[RWBY] RWBY Shorts

[AndrewJTalon]

So, after the Moonshatter, the Faunus would most likely have had the physical and sensory advantages over humans. So Faunus empires rising that enslaved humanity would be natural. But over time, the canonical issue of Faunus tribes mixing would arise. To quote:

As far as everyone's aware, Faunus have been around as long as mankind, if not a little longer. History gets a little fuzzy past a certain point, but we do know that their kind and ours are completely compatible, from a... (slight stuttering) a biological standpoint. Take two wolf Faunus, and you'll get a little wolf cub kiddo. A wolf Faunus and a human also typically means that your little bundle of joy's teething days could get a little dicey. But if you take a wolf Faunus and a bull Faunus, for example, it's a complete roll of the dice. For all you know you could be cleaning up your son's... shedded snake skin. (shudders)

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This would make it hard to interbreed between Faunus tribes without a lot of confusion over paternity, which has caused civil wars before. As a result, the various Faunus tribes became more insular and divided against eachother, and stagnated in technology due to their physical abilities. As a result, humans had to be more united than Faunus and focused more on developing technology, and this helped contribute to humanity eventually rising and becoming dominant over the Faunus.

I feel this adds a lot more depth to the world, gives White Fang some rallying points (even if they are, like all calls to ethnonationalism, bullshit), and gives a lot more agency to the Faunus beyond them being perpetual victims. What do you think? What could have various ancient Faunus empires have been like? What are their legacies? Influences? And so on?

 

[Lord of the First Flame]

What could have various ancient Faunus empires have been like? What are their legacies? Influences? And so on?

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If their animal features gives them any of the animal mentality then faunus conflicts in the past may have been more faunus against faunus rather than faunus against human.

 

[TheFabulousCustodes]

What could have various ancient Faunus empires have been like? What are their legacies? Influences? And so on?

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Tribes of carnivore Faunus enslaving herbivore Faunus, and maybe even ritualized cannibalism of so called "prey" Faunus.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

If their animal features gives them any of the animal mentality then faunus conflicts in the past may have been more faunus against faunus rather than faunus against human.

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Which would have further helped humanity rise to become the dominant powers but human slaves would likely have been common. Though not just by Faunus, of course. Humans are always going to be nasty to eachother, after all.

 

[Gur40]

stolen from evenmorefatallyobsessed

Okay so I'm just saying Penny did something pretty cool with the Relic of Creation making it create weapons for her. But can you imagine if weapon obsessed Gun Nut Ruby Silver-Eyed Rose did this?

Like God damn the weapons she'd make, possibly even infusing them with her Silver-Eyed light since the origin of said power and the Relic are the same I'd imagine they're be a synergy about them.

The same way I like the idea of Jaune wielding destruction, his growth and experience up till now making him a proper holder of said power I feel the same way about Ruby

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and another Lancaster Idea

Spoiler: V4 Sword Training

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SAY IT WITH ME, RUBY SHOULD'VE KEPT PENNY'S SWORD PERMANENTLY!

evenmorefatallyobsessed

honestly it would've been interesting, hell she could've asked Jaune for tips to slowly draw him out of his own issues with Pyrrha... Letting him look back on his time training with her in a positive light instead of the purely self destructive way he did when watching those recordings.

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To add onto this, you could have them make a team attack named Combat Ready. You can emphasize why Jaune doesn't want to visit his home due to his parent & sisters never believing in him & it clearly messed him up.

One of the most interesting things about Lancaster is their relationship really highlights the theme of a simple soul being able to make a difference. Ruby's decision to keep moving forward inspired Jaune to keep fighting when he lost the one person who ever really believed in him.. THAT'S SO PROFOUNDLY BEAUTIFUL

Jaune training with Ruby definitely should've happened frequently in Volume 4. Ruby could know more about his family, keep him from spiraling into another self-inflicted emotionally torturous training session at night, and make him smile with her iconic personality.

 

[LordofBones]

Jaune: "So, um, haha, did you know King Gilgamesh really hates copycats? It's why he hates my grandpa."
Yang: "What's that supposed to mean?"
Jaune: "It means Ruby might want to get a new robot."
Weiss: "Wha-"

Gilgamesh: "MONGRELS! That technique is fucking patented!"

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Jaune: *sobbing* "I did it, Ruby! I killed Penny!"
Ruby: *tearing up*
Jaune: "I stabbed her with Crocea Mors! Then stuffed garlic in her mouth and staked her with a wooden lance!"
Ruby: "WHAT?! WHY?!"
Jaune: "Robot vampires. Then I scattered salt all over her!"
Ruby: "OH NO, HOW COULD...salt?"
Jaune: "Y'know, in case of robot zombies."
Ruby: "Oh, um...that makes sense, I guess."
Jaune: "Yeah, then I shot her with a silver bullet!"
Ruby: "Noooooo! How could...why silver?"
Jaune: "Do you want undead robot werewolves? Because that's how you get undead robot werewolves."

 

[ExFelineServer3]

Jaune: "So, um, haha, did you know King Gilgamesh really hates copycats? It's why he hates my grandpa."
Yang: "What's that supposed to mean?"
Jaune: "It means Ruby might want to get a new robot."
Weiss: "Wha-"

Gilgamesh: "MONGRELS! That technique is fucking patented!"

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Jaune: *sobbing* "I did it, Ruby! I killed Penny!"
Ruby: *tearing up*
Jaune: "I stabbed her with Crocea Mors! Then stuffed garlic in her mouth and staked her with a wooden lance!"
Ruby: "WHAT?! WHY?!"
Jaune: "Robot vampires. Then I scattered salt all over her!"
Ruby: "OH NO, HOW COULD...salt?"
Jaune: "Y'know, in case of robot zombies."
Ruby: "Oh, um...that makes sense, I guess."
Jaune: "Yeah, then I shot her with a silver bullet!"
Ruby: "Noooooo! How could...why silver?"
Jaune: "Do you want undead robot werewolves? Because that's how you get undead robot werewolves."

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This made me chuckle out of the sheer randomness when I came across it!

 

[SharkCultist]

It's nice to be wanted. A well known saying.

Jaune Arc has to disagree. Being wanted sucks.

It started when he didn't get accepted into beacon, flat broke and refusing to go home Jaune looked for any other way to accomplish his dream.

And stumbled into the shadiest of shit. A Atlas research group looking for test subjects. Free room and board and a guaranteed spot in any field he desired upon completion of the experiment.

Naturally he signed up without a second glance.

And at first it wasn't too bad, a lot of poking and prodding and physical exams.

He was actually the third test subjects, apparently the last two left the project on.... unfriendly terms.

The project was a spin-off from a artificial aura project. They managed to make some kind of generator but whatever it was generating it wasn't aura. It was denser, stranger, and much more emotionally reactive.

The first subject, subject A, had one high powered reactor implanted inside him. It gave him fantastic abilities but also seemed to agitate him to a worrying degree.

It was decided to see if multiple reactors could curb each other's influence so the second test subjects, subject N, had two medium output reactors implanted and one small output reactor. It was a great success, though weaker than subject A dude to using less powerful reactors her temperament was much more stable and her abilities far more flexible.

Jaune, subject J, was to be their final experiment. They were going to implant seven high capacity resonance reactors inside his body.

The surgery hurt like a bitch, they couldn't put him under because they needed him awake to tell them what he was feeling and numbing agents barely did anything before the reactors burned them out.

Worst three hours of his life (so far). But the operation was a success. All seven reactors were active and his emotions and mindset seemed mostly unaltered (there was something he could feel in the back of his mind but it didn't seem to be doing anything so he left it alone).

Happy times all around right? Mission accomplished, time to go be a huntsmen trainee!



Except this project wasn't exactly as official as he was led to believe and when the scientist showed off their research and prized subject they got put down for unauthorized human experimentation and allocation of funds.

Which just left Jaune. Who was apparently lugging around the equivalent of an eighth of the yearly Atlas military budget in his chest.

And they wanted that back. Unfortunately these things weren't really designed to come out. They're bonded to his skeletal and muscular structures and integrated with his aura.

So Jaune does the smart thing.

And hauls ass. Now his face is plastered on every screen from radian to menagerie.

He really should have gone home.

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So a few fun facts Jaune doesn't know.

Each reactor has a name and it's energy signature is different from every other reactor. Even two reactors made at the exact same time will be different.

The reactors energy can mix with aura and causes a multiplication of energy.

Each reactor can grant a ability similar to a semblance, though unlike semblances there is absolutely no telling what you get until you get it.

Jaunes reactors titles are currently secret but I can tell you about the other 4.

Subject A - rebellion reactor

Subject N - dream reactor, delusion reactor, desire reactor

If you can guess the other two subjects you get a cookie!

 

[Gur40]

Who is helping Qrow? Can you tell?

Spoiler: Winter just losing it

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J_PR protoype designs?

Spoiler: does ren look like a girl

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

COSE RED! I REPEAT CODE RED! Volume 10 of RWBY is in development!

 

[Gur40]

COSE RED! I REPEAT CODE RED! Volume 10 of RWBY is in development!

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[ThunderBasilisk]

So a few fun facts Jaune doesn't know.

Each reactor has a name and it's energy signature is different from every other reactor. Even two reactors made at the exact same time will be different.

The reactors energy can mix with aura and causes a multiplication of energy.

Each reactor can grant a ability similar to a semblance, though unlike semblances there is absolutely no telling what you get until you get it.

Jaunes reactors titles are currently secret but I can tell you about the other 4.

Subject A - rebellion reactor

Subject N - dream reactor, delusion reactor, desire reactor

If you can guess the other two subjects you get a cookie!

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This would honestly make an awesome story. Though them just straight up wanting to make him a part to get their stuff back(something based on your wording is more likely to just destroy the damn things) and not making the most of it and drafting him into the Atlas military seems sus.