History FanFic / ProfessorArc

* CriticalHesitationBlunder: [[spoiler: Jaune might have been able to escape after Cinder warned him to run, but he lost too much time talking to and comforting a scared Pyrrha, allowing Ironwood to catch up and arrest him.]]

* ThrowingTheDistraction: When Cinder's found out, [[spoiler: she throws Jaune to the wolves to escape.]]

* GodzillaThreshold: Jaune promises himself that if his conflict with Cinder ever reaches a certain point, he will come clean with the truth, regardless of the consequences to himself. [[spoiler:He decides to go through with it in Chapter 54.]]

* CassandraTruth: To Jaune's horror, [[spoiler:his web of lies collapses in the worst manner imaginable when it turns Ironwood has bought the lie so completely he cannot accept Jaune, who he sees as a consummate {{Badass}} [[TheCasanova Casanova]] with a HundredPercentAdorationRating, confess he's a seventeen-year old with zero formal training who mostly bluffed his way into a dangerous criminal enterprise and into the good books of every single person in Beacon. Even insisting his records are forged causes Ironwood to believe ''the forging'' itself is a sham.]]

* CassandraTruth: To Jaune's horror, [[spoiler:his web of lies collapses in the worst manner imaginable when it turns Ironwood has bought the lie so completely he cannot accept Jaune, who he sees as a consummate {{Badass}} [[TheCasanova Casanova]] with a HundredPercentAdorationRating, confess he's a seventeen-year old with zero formal training who mostly bluffed his way into a dangerous criminal enterprise. Even insisting his records are forged causes Ironwood to believe ''the forging'' itself is a sham.]]

* TheComicallySerious: Winter Schnee in everything she does, even if that thing is getting gossip on the guy she may, sorta, perhaps have an interest in by making a deal with her sister for it in exchange of some intel the latter requested. And by "gossip", we mean she wanted Weiss to fill in a questionnaire with 40 or so questions about him ranging form [[BreadEggsMilkSquick his favorites foods, him hometown, his parents' names, his height, weight and blood pressure, to whether he has existing criminal record and the number of women he's been with sexually within the last five years]]. [[spoiler:It turns a lot less funny when it turns out Winter never was interested in any form in Jaune, she wanted the info for Ironwood, and it winds up being critical in his arrest.]]

* TheComicallySerious: Winter Schnee in everything she does, even if that thing is getting gossip on the guy she may, sorta, perhaps have an interest in by making a deal with her sister for it in exchange of some intel the latter requested. And by "gossip", we mean she wanted Weiss to fill in a questionnaire with 40 or so questions about him ranging form [[BreadEggsMilkSquick his favorites foods, him hometown, his parents' names, his height, weight and blood pressure, to whether he has existing criminal record and the number of women he's been with sexually within the last five years]]. [[spoiler:It turns a lot less funny when it turns out Winter wanted the info for Ironwood, she never was interested in any form in Jaune, and it winds up being critical in his arrest.]]

* TheComicallySerious: Winter Schnee in everything she does, even if that thing is getting gossip on the guy she may, sorta, perhaps have an interest in by making a deal with her sister for it in exchange of some intel the latter requested. And by "gossip", we mean she wanted Weiss to fill in a questionnaire with 40 or so questions about him ranging form [[BreadEggsMilkSquick his favorites foods, him hometown, his parents' names, his height, weight and blood pressure, to whether he has existing criminal record and the number of women he's been with sexually within the last five years]].

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Jaune is quickly accepted at Beacon, and is highly regarded by many faculty, staff and students. [[spoiler: When he's arrested by Ironwood, it doesn't take long for the cries for Atlesian blood to start howling.]]

* CassandraTruth: To Jaune's horror, [[spoiler:his web of lies collapses in the worst manner imaginable when it turns Ironwood has bought the lie so completely he cannot accept Jaune, who he sees as a consummate {{Badass}} [[TheCasanova Casanova]] with a HundredPercentAdorationRating, confess he's a seventeen-year old with zero formal training who mostly bluffed his way into a dangerous criminal enterprise.]]

* BecomingTheMask: Over the course of the fic, Jaune actually becomes more of the badass his records make him out to be due to training from Torchwick and Neo, plus becoming protective of his students. Come chapter 20, when [[KnightOfCerebus Cinder starts]] trying to be a CynicismCatalyst for the school and starts hurting his friends, [[LetsGetDangerous the gloves come off]].

* RescueRomance: [[spoiler: Cardin and Velvet, of all people, pull a mutual one during the Forever Fall Forest incident, with Velvet protecting Cardin but injuring herself in the process, then Cardin carrying her to safety.]] Absolutely no one saw that one coming.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The [[spoiler: Arc family]] receives this treatment from every single student at Beacon. They belittle the professor, who they see as nothing but a failure, whereas the entire school admires him. Naturally, people begin to avoid them like a disease.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The Arc family receives this treatment from every single student at Beacon. They belittle the professor, who they see as nothing but a failure, whereas the entire school admires him. Naturally, people begin to avoid them like a disease.

* BigBrotherMentor: Blake briefly considers this to be how she sees Jaune. Their similar mysterious backgrounds as well as the gap of age makes her feel identified with the professor and instinctively seeks his advice as a result. And though Blake has no romantic feelings for him, she cares enough to consider him family.
them seem like an older brother mentoring his little sister.

* IWantGrandkids: According to one of the omakes, this and ConsummateLiar sums up Jaune's mother. She is ecstatic to hear about how popular he is.

** Invoked by Neo while in her Noah Arc persona. [[HilarityEnsues It does not work out as well as she expects.]]

** Blake does it as well when [[spoiler: Jaune is mid-HeroicBSOD after his mother has disocvered where he teaches and is coming to take him home.]]