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Absolute RWBY Part V

I had this one ready, but the design again held me from posting it last night. So, I'll take the opportunity to test if these do better when posted the following morning.

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When Raven left Taiyang to lead the Branwen tribe, she didn't do so alone.

Absolute Yang was raised as the Bandit Princess; passionate, strong, free. Her life was perfect.

Even more so when she unlocked her semblance. In bandit tribes, a Semblance user wasn't seen as a pariah, but as a strength. Another fine weapon for the tribe's arsenal.

Specially with Yang's Semblance, Burn. Not only did it let her take more hits than anyone, but she could give them back twice as strong. She even laughed whenever someone was dumb enough to keep trying to hurt her.

That became her tittle: The Smiling Demon.

But Raven didn't see it that way. What she saw was her daughter, accumulating scars each time she let herself get hit to activate her Semblance. One particularly bad day, she saw how many cuts, bruises and burns Yang had accumulated before even becoming an adult.

It gave Raven nightmares.

So, by Yang's sixteenth birthday, Raven made Yang prove her strength as to see if she was fit to lead the tribe after Raven. A gambit, really. She mercilessly defeated her daughter. Tradition dictated Yang now had to leave the tribe until she was strong enough to come back and defeat her mother, taking the leadership back.

And in the meantime, she would be free from being the tribe's weapon.

Yang didn’t see it that way, though. In her eyes, Raven had taken away her entire life for the sake of some stupid tradition. She didn't even want to lead the tribe. She was content with being their weapon.

She swore she would become stronger and would go back. Not to claim leadership of the Branwen tribe, but specifically to punch her mom in the face.

Until then, she guessed that becoming a Huntress would be a good workout.

And hey, free tattoo and a steady job. Why the hell not?

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Some storytelling and symbolism in these designs, actually. First, we have the Smiling Demon, the Bandit Princess of the Branwen tribe. As you can see, it has no protection at all, and Yang's collection of scars proves it. Absolute Yang had the same problem as canon Yang; they think their Semblance makes them invincible.

Second is the day she had to leave the Branwen tribe, not wearing Raven's bandana, as she's not part of the tribe anymore.

But as you can see, she's embracing both the freedom and the lessons Raven forced on her, taking on a more expressive style, and some protective gear.

That's why she wears a red scarf. It's her way to say she's still a Branwen, born and raised.

However, she got an orange handkerchief that Raven handed her as a goodbye gift. According to her, it belonged to Yang's father. Maybe Yang will look out for him, if only to have a place to sleep in for a while.

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Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V

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they are best friends

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i know its been a while since it came out but im preeetty sure this is exactly how CATWS ended

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Another random Rwby thought of the night is that Blake has spent her entire life surrounded by Faunus first on the island then the white fang, obviously she’s interacted with humans but like, she wasn’t, hanging out or anything

But she does know (obviously) that there’s a difference in humans ability to hear and see and Faunus’s ability to do that

And obviously because Faunus is her personal norm and also what she was around all the time

She perceives it as like, humans have bad sight and hearing not that she has good sight and hearing, hers is her norm

Anyway all that being said

I think she (especially in early beacon) constantly underestimated and overestimated said lack of hearing in sight for her teammates

Like she’d mumble something under her breath expecting them not to hear and they’re like “what?? Why’d you say that!?” And she’s like 👁️👄👁️

And other times she’s trying to talk to Yang but yangs yelling “what!?!??? Speak up your to far away” and Blake’s like “oh shit right” and she’s just gotta guess what’s loud enough for her to hear

Idk just random thought

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Apocryphal Absolute RWBY idea:

“The tragic tale of Alyx, the girl that fell through the world” by Trivia Vanille is a very popular book on Remnant.

It tells the tale of Alyx, who fell thru the world alongside her brother and ended up in a land of nightmares filled with monsters and curses. Allying themselves with Jaune, a traumatized young boy whose entire family was killed by Grimm, and the Curious Cat, a benevolent monster that wants to escape from this nightmare land, the four kids struggled to cross the land in search of an exit, lying, stealing and deceiving its inhabitants along the way in order to survive. In the end they managed to reach the exit, but the goddess that ruled over the land declared that while the Cat, her brother and Jaune could leave, she had to stay behind and fix the damages she made with her actions. Alyx argued that if that was true then they all had to stay behind since they too did the same as her but the goddess refused to listen and insisted that she couldn’t leave, unless one of the others accepted to stay behind in her place. Alyx then tried to force Jaune to stay behind but her brother attempted to calm her down and offer to switch place with her, but she was too furious to listen and pushed him away.

He tripped, fell and hit a rock with the back of his head, dying instantaneously and the goddess was so angry of this fratricide that she teleported everyone away from the exit as a punishment.

Horrified of what she did, Alyx ran away, chased by the Cat and Jaune, both of which were angry with her for her actions and because she stranded them all here permanently. Eventually the Cat reached her decided to possess her and take over her body and imprison her soul inside of it forever as an act of revenge, but her willpower was so big that as he was trying to lock her soul away she managed to take over and imprison him, gaining all his powers and some elements of his feline appearance. Jaune attempted to fight her but his lack of fighting skills, his young age and her incredible new powers ensured his loss, but due to the arrival of a monster she didn’t manage to give him a coup de grace and he managed to run away.

This started a cycle that lasted for years where the two kids started fighting against each other, training and searching for new weapons and magical powers that could help them win over their opponent. Eventually their fights became so destructive that they destroyed most of this nightmare land and killed nearly all its inhabitants, forcing the goddess to reluctantly banish them back to Remnant. Landing in a different place than Jaune, Alyx was overjoyed to be back home, only to find out that decades had passed and now everyone she knew was dead and her home didn’t exist anymore. Without anything left and with no more goals to achieve, Alyx began to wander across Remnant as a vagrant, barely managing to survive by lying, stealing, and deceiving its inhabitants.

That’s how the book ends, but one thing Trivia forgot to add when she wrote her book: during her wandering Alyx met a guy named Roman Torchwick and the two became first friends and then lovers and partners in crime. She also stopped calling herself Alyx, and instead used many new names in its place, like Trivia Vanille or her favorite and most used, Neopolitan.

But that’s a story for another day.

Okay, when I read "by Trivia Vanille", I knew I was in for a trip. And yep. it was a whole ride.

I really like how it leans more into horror/dark fantasy than the dystopian feeling I was going for. Specially since both are cores to DC's Absolute Universe.

Hope you like the following addition:

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Adjusting back to Remnant was surprisingly easy for Jaune.

Sure, his entire family died to Grimm, he spent several years in a nightmare realm that defied all logic, while fighting an endless war against the only other person he could talk to. And by the time the Ever After finally threw him back, everyone and everything he knew and cared for was long dead, and he was a nobody with no identifications or a lien to his long-forgotten name.

But besides all of that, once back on Remnant, he realized the world kept one thing that was oddly familiar to him; the violence.

So, when he first saw a Grimm, for the first time since one killed his family, Jaune knew exactly what to do. Charge at it, bash it with his shield, and run his sword through it as fast as he could. It didn't even make a dent on his armor or cost him any Aura.

Jaune survived years fighting Alyx. Compared to her, the creatures of Grimm barely qualified as monsters anymore. Just a pest.

But he did use Aura, and later his Semblance to heal himself, which marked him as a Huntsman.

Jaune didn't mind that much. After all, he already was an outcast on the account of being from the past and having been out of contact with civilization for most of his life. And if he understood correctly, being a Huntsman meant people would avoid him, which he found relaxing, he would get called to kill more Grimm, and later paid for that.

By all accounts, it really was the best deal Jaune had in his entire life.

He still remembers Alyx, and their eternal war. After so many years, so much destruction, and a hate he once thought was the only thing holding him up, he realized he still owed it to Lewis' memory to avenge him.

So, he roams Remnant, killing whatever needs to be killed, in an eternal search for a girl, probably a woman by now, who destroyed him so many years ago.

Though haunted by trauma, Jaune Arc did become something he wasn't expecting to be; a legend.

For when the people of Remnant see the rusted armor, and notice the twin moons Emblem in his hand, they know they're safe from the monsters.

Because someone worse than the Grimm just arrived.

The Rusted Knight.

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summer Bees ⭐️

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happy birthday Monty

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Fun idea for your Absolute RWBY:

Pyrrha that instead of being a champion she is a nobody that gets ignored by anyone, including her mother.

Then one day Jaune, who’s known as the Rusted Knight and is a (mentally scarred) living legend saved her life and healed her. Since then she had been following him as her self-proclaimed squire, devoted to him to a concerning degree. Jaune is so desperate for company that lets her follow him even if he’s concerned by her behavior.

Okay, first of all, this is my first ask on an AU, and this is amazing.

Secondly, while I do have something in store for Jaune, Pyrrha, and all of JNPR (because you can't write RWBY without JNPR), I really like this idea too. Specially in how it takes the 'iconic' dynamic of Jaune and Pyrrha as apprentice and master and flips it around.

So, let's call the following an 'apocryphal' of Absolute RWBY:

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Jaune never knew what the girl was doing in the middle of a Grimm-infested forest. He tried asking her once, and all he got was a cryptic "because no one cared." He quickly realized he shouldn't ask again. However, that wasn’t the most troubling thing about Pyrrha, or even the fact that she refused to give a last name.

The most troubling part was that Jaune didn’t have a choice but to take her in.

When he found her, the Ursa had already swiped at her side. He made quick work of the Grimm, driving Oxida Mors into its skull. But Pyrrha was badly hurt, and they were at least a day’s trip from the closest town. Her only hope, if it could be called that, was to unlock her Aura and risk awakening a Semblance and getting marked as a Huntress.

Jaune likes to think he considered all the options, but that was a lie. He just rushed at her, tried to use his own Semblance to heal her, and when he realized she had no Aura, he started to recite.

“For it is in struggle that we achieve immortality. Through this, we overcome what we are and reach those who need us. Infinite in the future and unbound by the past, I release your soul, and by my hand, heal thee.”

After that, it was all downhill.

Although Pyrrha was safe and sound, she refused to go back home. Instead, she got it in her head that she wanted to be Jaune’s ‘squire’. He refused her so many times that by the first day, they both lost count. But once they finally reached her town, and he was sure he could drop her at her home, Jaune felt a tug on his armor.

He looked down, and it was encased in a black aura.

Behind him, Jaune saw Pyrrha extending both hands at him, covered in the same black aura. She was indeed controlling it, pulling Jaune back by the armor with a magnetic force.

With a Semblance.

In the end, Pyrrha argued she was safer under Jaune’s protection than by herself. And if he kept refusing her, she would just go to the Hunter’s guild and get her Emblem anyway.

But that wasn’t why Jaune didn’t have a choice. He could still have left her at the guild to be trained by better, more experienced Hunters, instead of letting her follow him around with a second-hand shield and sword. Instead, he didn’t have a choice because, by all accounts, Pyrrha was the first person to ever show Jaune any care. And, if she was being honest, so was he for her.

And that was indeed the most troubling thing about Pyrrha: that Jaune needed her company as much as she needed his training.

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Hope you enjoyed reading that as much as I enjoyed writing it.

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The boy who dreamt of electric sheep part 4

Ruby: *sigh, sitting on the ground* Whoever said "new school, new me" was a liar. *Sigh again, slumping down slightly* I'm still such a clutz.

Jaune: *chuckle, walking towards her* I wasn't expecting people to bring fireworks here of all places. *Extending his hand* But the light show WAS entertaining, if dangerous.

Ruby: *sigh, taking Jaune's hand* Tha-!?

Jaune: *lifting her up from the ground with ease, catching her before she could stumble* Here you go. *Looking her up with a frown* Not hurt anywhere, are you?

Ruby: *shake her head* I'm fine *smile* see?

Jaune: *nod* Good... *Sigh, looking at the scorched marks on the ground* Waving around a highly volatile compound that has a tendency to explode if not handled carefully.... *Shaking his head in a disappointed manner* It's a miracle nobody was hurt.

Ruby: Right!? *Sigh* It's dust handling 101, but i guess the "heiress" to the SDC never took the time to learn how to handle her own product safely.

Jaune: *aghast* (Wait, THAT was Weiss Schnee?! What's wrong with her?!?) *sigh, before mumbling* If Winter knew how her sister was acting like, i doubt she would have sang her praise to me.

Ruby: *surprised* You know her sister?

_ flashback _

12 yo Jaune: *sigh, walking down the hallway* I know it's an order from General Ironwood, but do you really need to follow me everywhere?

18 yo Winter: *serious* My orders are to escort you at all times. Failing such a simple task would poorly reflect on my capabilities as a specialist i'm afraid.

Jaune: *sigh* I know, i know... *Speaking softly without thinking, almost inaudible* It's home all over again, isn't it? Guess i'm nothing more than a prized bird, forever prisoner of a gilded cage...

Winter: *stop, surprised by Jaune's reflection* ... Say, Jaune...

Jaune: *perplexed* (Weird, it's the first time she address me by my name) Yes?

Winter: ... *Sigh* Tell me; did you really want to be here in the first place?

Jaune: *now completely confused* W-well, of course! Working alongside Dr Polendina is an honor!

Winter: *Shake her head* I didn't ask if you wanted to work with Dr Polendina. *Frown* I asked if you wanted to be here, in Atlas university of Robotic engineering.

Jaune: *looking down* ... If i'm being honest, i would have much preferred studying to be a huntsman... *Sad smile* There's so many people down there suffering... *Shake his head* I could help them and yet, i'm stuck here instead. Learning, but unable to use whatever i learn to help those in need.

Jaune: *sigh* But alas, my family thinks my intellect is far too precious to waste on the battlefield. *Grits his teeth* Am an Arc too, aren't i? So why am i not be allowed to save people!?

Winter: (Maybe...)

_ _ _

*CLANG*

Jaune: *Kicking a training dummy* WHY IS EVERYONE ALLOWED TO BUILD THEIR OWN PATH BUT ME!?! WHY CAN'T "I" FOLLOW MY DREAMS, HUH!? MY SISTERS CAN, BUT I CAN'T!?

*KICK*

WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT IS THIS!? THEY TOLD ME I COULD DO WHATEVER I WANT AFTER HIGHSCHOOL!

*KICK*

I BUSTED MY ASS TO FINISH EVERYTHING IN A YEAR! AT SEVEN I WAS ALREADY DONE AND IT WAS STILL NOT ENOUGH!?

*KICK*

WHAT DID I DO!? WHAT DID I, JAUNE, DO TO BE CONSIDERED SUCH A DISGRACE THAT THEY EVEN REFUSE TO SEE ME FOR WHO I AM!?! TO SEE ME AS AN ARC!!!

Jaune: *breathing heavily, standing over the destroyed bot*

Winter: *sigh, giving Jaune's a gentle pat on the back* I... Know what you feel, part of it at least. *Trying to cheer him up* It's a good thing those are easily replaceable, right? (Pleasedon'tcrypleasedon'tcryplease-)

Jaune: *tearing up* Sorry, i... *Start sobbing* I didn't mean to break anything... *Sob* I-i just want to help people... Like my dad...

Winter: (FUUUUUUUUCK) ... You really want to help others, don't you?

Jaune: *sob quietly, nodding his head*

Winter: Then... *sigh, placing one hand on his shoulder, carefully looking around* stay still, and don't tell anyone what i'm about to do, ok?

Jaune: *nervous* !?

Winter: *realising what she just said* I-i'm going to unlock your Aura! N-nothing weird!

Jaune: *slight sigh of relief... Before understanding exactly what she just said* R-really!?

Winter: *gulp* (Hope i won't get demoted for this...) For it is our duty to serve the people-

_ Present _

Jaune: *choosing his choice of words carefully* She's... *Smile genuinely* A friend, yes.

Ruby: *smirk* A friend, huh?

Jaune: *deadpan* She's 6 years older than me. And last time i saw her was 3 years ago, when i left Argus for Vale.

Ruby: Oh... *Smile awkwardly* So uh... What's your name? I'm Ruby, by the way.

Jaune: (oh right, i didn't present myself did i?) My name's Jaune, Jaune Arc.

Ruby: *chuckle* Just like the author of my favorite magazine-

Jaune: *smiling innocently* Which one? "Dust" or "Weapon from the junkyard"? *Chuckle* I'm particularly proud of my newest invention: The Aura converter. *Sigh, removing his glove, showing a metallic hand* Although, the Mark one did blow up my arm so-

*thump*

Jaune: *look at the now unconscious Ruby* ... *Wince* Oops.

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HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY @kenbunshokus

I offer you another gods and goddesses au where Sanji is the god of love and Zoro is the god of justice (as if you didnt help come up with au yourself)

I hope you had a wonderful birthday!!!!!

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They need to stop arguing

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I drew an Apple

(I rewatched The Owl House lately ^^)

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more raines..... they've been on my mind lately (duh)

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Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈

Can you relate to any of these? (And yes all flags included are canon to each character)