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[TheFabulousCustodes]

"Oh," Jaune sighed, walking up to the shocked Blake, "She does that. Mom keeps trying to lay traps for her but she always gets around them somehow."

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Wonder what she told Isabel......

 

[SharkCultist]

Weird small dumb ideas for characters.

Sun knows seven different dialects of sign language (vale, vacuo, mistral, menagerie, military, white fang, Atlas) . Turns out learning new ones is a hobby he picked up to help with training his hand dexterity for using his gunchucks.

I don't know why but I always liked the idea that Roman was Deaf (or mostly deaf) it just seems right pairing the mute with a guy who wouldn't be able to hear her even if she could speak.

yang accidentally grabs Weiss plate at lunch and takes a bite. That's how they learn that Weiss likes food spicy enough to damage aura.

And a small crossover idea. How do you combat the despair of a prison in a world where negativity draws monsters? With positivity! How do you get positive emotions in a prison? By making it a theme park! Welcome to Deadman Wonderland remnants biggest (and only) prison.

 

[mgl1206]

You know, I hear it around a bit but I don't think Rusted Knight Jaune Arc is actually jaded. Yeah, he's been hurt and broken by everything that's happened, but at the end of the day, he still charges straight into danger to help his friends.

So the whole 'Rusty will ensure his younger self won't try to become a hero' seems like a mischaracterization due to Emiya from Fate existing. If anything it's more likely he'd take to training his younger self brutally to make sure he doesn't delude himself with fake confidence/desperation/and hero complex.

Ultimately he prepares his younger self for the harsh reality of what he's about to experience, but he won't stop him because he used to be him, naive, innocent, wanting to help people and live to his family's legacy. He probably doubts if he lived up to it but he'll ensure that those around him won't suffer due to his younger self being untrained.

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

And a small crossover idea. How do you combat the despair of a prison in a world where negativity draws monsters? With positivity! How do you get positive emotions in a prison? By making it a theme park! Welcome to Deadman Wonderland remnants biggest (and only) prison.

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Honestly I think anyone thats gonna deserved a prison sentence on Remnant would just get the death sentence instead

 

[SharkCultist]

Honestly I think anyone thats gonna deserved a prison sentence on Remnant would just get the death sentence instead

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It's mostly a resource thing. Keeping the prisoners gives them a source of labor for dangerous shit they don't wanna risk good people on, or don't wanna have to pay for.

And maybe for experimentation, after all remnant doesn't have a Geneva Convention.

 

[cavalal386]

Sun knows seven different dialects of sign language (vale, vacuo, mistral, menagerie, military, white fang, Atlas) . Turns out learning new ones is a hobby he picked up to help with training his hand dexterity for using his gunchucks.

I don't know why but I always liked the idea that Roman was Deaf (or mostly deaf) it just seems right pairing the mute with a guy who wouldn't be able to hear her even if she could speak.

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eNhOGY29o8
There are villains and than there Villains.
And Villains have standards
enough said.

 

[SharkCultist]

As a Huntress Summer Rose had seen many strange things, she'd also seen many terrifying things. Right now she was seeing something that definitely topped both of those list.

She'd been on a mission trying to push back the border of the grimmlands a bit, a fairly standard job but not usually one you take solo, but she'd been sure she would be fine with her magic glowing eyes of doom.

She hadn't planned to see a little blonde boy coming out the bushes half dead from starvation and bleeding from a head wound.

Gods he looked like he was around yangs age.

So she quickly grabbed the kid and made a camp with the intention to terminate the mission and get him to a hospital. In the meantime she awakened his aura to hopefully keep him from getting worse.

Then the Grimm started. She knew there were more of them at border, but it's usually like a pack or three more beowolves. Not almost a hundred and fifty Grimm!

So summer plopped herself into a defensive stance in front of the tent and fought to protect the kid.
And fought.
And fought.
And fought.
Until she couldn't.

Out of aura, out of bullets, and out of luck Summer despaired she'd never see her girls again.

And as a tent flap opened and a small body stumbled out she despaired that she'd watch a child die.

He still looked rough. His blonde hair was caked to his head in clumps by sweat and blood and his blue eyes looked glassy and unfocused.

Not quite a knight in shining armor. But still it looked like he was going to try. Stumbling and jerky like a badly built puppet he moved towards the Grimm.

It should have been a slaughter, and it was. But not how she expected.

Unknown to summer the child had been awake for a little bit before he came out of the tent ,watching the fight. Taking it all in.

And as he stumbled and switched his way towards the Grimm something odd happened. He was getting better. His movements becoming less jerky by the second, his twitches stopped, he was moving like a normal person.

And then he was moving like a hunter. Defensive but quick. He met the Grimm and began to weave around it with familiar movements. Movements summer had spent weeks practicing were being copied by a child.

No more than that they were being Improved on! His movements were changing again. It still kept the traits of a hunter but summer also began seeing other traits in his fighting and she realized that just as he picked apart her at a glance he was doing the same to the Grimm.

In a beautiful and horrifying display this child who by all rights should be comatose right now began tearing through Grimm like a hot knife through butter. Wasteful blasts of aura gouging chunks out of Grimm and the land also began to refine in the middle of combat until he was bouncing around and shredding the surrounding Grimm with very stable and solid looking claws of aura.

Summer didn't even know that was possible!

Eventually somehow the tide of Grimm started to subside. Until it was just summer, the child, and a whole lot of questions. Chief among them being

"Kid are you ok?"

He started at her with those glassy eyes before speaking.

"Kid are you ok?"

Oh that's not good.

"What's your name?"

"What's your name?"

Definitely not good. How aware is he right now? Is he even awake or just in some kinda weird auto copy mode.

"My name is Summer Rose, what's yours?"

This time he paused and seemed to struggle for a bit.

"What's my name? Kid?"

Ok not just copying. Well he is but at least he's using what words he's copying in different ways, he's not fucked up beyond repair!

"I don't know your name, I just found you, but I'm a huntress! I'm here to help. Let's get you back to civilization and see if Ozpin can find your family."

Her words seemed to trigger something in him. His eyes got slightly less glassy. A spark of life seemingly flaring inside them.

"I'm here to help."

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So we've got a amnesiac Jaune saving summer from her destined death.

His semblance here is similar to his normal one but different and is also tied to him getting his aura awakened while having amnesia.

Your semblance is born of you as a person, your sense of self in a single ability.

Jaune when he had his aura awakened didn't HAVE a sense of self. His aura and body are both taking everything around him in. Skills, movements, experience Jaune is pretty much a version of shirou emiya that copies people and semblances. The only reason he didn't use Summers is because he didn't see it.

But there's still traces of the old semblance he would have had. He's not amplifying anything but what he is doing is refining. All those skills and semblances will pretty much be blended together into the best versions he can make at the time.

He is not however invincible (despite how this chapter makes him out) he's doing this automatically so there's really no way for him to stop integrating things he sees, so a smart enough opponent would make him see something very different from his fighting style that he'd have to adjust to, he would adjust but it would throw him off.

For example if he's in the middle of a sword fight and you somehow position him to see a breakdance he's going to incorporate that breakdancing in the middle of the fight. No matter how much it throws him off.

He can also be overwhelmed and sorta shut down. It didn't happen here because this was mostly the same stuff he was copying. Claw slashes, lunges, bites. Mostly standard across the board.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

FUUJIN

Fuujin is a small but densely populated island chain nation in the southwestern part of Anima. The prevailing ocean and wind currents are strongest directly south of the country, which has aided in its relative isolation for centuries. While greatly influenced by Mistral over the centuries, it has rarely allowed outsiders in. It made several forays of conquest against Mistral, Taejo, even Rostam at some point but its imperial ambitions were always limited by its relatively low population.

In the Age of Empires, where Vale, Mistral and Vacuo's kingdoms began to go out to explore and colonize Remnant, Fuujin's isolation became a liability. Its strategic location and resources would make it a target of exploitation and conquest, much as Mistral and Pandu had suffered. The Divine Currents could no longer prevent steam powered ships from making landfall. As a result, the Emperor of Fuujin opened up his nation to the world.

The biggest assets that Fuujin had to offer were her formidable Aura activated warriors: Samurai, Ninja, and Miko/Geki. Samurai made use of swords, guns, armor and fought openly. Ninja used knives, short swords, stealth and speed to strike from the shadows. Miko/Geki were priestesses and priests who could use their Aura to heal, defend, and cleanse Grimm taint. The Emperor allowed them to become mercenaries to the world, "Hunters", and as they travelled the world they would return with new knowledge Fuujin would use to advance.

In less than a century, Fuujin went from a backwater island nation to a world power. Democratic government was introduced along with formal schooling, industry, and advanced technology. Fuujin built a world class navy, air force, and army. The Emperor was retained and willingly ceded much of his power to a parliament, and the nation flourished.

However, the samurai classes did not take this downgrade in power well. They, the ninja, and the priests had given the Emperor his power: Power he was now ceding to commoners. During the Great War, much like in Mantle, a military coup reduced the Emperor to a figurehead and Fuujin fought against the Allies.

However, the influence of the outside world and many Fuujin who had left to live in other kingdoms was strong. And while many Fuujin were obedient to authority due to their culture, they also had a sense of justice and honor. Vale and Vacuo had never been anything but allies to Fuujin, and the samurai had rewarded them with betrayal. The ninjas in particular led this resistance with many of the priests, as they had ventured out into the world more than the samurai.

The Great War and this civil war left Fuujin in ruins. They surrendered to the Allies unconditionally after years of siege. The Allies occupied Fuujin as they did Mantle and Mistral, but rebuilt them. When the occupation was over ten years after the war, Fuujin began to advance once more and resumed its status as one of the greatest non-aligned kingdoms on Remnant.

Much like Pandu, Fuujin retains a nominal independence from the Big Four Kingdoms, but has very strong ties with Vale and Atlas. Mistral continues to try and get it into their sphere of influence, but Fuujin resists. Its isolation still remains in many ways but so too does its fascination with the outside world.

Its capital city is called Oda, an advanced port city with towering skyscrapers and skylev trains. It is on track to become one of the most populated cities on Remnant. The Emperor's palace is situated in the city, the Sakura Castle. Its tall while walls contain a massive grove of cherry blossom trees, the symbol of the kingdom itself.

Like all isolated regions on Remnant, Fuujin has many distinctive Grimm sub-species. Ranging from the Jorougumo, a Spider/Human-like Grimm smart enough to lure unweary travellers into ambushes, to the Tengu: Ravenous crow-like Grimm that hunt in packs with razor sharp claws.

If you need a Japan analogue, here you go! And yes: You now have Aura Ninjas fighting Raptor Tengu Grimm. You're welcome!

 

[ArsMagna1337]

FUUJIN

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Idea: The First Emperor of Fuujin has a failed replica of the Sword of Destruction. It is passed down to their lineage until it is dropped into Julius Arc's lap. He turned what remains of it, a hilt, into Crocea Mors, a gift to his son, Julian Arc, who has a precog Semblance. Then it was passed on again until it reaches Jaune's hands and he activated its power for the first time... Which is somehow perfect for him because of his luck and tactical mind. Mostly on his luck.

The Fuujin/Crocea Mors can generate few tendrils that can transmit slashes to any objects and launch said slashes into its wielder's target. The tendrils are replenished by putting it back on its sheathe and giving it Aura. Julian can only manage to charge it up once in a day due to his meager Aura reserves. For Jaune? He can recharge it almost instantly when sheathed due to his large amount of aura.

Spoiler: The Fuujin/Crocea Mors in action...

View: https://youtu.be/eWVdmleXWJ8?si=Lr2z_FUxLeo_mzNu

 

[AndrewJTalon]

More prompts:

-May Zedong tries to keep her team from dying on a mission with her Aura Sight and sniper skills. It's not easy.

-Neon Katt convinces Penny and Ciel to go out for a night on the town in Vale. What could go wrong?

-Arslan and her team help out at Saint Lucy's Orphanage.

-Neptune finally gets Arslan to agree to a date with him. But the religious warrior isn't in this just to get her jollies off.

-Flynt starts a band with other musically inclined students

 

[ArsMagna1337]

Flynt starts a band with other musically inclined students

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Flynt accidentally starts the World Music War... and Salem is somehow winning through metal music.

 

[SharkCultist]

-May Zedong tries to keep her team from dying on a mission with her Aura Sight and sniper skills. It's not easy.

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They all have absolutely no self preservation instincts, half the time it isn't even the Grimm she has to keep from killing them. It's something stupid like one of her teammates deciding to play Jenga with dust crystals.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Ruby Rose stood outside the door to an extremely fancy hotel room. It was located in one of the ritziest hotels in Vale, the Cottonwood Tower. She'd been invited but she still hesitated for a moment.



After all... While Miguel was her friend, what she had to ask him was a little personal. And she wasn't great at personal stuff.



Summoning her courage, she reached up and knocked on the door. There was a moment of silence, before the lock was undone and the door opened. Ruby took a deep breath and smiled.



"Hey Mig... Uel?"



A stunning Vacuoan woman stood before her in a simple but elegant red house dress and apron. A blue silk scarf was tied around her neck. She stood there, voluptuous but athletic, as she looked Ruby up and down with chocolate brown eyes. She raised an eyebrow and her lips thinned. A small mole sat on her pointed chin.



"Ruby Rose, yes?" She asked, her voice lightly accented.



"Ah, y-yes," Ruby said. The woman took Ruby's hand and turned, leading her into the hotel. Ruby looked around with wide eyes at the huge expanse as the door shut behind them.



The hotel windows offered a panoramic view of the Vale skyline and the mountains behind it. Everything was done in plush blue carpets, with burgundy and gold furniture. A fully stocked bar of glass and rich mahogany lined the back wall and a crystal chandelier gleamed overhead.



The woman set Ruby down on a couch and smiled.



"I am Margarita. Miguel's mother." She raised her voice. "MIGUEL! The girl is here!"



Miguel came out of the nearest doorway, yawning a bit. He was in his jeans, suspenders, and white undershirt. He smiled at Ruby.



"Hey again Ruby, it is nice to-"



"MIGUEL!" Margarita barked angrily, "How dare you greet a guest so slovenly! You are a respectable man now! You must act like it!"



"But I was up all night doing reports-" Miguel protested but Margarita's glare intensified. Ruby felt like she was projecting Fire Dust through her eyes with how the air heated up.



"No excuse! A young lady is here and I raised you better!"



Miguel nodded quickly.



"Yes Mama! Sorry Ruby!"



Miguel disappeared back in the bedroom. Margarita sighed and shook her head. She gave Ruby an apologetic smile.



"He's such a good son, he just forgets things sometimes when he is tired. Please forgive him."



"O-Oh! No! I uh, it's okay!" Ruby said quickly, waving her hands. "I-I'm not offended!"



Margarita smiled slyly.



"He is quite the looker, isn't he?" She asked with a wink. Ruby flushed.



"Y-Yes! I mean, no! I mean, um, th-that's not why I'm here!"



Miguel emerged from the bedroom, now fully dressed in a smart red and white suit. He shook his head with a chuckle as he walked over.



"She is not here for me, Mama," he said kindly, sitting down next to Ruby on the couch. "I admire her valor, but her heart belongs to Jaune."



"I-You-But-!" Ruby sputtered, her entire face as red as her scarf. She flailed frantically. "It-It isn't that-I mean-I do-But-!"



Margarita chuckled.



"Ah... I see," she said with a nod. "Jaune was always a good boy. Helped me with chores. Cheered me up."



Her smile turned smoky.



"Worked without a shirt in the yard~..."



"Mama!" Miguel gasped in horror, "Please! None of that!"



"Forgive me my son," Margarita chuckled, "But I am still a woman. And your friend is becoming a fine man."



"Y-Yes, yes he is," Ruby mumbled. Margarita smiled down at Ruby. She sat down on the coffee table across from her, and took Ruby's hands in hers.



"But you do not know how to woo him?"



Ruby bowed her head, and slowly nodded.



"I... M-My mother died when I was very young," Ruby mumbled, "Sister Lucy at the local church taught me some... Some girl stuff, but I wasn't, ya know. As interested in that as my older sister."



"Until now," Margarita surmised. Ruby nodded quickly.



"I um... I was hoping Miguel could-could tell me about him? What... What he likes?"



Miguel laughed.



"Ah, Jaune was always the shy type," he said with a nod, "Always kept away from women. I did too, but him? He was hilarious. Like a dumb puppy."



"Miguel!" Margarita snapped. Miguel scowled at her.



"He was!"



They conversed back and forth in Hispania's native tongue, a spicy and passionate language that Ruby couldn't really keep up with. She looked back and forth as they argued, the language almost musical.



Finally Miguel sighed and held up his hands.



"Very well Mama, you know best," he said. "And it would be nice for him to relax once in his life with a good woman."



"Y-You think I'm a woman?" Ruby asked shyly. Miguel nodded. Margarita huffed.



"I'll be the judge of that." She pulled Ruby to her feet and out to an open space near the windows. She walked around Ruby, her keen eyes looking her up and down. Ruby stood up straight, nervous but trying not to show it.



"Yes, yes... You are still a girl," Margarita sniffed, "The feminine remains a mystery and an annoyance to you. A tomboy."



Ruby flushed then looked down shamefully. Margarita laughed and hugged Ruby.



"But so was I! We women must help guide one another through life," she said. "Femininity is it's own strength, and one all girls must master to become women."



"Do... Do you think I can do it?" Ruby asked.



"I wrestled boys and shot Grimm and rolled in the mud since I was eight, chica," Margarita chuckled, "And I still do! But I do it in style! And so will you!"



Ruby gasped happily.



"Th-Thank you, Mrs. Flores!"



"Do not thank me yet," Margarita said grimly, her voice and eyes hard, "We have a lot of work ahead of us. Miguel! The music, please."



Miguel nodded and opened up his Scroll. He tapped it, and a spicy Hispanian tune began to play on the speakers. Margarita strutted out across the carpet, her necklace jingling, before she clapped twice.



"A woman entices a man with her dancing!" Margarita boomed, "She conveys her love and heat through her body and the music flows through her! When you have that confidence, all else will follow! Especially the man! Now, copy me exactly!"



Margarita did the provocative steps again, shaking her hips and strutting like a tigress. She clapped twice, then nodded to Ruby. Ruby did the same movements, trying to copy them exactly... Then upon the clap step, she tripped over her boots and fell on her face.



"ACK!"



"We have a lot of work to do," Margarita sighed. "Up, Chica! If you want your man, you must TAKE HIM! Do you want him?"



"Y-Yes-"



"DO YOU WANT HIM?!" Margarita bellowed. Ruby nodded furiously.



"YES!"



"Then get up, and repeat after me again!"



Miguel sighed. The fire in Ruby's eyes was impressive, if intimidating. He could admit all Huntresses were lookers, but he felt that someone more low key would be better for him-Especially after Laura.



Jaune though was so dense he probably needed a powerful Huntress girl to knock him off his high horse.



Good luck, hermano, he thought, you're gonna need it...


THUD!


"EEP!"



"AGAIN, CHICA! ARE YOU EVEN TRYING?"



And you too, Ruby, he mentally chuckled.



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Margarita is Spanish for "Pearl" and is also the full name of Rita Hayworth, a fantastic Latina actress who starred in a lot of Westerns.



Music is from Bleach.

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

Spanish mamas be a whole lot different than American ones.

 

[tonty]

AndrewJTalo


Margarita is Spanish for "Pearl" and is also the full name of Rita Hayworth, a fantastic Latina actress who starred in a lot of Westerns.


Margarita is Spanish for daisy and for pearl is perla

 

[Sinestro corpsman]

Margarita is Spanish for daisy and for pearl is perla

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According to Wikipedia it means daisy in Spanish but the word it originates from means pearl.

Margarita is a feminine given name in Latin and Eastern European languages. In Latin it came from the Greek word margaritari (μαργαριτάρι), meaning pearl, which was borrowed from the Persians. (In Sogdian, it was marγārt. In modern Persian, the word has become مروارید, morvārīd, meaning 'pearl'.)

The flower daisy is called margarita in Spanish, Greek and other languages. The name is also used in Albanian, Greek, Bulgarian and Russian.

Edited for clarity.

 

[mgl1206]

Ozpin's plan or lack thereof always bothered me, so what if:

When learning he had no way to defeat Salem, what if Ozpin's plan was to unite the four kingdoms and try to summon the gods so that they can end Salem? Like sure he probably despises them and doesn't want to call them, but it's the only way so he has to go with that route.

And the reason he split his powers was to form keys that could not be picked by Salem and since he had to make sure Salem can't use the relics against him or call the brothers prematurely he formed the maidens as keys he could control and could escape Salem's grasp of it was ever captured, but something went wrong with the ritual making it such that it can only be passed between females below a certain age or the person who they thought of last.

Edit: the age was set into the magic because that was the age the first generation of maidens when they first got the power. And the ritual was incomplete because Ozpin died halfway through and failed to finalize the magic that cover how it was suppose to pass.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

All right guys, we need more Christmas/Yuletide/Aslanmas prompts! So here are a few:

-Pyrrha sets up some Mistletoe in the hopes of catching Jaune under it. Alas... He keeps catching everyone else under it but her!

-Jaune plays the Santa Claus equivalent to the orphans at Saint Lucy's. Adorableness ensues.

-Radian's Yuletide Celebration is underway, and RWBY and JNPR decide to visit. Nora schemes to capture Santa Claus with Ren alongside. Ruby wants to make a fantastic drone, light and fireworks display! Weiss actually enjoys the rustic atmosphere and wants to sing classical Yuletide music... But the local church band only plays crappy modern contemporary music! Yang gets roped into cooking, decorating, baking, and other domestic tasks of Radian housewives... Along with shooting Grimm, kicking bandits in the teeth, and racing muscle cars to get some kids last minute gifts-She's in heaven! Blake is not particularly observant but this seems to trigger the locals to try and give her the Christmas Carol treatment. Pyrrha has literally never had a normal happy family Christmas and is overwhelmed, but Jaune does his best to guide her through it.

And Zwei is living his best life with a harem of corgis that Nana Arturia keeps at her house.

-Penny wants to know the meaning of Yuletide/Aslanmas/Etc. So she decides to embrace the holidays in every way possible! To become the embodiment of the holiday spirit! God help us all.

 

[SharkCultist]

-Penny wants to know the meaning of Yuletide/Aslanmas/Etc. So she decides to embrace the holidays in every way possible! To become the embodiment of the holiday spirit! God help us all.

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Penny accidentally goes to hard and makes it literal.

Being a robot penny is great at multitasking and knows her way around computer systems and machinery so she makes the
Exquisite Laborer Very Efficient System

Or E.L.V.E.S a self sustaining factory with simple robotic workers making cheap but useful things like simple toys, durable clothing, and long lasting shelf stable but nutrition filled snacks (friend Ruby really enjoys the strawberry shortbread cookies).

So with Penny and her E.L.V.E.S spreading holiday cheer they accidentally tap into one of the few magics left in the world, one of the only ones the brother gods couldn't get rid of.

Faith/belief based magic.

Penny literally becomes the spirit of Christmas. Which comes with a few nice perks like being able to turn from robot to biological with a thought, not needing to repair herself or her elves (which also got upgraded) and being immortal for however long belief in the holiday spirit exists.

 

[LordofBones]

-Radian's Yuletide Celebration is underway, and RWBY and JNPR decide to visit. Nora schemes to capture Santa Claus with Ren alongside. Ruby wants to make a fantastic drone, light and fireworks display! Weiss actually enjoys the rustic atmosphere and wants to sing classical Yuletide music... But the local church band only plays crappy modern contemporary music! Yang gets roped into cooking, decorating, baking, and other domestic tasks of Radian housewives... Along with shooting Grimm, kicking bandits in the teeth, and racing muscle cars to get some kids last minute gifts-She's in heaven! Blake is not particularly observant but this seems to trigger the locals to try and give her the Christmas Carol treatment. Pyrrha has literally never had a normal happy family Christmas and is overwhelmed, but Jaune does his best to guide her through it.

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The jolly and all-loving grandfatherly old man that always shows up to play Santa turns out to be the actual Saint Nick himself, come down to bask in good ol' Christmas cheer before he heads out to deliver gifts and spread the spirit of Christmas.

Though once or twice, the jolly old man is replaced an inexplicably tall and thin fellow that just seems a bit off, who's a bit more literal with his gift-giving. Nora's new mechashift warhammer is an ultra-rare model that's top of the line, and the reviewer, a veteran huntsman, had to have his arms broken and teeth pried off before they could get him to let go of it.

 

[SharkCultist]

-Pyrrha sets up some Mistletoe in the hopes of catching Jaune under it. Alas... He keeps catching everyone else under it but her!

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Eventually she gets so fed up she tries to ambush him in lingerie made of mistletoe. One problem with that plan.

Turns out she's really allergic to mistletoe.

So now here she is bedridden while everyone else but Jaune who stayed behind to take care of her is out at a holiday party.

It's not a kiss but she'll take it.

 

[Sir Borks-a-Lot]

Though once or twice, the jolly old man is replaced an inexplicably tall and thin fellow that just seems a bit off, who's a bit more literal with his gift-giving

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Is that a certain fellow that speaks in all caps and owns a rather nice horse?

 

[TheFabulousCustodes]

All right guys, we need more Christmas/Yuletide/Aslanmas prompts! So here are a few:

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Arslan asks Jaune to help out with the church play.... by playing the part of the Rusted Knight!

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Nick: "All right kids, guests... It's time for an annual event! JAUNE!"

Jaune: "Yes Dad?"

Nick: "Get out there and get us some firewood! You too, Ren! This will be intense training!"

Jaune: "Er, how?"

Nick: "You're going out in nothing but your underwear!"

Ruby: "What?!"

Nick: "Using your Aura, you will maintain your body heat! This is an excellent exercise in Aura control! Get to it!"

Jaune and Ren: "Right Dad/Mister Arc!"

They strip and head out. They are soon chopping wood and gathering it in their skivvies... While the ladies not related to them watch.

Ruby: "I... Oh wow..."

Yang: blush "Huh... Didn't know Vomit Boy had a six pack?"

Nick: "HAHAHA! That is the ancestral Arc six pack! Passed down through the generations!"

Pyrrha: "Oh my~..."

Weiss: "It-It's so uncouth and barbaric and yet..."

Blake: "Hwah... Wow..."

Weiss: "Don't you have Sun? D-Doesn't he constantly show off his six pack?"

Blake: "Eh. When you show it off constantly, it loses its power. Besides, Sun doesn't do manual labor..." licks her lips

Yang: "Farmboys know how to put in a hard day's work huh~?"

Nora: Drooling happily "Mother, Father: This is the best Yuletide I've ever had!"

Isabel: "We haven't adopted you yet, sweetie, but thank you."

Nora: "May I kill the other girls for ogling my man?"

Isabel: "No, and they're not. That's why we sent out Jaune, too."

Nora: gasp "You're the best mother I ever had! Which is not hard since the other one abandoned me to die."

Isabel: "Oh... You poor thing..." hugs her "Nick?"

Nick: "Got the adoption papers, sweetie!"

Nora: "YAY! NOW REN HAS TO MARRY ME IF WE'RE GONNA STAY IN THE SAME ROOM!"

Outside...

Ren: "Do you feel a sudden chill?"

Jaune: "Your Aura Control must be slipping, dude. You gotta focus!"

Ren: "Right, right..."

 

[RustedSands]

Nick: "HAHAHA! That is the ancestral Arc six pack! Passed down through the generations!"

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Isabel: Nick you've onky been an Arc for one generation

Nick: And I passed those abs down to Jaune's generation, therefore TWO generations.

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Weiss: Mr.Arc you've only been an Arc for a single generation how have they been passed down for multiple?

Nick: I wasn't talking about me! Gramma Artoria has some killer abs!

 

[SharkCultist]

Isabel: Nick you've onky been an Arc for one generation

Nick: And I passed those abs down to Jaune's generation, therefore TWO generations.

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Weiss: Mr.Arc you've only been an Arc for a single generation how have they been passed down for multiple?

Nick: I wasn't talking about me! Gramma Artoria has some killer abs!

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It's not even on purpose. Every Arc just happens to pick a partner with absolutely killer abs.

Even terra is hiding a set of abs she can literally (and has) grated cheese with.

 

[LordofBones]

Is that a certain fellow that speaks in all caps and owns a rather nice horse?

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The Yulefather: "HAVE YOU BEEN A GOOD MA...A GOOD RO...A GOOD CY...A GOOD INDIVIDUAL?"
Ironwood: "yes Yulefather"

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

I love how Ren just follows along with the madness.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Ever since Blake had admitted she was a Faunus and made it public at Beacon, she'd begun to express her political views much more openly. Which her friends had supported... At first.

Blake: "A cowkini is absolutely cultural appropriation, Yang!"

Yang: "But I look so hot in it-!"

Blake: "NO!"

Nora: "So, wait, I can't wear my sloth snuggie and pretend to be a sloth Faunus? That's bogus!"

Blake: "You can't just pretend to be a Faunus!"

Nora: "But I wanna cuddle Ren as a Sloth Faunus!"

Blake: "No!"

Nora: "What if it was kinky?"

Blake: bright red "N-No! Not at all!"

Jaune for the most part was tuning it out, focusing on studying... When Blake said something next.

Blake: "Also, I don't think it's right to-to romanticize the knights of Albion and Gallia!"

Weiss: "What? They're the ones who helped found Huntsmen!"

Blake: "Yes, and they were all oppressive slaveholders of Faunus! Their Kingdoms engaged in the slave trade before they became part of Vale! They shouldn't be seen as heroes!"

Jaune slams his fork down on the table, getting everyone's attention. Blake scowls.

Pyrrha: concerned "Jaune?"

Ruby: "You okay-?"

Jaune stood up, pulled out his Scroll, flipped through several pages and then, upon finding what he wanted, he marched up to Blake. He towered over her. She glared back.

Blake: "What do you want, Jaune? I-"

Jaune: reading "'On this day of our Lord 1839, in cooperation with the Parliament of Albion, it is decreed that slavery and involuntary servitude of man or Faunus alike shall be outlawed in our dominion. All slave masters shall be compensated appropriately for freeing their slaves within our territories, colonies, and outposts, but those who persist in this ungodly and horrific trade shall be considered enemies of God and the Crown, and shall henceforth be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law of the Vytalian Empire. All former slaves, human or Faunus, shall be considered Subjects of the Vytalian Empire and like all subjects, shall be under the protection of the King and have the same rights and privileges thereof.'" He glares at Blake "This is a proclamation by Emperor Liam IV, the King of Albion, Emperor of the Vytalian Empire, and Lord Protector of Pandu. He was also a knight and my direct ancestor."

Blake: "I-W-Well-"

Jaune: Holds up a finger, flips to another page "And this is by the Gallian monarch at the time, Queen Josephine, to the National Assembly of Gallia: 'This final act of this Republic's session will be to signify an alliance between ourselves and Vytal to abolish the international slave trade and end the subjugation of all human and faunus within our empire. For those who have souls must be free lest the darkness consume us all.' She deployed Gallian Knights, including several of my ancestors, to liberate slaves across the Empire. The Vytalian Navy did the same, shutting down the Faunus slave trade to Atlas and Mistral."

Blake: "But equal rights-!"

Jaune: "You're absolutely right. There is plenty of injustice in the world, Blake. And it's good to fight it. I will happily fight alongside you against it. But you do not win by twisting and distorting history. It just pisses people off! Hell!" He points to Cardin "The House of Winchester helped end Faunus slavery in Arminus when they continued to do so against Vale's laws!"

Cardin: "We did?"

Jaune: "You did!"

Cardin: "Cool!" At the looks he gets "... What? I have issues with Faunus, but I don't want you as slaves!"

Velvet: "What about me~?" winks

Cardin: blushes, sputters

Jaune: "So, yeah Blake. I get that you want justice and equality. But haranguing us isn't going to get you that. Okay?"

Blake: "..." slowly nods "O-Okay."

Jaune returns to his seat and resumes eating and studying. Pyrrha beams in pride.

Weiss: "... Jaune?"

Jaune: "Uh, yes Weiss?"

Weiss: "Good boy. You actually made her shut up."

Blake: "YOU HAVE ZERO ROOM TO TALK, WEISS!"

Weiss: "Oh I think I do~!"

The two begin to argue.

Ruby: "Wow... You were like, a super nerd!"

Yang: "As much as I like her, it is nice to see her back down. Good work, VB!"

Jaune: "Oh, uh, ya know... I mean, I know my ancestors did a lot of bad things, but they also did a lot of good things too. I just hate it when it's oversimplified, you know?"

Pyrrha: smiles "Exactly..."

Nora: "So... I can wear a sloth costume to cuddle Ren?"

Jaune: "As long as Ren has no objections, yes."

Nora: "HEE!"

Ren: "At last. My life is complete."

Yang: "Is... Is that sarcasm?"

Ren: "No."

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Again, I wanted Blake to grow and change as a character. But the writers have a very shallow idea of what the history of oppression, slavery and civil rights is. And so they were never able to write the Faunus rights issue properly. The actual history of slavery and oppression is wonderfully complex with a lot of potential things to draw from! But RT failed to do it. So hey, I may as well play around with it.

And of course, just because slavery was made illegal doesn't mean racial discrimination and injustice didn't happen. But the biggest and most powerful empire in the history of the world, the British Empire, did gradually end slavery as a legal institution throughout their territories over a period of 30 years and deployed their powerful navy to suppress the slave trade, along with many other European nations: And that was certainly a good thing.

 

[RustedSands]

It's not even on purpose. Every Arc just happens to pick a partner with absolutely killer abs.

Even terra is hiding a set of abs she can literally (and has) grated cheese with.

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Weiss: is...is that really necessary Mr.Arc?

*Nick and Jaune going around the table grinding Parmesan on their abs*

*At the same time* Isabel/Nick: It's an Arc family recipe!