

The idea as developed on my Discord went like this:

Alyx's betrayal broke Jaune-Literally. He broke into a few different versions of himself. None of them want to be reunited again. There's Jaune as a Child, as a Teenager, as a Man, as a Middle Aged Man, as an Old Man, and as the Rusted Knight.

The Innocent, the Boy, the Healer, The Wraith, the Ancient, and the Rusted Knight.

The Innocent is a little boy, innocent and happy. Neo took him in because he was so sweet and happy. She couldn't bare to let an innocent, happy child suffer. And the Innocent is, on some level, aware of who he is but doesn't WANT to go back to suffering.

The Teenager is Jaune as he was before he came to Beacon, and he's filled with all the insecurities and fears of a normal teen. He is running away from what he's supposed to be doing, stuck in the eternal time before he came to Beacon: And he wants to stay there.

The Healer is Jaune taking the path his mother wanted him to: An adult doctor. He lives near the Paper Pushers and provides medical aid and help. He laments ever going to Beacon, thinking he should have just listened to his mother and not tried to become a Huntsman-Because it has brought nothing but grief and pain to everyone. He's bitter and sarcastic but still fairly kind and understanding-Like Doctor McCoy.

The Wraith is Jaune as a middle-aged man: Bitter, angry, sarcastic and full of his snark. He is Jaune's anger and resentment, his rage. He tears down anyone who tries to get close to him.

The Ancient is Jaune as an old man: Filled with nothing but regrets and lamentation over losing Pyrrha and having to kill Penny. He suffers the full weight of everything he went through, all the years he spent waiting for RWBY, alone with his guilt. He wants to die, but he can't. He is despair personified.

And the Rusted Knight... Is Jaune's core. His desire to do good and be a hero. To protect the innocent, his hope personified. He holds the line... And all the other Jaunes despise him.

So RWBY and Neo have to work together to try and bring the Jaunes back into one being, or else they're never going to escape the Ever After. Yes it's Jaune-centric but the point is that each member of RWBY has to face their own weaknesses and insecurities to help Jaune overcome his.

Ruby: "Jaune! We're trying to help you-!"

Child!Jaune: "You never helped me! It was always all about YOU! YOU YOU YOU! Your quest, your drama, your obsessions and issues! You didn't tell Ironwood the truth! You caused all that damage! Everyone who died is YOUR FAULT! PYRRHA DIED BECAUSE YOU DIDN"T GET THERE IN TIME! So no! I don't wanna grow up! I don't want to hurt anymore, not when all you do is hurt EVERYONE!"

Teen!Jaune: "Weiss... Weiss, I'm scared. I... I just put on a big show to try and hide it, but I was scared all the time. Scared of failing, scared of failing someone I cared about. Being a sick child, I... I figured the only way to make up for everything my parents did for me was to be a hero. To prove that I could stand on my own... But I didn't, did I? I just screwed everything up."

Healer!Jaune: "This is what I could have been, Yang! What I should have been! A doctor, a healer! Why did we choose that path!? PYRRHA COULD HAVE LIVED IF NOT FOR US! We didn't have any business trying to be heroes, and I'm living proof of it. I should have just done this, because this way I could at least make a real difference in the world! You know this is true! Where's your fire, huh? It vanished when you lost your arm! Meekly accepting everything, even Blake coming back after all she did!"

Wraith!Jaune: "You know Blake. I actually kinda admired you. You had NO problem running away at all. I wish had that kind of courage...but I was too scared to say anything. I was too scared to admit to weakness...I was too scared to admit my own fears! But you! You ran away without a second thought...If I had your bravery....maybe it wouldn't hurt so much. Maybe I just needed to wrap myself up in self righteousness and be the victim, no matter what, to be forgiven!"

Old!Jaune: "WHY AM I THE ONE STILL HERE?! Why am I the one who lived?! I'm nothing! They! They were the ones that mattered! Why did they have to die?!" Breaks down into tears, "Why couldn't have it been me?"

Rusted Knight: "If you want to give up... I'd understand. I can't get through to any of them... I suppose I have a lot of issues."

Ruby: "You stayed here, waiting for us for so long... We won't give up on you, Jaune. I promise..."

 

[SharkCultist]

A kinda fun not quite a Isekai idea.

Pyrrha is not happy about her death. At all. She was expecting to at least live past graduation! Instead she's in the afterlife.

Which is set up like the fucking DMV and for some reason has elevator music playing.

So understandably she loses her shit. Just a tiny bit of extreme violence, side not semblances and aura are a whole lot stronger when you don't have flesh getting in the way.

After about two hours of violence security finally pin Pyrrha and take her to the bosses.

Mostly because outside of her soul being marked for one of the nicer afterlives (before her crash out) there's nothing on her. Or any of the Remnant souls to be honest. It's a big multiverse and they're really busy so they didn't notice when a multiverse cluster stopped submitting paperwork.

The brother gods are gonna be in big shit for not managing their world properly (and collecting a salary the entire time).

As soon as they can find the fuckers. They've been on a bend fucking around with some of the world's who don't have gods yet or that most gods avoid claiming responsibility for (looking at you Worm 8799923 and your The-Kephri-who-Laughs).

Well since Pyrrha wants those fuckers to pay and the gods really just want this shit over and done with they cut a deal.

"Take a power boost, jump around until you find the fuckers then call us. We'll grab them and give your world a spin back and correction to some of the bullshit they caused, not all of it because a bunch of it is baked into the setting of your universe now but we can definitely revive you and strip away some immortality. Maybe even revive a few others depending on how badly we need to correct things."

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

That honestly sounds awesome. Wonder how many broken hearts she's gonna leave in the various worlds she searches cause she has a blond himbo to break the pelvis of back home?