[RWBY] RWBY Shorts

[mgl1206]

I dropped the main series but watched the crossover movies and anime as I wasn't interested in the arcs not under his vision and a fan of DC.

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I would like to hear your insight on the best RWBY crossover ship and why it's Jessica x Jaune.

 

[Sliverhero]

Next bit for my chainsaw man crossover.

Vale :Arc Homestead & Dust Shop Crossover

Training Session : Late Afternoon, Arc Homestead

The late afternoon sun dappled the homestead porch, bouncing off the old wooden beams and the forest beyond. Roman Torchwick adjusted his coat and tipped his hat at Jaune Arc, who stood across from him, fists clenched and hood low.

"Alright, kid," Roman said with a grin. "Time to stop swinging blindly and start swinging smart. Aura's fine, but it can do more. Heal faster, move faster, hit harder. And don't just punch things, let the devil inside you do the heavy lifting."

Jaune swallowed, nodding. He could feel it: a low, insistent pulse beneath his ribs, hot and eager, itching to be unleashed.

Roman sparked a tiny controlled explosion in his palm, just a flare. "See that? That's controlled chaos. Now layer your aura over your blood. Let it mend you, let it sharpen you. But control it. You must be the master, not it."

Jaune's hands tingled as golden light seeped along his veins. The pulse beneath his skin throbbed, responsive, alive. Roman clapped. "Good. Now move."

Jaune bolted forward. Each step Roman punctuated with a small detonation beneath his boots, boosting him. Landing hard, Jaune nearly fell, and Roman caught him easily. "Careful, kid. Don't break yourself before you break someone else," Roman teased. "But you're learning fast."

Neo, sitting cross-legged nearby, signed: 'Too fast. He'll outrun you.' Roman laughed. "Let him. Maybe one day he'll save my hide."

By the time the sun dipped below the treeline, Jaune's aura burned gold and red, and the devil's pulse in his blood thrummed with energy. Roman smirked. "Good. Now let's see if you can use that outside a homestead."

The Dust Shop Job – Vale, Late Evening

Rain streaked down the streets, turning the neon signs into liquid fire. Roman, Jaune, and Neo approached From Dust Till Dawn, the faint glow of Roman's cigarette cutting through the mist.

"Easy job," Roman murmured, his grin sharp. "In and out." Jaune's hood was pulled low, golden aura simmering just beneath his skin, the devil's pulse thrumming faintly, eager and restless. Neo gave him a sidelong glance, signaling silently for him to keep cool.

Inside, hired men moved crates, unaware of the storm about to break over them. Roman's grin widened. "Take what I mark. Nothing else. I like my crime curated." Then the bell over the door chimed, and the world shifted.

Ruby Rose stepped inside, humming softly, small and unassuming in the chaos. A merc reached for her, and in the next instant, the shop erupted. Her scythe bloomed like silver petals in a hurricane, each strike precise and impossibly fast. Every merc fell in seconds, some barely registering the motion before they hit the floor.

Jaune froze. She moved like lightning, her aura bright, exact, and alive. His pulse jumped in response, a strange resonance echoing between them. Roman's grin widened, the corners of his mouth twitching in approval. "Now that's art."

Ruby's gaze swept past Roman and his explosions, past Neo's silent presence, and landed on Jaune. Their eyes met, and for the first time, the storm paused, just for a heartbeat.

Ruby's silver eyes widened. She blinked, startled by the sudden heat she felt radiating from the figure half-hidden in the shadows. He seemed ordinary at first glance, but there was something else, something raw, dangerous, and alive coiled beneath the surface.

Jaune's aura flared, gold mixing with red, and the devil's pulse in his blood responded, throbbing insistently under his skin. He felt a pull, like recognition, like some unspoken understanding stretching across the distance between them.

Ruby's breath caught. Her small frame stiffened, yet her eyes lingered, curious and alert. She felt the faint metallic tinge of his blood, glowing faintly from where a scrape from training had drawn it, and it drew her gaze even closer. Her heart beat faster, a flicker of something she couldn't name stirring deep in her chest.

Jaune's pulse matched it, a surge of heat and tension that made him suddenly aware of how small she looked, how precise she moved, and how frighteningly capable she was. He instinctively shifted, lowering his hood just enough for the silver of her gaze to find his, and the world seemed to narrow down to that single, electric connection.

Roman noticed the exchange but simply smirked, lighting another flare beneath his palm. He ignored the subtle flicker of something between the two, content to watch the play unfold while detonating the chaos around him with perfect rhythm.

Ruby's silver eyes lingered, tracing the line of Jaune's jaw, the tension coiling in his posture, the faint pulse beneath his skin she could somehow sense. Her heartbeat echoed in her ears. He wasn't like anyone she'd seen before. Dangerous, yes—but also human, strangely familiar, and compelling in a way she couldn't shake.

Jaune felt the devil's pulse stir in response, a heat that made him aware of her gaze in a way that was simultaneously thrilling and terrifying. He wanted to step forward, to reach out, but the instinct to hide, to stay in the shadows, kept him still.

Roman's explosions flared in the background, detonation after detonation, yet for a moment the chaos dimmed to the edges of Jaune's and Ruby's awareness. Time itself seemed to pause as they simply looked at each other, two souls recognizing something in the other that neither could name aloud.

Then Ruby blinked, shook herself slightly, and lunged forward. She attacked Roman with her scythe, precision slicing through the air, forcing him to dance, flitting between controlled detonations. Jaune stayed in the shadows, his pulse still high, aware that she was more than just another opponent—she was a force he couldn't ignore.

Roman's boots sparked, sending flames and fragments of controlled explosions into the air, and with a final, calculated detonation, the last of the hired men fell. Smoke and dust filled the shop.

Ruby lowered her scythe, chest heaving. Her gaze immediately returned to where Jaune had been, scanning the shadows. Her silver eyes narrowed slightly, intrigued and unsettled. Her lips parted, almost in a whisper, "Who… is he?"

Jaune remained still, hood pulled low again, heart hammering in a rhythm that matched the devil's pulse in his veins. He had no words for her, only the awareness that her eyes, so bright and alive, had seen something in him, and he hadn't been able to hide it.

Roman caught the glance and smirked, shaking his head slightly as if reading a private joke. Neo gave Jaune a subtle nod to move, pulling him toward the door, and the world outside resumed its storming pace, but the spark between Ruby and Jaune lingered, a thread neither of them could forget.

Before the trio could leave, Glynda appeared, aura crackling, crop glowing. "Roman Torchwick!"

He danced between her attacks, explosions flaring around him. She lashed with her crop, smashing into his chest and for the first time, a gash split his coat. Steam hissed as his flesh knit itself back together. Blood bubbled, sizzled, and vanished.

Glynda froze. "Aura… doesn't…"

Roman straightened, smirking. "I told you. I'm built different." Jaune shifted instinctively, devil's pulse thrumming. He could feel the tension of the fight, the danger radiating from both sides, and the thrill it brought out in him.

Roman fired off one last controlled blast and then stepped back. "Enough for tonight," he said, rolling his shoulders. "We move."

Ruby's silver eyes lingered on Jaune, curiosity, admiration, and something softer dancing in her gaze. Jaune felt the pulse beneath his skin spike one last time, a silent promise of more to come.

 

[Dragon Bob]

Like I knew Rooster Teeth wasn't the most ethical company out there but damn. I hope that Sheena gets to have peace in her life.

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Rooster Teeth is fairly typical for a YouTube based company. You have a group of friends who hit the lottery when they get popular, the group grows through that friend network and eventually you get some people who are bad. Meanwhile the official leaders and faces of the company have no training in running a business so they don't know how to handle things like a business. Then you add in that these people are going to be good actors and it's very easy, basically inevitable, for a few bad apples to get into positions of power.

That's basically what happened with Channel Awesome, the founder and official leader of the company really just let someone else run it and that person turned out to be a terrible person.

 

[GrimmKenway8646]

I would like to hear your insight on the best RWBY crossover ship and why it's Jessica x Jaune.

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Shockingly, one of the most refreshing ships I've ever seen in the fandom. I wouldn't call it the best () but its quite genuine and those 2 mesh well together. I like it.

 

[zMADLAXz]

I would like to hear your insight on the best RWBY crossover ship and why it's Jessica x Jaune.

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I seriously do not understand how did they nail Jaune and Jessica's relationship that well.

I mean, I do not have much knowledge about Jessica's characterization in the comics but the moments between these two were on point.

Jaune supporting Jessica, him facing his own demons.

No seriously, how did they manage to romance bait us so well that RWBY fandom managed to cajole FFN admins to add Jessica to the RWBY characters list.

Those cunts somehow managed to lock in and the worst part is they locked in for Jaune so we know that Arc Bros are never beating the "Jaune is a self insert character" allegations.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

I seriously do not understand how did they nail Jaune and Jessica's relationship that well.

I mean, I do not have much knowledge about Jessica's characterization in the comics but the moments between these two were on point.

Jaune supporting Jessica, him facing his own demons.

No seriously, how did they manage to romance bait us so well that RWBY fandom managed to cajole FFN admins to add Jessica to the RWBY characters list.

Those cunts somehow managed to lock in and the worst part is they locked in for Jaune so we know that Arc Bros are never beating the "Jaune is a self insert character" allegations.

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He's not a self insert character. He's the main character. He was the protagonist all along. Miles Luna is too much of a beta male to make a character as compelling as Jaune to be based upon himself. So by sheer fucking accident they made a decent character out of the guy they tried to make look bad. Which says a lot about them, really.

 

[zMADLAXz]

He's not a self insert character. He's the main character. He was the protagonist all along. Miles Luna is too much of a beta male to make a character as compelling as Jaune to be based upon himself. So by sheer fucking accident they made a decent character out of the guy they tried to make look bad. Which says a lot about them, really.

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I completely agree with you, except for the Beta Male part which I am hoping is joke, but other than that yeah he is the main character for the most part.
Honestly, Ruby's a good person, but at times it feels like that the series isn't trying to progress with her character, and sometimes even if it does then it goes about it in the negative way.

Like what was the point of establishing Ruby as this never back down leader when she got taken out by a fucking 'Yo Mama' comment by her Arch Nemesis(I don't know what RT is smoking while trying to convince me that it's Cinder who is her Arch Nemesis, while clearly Cinder is Jaune's Arch Nemesis).

Like I am looking at Ruby like, "Babe Lock in, your letting her run your street cred through the mud and the only thing that shouls be running are the fucking bullets in Crescent Rose's chamber by now".

Meanwhile, this honest to god loser while at his lowest against Cinder in V5 was still trying to stand on 10 toes while he was effectively emotionally quadriplegic, did he slip and fall? Yes, but did that lead to an honest to God awesome rising to the occasion moment when he healed Weiss? You bet your house yes.

V9 had its weak moments but it felt really refreshing to see Ruby lock in. Only thing better would have been Ruby establishing the pecking order Popo style among the team but eh, you cannot eat your cake and have it too.

 

[VinniTheP00h]

I seriously do not understand how did they nail Jaune and Jessica's relationship that well.

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Curse of Jaune. No, seriously, every time they try burying him, they somehow end up showing him in the best light, as if the writers are cursed to always try and fail.

 

[CountvonBarnOwl]

He's not a self insert character. He's the main character. He was the protagonist all along. Miles Luna is too much of a beta male to make a character as compelling as Jaune to be based upon himself. So by sheer fucking accident they made a decent character out of the guy they tried to make look bad. Which says a lot about them, really.

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I completely agree with you, except for the Beta Male part which I am hoping is joke, but other than that yeah he is the main character for the most part.
Honestly, Ruby's a good person, but at times it feels like that the series isn't trying to progress with her character, and sometimes even if it does then it goes about it in the negative way.

Like what was the point of establishing Ruby as this never back down leader when she got taken out by a fucking 'Yo Mama' comment by her Arch Nemesis(I don't know what RT is smoking while trying to convince me that it's Cinder who is her Arch Nemesis, while clearly Cinder is Jaune's Arch Nemesis).

Like I am looking at Ruby like, "Babe Lock in, your letting her run your street cred through the mud and the only thing that shouls be running are the fucking bullets in Crescent Rose's chamber by now".

Meanwhile, this honest to god loser while at his lowest against Cinder in V5 was still trying to stand on 10 toes while he was effectively emotionally quadriplegic, did he slip and fall? Yes, but did that lead to an honest to God awesome rising to the occasion moment when he healed Weiss? You bet your house yes.

V9 had its weak moments but it felt really refreshing to see Ruby lock in. Only thing better would have been Ruby establishing the pecking order Popo style among the team but eh, you cannot eat your cake and have it too.

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Curse of Jaune. No, seriously, every time they try burying him, they somehow end up showing him in the best light, as if the writers are cursed to always try and fail.

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They're incompetent writers. Every time they try to show someone in a certain light they fail (because they suck) and we come away thinking the opposite.

1) Blake - They tried the oppressed minority route. They made a spoiled princess of an island paradise (that is economically better off than one of the Big 4) who runs away from her wholesome family to become Remnant's equivalent of an ISIS Bride, who at least wises up and leaves. But then she spends V3 and V7 guilting Yang, and has no real character arc/development that isn't forgotten a moment later. The Bland Belladonna and Shitty Kitty memes came about for a reason, and she is one of the fucking MAIN CHARACTERS!

2) Cordovin - The sort of person that CRWBY thinks most IRL military officers are. Supposed to be part of their anti-military political pandering message. She gets burglarized, and then rather than trying to spite those who have harmed her, she breaks the confrontation to fight a big fuck off Grimm menacing the city she is supposed to guard. - Comes across as a good person.

3) Robyn - Part one of the 2016 fanfic that we got in place of a seventh season of RWBY. They try to present her as an infallible leader of the people. Instead, she just steals communications equipment from the army, does nothing on screen for the people she's supposedly helping, and when she's not being a millstone, she's trying to make herself the center of every situation in every room she happens to walk into with disastrous results (Qrow-Clover-Tyrian situation). The story itself is worse off in quality for her participation in it and in my own opinion she has outstripped Monaca Towa as their VA's most insufferable character.

(I am prepared to defend that statement, Monaca we hate because she's an awful human being and an asshole. She's an antagonist and a vile one at that, but she is a terrible character in the sense that she is an evil piece of shit who is actively trying to make the world around her as awful a place as she can and that is her role in the story. Robyn is the "why did they even put this character in the show" hate that you don't even waste the energy to swear about on.)

4) Ironwood - Oh boy. What can I say that hasn't been done to death already? To recap they tried to make him seem like an irredeemable fiend from day 1 (being charitable with our interpretation). Instead, he encourages Ruby, is concerned about Yang, fights off robots at great personal risk, gives Yang a new limb, stands up for Weiss, argues with Jacques, is immediately trusting of Ruby and friends, and only snaps after his trust and generosity are betrayed and abused. In sum, a very sympathetic character. Which, referring to V8, had never been CRWBY's intention (because in the minds of CRWBY and the people that they pander to what demographic boxes you tick has more bearing on your morality and worth as a person than the choices you make)

5) Whitley - Meant to be seen as Weiss' great challenge. In reality an unarmed small boy who lost EVERYTHING, and in the course of the volume where he does he: saves Nora, saves Penny, saves EVERYBODY IN FUCKING MANTLE, and carries the show. And yet CRWBY fully expects us to cheer when Weiss puts Myrtnaster to his throat. He should have poisoned that tea, we'd have forgiven him.

6) Ruby & Yang - Operating under appreciable strain she finally snaps and has a breakdown. We're expected to side with Yang who cares more about kissing Bland than helping obviously despondent younger sister that SHE raised as she gaslights her into taking the final step. What we end up with is the fact that Bumblebee is as awful as Bumblebee shippers, and that was why the memes took off. You know the ones.

I could go on but I am writing this under appreciable sleep depravation myself, and am going to remedy that forthwith.

I will finally commit to posting my next Cyber-Whitley idea tomorrow (well later today) unless I get distracted or I forget.

 

[John Jackson]

The anti military sentiment is just so weird given that the setting is a death world under siege by actual monsters.

 

[Gyron]

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Really, the main reason Jaune is such a good character relative to everyone else is because at its conception it was based on shonen battle animes, like DBZ or Naruto or One Piece (It beat MHA by a year). So a lot of the tropes they borrowed from those shows didn't work so well with female characters but worked just fine with Jaune. And Jaune was given those tropes because, again, from conception the show had pentagonists: Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang and JNPR, but JNPR was a Jaune support vehicle while RWBY was not one for Ruby.

 

[TheFabulousCustodes]

I would like to hear your insight on the best RWBY crossover ship and why it's Jessica x Jaune.

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Isn't the Justice League/RWBY tie in, the only official crossover?

He's not a self insert character. He's the main character. He was the protagonist all along. Miles Luna is too much of a beta male to make a character as compelling as Jaune to be based upon himself. So by sheer fucking accident they made a decent character out of the guy they tried to make look bad. Which says a lot about them, really.

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They literally turned Jaune into the strongest and most experienced Hunter in his peer group, and arguably the most famous Huntsmen on the planet by the end.