#rwby fortune cookies

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Hey there smoke I'm the same anon who said my week has been pretty bogus and also asked for fic recs and I'm real sorry about forgetting to mention that really any Fandom you post about since thankfully we share common interests but I would appreciate g-witch fics and warrior nun ones, but toh and rwby ones would be fun too! Have a good rest of the week! 👍!

Cool. g-witch and Warrior Nun it is, then!

First we have A New Day, A New Journey by Huehxolotl. This fic focuses primarily on Miorine and Prospera's relationship after the events of the finale (but pre-timeskip) and mostly involves Miorine being The Bestest Fiancée She Could Ever Be while also putting up with constant agonies (i.e: Eri and Prospera). It's great.

Next there's And Someday, Together-- by Misthios. Another pre-timeskip setting, this one is also in Miorine's POV as she waits for Suletta to wake up after defeating Quiet Zero. Just a really good fic. A lot of good dialogue (again, Mio and Prospera's dynamic is incredibly well-written) and Suletta especially shines when she finally gets a chance.

Lastly for g-witch, there's Grounded by yuusha-lavender. Again pre-timeskip (you're seeing some of my bias here), but this one focuses more specifically on Suletta's recovery as she struggles both physically and mentally with how much she's changed. Miorine is very sweet. Suletta cries. It's great.

As for Warrior Nun, it was a struggle to find some that I haven't already recommended, but I think I managed.

Firstly, there's hey, accidents happen by @omomoification. Essentially, Beatrice is a firefighter. Ava gets hit by a car (she's fine). Can I make it any more obvious? The dialogue in this one is fantastic, and it's my humble opinion that this fic specifically is severely underrated. Fantastic.

Then there's the fortune you seek is in another cookie by @piratekane. Phenomenal dynamics in this one; it's about friendship and closeness and living and breathing and it's also about fortune cookies. Miscommunication and tenderness weaving together to create something beautiful!! Once more; fantastic.

[sytokun]

there's so many cool but missed opportunities in rwby for their characters, like sun! yk how he's based of "sun wukong" from journey to the west? IK its FOUR characters to a team but i think it would have really been cool if they took more inspo from journey to the west and made HIS team journey to the west characters

Honestly I think that'd be really cool to base the rest of SSSN on the other Journey to the West characters, especially when the basis for a four-man team is already there. And knowing that SSSN was modeled after K-pop boy band Big Bang, imagining the Journey characters as modern hot boys already sounds like an otome-game level move that would fit RWBY pretty well.

That said, if you're making your own interpretation of SSSN, such as by rewrite or AU, you're free to do so. It depends on whether you put more stock into a more cohesive theme for the team, or their original canon inspirations.

...Which is a good opportunity for me to talk about the sketches I did for Sun's team in RWBY: Remnants some time ago. They won't be appearing for a super long time, but I might as well talk about them now.

Here, I renamed them as Team SNSD (pronounced "Sunset"), with Sun Wukong, Neptune Vasilias, Sage Ayana and Scarlet David. (yes, I am aware there is a K-pop group with the same name, the synchronicity is not lost on me) They're still based on their original allusions as I wanted to work within the constraints of canon here, but the full Journey team may be too good to pass up, so I'll consider coming back in the future to tackle it.

People have always been divided on Team SSSN's name, with many preferring to rename them as SSNS ("Seasons"). I do get it - Team SSSN ("Sun") has that kind of dumb, corny "how do you spell?" vibe that matches a team of himbos. But I think having three S's for one word is just going a step too far into... just plain dumb.

Sun is pretty much the same here, but I decided to dial back towards his Asian features and grey eyes - though they're black here cause I like black eyes too. I also added the Monkey's King's famous golden headband, the jǐn gū zhòu, around his neck.

Neptune is pretty much the same here - honestly I really like his original design and think it's one of those "if it ain't broke don't fix it" situations - but I do want to redesign him more in the future to better reflect his allusion as Poseidon.

For Scarlet, I wanted to lean more into their "pirate king" vibe and androgynous appearance, so of course the coat-cape slung over the shoulders is a must. I also wanted to change their Semblance into something similar to their canon one but... not boring.

Instead of just gliding, Scarlet can either control air currents (and I do mean that in a very loose, fantasy way) or affect the trajectory of any moving object their Aura recently comes into contact with. This Semblance is called Pixie Dust, and instead of a gun and cutlass, Scarlet wields two guns, either named Hook and Darling like in canon... or Faith and Trust (geddit). They can use this Semblance to fly, and infuse their bullets with their Semblance when loading them to cause them to curve in midair when fired. Yes, basically like that one movie, Wanted.

People who don't like physics breaking in live action movies hated the bullet curving mechanic, but I think it'd be a perfect fit in RWBY's universe. It adds a much-needed cool factor, and picturing Scarlet engraving smug comments and poetic farewells onto their bullets like lethal fortune cookies injects an element of charisma and playfulness to what I think is a really underutilised character, and one based on Peter Pan no less.

Now for Sage, he had a very ambiguous allusion. Some say he was based on an Aesop fable, and others on Hindu mythology.

Glad to know Miles Luna doesn't know the allusion to one of his own characters, especially knowing that SSSN is one of the earliest teams designed for RWBY, predating JNPR. But sure, let's give him the benefit of the doubt like we always do for CRWBY. /s

Given that this was so ambiguous and he also had no Semblance, I decided to take some liberties with Sage, and given his surname and appearance, I decided to look to Hindu mythology for Sage's allusion - a really cool but unexplored source of inspiration in RWBY. I was looking at some famous warriors and gods of myth like Arjuna, but I eventually settled on Kartikeya.

Kartikeya is the Hindu god of war. Known for riding a peacock and sometimes depicted having six heads, he also wields a spear with a leaf-shaped blade called a vel. In other countries he is named Murugan, and has a famous statue of him in Malaysia's Batu Caves.

I've redesigned Sage's clothes to more reflect Indian fashion (albeit a fantasy version of such) and with peacock feather motifs on his collar and chest. Sage here also fights with this spear instead of a greatsword, which you can see him holding in the sketch. His Semblance, Sanmukha ("Six-faced"), allows him to see in six different directions at once, having total 360° vision around himself. This vision can also pierce solid objects within a certain range.

While not immensely powerful by itself, Sage uses this to gain an almost unparalleled martial prowess, spatial awareness and foresight in combat, reflecting the god of war's own wisdom and skill. While I do really like the Roman numeral tattoos on his neck, I was also considering using Sanskrit or Tamil script - I should try that next time I go back to his design.

So yeah, that's Team SNSD from me! I'm pretty attached to Indian Sage, but next time I come back to them I want to take a shot at basing them after Tripitaka, Zhu Bajie (Pigsy) and Sha Wujing (Sandy) from Journey. I also need to be sure actual Hindu people are fine with him, since Kartikeya is still a widely-worshipped god in current times unlike Thor or Poseidon, so I hoped this portrayal of Sage as alluding to him is respectful enough.

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RWBY Moon: Ruby x Pyrrha Title: Just Desserts

As she presented Pyrrha with freshly baked cookies as thanks for giving her the new gun to play with, Ruby couldn't understand why her girlfriend was blushing like that. Clearly an interrogation was in order. Fortunately, she had other baked goods to serve as a bribe...

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Blown Out of Proportion (Part 1)

Author's Note: The person who requested this one asked for a lot of teasing about bursting and popping, mainly because I'm not into actually having that stuff in my stories but I'm okay with teasing it, so they were cool with me toning it down, which was nice.

As Team RWBY entered their second semester, they got together to coordinate their class schedules to give them some time off together. One free afternoon, the team decided to get together in Vale to watch a movie. Unfortunately, the selections weren’t great around that time of year, no awards season any time soon and it wasn’t time for the summer blockbusters yet, so the team chose the least bad looking one. As far as they could tell, it was some sort of artsy Mistralian horror movie about a killer inflating her victims to take them out. They didn’t exactly have high hopes for the movie, especially a scaredy cat like Ruby, but what was the worst that could happen.

About two hours later, the team left the cinema and had had very different experiences. Ruby hadn’t exactly watched the movie, spending most of the time hiding behind her hands, only occasionally peeking through the gaps between her fingers when things seemed less scary. Blake, meanwhile, hadn’t heard much of the movie, as she’d spent most of it covering both sets of ears to try and block out the popping and exploding of the killer’s victims, which fortunately happened off screen. Yang just plain couldn’t take the movie seriously, between laughing at the bad practical effects and the even worse CGI and mocking the half-hearted delivery of the lines whenever the victims started complaining about the pressure as they inflated. Weiss’ reaction was very different from the rest of the team. She sat in silence, eyes and ears fixed on every moment of the film, as shivers ran up and down her spine and she became more and more flustered as the film went on, squirming in her seat as she started feeling warmer and warmer. As soon as the film ended, Weiss made an immediate beeline for the bathrooms. After a few minutes, Weiss was back, looking much more relaxed.

“Sorry about that, just needed to get something out of my system,” Weiss said politely.

“Must’ve been important, you were going as red as Ruby’s cloak,” Yang pointed out. Weiss’ eyes widened.

“I-I don’t know what you mean. We should head back to Beacon,” Weiss stammered, before quickly leading the team back. The rest of the team shared confused looks, but didn’t want to push further at the moment.

---

Over the next week or so, the rest of the team could tell something was up with Weiss, but they weren’t sure what, and Blake and Ruby weren’t exactly eager to dig too deeply without Weiss’ permission. Yang, on the other hand, was more than happy to dig in, and she was fairly sure that she knew where to dig. She knew that Weiss was spending a lot of time away from the team and a lot of time on her scroll, either in the bathroom or the dorm room, and she really didn’t like people being near her when she was using her scroll. Also, all of this was happening not too long after the movie the team saw, giving Yang a hunch that it was connected to Weiss’ weird behaviour. Yang was pretty sure she could find the answers on Weiss’ scroll, but getting her away from it, especially when she was borderline paranoid, was not going to be an easy task. Fortunately for Yang, she was about to get some unexpected help.

One afternoon left just Weiss and Yang in the dorm room. Weiss had turned so that Yang couldn’t see her scroll. Yang was certain Weiss was doing this on purpose. Yang spotted the door opening and saw Ruby carefully entering, trying to do everything with a glass of milk in one hand and a plate of cookies in the other. Yang put together a quick plan and hoped for the best.

“Hey Weiss, can you check this thing for me really quick?” she asked as she held out a Grimm Studies worksheet she was working on. It was too far for Weiss to see clearly, so Weiss put her scroll screen down on the bed and got up. It was too quick for Ruby to react, as Weiss stepped into her way. There was a low speed crash as Ruby bumped into Weiss, spilling her milk all over Weiss’ jacket. Ruby was mortified, while Weiss had the look of someone who really wanted to be mad but was clearly trying to rein it in.

“Weiss, I’m so sorry, it was an accident I swear!” Ruby said quickly as she moved out of the way quick as a flash. Weiss let out an annoyed sigh, before taking a deep breath in and a slow breath out.

“You’re right, it’s an accident, I didn’t see you either,” Weiss agreed, before heading to her drawers and grabbing another jacket. “You should clean up too,” Weiss added, pointing to the wet patch down the front of Ruby’s black top.

“Aw beans, you’re right. I’m sure JNPR will let me use their bathroom to clean up.” With that, Weiss and Ruby were out of the room, and Yang had the room all to herself. More importantly, she had easy access to Weiss’ scroll. Quick as she could, she leapt from her bunk and snatched up Weiss’ scroll. The first thing she saw was a chat between her and some artist that Weiss was commissioning. It looked like the artist had just linked the picture they had finished. Clicking on that, Yang was greeted with what she assumed was porn art of some woman, surprisingly realistic art. The first thing she was drawn to was the massive pale belly that was almost as big as the rest of her nude body. After that, she saw more of the familiar subject, her long white hair, her icy blue eyes, the scar over her eye. Yang knew what this was, Weiss had art of herself inflated like a balloon, and judging by what Weiss was saying to the artist, she was really into this. Yang quickly switched to the internet browser and searched Weiss’ history. There was the standard stuff a student would search, but there were a few unique results that caught Yang’s eye that made Yang’s conclusion even clearer. A trailer for the movie the team had watched, then scenes from the movie, then porn based on the movie, finally ending with plain old inflation porn. It was clear, Weiss had an inflation fetish. Yang quickly put the scroll back how she found it and got back up onto her bed to get back to look like she was studying, while really planning how to use this information to tease Weiss. As Weiss came back in a new jacket, Yang wanted to test the waters with regards to teasing.

“So, Weiss, great job with Ruby there,” Yang commented, sounding innocent enough. Weiss turned and raised an eyebrow.

“What is that supposed to mean?” Weiss asked, sounding just shy of indignant.

“Oh, y’know, you were so calm and understanding. You from the first semester really would have blown up and popped,” Yang said while keeping an eye on Weiss. The effect of something so innocuous was immediate, as Weiss went as red as a tomato and began to shiver slightly.

“I.. just… I need a shower,” Weiss blurted out, before disappearing into the bathroom again, this time with her scroll. Yang was right, this was the perfect way to tease Weiss, and she was so incredibly easy to set off. Yang was going to figure out all sorts of fun ways to do it.

When Yang began to put Operation Weiss Teaser into full swing, she took it very seriously, taking advantage of every opportunity she had.

---

Team RWBY was out for a team lunch at a café in Vale, having a lovely, relaxing time, when a heavily pregnant woman walked in. The woman’s shirt was tight around her round belly, so tight that her outie belly button was visible. Yang leaned over to Weiss, trying not to look like she was aiming the question specifically at her.

“So, that lady that just walked in, how long d’you guys reckon until she pops?” Yang asked, making sure to pop her P’s. Yang flicked her eyes to the side and caught a brief glimpse of a glare aimed at her and Weiss’ cheeks turning red. Ruby had a look to try figure it out, while Blake just shrugged.

“I don’t know, a few weeks. When did you become a people watcher?” Blake asked, confused.

“Eh, don’t worry about it.”

---

A few days later, the team were studying together in their room, when suddenly, Yang pulled out a packet of balloons from under her pillow and started blowing them up, as if it was a totally normal thing to spontaneously do. The rest of the team could hear the sound of the balloons expanding. Weiss’ head whipped around, her eyes focused on the balloon and her body tensing up before quickly turning back.

“Yang, if you pop those…” Blake warned.

“Relax, Blake, I’m not gonna do that to ya. I just wanted to blow up a few for some practice, since Ruby’s birthday’s coming up,” Yang explained. Ruby let out a cheer and Weiss shot up from her seat.

“I’m going to study in the library,” Weiss said quickly, gathering her things and disappearing in an instant, leaving Yang with a sense of smug self-satisfaction, Blake beginning to put the pieces together and Ruby just plain confused.

---

That weekend, Team RWBY were out with Team JNPR at a pizza place celebrating an assignment well done. The two teams were chatting away when Yang dragged the conversation off to the topic of how much pizza each of them could eat.

“Psh, you guys are weak. I could totally eat 3 pizzas, no sweat,” Yang bragged, sneaking a peak at the increasingly red-faced Weiss.

“No way, you’d totally explode,” Jaune dismissed with a wave.

“Hey, if we were talking pancakes, I’d totally beat your butt,” Nora challenged, pointing a finger at Yang. “It’s why Ren doesn’t let me go to all you can eat pancake places anymore. I was so full and my gut was so big I could barely walk outta there last time. Seriously, I thought I was about to pop.” In amongst the bragging and declarations of gastronomical feats, Ren leaned over to Weiss, whose face was had gone almost fully red.

“Are you okay? Your face is very red,” he asked quietly, so the others couldn’t hear. Weiss straightened up, stiff as a board.

“I-it’s just warm in here, is all,” Weiss weakly offered. Fortunately, Ren didn’t try to push further, letting Weiss avoid the real answer. Her real answer would have included her desire to put a glyph under Yang and launch her into the stratosphere, but she knew that wasn’t something one says during dinner with friends.

---

Things carried on like this for a while, pointing out stuff to set Weiss off, sending stuff to Weiss to set her off, talking about stuff to set Weiss off. After a while, Weiss’ reactions stopped being so dramatic as she just got used to them and just saw them as something to be annoyed about. Of course, they still set Weiss off, and she was still probably one of the horniest students at Beacon Academy. To Yang, however, her reactions were so understated and, to be completely honest, boring. Yang knew that she needed something more dramatic to really get Weiss to react now, and Yang had just the plan.

One late afternoon, while Ruby and Blake were studying together and Weiss was alone in the dorm room, Yang went out to a quiet little buffet. She had swapped her normal jacket and tube top for a sleeveless flannel shirt with just her bra underneath, and it was an important part of the plan for her shirt to be buttoned up. When she entered the buffet, it was just a regular shirt that fit Yang just fine, if maybe just a touch snug around the chest. Four plates of buffet food and two hours later, it was a whole different story. Yang had stuffed herself full beyond belief and her shirt was nice and tight around her packed belly. The buttons weren’t in danger of bursting just yet, but Yang knew how to fix that. One quick trip to a hardware store later and Yang was the proud owner of a high-quality bike pump. After Yang sneakily inserted the hose inside herself, she made her way back to Beacon, slowly pumping herself up. She knew she was catching some attention, but she didn’t care as she walked through the streets, pumping herself bigger and bigger, feeling her belly groaning from the building pressure. Her buttons grew tighter and gaps were beginning to form between the buttons, letting her belly peek out, but Yang paced herself, didn’t want the finale to start before she could show Weiss.

Not long later, Yang’s belly was looking round as an overinflated ball, and feeling just as firm. Her buttons were moments from giving out. Fortunately, the one person who Yang wanted to see was just on the other side of the door. She carefully opened it and snuck in, seeing Weiss in her nightgown, laying on the bed reading. Yang sauntered up to the bed, pumping away.

“Oh Weiss!” Yang sang. Weiss looked up to respond, but Yang’s bloated belly caught her tongue as she stared and went red. “I had so much to eat tonight, I don’t think I’ve ever been so stuffed,” Yang moaned as she kept pumping. “But that wasn’t enough for me! All this air’s making me feel so tight!” With that, the buttons burst, popping off and flying towards the dumbfounded Weiss. Yang let out a sigh of relief. “Ah, much better. Man, I really feel like a blimp,” Yang added, gently rubbing her belly. “Real glad my shirt gave out finally, I reckon I was gonna pop if I went any bigger.” Weiss tried to respond, but her head was a maelstrom of emotions, mostly variations of anger and arousal. Before she could say anything, Yang was heading towards her bed. “Oh, geez, I didn’t know this took so much energy, I’m beat.” Yang carefully made her way into bed and was out like a light, leaving Weiss horny and frustrated. Weiss, wanting to waste no time, hid under her covers and buried her hand in her aching pussy. As she furiously fingered herself, she came up with a plan to get Yang back for all the teasing and flustering.

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As the rest of the week went by, Yang was positively basking in the attention her classmates were giving her. Sure, her shirts didn’t fit right for a few days, and sure, the attention was mostly people being kinda weirded out, but Yang was all about it. She was also excited to see Weiss all flustered around her, especially the couple of times when Yang brushed past her, bumping her bloated belly into Weiss, or the time she tricked Weiss into touching her belly. What Yang didn’t know, was that this whole time Weiss had been plotting her revenge, and her plan was all ready to spring on Yang that weekend.

---

“Yang, I hope you consider accepting this peace offer,” Weiss concluded, having invited Yang out to a company dinner with her. Yang, having gone back down to her normal size, was very tempted accept. Weiss had mentioned that there was plenty of food and a bunch of people too polite to eat it all, Yang figured that this was either another perfect opportunity to tease and embarrass Weiss, or Weiss just trying to be nice and get her to stop. Yang nodded with a smile.

“Alright, I’m in. Tonight, was it?”

“Correct. I’ll take you there,” Weiss answered as Ruby was coming through the door.

“Ooh, where are you guys going?” Ruby asked excitedly. “Don’t have too much fun without your BFF.”

“Relax Ruby, it’s just one of her stuffy business things. She probably invited me so she doesn’t die of boredom,” Yang said with a dismissive wave.

---

That evening, Weiss was leading Yang into a hotel where the dinner was meant to be. Weiss was in a nice white dress and pale blue jacket, tidy but not excessively formal. Meanwhile, Yang wore slim fitting black pants and a brown sleeveless blouse that was about as tight as could be on Yang, not just around the chest, but also around a belly that Yang planned on bloating as much as possible. When the pair got up to the private dining room, they found a room all set out for about ten guests, food included, but no guests in sight.

“Hey, Weiss, are you sure it was tonight?” Yang asked, leaning down to Weiss’ ear. Weiss huffed and pulled out her scroll.

“I guess I have a call to make. Take a seat, I’ll figure this out,” Weiss said, sounding properly irritated to Yang. Yang shrugged and made her way to the table, pulling the solid looking seat at the head for herself and taking a seat. The moment she was seated, metal shackles came out of the thick arms and legs, locking around Yang’s wrists and ankles before she could even notice. Yang tugged and kicked to no avail.

“Damnit, Weiss, what the hell?!” Yang called out, her eyes a fiery red as she tried to turn to face Weiss as Weiss sauntered around in front of her.

“You should’ve known this was a trap,” Weiss said smugly.

“Not like you could catch me any other way,” Yang bit back. Yang took a breath and her eyes went back to their normal lilac, before putting on a smile. “Y’know, this seems awfully familiar. Guess your little kink wasn’t the only thing that movie gave you…” Before Yang could keep talking, Weiss grabbed some food from the table and shoved it into your mouth, covering Yang’s mouth so she couldn’t spit it out.

“With what I’ve had to put with over the last few weeks, I think it’s time for you to stop talking.” With that, Weiss kept on shovelling food into Yang’s mouth as Yang kept chewing and swallowing to keep up. Quiet muffled moans slipped from Yang’s mouth, egging Weiss on as Yang squirmed in her seat. Before the pair knew it, all the food was gone, and Yang was sporting a very full and very gravid looking belly. Yang’s top had untucked itself and all the buttons over her belly had popped open as Weiss fed her. Even Yang’s pants button had undone itself as her belly dwarfed the one Yang was sporting after her last stuffing and almost as big as it was after she inflated herself. Yang was still a little dazed when she saw a group of dust vials pop up in front of her. “I hope you have room for more, I wouldn’t want this brand new E-Dust to go to waste, with how hard it was to get it from the company,” Weiss teased.

“Hah, I can take it,” Yang said, looking more confident than she sounded. Weiss grabbed a vial, held Yang’s mouth open and poured it in. The effect took a moment to properly kick in, as Yang felt a strange immense pressure all over her body, but mainly focused in her stomach. Then, her belly began to inflate before her eyes. Up until now, this whole thing was actually kind of fun for Yang, but as her belly grew, it began to ache and groan. Weiss grabbed another dust vial and emptied it into Yang’s mouth. The pressure in Yang’s belly was incredible and more than Yang had ever felt by a long shot. Yang felt the pain of her sore stomach fuel her semblance and saw an opportunity. She flexed and pushed and broke out of her restraints like they were barely there. With a belly the size of a beach ball, Yang stood unsteadily as Weiss stared wide eyed, like a deer in headlights.

“Oh no,” Weiss whimpered, almost certain of what was going to happen next. Yang grabbed Weiss with one hand and the rest of the vials with the other. She shoved them into Weiss’ mouth and emptied the contents. Weiss felt the odd feeling Yang felt, and then she blew up like a balloon. Her belly pushed up her skirt as it grew and pushed Yang and her blimp-like belly away. The pair stumbled and fell to the ground as their bellies kept growing, their stomachs seeming to have adjusted slightly to what they were doing. Their bellies ached and felt so tight they could pop as they grew to incredible sizes, before their bellies ended up bigger than they were, pale masses that looked unnatural on their normally slim frames. Weiss delicately adjusted herself to cover herself up, now that her dress definitely couldn’t contain or cover her belly, let alone anything below it, while Yang lay back as her belly rose into the air, yet still felt so light.

“Hey, Weiss, I think we might’ve gone too far. Sorry for all the teasing and stuff,” a red-faced Yang said quietly. Weiss, equally red faced, nodded in agreement.

“As much as I may have enjoyed this, you’re right. And I also apologise, this was the wrong thing to do.” There was a quiet moment as the pair reflected on the last little while, while also coming up with the right way to say things without sounding too horny.

“So, truce? For real this time, I mean,” Yang offered.

“Agreed, if it means we can do this again some time,” Weiss added.

“Oh absolutely. I’m kinda getting the appeal to this,” Yang said in a breathy tone, before realising something. “Uh, I think we’re gonna need help getting out of here,” Yang said, trying to carefully stand up. Weiss let out a sigh.

“I didn’t think about that,” she admitted as she pulled out her scroll. “I’ll call Ruby and Blake, maybe they can help up.”

One dial later, Ruby and Blake had answered.

“Are you two okay? Your aura readings are way down,” Ruby asked loudly.

“Me and Weiss… did something kinda dumb,” Yang said sheepishly.

“I hope you two finally have whatever this is out of your system,” Blake said flatly.

“Don’t worry, we learned our lesson,” Weiss reassured, embarrassed to have to do this, “Now, can you help up get back to Beacon?” Blake let out a sigh.

“We’ll try.”

“Catch you later!”

With that, Blake and Ruby hung up, leaving the massive Yang and Weiss in the dining room.

“So… what do you think the others will think when they see us?” Yang asked, wanting to fill the silence.

---

A few hours later, Yang and Weiss were back in the dorm, having deflated to the point where they were able to fit through the door. They weren’t small by any means, still looking like they were heavily pregnant with a few overdue. As the pair sat on Weiss’ bed, they caught glimpses of Ruby and Blake sneaking glances at the pair and their bellies as they went about looking after their bloated pair.

“Reckon we could see how big they can get next time?” Yang whispered to Weiss. “Only if they want to, of course.”

“We can only hope,” Weiss said softly. Yang leant in for a gentle embrace and a soft kiss on Weiss’ bloated belly.

“Again, I’m really sorry for all the teasing and bullying,” Yang said sincerely.

“It’s okay. After all, it’s not as if you’ll do it again,” Weiss said with a knowing smile.

“It’d be kinda hypocritical, wouldn’t it,” Yang agreed. Any further plans weren’t too important right now, they had to focus on dealing with their massive bellies until they were back to normal.

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About Me

My name is Anairis, and I’m a nonbinary, autistic 22 year old with a deep love for games, cartoons, and everything horror. My current hyperfixations are Genshin Impact, One Piece, and RWBY, but it can always change at any point. I mostly made this post to talk about what I post about so that if you don’t like any of the content, you don’t have to interact with me :)

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-RWBY

-Cookie Run (Kingdom and Ovenbreak)

-Genshin Impact

-One Piece

-Winx Club

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-Project Sekai

-MCYT

-Markiplier

-My own personal writing!

Content Warnings

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-Leaks

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All the serious stuff aside, here's some stuff that's just about me!

My Favorite Characters

-Weiss Schnee

-Winter Schnee

-Whitley Schnee

-Qrow Branwen

-Oscar Pine

-Ozpin

-Neopolitan

-Maria Calavera

-Nahida/Kusanali

-Baizhu

-Kokomi

-Layla

-Alhaitham

-Tartaglia

-Yoimiya

-Klee

-Squid Ink Cookie

-Lisa

-Furina

-Neuvillette

-Lyney

-Navia

-Doflamingo

-Sanji

-Ichiji

-Nami

-Jinbe

-Carrot

-Amber Sugar Cookie

-Poison Mushroom Cookie

-Mocha Ray Cookie

-Cookiemals

-Moonlight Cookie

-Golden Cheese Cookie

-Financier Cookie

-Bloom

-Valtor

-Roxy

-Faragonda

-Aurelion Sol

-Diana

-Bard

-Miss Fortune

-Vladimir

-Skarner

-Senna

-Talon

-Thresh

-Soraka

-Xayah

-Rakan

-Kohane Azusawa

-An Shiraishi

-Haruka Kiritani

-Saki Tenma

-Shiho Hinomori

-Nene Kusanagi

-Ena Shinonome

-Mizuki Akiyama

Current Writing WIP, Unnamed

Here is the summary (not final), as well as an excerpt from the book I'm currently writing! It's horror sci-fi and will be a series, though I have decided if it will be 3 books or more yet.

Life as they know it will be permanently turned upside down....

In the deepest depths of space there lurks something unimaginably horrific, pure evil in every way. And it's coming.

Aliens have come to Earth, with a warning, and a plea for help. By complete accident, Grace Alwyn finds herself suddenly tangled up in the plot to rescue the universe, but can she really trust anyone? Vexus Xiulatius, the mysterious general who seems to know more than he's letting on, Aili Brill, the pretty scientist who won't actually tell anyone what here experiments are about, and Cyrus Vientril, the slightly odd yet endearing soldier who avoids every single one of Grace's questions.

Grace knows she's gotten herself involved in something that puts her life at risk, but for some reason she can't explain, she feels she's meant to be here.

"What," I say, slowly, "is that?"

Vexus avoids my gaze, uncomfortable. "You... Were not supposed to see this."

On his monitor is a fuzzy image of something very large floating through space. I can't make out many details, but it's nothing like what we were told we'd be facing.

I stare at him, a mixture of shock, anger, and fear coursing through my veins. "How can you hide this from everyone? This- this changes everything!"

"It changes nothing." Vexus pulls himself together and looks at me, his steely grey eyes filled with disdain. "If we told you humans the truth about what we're facing, nobody would want to do it."

"They deserve that choice!"

"That is not your decision to make." Vexus turns the monitor off. "Please leave, and do not tell anyone of what you saw in here." He turns around. "Seriously, Grace. This is for the best. You will understand."

I shake my head. "No Vexus, I don't know if I will." I leave his office, disgusted by everything I saw, our conversation, and the fact that I am completely helpless in this situation.

I'm always looking for more friends that share my interests :) My inbox is always open if you ever wanna chat! All I ask is that you're around the same age as me, I don't really feel comfortable befriending minors as I prefer to hang out with people my own age. I don't really have a DNI list since I can't moderate who interacts with my posts when most people probably won't read it even if I did have one (I also think they're very silly for that reason). Just be kind and we're good :)

[littlemisssquiggles]

I JUST NOTICE OZPIN(OZMA) + SALEM = GREEN AND RED OSCAR + RUBY = GREEN AND RED AND NOW CLOVER + QROW = GREEN AND RED, THEIR EYES, I JUST NOTICE AND OMG

Hey Lethie X3 Well for me, I’ve always noticed the correlation between the Fairy-tale pair (Ozma and Salem) and the Rosegardening Rosebuds (Ruby and Oscar) based on their shared red and green complementary colour scheme. Qrow and Clover are a first. However now that you’ve pointed out, I’m seeing it.

Still not fully convinced that these two will be a couple or anything like that as yet. I mean, I wouldn’t mind it if the show took it in that direction. However for now, this squiggle meister has mainly been enjoying the wholesome comradery between Qrow and Clover. I think it’s nice that Qrow was able to find himself a new friend in arms in Atlas he canbond with and talk to. Their friendship seems like a cool one thus far but I can’thelp but feel like there may be a catch to why Qrow is being paired up with Clover.

Y’know apart from the obvious fact that Clover is literally Qrow’s polar opposite in terms of semblance and demeanour. One thing that I’ve been hoping to see is for Clover to question Qrow on whether or not he’s ever had someone believe in him before just so their conversation can prompt Qrow potentially discussing his past with Oz with Clover.

As far as the audience knows, Qrow has known Oz from since he was a teenager at 17 years old attending Beacon Academy for the first time with his sister Raven. Oz has known Qrow from since he was a lad and watched him grow into an adult. Even helped him to define himself in some way. Am I the only one that just wants Qrow to talk about Oz in a more…positive light that isn’t remotely hypocritical?

Again, I get that he’s resentful of Oz right now but…I’m sorry but it kind of irks me a little that since Argus Qrow has been walking around as if his entire relationship with Oz has been nothing but a lie…and I guess that’sprobably what the intention is but nonetheless, it still doesn’t bug me anyless, y’know?

“…Meeting you was the worst luck of my life…”

I get that Qrow is still upset with Oz. I get that he’s still very much hurt about Oz and what he learnt of him back in Argus. I understand all of that yet I still can’thelp but want to pinch Qrow. This only puts Oz’s statement to Yang back inV6CH2 more into context:

“…But does one lapse in judgement truly negate all of his good? Don’t weall have regrets?”

I dunno. It kind of bums me out how quickly Qrow tossed out his entire friendship with Oz over his secrets about Salem. I know some folks are probably going to tell me that Oz lied big time and Qrow has every right to be upset with him and feel the way he feels, which I’m not denouncing by the way.

It’s just that…it’s NOT like Qrow was only a tool for Oz or anything like that. That wasn’t their relationship. Qrow was one of Ozpin’s longstanding allies. One of the members of his Inner Circle of closest most trusted companions. For Pete’s sake Qrow, OZ WAS YOUR FRIEND M’DUDE! We all saw how devastated he looked after what you said to him back in V6CH4!

You don’t get that kind of expression from someone who didn’t love you or at least cared deeply about you in some shape or form. I guess what I’m mostly trying to get at here is that I want Qrow to talk about Oz and not in a way that erases the good part of their bond.

I still haven’t forgotten how Qrow deadass told Ruby with a straight face that she’s no different than Oz just because she chose to put her trust in people she deemed trustworthy when Qrow himself is a primary exemplar of Oz’s trust and has been for many years!

I want Qrow to be egged into recalling one of the happiest moments of his life only for it to be one that just so happened to be because of Oz, thus prompting Qrow to think of Oz and remember that…it wasn’t ALL bad between them, y’know what I’m saying?

Don’t get me wrong, Clover Ebi is great and like I said, I dig his growing rapportwith Qrow. However at the time same time, I can’t help but feel like Clover is just a temporary replacement for Oz since he and Qrow had their beef and now Qrow needs a new best friend and someone to talk to outside of the kiddies. He’s kind of like the rebound Ozpin in a way.

Not trying to imply that as an insult to Clover’s character—it’s just that right now, he’s more or less fulfilling that role for Qrow where I knew Oz used to be once upon a time. But for the most part, I’m hoping that Clover plays counsellor to Qrow and helps him through his misgivings over his semblance which are tied into his kerbed feelings toward Oz. Clover strikes me as the kind of down to earth guy to be that type of good buddy. I think Qrow can learn a thing or two from Clover and in turn, I think Clover can really help Qrow since, after all thatwe saw him go through emotionally last season (which actually began as early as V4), I think Qrow could really use a friend right now.

Not so sure about Clover becoming a “boyfriend” for Qrow but I will say this though, Qrow looking coy after Clover complimented him was actually really cute. Especially Clover’s soft smile at him afterwards. This “bromance” is just too pure. 

Oh and by the way, apart from Clover, did you also notice that Qrow and Oz share the same red and green complementary colour scheme too? Just saying.

All that being said, Clover and Qrow as a ship is admittedly cute. However I’m not a fan of the Fair Game ship name. @_ebea on Twitter once suggested Fortune Cookies for the Qrow x Clover ship and I’m actually more in favour of that name. Sounds more adorable to me. But that’s just my opinion.

Just to differentiate on my end as I always do, I’ll refer to Qrow x Clover’s bromantic FRIEND-ship as Fortune Cookies while keeping the FNDM’s pick of Fair Game when referring to their romantic ship.

For now, this squiggle meister is very contented with Fortune Cookies and the direction the PLOT seems to be taking them slowly, particularly on Qrow’s part. I just hope that at some point this bond aids in his own path towards self-healing while additionally helping  Qrow remember his ole friend from Oz as well. 

~LittleMissSquiggles (2019)

[ninjasofl0v3]

given ruby's recent bratty behaviour, ironwood should really do something about it and punish her. maybe clover can help. :3

🦋 content! : age gap. dubcon. mindbreak. multiple partners.

funnily enough i wrote a mini oneshot for that in my ninjas of love anthology where james left her with a vibe in her pussy until she learns to behave. ✨ i could absolutely see clover getting in on the action, having some fun with the pretty little rose & letting her cockwarm him with her ass while he idly toys with the vibe in her pussy, his knuckles dragging over her swollen clit every once in a while. crooning in her ear that this can all be over if she just behaves while he slips fingers covered in her slick in her mouth.

[sufferthesea]

Fortune (Qrow Branwen)

Summary: Qrow, Tai, and the girls go out to eat to celebrate Tai’s birthday. They each get a fortune cookie.  Word Count: 1,857 Characters: Qrow Branwen, Taiyang Xiao Long, Yang Xiao Long, Ruby Rose Warnings: None Rating: General / No Ship Originally Posted: RWBY Amino (username: MutualOzpining), AO3 (username: akimikono) 

Qrow did not want to go out on such a night, but he hadn’t been given much of a choice. Between his nieces hounding him nonstop to train or play video games, and Ozpin sending him on missions one right after another, there was very little time to himself. He would rather not spend that precious free time in the presence of people he couldn’t hide from. But it was Taiyang’s birthday and — despite not having much love for birthday celebrations — both men had been convinced (or rather, coerced) into taking Ruby and Yang out to a restaurant to mark another year on Remnant. So after a mere fifteen minutes to get home and clean up, he headed out the door to meet up with the rest of his family. 

The restaurant was dimly lit with black and red lacquer screens blocking off the hostess stand from the booths. The screens were decorated in flaking gold images of wheat fields and cranes. There were more people than expected, considering it was a weeknight and there were many other (much better) restaurants in town. There were better restaurants right across the street. Still, Ruby and Yang insisted on this particular restaurant for some reason. 

It smelled like smoke and animal fat, and there was a distinct aroma like burnt oil hanging on the air that permeated the vinyl seats. The hostess, a kind but otherwise unremarkable woman in a black and red dress matching the paper screens, led them to their booth near the back of the dining room. She passed out menus that were almost as large as Ruby herself. 

“Would you like to hear the specials?” she asked, voice chipper but the bags under her eyes told Qrow that she was exhausted. 

“No thanks,” Qrow said, speaking for everyone. He had caught a glimpse of the sandwich board standing in front of the hostess stand that had the day’s specials scrawled across it. 

Leek and Salmon Soup. Liver and Noodles. Bok Choy Salad (sold out). 

He thought he would spare the waitress having to exert any more energy than she needed to. 

“What can I get you to drink?” 

Ruby cleared her throat, folded her hands onto the table and stared at the waitress grimly. “Do you have chocolate milk?” 

“We do, but it only comes in small glasses. It’s part of the children’s menu.” 

Ruby nodded solemnly, “Make it two chocolate milks, then.” 

“I’ll just have water, thanks,” Yang said, smiling brightly. 

“Are you sure, Yang?” Tai asked as he thumbed through the menu to the drink selection. “You don’t have to just get water.” 

“Yeah, Yang!” Ruby cut in, “Water is boring. We can make it three chocolate milks.” 

“I’m training for the Vytal Festival, Ruby. I’m not going to have any extra sugar before then.” 

“Why? Do you think you’re fat? You aren’t fat! Dad, tell Yang she isn’t fat!” 

“You aren’t fat, Yang —” 

“I never said I was! But I’m not fourteen anymore! I can’t eat as much sugar as Ruby! I need to be focused and —” 

“Chocolate milk helps me focus!” 

Qrow sighed, placing his chin in his hand and looked to the waitress. She seemed confused, startled even. She caught his eye and he decided it was now or never if he was going to order. 

“I’ll take whatever’s cheapest on your liquor shelf.” 

“Uh … okay.” She scribbled it down on her notepad. 

“Thanks, hon,” he said, giving her a small wink. 

Her face flushed redder than her apron and she stuttered out a question, asking Tai for his drink. 

“Ruby, please — just let your sister order what she wants. Yang, no one is calling you fat. Please, just — you know what? I’ll take whatever Qrow is having!” Tai motioned wildly toward the man sitting across from him. “I think I could use it!” 

Without waiting for another word, the waitress hurried off through the swinging doors into the back of the restaurant. 

Qrow rested his head heavier into his palm and tapped the tabletop with his fingertips. He grimaced the moment he realized his fingers were having a hard time bouncing back from the wood. It was coated in something sticky and something that he did not want to be touching. 

“Nice place they got here,” he muttered, sitting up and hearing the fabric over his elbow tearing away from the stickiness on the table.

The other three settled down enough to gloss over the menu. Ruby had naturally shuffled to the kid’s menu where at least the food sounded edible. Yang was trying to decide what food would benefit her most in the training session that would soon follow after dinner. Tai was staring at the prices listed down the right side of the menu, his eyes widening. For such a dirty restaurant, they sure charged an arm and a leg. 

Tai must have spotted something absurdly expensive because he immediately snatched the menus out of everyone’s hand and quickly said, “We’re all just going to share an appetizer and we can eat real food at home.” 

“Dad!” Ruby cried, “It’s your birthday! We’re supposed to have a special dinner!” 

“Sharing egg rolls is special,” Tai said as the waitress arrived with their drinks. After she distributed the drinks, he handed over the menus. “Which is exactly what we’re going to do. The egg roll appetizer, please. And then that will be it.” 

“Perfect!” the waitress said and this time she seemed to genuinely smile. She disappeared to the back again. 

“Dad, that’s not fair,” Ruby gasped as she stuck a straw into the first chocolate milk and slurped it down. “We’ve been waiting all year for your birthday dinner. We’re supposed to treat you!” 

“Treat me? Aren’t I paying for this?” 

“That’s part of the specialness,” Ruby insisted. 

“Yeah, Dad. It’s an honor to be the adult in this group.” 

“Nice try, Yang.” 

“What? Somebody has to be the adult, and it’s certainly not Ruby or Qrow.” 

“Hey, kid,” Qrow muttered, picking up his glass and swirling it around. “I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but only adults can drink whiskey. And what’s in my glass? That’s right. So that makes me an adult.” 

“I’m pretty sure your glass is full of future bad decisions,” Ruby piped up, already halfway through her second glass. 

Qrow huffed something like a curse under his breath and finished his glass. Soon the food arrived and the three egg rolls were meticulously split into four equal portions. It was quickly devoured and Tai even had the momentary thought to order something else when Ruby said she might pass out from hunger until he remembered the prices and decided against it. 

“Can we at least get a dessert?” Ruby exhaled, throwing her head back against the booth once she finished her final chocolate milk. “I think I’m gonna starve before we get home.” 

Yang nodded as she rattled the ice in her empty cup. “I agree.” 

“We’ll stop for something cheaper on the way home,” Tai said, throwing a few lien on the table. “Let’s get going.” 

They shuffled out of the booths and headed to the door. 

“Thank you,” Tai said, waving a hand in passing to the waitress. “Payment and tip are on the table.” 

“Oh, did you want a receipt?” 

“That’s fine, I don’t need it.” 

“How about your fortune cookies?” 

“Yes, please!” Ruby and Yang chimed in together. 

The waitress dug through her apron pocket and pulled out a few cookies. She handed one to Ruby, Yang, and Tai.

“How about you?” she asked Qrow. He grunted and she pulled out another one and put it in his hand, returning his wink from earlier. 

“What does yours say?” Yang asked her dad and she broke open her own cookie and stuffed it into her mouth, flattening the paper. 

“A friendly gathering is in your future,” Tai read from his paper. “Huh, I guess it means this friendly gathering!” He threw his arms around his daughters and squeezed their shoulders. 

Ruby chewed on her cookie loudly and read hers. “A business deal will succeed and you’ll be recognized for your hard work. Yang! Do you think this is referring to the Vytal Festival! Do you think I’ll win?!” 

“It’s not really a business deal, but maybe it has something to do with a mission we’ll be sent on! Those are business deals, right? Huh, mine says, Be careful of the company you keep. Not everyone is your friend. That’s ominous. Why did I get this and you both got really nice ones?” 

“It’s probably talking about Weiss,” Ruby said under her breath, then broke out into giggles. “Oh! Please don’t tell her I said that!” 

“I’m definitely telling her.” 

“Yang! No!” 

Qrow rolled his own cookie into his palm for a moment before breaking it open and pulled out the small paper. He smoothed it down and read it over silently. “Hm,” he grumbled, folding it and sticking it into his pocket. 

“Uncle Qrow?” Ruby called. 

“What?” 

“Can I have your cookie?” Her eyes focused on the food in his hands. 

“Oh, sure.” He handed the two halves to Ruby. 

“What’d your fortune say?” Yang asked. 

“I don’t remember,” Qrow said, heading out the front door. “You guys don’t really believe in that stuff, do you?” 

“Only when it’s something good!” Yang grinned at him. 

“Tai,” Qrow said as he ambled down the road, hands in his pocket, “why don’t you take Ruby and Yang to get something else to eat? I think I’m going to head home.” 

“But —!” Ruby cried, hanging onto Qrow’s arm. “It’s Dad’s birthday! You have to be with us!” 

“I was with you, kid. But it’s getting late and I have some business to take care of.” 

“Hey, sounds like you needed Ruby’s fortune instead,” said Yang. 

“Yeah, I still don’t know what business deal they mean. I can’t really see myself as a businesswoman.” 

The girls chattered amongst themselves while Qrow and Tai loitered behind. 

“Are you sure you don’t want to join us?” 

“Yeah, it’s just that Oz has me doing a lot of things. I’ve got to get back and work. I’m already pretty far behind.” 

“We can just get something quick for you to eat.” 

“That’s fine, I’m not really that hungry.” 

“Well, thanks for coming out anyway.” 

“Yeah. Happy birthday.” Qrow ambled down the sidewalk past the girls and nodded at them. “I’ll see you girls around later.” 

Yang and Ruby clung to Qrow’s arms again, releasing him only at their dad’s request. They waved goodbye as Qrow disappeared down the street. 

An hour later, Qrow was sitting in his apartment, another glass of whiskey in his hand. He stared blankly at the wall for a while before he reached into his pocket and pulled out the paper that he’d hidden there. He unfolded it between his index finger and thumb, and read it over. A small smile spread across his face. 

A happy ending is in your future. 

He hummed, finished the drink and set the empty glass on the table next to him. “Yeah. We’ll see.” 

[awsydawnarts]

Rating RWBY Parents

I rated all of the RWBY parents I could think of when I should have been sleeping! Enjoy!

Li Ren: Wise and selfless. Gives great advice. Sacrificed himself to save his son. Responsible for Ren’s luscious black hair. Great dad, 100/10. Rip.

An Ren: What a sweetheart. So pretty. Such a good mom. Keeps a level head during a Grimm attack for her kid (take notes Mamma Valkyrie). Responsible for Ren’s beautiful pink eyes. 100/10, Ren has the best parents in the show.

Summer Rose: Baker of cookies and slayer of giant monsters. She seems awesome, hopefully she’s not a hound or secretly evil (actually that’s exactly what I want but that would lower her score), 10/10.

Pietro Polendina: Sacrificed part of his soul twice so that Penny could exist. Kind, good natured, clearly loves his daughter very much, all around pretty awesome. Loses a point due to his overprotectiveness impeding Penny’s ability to live her life, but overall a pretty solid dad, 9/10.

Terra Cotta-Arc: Not much screentime but she’s a pretty good mom. She does lose a point because she let her kid get tangled up in stealing an Atlas airship. 9/10.

Saphron Cotta-Arc: Again, not much screentime. Pretty good from what we saw of her. Loses two points for being the one physically present while her kid contributed to stealing an Atlas airship. 8/10.

Jaune’s Mom: If I’m remembering the tiny snippets of dialogue about her correctly, a good mom who loves Jaune very much but didn’t believe in his ability to succeed as a huntsman (with good reason). 8/10, wish we knew more about her.

Pyrrha’s Mom (?): Kind of hard to judge, but she seemed like a nice lady. Is she even Pyrrha’s mom? Idk, a bit confusing, but anyone who raised a kid like Pyrrha can’t be half bad, 6/10.

Ozma (2.0): Not necessarily a bad dad, but partially responsible for his kids’ deaths. Oops. 5/10, it’s okay buddy you’ll get many, many more shots.

Ghira Belladonna: Protective, a little awkward, but cares about Blake a lot. Not enough to stop his daughter from joining Adam’s branch of the White Fang or to keep her away from the aforementioned piece of literal garbage though? Really? Come on Ghira, you can be better. 5/10.

Kali Belladonna: Very cute and sweet, but same issues as Ghira. Also, she liked Sun way too much considering what a bad first impression he made and the fact that Blake had just gotten out of an abusive relationship. I know he’s cute Kali but 4/10.

Jaune’s Dad: I think we know even less about him than about Jaune’s mom, but he also didn’t believe Jaune could be a huntsman. Plus, he seems to have given Jaune some issues with toxic masculinity that were never fully addressed? Fortunately Jaune grew past those, but eh. 4/10.

Taiyang Xiao Long: Look, I get it man, depression sucks. Having your second wife die on you sucks. Having to raise yourself and your little sister on top of dealing with your second mom’s death and the sudden loss of your father as well sucks too, and it was undeniably Not Cool of Tai to put Yang in that situation. He had some good dad moments later on, but I really can’t give him any higher than a 3/10. Sorry Tai.

Willow Schnee: The show is trying really hard to make her sympathetic right now, and it’s kind of working, but she abandoned her kids to fend for themselves against their abusive father and became an alcoholic. She’s doing better, but an in universe day of helping isn’t quite enough, especially considering that she only started doing so when Weiss did the work of actually arresting and removing Jaques. 1/10, but I’m hopeful that she can improve her score.

Mamma Valkyrie: Pretty bad. From what we know of her, she ended up losing Nora during a Grimm attack. Best-case scenario, she was intentionally trying to lead them away and just couldn’t find Nora again (girl HOW), which is still not great because precious baby Nora ended up homeless and starving. Worst-case scenario, she intentionally left her behind to die. Neither option or anything in between is good. Whatever happened, it messed Nora’s self-worth up pretty bad. -10/10, sorry.

Jaques Schnee: Ugh. A snake with a mustache is a good way to describe him, thanks Robyn. Bad person, bad husband, bad dad, bad villain...can he do anything right? I’m glad he’s in jail where he belongs. Weiss why you gotta be so good and insist on moving him before Atlas falls. -10/10.

Raven Branwen: Raven sucks. At least with Nora’s mom, we can make the excuse that she lost her. Raven has the ability to create a portal to her daughter and simply choses to pretend Yang doesn’t exist. Yeah, she originally left her with not-as-depressed Tai, Summer, and probably pre-alcohol Qrow, but she never stepped in when Summer died and Tai became neglectful, so clearly she didn’t do it because she cared. Never showed up, no matter how hard Yang’s life was, not even when she lost her arm. She saved Yang once? Why couldn’t she do it more than once? Why did she stay away? Why is she the worst? -15/10, she should be ashamed of herself.

James Ironwood: Honorable mention. He’s not really Penny’s dad, but he could have been if he wasn’t a bad one. -100/10. Don’t think I need to explain why.

Marcus Black: Oh my lord. Bad dad. Bad. Dad. Took Mercury’s semblance and legs, physically and mentally tortured him for years. What an awful guy. Good on you, Mercury, for giving him what he deserves. -1000/10, holy heck.

Salem: Killed her kids. -yikes/10.

[cherryinthesun]

Yang x Blake - ‘Fortune cookie’

One-shot RWBY fancomic

18 pages + afterword

PART 2

READ PART 1 HERE

You can get high res files (+other Bumbleby comic + illustrations) becoming Golden Cherry: https://patreon.com/CherryInTheSun

[princelymlm]

Gotta Be LGBT+

This is a list of just some of the LGBT+ content out there. Anything on this list was contains LGBT+ characters or was made by LGBT+ creators. All entries on this list were sent in by followers and have not been confirmed by the mod. (Entries with ‘rep not given’ next to them mean that the suggestion did not include what kind of representation is in the content)

Put everything under the cut since this list started getting really long

Books/Comics

They Both Die At The End - Adam Silvera (mlm)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire-Saénz (mlm)

Symptoms of Being Human (genderfluid)

Lily and Dunkin - Donna Gephart (trans/trans woman)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid (wlw/bi)

The Gentleman’s Guide To Vice and Virtue - Mackenzie Lee (mlm/gay/bi)

Been Here All Along - Sandy Hall (gay/bi)

History Is All You Left Me - Adam Silvera (mlm/gay)

Blue Is The Warmest Color - Julie Maroh (wlw/bi/lesbian)

Mask of Shadows - Linsey Miller (bi/genderfluid)

Once and Future - Cori McCarthy (wlw/mlm/gay/bi/nonbinary)

Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda - Beck Albertalli (mlm/gay)

Leah on the Offbeat - Becky Albertalli (wlw/bi)

Grasshopper Jungle - Andrew Smith (questioning/mlm)

The Rest of Us Just Live Here - Patrick Ness (mlm/gay)

Flying Tips For Flightless Birds - Kelly McCaughrain (mlm/gay)

I’ll Give You The Sun - Jandy Nelson (mlm)

Point Pleasant - Jen Archer Wood (mlm) 

True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys - Gerard Way (mlm/wlw)

The Wayfarers Series - Becky Chambers (wlw/aro/trans man/nonbinary/genderfluid)

Vesuvius Club - Mark Gatiss (bi)

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller (mlm)

Radio Silence - Alice Oseman (bi/mlm/demi/gay/pan/wlw/lesbian)

Of Fire and Stars - Audrey Coulthurst (wlw/lesbian)

Magnus Chase Series - Rick Riordan (genderfluid)

Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan (gay)

This Is Kind of An Epic Love Story - Kheyrn Callender (mlm/wlw)

Gracefully Grayson - Ami Polonsky (trans woman)

If I Was Your Girl - Meredith Russon (trans woman)

Call Me By Your Name - Andre Aciman (mlm)

Red, White, and Royal Blue - Casey McQuinston (mlm)

I Wish You All The Best - Mason Deaver (nonbinary)

Dreadnaught + Sovereign - April Daniels (wlw/trans woman)

The Art of Being Normal - Lisa Williamson (trans)

The Gone Series - Michael Grant (mlm/wlw)

One Of Us Is Lying - Karen McManus (mlm)

Six Of Crows - Leigh Bardugo (mlm)

Crooked Kingdom - Leigh Bardugo (rep not given)

The Last Sun - Author Not Provided (rep not given)

Romeo and/or Juliet - Ryan North (rep not given)

American Gods - Neil Gaiman (mlm/gay/bi) 

The Mage Wars Series - Mercedes Lackey (gay)

Scott Pilgrim vs The World - Bryan Lee O’Malley (mlm/gay/wlw)

Boyfriends With Girlfriends - Alex Sánchez (mlm/wlw/bi/gay)

Will Grayson, Will Grayson - David Levithan & John Green (mlm)

This Is Where It Ends -Marieke Nijkamp (lesbian/wlw)

Carry On - Rainbow Rowell (mlm)

Stranger Than Fanfiction - Chris Colfer (mlm/trans man/gay)

The Reader Trilogy (The Reader, The Speaker, The Storyteller) - Traci Chee (mlm/wlw/nonbinary)

I Was Born For This - Alice Oseman (trans)

Heartstopper - Alice Oseman (mlm)

The Broken Earth Trilogy - MK Jemisin (trans woman/poly/pan/mlm

A Boy Worth Knowing - Jennifer Cosgrove (mlm/bi/gay)

The Rifter - Author Not Provided (mlm)

Snapdragon - Author Not Provided (wlw/ trans woman)

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon (wlw/lesbian/mlm/gay)

Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters (wlw/lesbian)

Fingersmith - Sarah Waters (wlw/lesbian)

The Paying Guests - Sarah Waters (wlw/lesbian)

I Am J - Cris Beam (trans man)

Little And Lion - Brandy Colbert (bi)

Autoboyography - Christina Lauren (bi)

Felix Ever After - Kacen Callender (trans)

Birthday - Meredith Russo (trans)

Stay Gold - Tobly McSmith (trans)

You Should See Me In A Crown - Leah Johnson (lesbian)

Girls of Paper and Fire - Natasha Ngan (lesbian)

The Henna Wars - Adiba Jaigirdar (lesbian)

Let's Talk About Love - Claire Kann (ace)

The Lady's Guide To Petticoats and Piracy - Mackenzi Lee (ace/aro)

The Vanishers' Place - Aliette De Bodard (wlw)

Ash - Malinda Lo (wlw/bi)

The Little Homo Sapiens Scientist - S. L. Huang (wlw)

Everfair - Nisi Shawl (wlw)

Dread Nation: Risse Up - Justina Ireland (wlw/bi/ace)

The Gilda Stories - Jewelle Gomez (wlw/lesbian)

The True Queen - Zen Cho (wlw)

The Devourers - Indra Das (genderfluid/bi)

We Set The Dark On Fire - Tehlor Kay Mejia (wlw)

Smoketown - Tenea D. Johnson (wlw/lesbian)

Falling In Love With Hominids - Nalo Hopkinson (wlw)

The Fox’s Tower and Other Tales - Yoon Ha Lee (nonbinary)

Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado (wlw)

Beneath the Citadel - Destiny Soria (mlm/gay/bi/ace)

Witchmark - C.L Polk (mlm/gay)

The Prey of Gods - Nicky Drayden (trans/bi)

An Unkindness of Ghosts - Rivers Solomon (wlw/trans/nonbinary/intersex)

The Root - Na’amen Gobert Tilahun (mlm/gay)

Gods & Monsters: Snake Eyes - Hillary Monohan (wlw)

Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Cordova (wlw/bi)

The Winged Histories - Sofia Samatar (wlw)

The Weight of Stars - K. Ancrum (wlw)

Huntress - Malinda Lo (wlw)

Will Do Magic For Small Change - Andrea Hairston (bi/pan/nonbinary)

The Last Chronomancer - Reilyn J Hardy (aro/ace/genderfluid/lesbian)

A Taste of Honey - Kai Ashante Wilson (mlm/bi)

Deadline - Stephanie Ahn (wlw/lesbian)

The Read Threads of Fortune - JY Yang (wlw/bi)

Not Your Sidekick - C.B. Lee (wlw/bi)

Timekeeper - Tara Sim (mlm)

Ascension - Jacqueline Koyangi (wlw)

When The Moon Was Ours - Anna-Marie McLemore (trans)

Amberlough - Lara Elena Donnelly (mlm/gay)

The Perfect Assassin - K.A Doore (gay/ace/mlm)

Afterparty - Daryl Gregory (wlw/lesbian)

Borderline - Mishell Baker (wlw/bi)

The Cloud Roads - Martha Wells (bi)

An Accident of Stars - Foz Meadows (wlw/bi/aro/trans)

The Last 8 - Laura Pohl (aro/bi)

Failure to Communicate - Kaia Sonderby (wlw/bi)

The Luminous Dead - Caitlin Starling (wlw)

The Wrong Stars - Tim Pratt (wlw)

Full Fathom Five - Max Gladstone (trans)

A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine (wlw)

Silver In the Wood - Emily Tesh (mlm)

The Raven Tower - Ann Leckie (mlm/bi/trans)

Ariah - B.R. Sanders (mlm/bi/nonbinary)

The Raven and the Reindeer - T. Kingfisher (wlw)

Planetfall - Emma Newman (bi)

Black Wings Beating - Alex London (ace/gay/mlm)

The Scorpion Rule - Erin Bow (bi)

Inkmistress - Audrey Coulthurst (bi)

Into the Drowning Deep - Mira Grant (wlw/bi/lesbian)

Vengeful - V.E Schwab (ace)

Blackfish City - Sam J Miller (nonbinary)

Daughter of Mystery - Heather Rose Jones (wlw/lesbian)

Stranger Grace - Tessa Gratton (bi/pan)

The Brilliant Death - Amy Rose Capetta (nonbinary)

Chameleon Moon - RoAnna Sylver (wlw/trans/ace)

19 Love Stories - David Levithan (trans/queer)

It’s Not Like It’s A Secret - Author Not Given (wlw)

Picture Us In The Light - Author Not Given (mlm)

Two Can Keep A Secret - Author Not Given (mlm/bi)

Death Sets Sail - Author Not Given (wlw)

Becoming Dinah - Author Not Given (rep not provided)

Witch Wolf series - Winter Pennington (wlw, lesbian, bisexual)

Underrealm series - Garrett Robinson (wlw, mlm, nonbinary, trans man trans woman, trans, pansexual, bisexual)

A Cloak of Red - Brenna Gawain (wlw, lesbian)

 Blood Canticles - Naomi Clark (wlw)

Podcasts

Welcome to Night Vale (mlm/gay/wlw/nonbinary)

Dreamboy (mlm/gay)

Alice Isn’t Dead (wlw/lesbian)

The Penumbra Podcast (mlm/bi/genderfluid/nonbinary)

My Favorite Podcast (trans men)

Within the Wires (wlw)

The Adventure Zone (mlm/wlw/trans/gnc/nonbinary)

Limetown (wlw/lesbian)

Getting Curious With Jonathan Van Ness (nblm/nonbinary)

Friends at the Table (mlm/wlw/nonbinary)

LezHangOut (wlw)

Bright Sessions (mlm/demi/ace)

Queer As Fact (historical lgbt)

History Is Gay (historical lgbt)

Always Here (historical lgbt)

And That’s Why We Drink (nonbinary)

Magnus Archives (mlm/ace)

The Two Princes (mlm/gay/bi)

Girl-ish (trans women)

The Bright Sessions (gay/ace)

TV Shows/Movies/ETC

One Day At A Time (Remake) (wlw/lesbian/nonbinary)

Love, Simon (mlm/gay)

A Single Man (mlm/gay)

Brokeback Mountain (mlm/gay)

In The Flesh (mlm/gay)

Weekend (mlm)

RWBY (wlw/trans)

Jessica Jones (wlw/lesbian)

Critical Role (mlm/gay/bi/wlw/lesbian/nonbinary/genderfluid)

Pose (trans women/gay)

Schitt’s Creek (pan/mlm)

White Collar (wlw)

Lucifer (bi)

Umbrella Academy (mlm/wlw)

Call Me By Your Name (mlm)

Brooklyn Nine Nine (mlm/gay/bi)

Steven Universe (nonbinary)

Sailor Moon (wlw)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (wlw)

Sense8 (mlm/gay/wlw/lesbian/trans woman)

Doom Patrol (?/rep not given)

Good Omens (nonbinary)

Gentleman Jack (wlw)

American Gods (mlm/gay/bi/two-spirit)

Orange Is The New Black (wlw/trans)

Blue Is The Warmest Color (wlw)

Shameless (mlm/trans)

Euphoria (wlw/trans woman)

Modern Family (mlm/gay)

Daisy Brown ARG (wlw/lesbian)

Deadpool (pan)

Deadpool 2 (pan/wlw)

Alex Strangelove (mlm/gay)

Wynonna Earp (lesbian/gay/wlw)

She-Ra (wlw/mlm/gay/bi/lesbian/nonbinary/trans man)

SKAM (rep not provided)

Gotham (bi)

The Haunting of Hill House (wlw)

The Haunting of Bly Manor (wlw)

Kipo and the Wonderbeasts (mlm/gay/nonbinary)

Billie and Emma (wlw)

Carmen & Lola (wlw)

Carol (wlw)

Disobedience (wlw)

Elisa & Marcela (wlw)

Good Manners (wlw)

The Handmaiden (wlw)

Heart Beat Loud (wlw)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (wlw)

Rafiki (wlw)

Stranger Things (wlw)

Handsome Devil (mlm)

Pride (wlw/mlm)

Musicals

The Prom (wlw/lesbian)

Be More Chill (mlm/bi)

Fun Home (wlw)

Spring Awakening (mlm)

A New Brain (mlm)

Falsettos (mlm/wlw)

Rent (mlm/wlw)

Firebringer (wlw/bi)

A Very Potter Musical (mlm/gay)

The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals (wlw)

Bare: A Pop Opera (mlm)

Everybody’s Talking About Jaime (mlm/gay)

Yank! The Musical (mlm)

Octet (wlw)

Ghost Quartet (wlw)

Spies Are Forever (mlm/gay)

Willow: A New Musical (wlw)

Over And Out: A New Musical (nblw/nonbinary)

Video Games

Fallout: New Vegas (mlm/gay/wlw/lesbian)

When The Night Comes (mlm/nonbinary)

The Arcana (nonbinary)

Dream Daddy (mlm/gay/bi/pan/trans)

Dragon Age (mlm/wlw/gay/lesbian/trans/pan/bi)

Smile For Me (wlw)

Undertale (trans/nonbinary/wlw/mlm)

Monster Prom (nonbinary)

Cookie Run (nonbinary/mlm/wlw/bi/pan)

The Missing (wlw/trans woman)

Fable 2 & 3 (wlw/mlm)

Borderlands 2 (mlm/wlw/bi/gay/lesbian)

Gone Home (wlw)

Prey (wlw)

Dishonored 2 (nonbinary/wlw)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided System Rift (rep not given)

Assassins Creed Series (mlm/wlw/gay/lesbian/trans)

The Last of Us (wlw/lesbian) 

Mass Effect Series (mlm/wlw/gay/lesbian/bi)

Life Is Strange (wlw)

Overwatch (mlm/gay/wlw/lesbian)

Animal Crossing (pan)

Night In The Woods (pan/mlm/trans woman)

The Elder Scrolls (trans/wlw/lesbian)

Dreamfall Chapters (mlm/gay)

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (wlw)

In the Outer Worlds (wlw/ace)

Elder Scrolls: Skyrim (mlm/wlw)

Fallout 4 (wlw/mlm)

Hades (mlm/bi)

Obviously this list is far from complete so feel free to add to it or let me know of anything else and I’ll edit the post to add it as long as you include the category it belongs to! Be sure to include what representation it has though otherwise I can’t add it!

[texasthegreatdestroyer]

Just some theories and critcisms that I have the the recent two volumes.

Probably to start off from the beginning, Volume 7 was... interesting the say the least. Not that I hated it, because I didn't, I enjoyed many of the characters that they introduced to us, as well as I kinda enjoyed Penny making a come back, however I do have gripes about that, but I'll get into it a little further down the road. There was always one issue that I had with 7, and admitedly, it ruined one of the characters for me. Clover. A little bit of back story, when I first started watching 7, and Clover was properly introduced in the Dust Minds with Qrow, and the phrase "My semblance is good fortune." came out of his mouth, I instantly hated him, and for 2 main reasons. I knew the shippers were going to go crazy about it, and I just hated the potential connotations that came with it. I don't know about everyone else, but I love good and propper character growth. I was gonna be kinda pissy if they spent a whole volume trying to build Qrow's character up, only to solve his whole character arc by making his depression magically go poof with friendship, and that friend having a semblance to combat his own. Not matter what people want to believe, that's not good character growth. Genuinely sit down and think of the message behind that. It might as well be implying that if you can find that one person who builds you up, all of your problems will go away, and speaking from real life experience, it is not a good idea to have your happiness revolve around a singular person, because you never know when that person can back stab you, or just kick rocks.

What really broke my heart is that it took RT killing him off for me to actually take a deep look at Clover as a character for me to realize that I actually like him as a character, I just hated how they used him for plot device towards Qrow's developement. As much as I now like Clover, I'm glad that RT killed him off, because in the long run, it was better off that way for Qrow's sake, and again, the implications of their friend ship aren't entirely healthy, and is kind of ignorant to how much of an issue things like depression is. That shit doesn't just go away just because a person is introduced into the mix. In part it's also why I don't like Fair Game as a ship, because while cute in concept, it gets boring with a lot of the content that get's produced as it's mostly happy, cute, good times. It lacks in any real complexity because it's all honestly just cookie cutter romance, and it's not really all that fun to take in. In addition to that, the main issues I had mentioned before come into play. The idea that one person is so perfect while the other is fucked up in the head, that the fucked up one is heavily emotionally reliant on the other which is in fact not a healthy relationship for either member, and it would be terrifying to see how Qrow would pull himself together if he's even able to, in a scenario where they were long time romantic partners, and suddenly Clover just up and kicked rocks, or the relationship fell a part. In all honesty, it would potentially just destroy him. In general, I just think the lucky semblance thing was a dumb idea all together. I see why they did it in the grand scheme of things, but it annoyed me.

Then of course there's Robin. Let's be real, her semblance is story wrecking levels of broken. Like come on RT. Lie Detector semblance??? Really??? That is a power no mortal should ever have, and there's so many times that Robin could have broken the whole ass story just with the touch of another person's hand. (And no, just because Harriet didn't take her hand in Vol. 8 doesn't make the semblance concept any less stupid. If anything, it just makes it worse, because it shows that Harriet can't be trusted to act rationally in a situation she should realistically be able to act diplomatically towards. Grief is not an excuse when you're on the job.) I have the same issues with her that I had with Clover, it's that her semblance is damn near unneccessary.

Now to go into Volume 8, but not before giving a genuine criticism towards the whole series of RWBY. Why is it that the majority of the antagonistic characters have tragic back stories. Roman Torchwick was the only one who didn't have that sort of back story, and he wasn't even the main set of antags. Then of course there's Neo, but what good does that actually do when that's exactly what her future drives end up being is the tragic tale of her losing a close friend and associate. With Cinder, they pulled no punches, and oh my god, the song that goes with it. Like my god RT, could you slap the veiwers any harder with your dick obviousness? I hate that they gave easily the 2nd most fucked up character a sob story. It wasn't neccessary. The only good thing about it was when Wattz used her tragic past against her to put her in her place. There's no need to humanize someone who is so driven by hatred like that, as she's done so much fucked up shit to the main cast of characters that most if not all people wouldn't bat an eyelash at her, because it doesn't change her decision to intentionally be sadistic. And while on the topic of a Maiden, let's move to another. Penny. Volume 8 did her dirty. I'm all for bringing a character back, and I'm all for killing off a character for plot purpose, but the two don't fucking mix. Penny's death was redundant and unneccessary. What was the point of giving her a human body if she was just going to die within that same day? What was the point of bringing her back again if she was just going to die? Again? There's two routs RT should have taken. Either they should have killed her vol. 3 and had her stay dead, or she shouldn't have died in vol. 3, continued on as normal, and only then should she have died in vol. 8. Option number 2 is the ladder. I get what RT was trying to do with Penny's death, and I think it was a good concept, but god damn, this is Dragon Ball, we don't need redundant, pointless deaths. At least in vol. 8, there was a purpose behind Penny's death, but in vol. 3, Penny's death was more so unneccessary, and was only used to be a maryr for Ruby's cause. In fairness to them, you can't really expect them to fix what they had done years ago, but with full knowledge that this is what their plot meant they would have to do, they should have reconsidered the handing of their events for either Vol. 8, or both Vol 8 and 7 by removing Penny from it entirely.

Some additional criticisms that don't hold a lot of weight in the over all quality of the show, and more just some missed opportunities. Okay, so remember that whole speil Nora went on about having to find herself before she could be with Ren? Yeeeeeah, so why was it again that Jean had to be the one to fall into the abyss and not Nora or Ren??? Just putting that out there. If Nora and Ren needed to be seperate long enough for Nora to figure herself out, there's no real reason that they couldn't act on this. Because now instead, they're going to have to lean on each other even more so when news comes to them that the majority of their friends just got fucking dusted, and so they'll most likely be grieving together under the pretences that their friends are dead. Speaking of the abyss, fan theory time.

From what we've seen of this abyss that everyone has fallen into, it seems to be a fairly habitable pocket demention. With enough work, a civilization could possibly grow there. Where am I going with this? Well what do we know about Salem? She's a force to be reckoned with who could very potentially kill off the whole world with or without the help of the gods. We also know that she's immortal and cannot be killed. That doesn't however mean she can't be stopped. That's where the pocket demension comes into play. How do you fight off an immortal, blood thirsty, angry ex wife? By taking away everything she has to destroy in her path. You can't cause a mass genocide if there's no one to kill. And so that's where the pocket demension comes into play. What if that's how they stop Salem? By just leaving Remnant behind completely? They could take the staff back, and move all of Remnant's population into this dimension, and start new. In addition to that, they would need to take the staff of creation with them, meaning so much for collecting all four relics to blow up the planet. Now of course, there are some flaws with this theory, mainly in regards to carrying capacity of the area around them, rather or not the area is truly as inhabitable as it appears, and how safe the it actually is to live there. It's just more fodder for thought. What is RT planning with this pocket demension? Why are they so excited about Vol. 9 in regards to this? I'm really interested in how they're going about this, and hopefully the do a good job with it.

Anyways, those are just my thoughts on RWBY so far. Hopefully Vol. 9 does make up for the haphazard ending that was Vol. 8

[stoneillustrations]

After Salem’s Fall (Pt.4)

Yang Xiao Long is known to the world as “The Dragon”. She is the very definition of a super hero and like her sister she is known throughout all of Remnant. Any town she visits instantly experiences a drop in crime rate. As legend has it, her appearance can drive Grimm away from a town due to the reassurance and uplift the people derive from her mere presence. When at home in Kuo Kuana with her wife Blake, she is the ultimate mom…baker of cookies and slayer of monsters. Yang is the mother she never had. She is the bringer of light.

As Raven Brawen lay dying, her last thoughts were no doubt of a golden haired child she missed more than anything else at the end. Perhaps a child she wished she had spent more time with…and loved better. Upon Raven’s death, Yang has inherited the power of the Spring Maiden and like her sister Ruby, she keeps it secret.

[littlemisssquiggles]

So, I'm not a Fair Game Shipper. I've never was. But, seeing how the fandom's reacting, i feel conflicted. On one hand, I feel incredibly sorry for the shippers. Its very sad that their ship had to go down the way it did. But on the other hand, They kinda walked into that trap in the first place by shipping two characters who were never even written to be a couple in the first place. People kind of got too excited for something that was never meant to be. Thoughts?

…Hmm…I’mgoing to do my best to try and keep this answer VERY brief since I really don’twish to go into one of my usual jibber jab tirades on this particular touchy subject, given all the discoursesurrounding it at the moment.

Tobe perfectly honest with you anon-chan,this squiggle meister more or lessshares the same views as you in a sense. I didn’t exactly ship Fair Gamemyself. I mean I liked it. I definitely saw the appeal of the ship and Iunderstand why many, many folks gravitated towards it. Clover was a coolcharacter and his rapport with Qrow was very nice. It was nice to see Qrow havea person he can trust against given his previous luck with his former STQR teammatesand other close confidantes he trusted the most once upon a time(coughsOzpincoughs).

However,personally I never saw the prospect of Fair Game becoming canon…mostly becauseI never truly saw them as nothing more than a friendship between two men inarms. It’s for this reason why I often referred to Fair Game by Fortune Cookies---the dub for the Qrowand Clover FRIEND-ship.

Frommy perspective, I didn’t see Qrow and Clover’s connection as romantic at all. While I’ll admit it hadthe potential to go in that direction should the showrunners decide to havethem go that way---but that’s the main point I want to make. If Fair Game wasto be canon, then the showrunners would’ve pushed for it like what they triedto do for this season and last with Bumblebee.

Butthat never happened. Instead the series always portrayed Qrow and Clover as friends and that was the extent of theirrelationship on screen, according to the canon. It’s certain members of theFNDM who perceived their relationship as something more. It’s for this reason why I can’t really support the FNDM’saccusations of the CRWBY (and by extension RoosterTeeth) “queer-baiting” and/or “buryingtheir gays”.

As Oscar would say:

 ....Wait...what?!

NeitherQrow nor Clover was confirmed as LGBTQ characters. The show never evenconfirmed that Qrow and Clover were interested in each other in a romantic sense. Once more, that was the perceptionof some of the shippers within the FNDM who wanted it to become a possibility. Andwhat some folks referred to as ‘flirtatiousexchanges’ between the two huntsmen could easily be debunked as casual, friendlybanter between two men who had grown close within the time they shared witheach other both on and off the battlefield. Throughout the season, we watchedQrow’s attitude towards Clover shift from one of awkward aloofness to one ofmutual respect.

Iteven got to the point where Qrow started to reciprocate the same kind of wittycomplements that Clover once offered him back in V7CH5. It was nice seeing Qrowbehave like this since it reminded me of his behaviour when he was firstintroduced back in V3 only this time he wasn’t drunk. 

He actually started tobehave like his old self again in his new non-alcoholic persona and it wasnice. It was good for his character and it highlighted that his bond withClover was doing some good for Qrow. Whelp…until the recent episode. 

 But regardless, Clover’s involvement in Qrow’slife wasn’t about romance. There was never even any passion expressed betweenthem in the first place. It was purely platonicand mutual respect. I’d even go as far as to say that Clover might’ve been theclosest thing to a best friend thatQrow’s had in a long, long while. The unfortunate thing with Qrow is that itdidn’t last long...like his other past bonds. *long sigh* 

It’s actually a sad day to be a Qrow fan since the show can’t give this man a break at all. ESPECIALLY HOW THEY CHOSE TO PORTRAY THAT SCENE! 

Honestly, I have my own beef with V7CH12 concerning Clover and Qrow but it hasnothing to do with Fair Game since…like I said, I did NOT see thesetwo as anything but platonic since that’s how the show always portrayed them.  

IfI may be blunter, I would go as faras to say that this whole mess with Fair Game is reminding me of the RoseGardenDiscourse that arose after V7CH9. Certain folks making a big whole hullabalooover something that was never confirmed in the first place. Just as how theCRWBY never confirmed Rosegarden, they never confirmed Fair Game either.

I’venoticed within the FNDM community that certainmembers have a tendency to overreactwhen things don’t go the way they interpreted things. Instead of handling it like rationate people, they make noise and resort to bullying---both other fans as well as the people who work on the every thing they claim to “love dearly”. 

It’s for this reason whythe RWBY FNDM has earned a poor rep because of its “very passionate” shipping community.

It’sfine if you’re disappointed with a certain outcome within the show and you’reallowed to be vocal about it in your opinions. But the line is crossed when youmake accusations over something that was never truly confirmed, especially whenyou hold it up to evidence within the show. A mountain out of a mole hill, if you will.

In a nutshell, I’msorry that the Fair Game shippers feel butt hurt after Clover’s deathESPECIALLY based on how the show chose to portray the events leading up to hisdeath. That…that’s still…ugh! I can’t even with that scene.

IfFair Game fans were mainly disappointed over how the showrunners chose todepict Clover’s death with Qrow... then…fair…game.

Butat the same time if the hate mostly stems from a shipping standpoint then…I’m not sorry since the show neverconfirmed this relationship to be romantic in the first place. Besides I find the way certainshippers have been outright attacking the CRWBY on social media because of thisto be downright deplorable.

Again,it’s reminding me of all the nonsensical discourse from certain shippers whoattacked my fellow Rosegardeners after V7CH9. It’s the same kind of behaviourand that earns no empathy from me because it’s ridiculous. 

That’s pretty muchall I have to say on that subject.

~LittleMissSquiggles (2020)

[hinduthatrecallsallincarnations]

After Salem is defeated (Red vs Blue, S15, E5):

Ozpin/Oscar: politely "Why don't we start with the simple question of how you've arrived here?"

Lisa Lavender: authoritatively "Nuhuh. We just risked our lives and our careers going from continent to continent for answers. Our questions first."

Raven: leans back in her chair "What do you want?"

Lisa L.: questioningly "We want to know what happened after your supposed defeat of Salem."

Jaune: sighs exasperatedly "Lots of bullshit. I don't even know where the fuck to start."

Yang: inappropriately curious "Is this before or after we turned off the Temple. Because if it's before, this is gonna get NSFW real quick."

Weiss and Blake: shouting "WE PROMISED NOT TO TALK ABOUT THAT!" looks at each other, looks away, blushing

Lisa: confused "Wait, what Temple?"

Qrow: leans forward "So, Salem had a bunch of these Temple tower things surrounding her personal tower, and each one did a different thing. The Temple they're talking about is the Temple of Procreation."

Ozpin/Oscar: elaboratively "It was meant to be a sort of failsafe should she succeed in subjugating the planet. This way, she could raise the humans in her image - quickly, too. It was..." looks around awkwardly "...effective."

Jaune: happy "Oh, yeah. After we killed Salem, we partied fuckin' hard!"

Yang: pleased "Y'all keep saying that! It all felt normal to me!"

Raven: factually "You were a virgin before the events at Salem's base of operations."

Yang: sharply looks at her "YOU DON'T KNOW THAT!"

Raven: smugly opens small portal, and sticks her finger in it

Yang: blushing, swats away finger floating next to her

Raven: quietly retracts finger and deactivates portal

Nora: "Oh, and these two-" points at Weiss and Blake "-are just mad because we locked them in a closet together."

Weiss and Blake: looks at her "SHUT UP!"

Blake: deflectively "And put on some fucking clothes!"

Lisa's Cameraman: seriously curious "Why is she naked?"

Lisa: annoyed "That's your first question??" in realization "Ah, that must be why the planet was in an aphrodisiac-like frenzy for a little while."

Weiss: sharply "THE SUBJECT!"

Blake: sharply "CHANGE IT!"

Raven: initiating "To actually answer your question, after the events with Salem, we decided we all needed some R&R."

Qrow: factually "We fuckin' earned it. Even Ozpin agreed!"

Ozpin/Oscar: elaboratively "I decided that if I'm going to have one last life, I may as well make it a normal one."

Jaune: dramatically "No more adventures? Fuck yeah, I was on board! I'm tired of running around doing the adults' job!"

Ozpin, Qrow, Raven: pointedly looks at him

Jaune: purposefully ignores them

Blake: expositly "Ozpin told us of this isolated island and set us up here. There was an old fort left here and we cleaned it up."

Ruby: explaining "Everyone acclimated to the peace in different ways." points at Yang "Some of us were naturals."

Yang: smug "Don't hate the player."

Ruby: factually "Mom got hopelessly depressed after not dying heroically to Salem to prevent having to deal with Uncle Qrow."

Raven: indignant immediately "L I E S   A N D   S L A N D E R !"

Ruby: defensively "But, you said-"

 flashback

 Raven: factually "I am now hopelessly depressed after not dying heroically to Salem to prevent having to deal with my dumbass of a brother."

 end flashback

 Jaune: deceptively accusatory "Mrs Branwen wasn't the only one having a hard time adjusting to inaction."

Everyone: turns to Weiss

Weiss: annoyed, snaps "What?"

Ozpin/Oscar: amused "Fortunately, we found a tutor."

 flashback

 Weiss: seriously "Help me, Yang. Help me to be the laziest."

Yang: sitting comfortably on the ground, mock nirvana pose "You are not ready, grasshopper."

Weiss: snaps "WHAT THE FU"

 end flashback

 Raven: hesitantly "It...didn't go well..."

Blake: pipes up "Also, it turns out, this island had some native life forms never found before, but...they weren't the nicest."

 flashback

 Weiss, Blake, Yang: running the fuck away from a growling noise

Yang: shouting "RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!"

Blake: hungry "I CAN'T DIE AS FOOD! OOOOOH, THE IRONY!"

 end flashback

 Ren: expositly "While we were debating whether or not dying as food was ironic," turns to Nora "Nora made friends with them."

Yang: annoyed "Because of course she fucking did."

 flashback

 Nora: stands proudly on top of gigantic monster, petting it "Oh, who's a good girl?! Who's a good girl?!"

Raven: shouts up "Corgis are better!"

Ren: shouting "Nora! Get down from there!"

Weiss: hopelessly bored "Tell it to fight me!"

 end flashback

 Weiss: angrily "And then Blake somehow burnt down our only form of nearly modern shelter!"

Blake: defensively "Okay, first of all, lube isn't normally flammable! And B, it was just a simple mishap of dropping the entire bottle on top of my fish scented candles!"

Ruby: accusingly "But you were trying to shove the candles up your ass!"

Blake: AGGRESSIVELY DEFENSIVE "YOU CAN'T PROVE THAT!"

Jaune: annoyed "And since eighty percent of our rations burnt down with our fort, FATASS over here-" gestures to Ruby "-decided to eat some native mushrooms that deceptively looked like cookies."

 flashback

 Ruby: walks up to some mushroom cookie looking things "Hello, sexies."

 a moment later

 Ruby: running around everyone in slow motion

 end flashback

 Blake: expositely "After deliberating for long enough, we figured that they somehow reversed the effect of Semblances," gestures to Qrow "so Qrow ate some."

Qrow: annoyed "Turns out, they don't."

Everyone: silently staring at him

Qrow: narrows eyes "I'm not explaining what happened."

Raven: amused "He was sent to another dimension."

 flashback

 Qrow: in a dark place, alone, echoing words "Hello?"

 end flashback

 Ozpin/Oscar: almost laughter "I told them afterwards that it was actually meant to increase the potency of their Semblances by 5,600%."

Nora: in remembrance "Oh! And while everyone was arguing on how Ruby's Semblance increased in potency by going slower, we formed the best band ever!"

Ruby: deflectively "NORA! CLOTHES!"

Nora: conceding "Sheesh! Alright!" leaves room

Qrow: leans forward excitedly "Oh, yeah! And we even got Raven to sing!"

Raven: blushes, looks away "Oh, God."

Weiss: honestly "She can sing very well! We sang many duets!"

Yang: happily "Turns out, my mom was an old k-pop singer during her time at Beacon!"

Lisa: curiously "How did you convince her to tell you that?"

Blake: deadpan "We didn't. Oscar suggested it."

Ruby: annoyed "Ugh. While that awesomeness was happening, Nora somehow built an entire robotic army to invade the area just so we would have something to fight - since Grimm weren't on the island."

Jaune: guffaws "But they all malfunctioned, so they started fighting the wildlife instead!"

 flashback

 Everyone: staring at the vibrant display in complete and utter silence

Ozpin/Oscar: hesitant amazement "I have seen many amazing things in my life. But this? ...this takes the fucking cake."

 end flashback

 Blake: dismissively "It was the first we'd ever heard the professor swear, too, so that just tells you how crazy it was."

Yang: almost laughter "And then Raven convinced Qrow that Ozpin fucked the first Maidens."

Qrow: slightly indignant "Hey! It was to be expected!"

Raven: grossed out "That ain't happening."

Ozpin/Oscar: deadpan "I wasn't inviting."

Raven: succinct "Good."

Jaune: moving on "Then Nora found a new enemy. One that would keep her occupied for the rest of our time here."

 flashback

 Nora: shouting "FOR FAR TOO LONG, WE HAVE BEEN OPPRESSED! CRUSHED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF OURSELVES! IF WE DON'T START STANDING UP TO OUR MORTAL FOE, GRAVITY, BY GOD WHO WILL?!"

 nearby

 Oscar/Ozpin: practically terrified "Are we really going to let them do this?"

Qrow: agreement "What the kid said."

Raven: amused "Why not see where it goes?"

 later

 Nora: shouting "CHAAARRRRGGGEEEE!"

Raven: drives everyone into the ocean

 end flashback

 Nora: glares at Raven

Raven: unperturbed "I told you I couldn't drive."

Jaune: annoyed "But that just meant that team RWBY both had the tactical advantage in amount of people and equipment."

 flashback

 Nora: drillingly "Gentlemen, we simply cannot allow team RWBY to have superiority over us! WE MUST TAKE THE FIGHT TO THEM!"

Jaune: annoyed "Oh, Remnant Christ."

 end flashback

 Blake: expositly "It made us realize that this whole Team RWBYJNR thing wasn't going to work, so we attempted trying to use forms of government to decide the leader..."

Ozpin/Oscar: curiously "Oh. Qrow, Raven, and I weren't there, actually. Did it go well?"

RWBYJNR: looks at each other

 flashback

 Yang: "I vote Yangarchy."

Blake: sharp sigh "You can't vote yourself, you dumbass."

Nora: "MONARCHY!" flexes with Magnhild in hand "The one wielding the gigantic hammer is worthy!"

Weiss: "Plutocracy."

Yang: "Huh?"

Blake: sighs “Plutocracy is a form of government where it is indebted to and/or controlled by the rich. It can transform any other kind of government into a plutocratic version of itself if the rich come to power."

Ruby: "Technocracy."

Yang: "What?"

Blake: sighs "Technocracy is a form of government where those of knowledge - like weapon engineers, for example - would lead the government in lieu of politicians and businessmen."

Yang: "Oh!"

Ren: "Timocracy."

Yang: "Not to sound like a broken record, buuuuu-"

Blake: sighs "Rule by the worthy."

Jaune: "Patriarchy."

Yang: looks at Blake "That's obvious."

Nora: "OOO! I know! How about Malarkey?!"

Blake: "Nora, that's actually not a form of government. It just means meaningless talk and nonsense."

RWBYJNR: silently stares at one another

 end flashback

 Blake: looks at Ozpin/Oscar "Malarkey won."

Nora: comes back CLOTHED "Oh, yeah. Everyone thought I was dead just because they couldn't find me."

Raven: explaining "Turns out, she was just..." trips over her words a bit "...sk-skinny dipping."

Blake: angrily "And then Ruby, out of a prank, decided to spike my meal with some of her damn mushrookies this morning!"

Yang: in bliss "I'm so proud of her!"

 flashback

 Blake: randomly teleporting "HO-" snap "-LY-" snap "-FUCK-" snap "-ING-" snap "-SHIT!" snap

Nora: in the distance "Has anyone seen my tanning oil?! I accidentally put on some of Blake's lube instead!"

Ren: shouting "NORA! CLOTHES! We have guests!"

Ruby: shouts at Ren "THE ROLLING GEMS!"

Ren: shouts back at Ruby "R-POP!"

Raven: crashes vehicle "I CAN'T FUCKING GET IT!"

 end flashback

 Blake: in conclusion "So...here we are."

Jaune: lamenting "It's been awful! Instead of a peaceful retirement, it's just the SAME damn SHIT, with the SAME DAMN PEOPLE!"

Raven: in complete and utter amazement "Also, the weirdest thing happened!"

Lisa: looks to her "What?"

Everyone: slowly turns towards Qrow

Raven: "Qrow...stopped...drinking..."

[absolutelyxosmittenxo]

May I get a matchup please? I’m a bisexual female who loves music and fantasy. I’m looking for somebody positive since I’m a rather pessimistic person. I have anxiety issues that I’m trying to work out, but I love to sing, play guitar, write stories and read books. I have a rather random sense of humor, and I won’t hesitate to be there for my friends when they need help. My fashion preferences linger from “cool, punk” to “casual, lazy”. I really admire a person who’s good with kids 💜

－ ＲＵＢＹ ＲＯＳＥ ⭐

⭐ You, my fantastical fantasy lover, are fortunate enough to have your fate intertwine with the huntress whose eyes embody the moon, Ruby Rose, and declare her as your significant other.

⭐ Optimism appears hereditary for the ambitious red riding hood. Being toppled over by the crimes of malevolent spirits doesn’t seem possible for her. When the happy go lucky universe sculpted around you has genuinely crumbled, fret not, as your girlfriend never skips a beat in lifting you back on your feet. 

⭐ However, pessimism wouldn’t be exterminated entirely. There requires a balance in order to survive rather than repressing all negative energy. She has a tendency to subdue her sorrows until those brilliant crystals shatter; tears leaking out and painting the grass in an indescribable pain. Holding it in isn’t the healthiest, so with your dash of letting things flow, she can speak more freely. 

⭐ “Hey, hey, everything’s going to be okay!” the scythe wielder would chirp, embracing you gently. The shaking of your body and overflow of emotions is something she desires to calm. “I know we are a long way from where we’re supposed to be, and sometimes aren’t sure where we are heading, but I know we can make it through this.”

⭐ Random humor cracks Ruby up. There will be occasions when you are spending time together, team RWBY’s dorm room saved for you, and you start snickering uncontrollably from the silliest of things. Her teammates potentially barge in to investigate the ruckus and are unsurprised to see you goofing off. 

⭐ She is obsessive about your talent to play the guitar and singing abilities. Oftentimes the rose encourages you and Weiss to share a duet, or participate in a battle of the bands. But other times, she will settle for playing an air guitar and sing along goofily. 

⭐ The spitting image of a dearly departed silver eyed warrior, it is believed she shares many personality traits as Summer. Super Mom, as she was affectionately known. Children are a strong suit for her daughter. Cookies on the spot, master at every board game, complete dork; any child would be nurtured under her care, if you so wished. 

⭐ Fantasy is so divinely structured, you can’t resist becoming sucked into the creativity shown. Under the safety of a blanket fort, supported by a flashlight, you two cuddle while excavating a tale of wonderment. In the morning, you are caught interlocked lazily with the castle you built now in shambles.