History Fanfic / ARabbitAmongWolves

* AdaptationalJerkass: Blake's negative qualities are heavily turned up. For most of the story, she does little more than bash Jaune and break the rules to go after the White Fang. [[spoiler:She eventually gets over it, owns up to her SecretlySelfish reasons for hating him, and chooses to be fairer.]]

* AlreadyTheCase: Rosemary and Thyme try to convince the model they [[EarAche mutilated]] that blowing the whistle on them will end her modeling career. She makes it clear her career is already over because of the holes in her ears and this way she can at least get revenge.

* BadassOnPaper: People start fearing Jaune upon hearing that he murdered a dangerous terrorist in a single stab.
* BadBoss: Adam was not empathetic to his minions, to the point that [[PersonAsVerb "Adam"]] is a term his grunts use when expecting punishment (usually of the lethal kind).
* BadLiar: Lisa Lavender, after [[spoiler: waking up in the lair of the White Fang she slandered]], desperately and pathetically pretends to be a twin named "Laura". Everyone sees right through it. Justifed, in that she had to come up with it on the spot and is panicking in a life-threatening situation.

** Cinder Fall, the selfish egomaniac she is, goes into cup-shattering fury when Jaune puts her on hold.

** Bane cannot stand the Schnee family. When he sees Weiss at the docks, [[TheBerserker he goes on a rampage with his chainsaw]] that destroys dust containers and forces Team RWBY to go on the defensive lest their weapons blow the place sky high. [[spoiler: Though it is eventually revealed he has a pretty good reason to hate them]].

** As a counterpoint, Coco argues this reason to justify keeping Jaune around; Jaune's White Fang cell becomes known for their peaceful methods, so removing him would likely result in a more dangerous replacement.

** Sun is a lovable guy, [[spoiler: and he is willing to give Jaune a chance by joining Vale's White Fang. Nonetheless, he makes it clear to Jaune he'll bring him down if he abuses his power. And when he learns about the abuse Faunus models suffer at the hand of modeling agency, Rosemary and Thyme, he responds with rage and threatens to burn the place down.]]
** Ozpin is a normally genial man, but he brings the hammer down hard on Team [=RWBY=] after their attempt to arrest Jaune causes a [=PR=] nightmare for Beacon.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Elizabeth Tanner, the woman in charge of an SDC Lumber Yard Jaune infiltrates presents herself as reasonable, even explaining away the rather unfair working conditions at the Yard as a NecessaryEvil. [[spoiler: Then she tries to force herself on Jaune.]]
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Ruby's belief in this worldview causes her some trouble at wrapping her head around the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity public relations]] [[SlaveToPR elements]] present in the story. [[spoiler: To her frustration, she finds some of her fellow students have some admiration for Jaune, in spite of him being a criminal]]. Blake takes this [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity to a more ridiculous extreme]], despising Jaune for having killed Adam in spite of the number of good things he's done since then.

* BlessedWithSuck: Ironwood really doesn't like his semblance, since part of what it does when active is ''remove his common sense'', resulting in stuff like [[spoiler: arresting Sun based on his abs, and giving his soldiers extremely detailed and strict timetables, down to mandating ''exactly'' how long each bathroom break they get is and how long they must wash their hands. Also, forcing them to use their breaks for naptime]].

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The debate between Ironwood and Ozpin in Chapter 27 gives both a chance to validate their approach to fighting the White Fang. On Ironwood's side, he is correct in that Jaune is the leader of a terrorist cell and must be arrested as such, good intentions be damned. On Ozpin's side, however, he is also correct in that Ironwood's actions could be perceived as an act of war by the citizens of Vale, especially since he intends to incarcerate one of the most popular reformists in the country.
* BrokenAesop: InUniverse, Ironwood tries to give Jaune a "violence solves nothing" lecture only for Jaune to throw back how he tried to use violence to apprehend him. [[MoralMyopia Ironwood insists he was trying to uphold the law to capture a terrorist]].
* BrokenPedestal: Ciel, ever the proud Atlesian, is a bit disillusioned to learn that the majority of the spectators at the Faunus bloodsports are from her own kingdom.

* EvilPowerVacuum: While Jaune is not evil, his presence is a stabilizing element to the criminal underworld. The various gangs are all willing to work together to free him as his loss would cause them massive losses as the general chaos and rioting from his capture ruins the local economy.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Cinder hates Jaune so much for blowing her off and calling her a stripper that it seriously impacts her decision-making. [[spoiler:She places him in a sadistic death trap for maximum anguish, which he then escapes from with some help, even though Mercury complains that it would be easier in every way to just kill him. Cinder then loses her final battle at Beacon in large part because she cares more about killing Jaune (who isn't a threat to her) than defending herself from Ozpin, Glynda and the Ace-Ops (who are)]].

** [[spoiler: As soon as the chaos at Amity starts, the Council leaders immediately flee to Vale rather than try and take control of the situation]].

** Ironwood may be overtly harsh with punishing the White Fang, but he himself doesn't like the oppression of Faunus or the oppressive labor laws: he strongly believes that change should come about through lawful means. He's also disgusted with Vale Council's self-serving power plays, and despite his hatred for Jaune, [[spoiler:he still does everything he can to save his life when he’s shot]].

* {{Troll}}: Yuma has shades of this. He slips a picture of [[MsFanservice Trifa in a bikini]] into Jaune's presentation.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Everything that Team RWBY does while trying to stop Roman at the docks does nothing but make the situation worse for everyone except Roman.

** Most characters who interact with Jaune believe he is invoking this, thinking that he a power-hungry fiend underneath his kind demeanor.

* VillainyFreeVillain: The Vale government [[spoiler: are technically correct in wanting to arrest Jaune. But their willingness to torment him in prison and persecute his supporters demonstrates how their only angry at Jaune for showing them up and making them look incompetent]].

* RantInducingSlight: PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler: At the Vytal Festival]], Jaune originally gives a bland speech about unity, but seeing everyone ignore his words leads him to give a more vicious rant at how so many people let abuse happen.

** Adam's violent and hateful tactics debase the cause of faunus. Jaune's "freedom fighter" strategy, by constrast, earns him enormous support from both his minions and the public.

** [[spoiler: Cinder's brutal atrocities and abusive behavior disgust Roman so much that he sneaks Jaune the means to escape her trap and take her down]].

* ExoticEquipment: As Jaune's faunus type is unknown to the public (because he isn't one), people speculate on what it is. Much of it falls into this category - one rando guesses he has a cloaca, while Ilia thinks he has a dog penis.

* EntertaininglyWrong: After discovering Jaune's transcripts were forged, Ozpin concludes Jaune was planning to infiltrate Beacon on behalf of the White Fang.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: After [[spoiler:being sexually assaulted by Elizabeth Tanner, Jaune gives the code for the White Fang to storm the camp and taking hostages. What he is unaware of (until Perry mentions it) is that the Fang didn't wait for the code word - they stormed the camp the second they realized Jaune was being assaulted]].

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13420487/1/A-Rabbit-among-Wolves A Rabbit Among Wolves]]'' is an ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' AlternateUniverseFic written by Creator/CoeurAlAran. Currently ongoing.

* RiddleForTheAges: How Jaune managed to kill Adam. The author states they will purposefully never reveal how a man with no Aura killed a terrorist. We know that Jaune stabbed him in the neck, but not how he overpowered him in the first place.

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* AdaptationalJerkass: Blake's negative qualities are heavily turned up. For most ofthe story, she does little more than bash Jaune and break the rules to go after the White Fang. [[spoiler:She eventually gets over it, owns up to her SecretlySelfish reasons for hating him, and chooses to be fairer.]]

* AdaptationalJerkass: Blake's negative qualities are heavily turned up. In the story, she does little more than bash Jaune and break the rules to go after the White Fang. [[spoiler:It’s finally subverted when she owns up to her SecretlySelfish reasons for hating him and chooses to be fairer.]]

* AdaptationalJerkass: Blake's negative qualities are heavily turned up. In the story, she does little more than bash Jaune and break the rules to go after the White Fang.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Blake's negative qualities are heavily turned UpToEleven. In the story, she does little more than bash Jaune and break the rules to go after the White Fang.

** When Coco brings up how Jaune forgoing a mask is the smartest decision he's made since it lets people see him as a person, [[AccidentallyAccurate Yang brings up its also likely that he doesn't see a point as his face is already known]] though Coco says that's stupid.

* AdultFear:
** [[spoiler: This is what makes the sexually abusive [[=SDC=]] manager so awful: she can force herself on other Faunus men, and get away with it due to society taking her word over her victims]].
** [[spoiler: Jaune ends up in jail and is legally persecuted by Vale's government because he made them look like fools. What's worse is Jaune seeing a lot of jerks he helped bust being treated better by the system than he is]].

* DoWrongRight: Ilia and Sun not only call the White Fang wannabes out for not only being fake White Fang, but for their numerous tactical mistakes, like publicly announcing themselves in public, and their desperate attempts at appearing edgy.

** Mercury, who doesn't have much genuine loyalty to Cinder. When Jaune (accidentally) insults Cinder, Mercury wordlessly congratulates Jaune.
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: Vale wins in their case against Jaune, and even gets him sent to a maximum security prison out of spite, but their reputation has been shattered beyond repair and they could lose the next election]].

* NotSoAboveItAll: Ozpin is a ConsummateProfessional, but even he isn't afraid to get in a few digs at someone else's expense:
** Team RWBY's stunt at the docks manages to annoy him so much that he becomes willing to openly mock them if it gets his point across.
---> "What was that, Miss Rose? I couldn't hear you over the sound of everyone in Vale asking me why four of my students burned down the docks and millions of lien in dust." He made a show of wriggling a finger in his ear. "What were you saying? Something helpful no doubt."
** Ironwood [[spoiler:activating his Semblance and arresting a student entirely based on his abs]] gives Ozpin all he needs for several minutes of straight mocking, with nothing held back - [[spoiler:Ironwood's "nap time", Winter's exactly 200 second bathroom break and 30-second "hand washing mission", and above all the lack of evidence he had in arresting Sun]] all become fair game.