History Fanfic / CardsOfRemnant

* DidntThinkThisThrough: After 'Jaune' [[spoiler:(really Astral possessing his body)]] suggests he duel Cardin with the condition that if he wins team CRDL will keep quiet about him and Ruby sneaking into the forge, Cardin agrees, smugly adding that if Jaune loses, he does CRDL's homework for the rest of the semester. A confused [[spoiler:Astral/]]Jaune pops his bubble by asking why he wants the worst-performing student in charge of his team's homework for the rest of the semester.

** Weiss is the only one of Teams RWBY or JNPR to arrive at Beacon capable of ''two'' Extra Deck summoning methods: Synchro and Xyz. Though, the way [[AbusiveParents Jacques]] taught her to Xyz Summon left her unwilling to use it until after her duel with Ruby.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: After 'Jaune' [[spoiler:(really Astral possessing his body)]] suggests he duel Cardin with the condition that if he wins team CRDL will keep quiet about him and Ruby sneaking into the forge, Cardin agrees, smugly adding that if Jaune loses, he does CRDL's homework for the rest of the semester. A confused [[spoiler:Astral/]]Jaune pops his bubble by asking why he wants the worst-performing student in charge of his
team's homework for the rest of the semester.

** Perry's attempts to intimidate Ruby and Penny and revel in the power of [[spoiler:his Fusion monster]] keep falling flat, due to the former gushing over it and the latter managing to explain it's effects before he can. He grumbles that they're ruining this for him.

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Blake's belief that [[spoiler:Fusion cards are inherently evil]] results in her being incredibly hesitant to use them, and nervous whenever she if forced to do so. This in turn makes [[spoiler:her Fusions]] much more willing to rebel against her, causing excessive destruction and furthering her beliefs in a vicious cycle.

** When Yang calls out the White Fang for forcing Blake in a three on one duel, the chameleon Faunus asks if she really expected terrorists to fight fair.

* NotSoOmniscientAfterAll: Glynda is shocked when Ozpin reveals that he has ''no idea'' what actually happened [[spoiler:regarding both the results of the clash between Blakes Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Weiss' Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon.]]

* WakeUpCallBoss: Weiss' duel with one of the White Fang {{Mook}}'s on the docks is this on multiple levels. Due to a combination of [[UnderestimatingBadassery assuming it would be an easy win]] and [[spoiler:the organization's use of Fusion cards]] catching her off guard, she ends up coming ''very'' close to losing, even having Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon destroyed, showing that even the grunts need to be taken seriously [[spoiler:with Fusion at their disposal]]. She also realizes that the man she's dueling is the same one who lost his son [[spoiler:in Blakes's memories]], showing that [[WhatMeasureIsAMook these are people that have been driven to these extremes, not just faceless terrorists]].

* DidntThinkThisThrough: After 'Jaune' [[spoiler:(really Astral possessing his body)]] suggests he duel Cardin with the condition that if he wins team CRDL will keep quiet about him and Ruby sneaking into the forge, Cardin agrees, smugly adding that if Jaune loses, he does CRDL's homework for the rest of the semester. A confused [[spoiler:Astral/]]Jaune pops his bubble by asking why he wants the worst-performing student in charge of his team's homework for the rest of the semester.
* TheDreaded: Adam Taurus is this, being renowned as [[RedBaron 'the Blood Soaked Bull']].

---> '''Jaune[[spoiler:/Astral possessing him]]:''' [[spoiler:With order and chaos bound to your shining wings of valor, rise like the dawn to banish light and darkness! Messenger of Hope! Xyz Summon! '''Number 39: Utopia!''']]

Ruby Rose has wanted to be a Hunting Duelist all her life, to train her aura to manifest the monsters in her deck to fight the Grimm. So when she gets an invitation to join her sister at Beacon Duel Academy, she jumps at the chance. But old powers are stirring, and ancient summoning methods not seen in eons are about to clash, with the fate of Remnant in the balance.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13480950/1/Cards-of-Remnant Cards of Remnant]]'' is a crossover fanfic between ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' by ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4652465/TheMaster4444 TheMaster4444]]''. On this Remnant, Duel Monster cards aren't just paper, but are forged with dust and aura, with Hunting Duelists being trained to use their aura to provide bodies for the monster spirits within to be summoned and battle the Grimm. And when two duelists clash, then it's time to du-du-du-du-du-du-DUEL!

** Willow Schnee varies between this and ParentalNeglect, which Weiss finds worse, because she at least knows what to expect from her father. After performing a charity concert, the woman wastes no time brutally telling her daughter that very little of it will help the Faunus, and actually insults her for her naivete.
** Marcus Black seems to have been even ''worse'' in this story to Mercury than he was in canon, having had his monster brutally ''beat his son's legs off'', traumatizing him to the point where he no longer understands how anyone can find dueling ''fun.''
* AdaptationalBadass: While his canon counterpart is simply a businessman, here Jacques Schnee is a capable duelist, having been the one to teach Weiss how to Xyz summon.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: Blake spends most of her duel with Weiss taunting and mocking her over her position as Schnee heiress, as well as not-so-subtle jabs about how they've mistreated the Faunus over the years. She's caught completely off-guard when Weiss ''agrees with her'' that the White Fang have a point in hating her family, angrily saying she's not blind to what her father's done.

** Sun and Blake both get to show off their skills during the first-years' training session in Forever Fall, driving their runners up into the tree and leaping from branch to branch. Blake even uses her runner to divebomb a Beowolf and kill it without even summoning a monster.

** At the end of Chapter 13, 'The Docks - Snowflake Sees The Blizzard', an exhausted Weiss is about to be killed by [[spoiler: Neo]] and her [[spoiler: Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon]], who's stolen her Blue-Eyes. The following chapter opens with Yang and Hot Red Dragon Archfiend arriving just in the nick of time to save her and swipe back her card.

* CompositeCharacter: Jaune combines traits of his canon self with [[spoiler: Yuma Tsukumo]], being a below-average duelist, who [[spoiler: partners with Astral]] and [[spoiler: uses an Onomatopeia deck, and wields Number 39: Utopia]].

* CurbStompCushion: Jaune's card-only duel with Pyrrha ends with him unable to land a single point of damage to her life points, but he manages to make several clever counter moves with his Onomatopoeia deck, and even manages to destroy her ace card, something even she admits few duelists have accomplished.

* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Although she doesn't like it, Yang admits there's a part of her that's jealous of Ruby's Black Rose Dragon. She'd spent years trying to recreate Summer Rose's Stardust Dragon card and Taiyang's Red Dragon Archfiend, only to fail because those are unique cards, and the Duel Spirits were unwilling to bond with her. Ruby, however, managed to bond with a Signer Dragon without even realizing it ''was'' a Signer Dragon, and Yang isn't entirely happy with that rejection.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Cardin initially scoffs at Jaune's nervous suggestion to call their unsanctioned duel a draw, but after he proves unable to control his Battleguard General's rage and only Pyrrha's intervention keeps Dove and Sky from getting seriously hurt, TheBully actually agrees to end the match to protect his team. In turn, Jaune, who had a way to win the duel next turn but had no way of ensuring he could control it and protect the duel's spectators, also decides that the ego trip of beating his bully wasn't worth risking the watching Ruby and Pyrrha's lives.
* MadeOfMagic: Cards are quite literally forged from a combination of dust and aura put through a special machine. When a hunting duelist plays a card, they use their aura to create a body to manifest the spirits in the cards, giving them presence in the real world, though more traditional ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' holograms do exist for training purposes.
** Interestingly, completely ''unique'' cards, like the Signer Dragons and Numbers, can't be recreated, as their spirits are one-of-a-kind and choose their wielders. Yang's attempted for years to recreate her parent's Signer Dragons, and only achieved an "imperfect" copy in Hot Red Dragon Archfiend.
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Sort of. It's really only a crossover between Yu-Gi-Oh! and RWBY, but the story includes elements from seemingly ''every'' Yu-Gi-Oh! series, even ones that were never directly connected in canon. So far this has included Signers and their associated Dragons, who [[spoiler: are heavily implied to be related to the Light of Destruction]], Number Cards, [[spoiler: Astral]], [[spoiler: the Four Dimensional Dragons]], and Ozpin has made vague references to the existence of the God Cards. Some ArcWelding is done to make them all fit together, and to fit within Remnant.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Jaune is concerned at how subdued Ruby us during Blake and Weiss' duel, even as the former [[spoiler:breaks out her Pendulum monsters]], noting she typically gushes over seeing new cards even if they're being used against her. [[spoiler:This is because Ruby quickly realised from Blake's use of the Performapal archetype, she's likely the infamous 'Odd-Eyes Bandit'.]]

* WakeUpCallBoss: Weiss' duel with one of the White Fang {{Mook}}'s on the docks is this on multiple levels. Due to a combination of [[UnderestimatingBadassery assuming it would be an easy win]] and [[spoiler:the organization's use of Fusion cards]] catching her off guard, she ends up coming ''very'' close to losing, even having Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon destroyed, showing that even the grunts need to be taken seriously [[spoiler:with Fusion at their disposal]]. She also realizes that the man she's dueling is the same one who lost his son [[spoiler:in Blakes's memories]], showing that [[WhatMeasureIsAMook these are people that have been driven to these extremes, not just faceless terrorists.]]
* WhamEpisode: Blake and Weiss's duel starts off with a bit of a shock at Blake's new archetype, [[spoiler: Performapal]]. But the real shocker is [[spoiler:Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon vs Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. Adding to the fact that Ruby has Starving Venom Fusion Dragon and Yang has a Synchro deck that can easily slip in Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' fans already know what this implies]].

--> '''Jaune[[spoiler:/Astral possessing him]]:''' [[spoiler: With order and chaos bound to your shining wings of valor, rise like the dawn to banish light and darkness! Messenger of Hope! Xyz Summon! '''Number 39: Utopia!''']]

--> '''Yang:''' According to my dad, the Singer Dragons were '[[spoiler: Running from the light that fueled them, for it had turned to destruction]]'.
--> '''Pyrrha:''' What does that mean?
--> '''Yang:''' Heck if I know.

** Played with for Jaune, who insists on using his family's Noble Knights deck despite having his Onomatopoeia cards for longer and being much more proficient with them. This stems less from a desire to hold back, and more out of insecurity for using a 'childish' deck.

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** At the end of Chapter 13, 'The Docks - Snowflake Sees The Blizzard', an exhausted Weiss is about to be killed by [[spoiler: Neo]] and her [spoiler: Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon]], who's stolen her Blue-Eyes. The following chapter opens with Yang and Hot Red Dragon Archfiend arriving just in the nick of time to save her and swipe back her card.

** Marcus Black seems to have been even ''worse'' in this story to Mercury than he was in canon, having had his monster brutally ''beat his son's legs off'', traumatising him to the point where he no longer understands how anyone can find duelling ''fun.''

** In a flashback, Willow explains that the reason Jacques had such a high position in the Schnee company was that he and Nicholas balanced each other out when he was alive. Nicholas was quite charitable and kept the companies reputation, while Jacques ensured they had enough money to keep going, with his greed growing unchecked after the man's death.
** As a result of calming down after their duel, Blake gets a chance to explain to Weiss why she doubts the White Fang are behind the Dust robberies beyond morals; given the amount of members they have, they'd need similarly large amounts to arm them all, which would be the primary aim of such an operation, hence why they typically target SDC transports. Dust shops provide too little to be practical, and they run the risk of getting caught each time they target them, making the whole thing a high-risk-low-reward situation.

* BrutalHonesty: In a flashback, Willow Schnee rather callously informs Weiss that the money she helped raise at a charity concert for the Faunus will mostly go into lining Jacques' pockets, and only a small percent will actually reach those who need it.

** Interstingly, completely ''unique'' cards, like the Signer Dragons and Numbers, can't be recreated, as their spirits are one-of-a-kind and choose their wielders. Yang's attempted for years to recreate her parent's Signer Dragons, and only achieved an "imperfect" copy in Hot Red Dragon Archfiend.
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Sort of. It's really only a crossover between Yu-Gi-Oh! and RWBY, but the story includes elements from seemingly ''every'' Yu-Gi-Oh! series, even ones that were never directly connected in canon. So far this has included Signers and their associated Dragons, who [[spoiler: are heavily implied to be related to the Light of Destruction]], Number Cards, [[spoiler: Astral]], [[spoiler: the Four Dimensional Dragons]], and Ozpin has made vague reference to the existence of the God Cards. Some ArcWelding is done to make them all fit together, and to fit within Remnant.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite presenting herself as the most mature member of her team, Weiss gets excited watching [[ShowWithinAShow The Onomatopoeia Gang]] during marathon nights than anyone on RWBY or JNPR, which is mentioned to be targeted at young children.

* WakeUpCallBoss: Weiss' duel with one of the White Fang {{Mook}}'s on the docks is this on multiple levels. Due to a combination of [[UnderestimatingBadassery assuming it would be an easy win]] and [[spoiler:the organizations use of Fusion cards]] catching her off guard, she ends up coming ''very'' close to losing, even having Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon destroyed, showing that even the grunts need to be taken seriously [[spoiler:with Fusion at their disposal]]. She also realises that the man she's dueling is the same one who lost his son [[spoiler:in Blakes memories]], showing that [[WhatMeasureIsAMook these are people that have been driven to these extremes, not just faceless terrorists.]]

--> '''Jaune:''' [[spoiler: With order and chaos bound to your shining wings of valor, rise like dawn to banish light and darkness! Messenger of hope! Xyz Summon! '''Number 39: Utopia!''']]

* CompositeCharacter: Jaune combines traits of his canon self with [[spoiler: Yuma Tsukumo]], being a below-average duelist, who [[spoiler: partners with Astral]] and [[spoiler: uses an Onomatopeia deck]].

* WhamLine: In "Gleam Like A Blade" Yang is telling Pyrrha what she knows of the origins of the Signer Dragons:

** In a flashback, Willow explains that the reason Jacques had such a high position in the Schnee company was that he and Nicholas balanced each other out when he was alive. Nicholas was quite charitable and kept the companies reputation, while Jacques ensured they had enough money to keep going, with his greed growing unchecked after the mans death.

** As a result of calming down after their duel, Blake gets a chance to explain to Weiss why she doubts the White Fand are behind the Dust robberies beyond morals; given the amount of members they have, they'd need similarly large amounts to arm them all, which would be the primary aim of such an operation, hence why they typically target transports. Dust shops provide too little to be practical, and they run the risk of getting caught each time they target them, making the whole thing a high-risk-low-reward situation.

* BerserkButton: Weiss becomes ''livid'' during her duel with Blake when the latter calls her Blue Eyes 'Daddy's Dragons', owing to his tarnishing of her grandfathers legacy.

* AbusiveParents: Jacques Schnee, as usual. However, since he is a [[AdaptationalBadass capable Xyz Duelist in this story]], he is debatably crueler, having had his Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon give Weiss her iconic scar when he [[TrainingFromHell forcibly trained]] her to learn how to Xyz Summon, seeing Synchro as on its way out.

* WhamEpisode: Blake and Weiss's duel starts off with a bit of a shock at Blake's new archetype, [[spoiler: Performapal]]. But the real shocker is [[spoiler:Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon vs Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. Adding to the fact that Ruby has Starving Venom Fusion Dragon and Yang has a Synchro deck that can easily slip in Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' fans already know what this implies]].
* WhatTheHellHero:
** During their duel for the position of team leader, Ruby calls out Weiss for not being willing to use Xyz summoning despite the clear advantage it would give her. She specifically notes it's hypocritical to claim to want to push their team to be the best, despite not being willing to put her own best effort forward.
** Pyrrha and [[spoiler:Astral]] call out Jaune for his insistence on not using his 'childish' Onomatopoeia deck, despite being much more proficient with it, and dismissing both its (and by extension, his) strengths.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: After 'Jaune' [[spoiler:(really Astral possessing his body)]] suggests he duel Cardin with the condition that if he wins team CRDL will keep quiet about him and Ruby sneaking into the forge, Cardin agrees, smugly adding that if Jaune loses, he does CRDL's homework for the rest of the semester. A confused [[spoiler:Astral/]]Jaune pops his bubble by asking why he wants the worst performing student in charge of his team's homework for the rest of the semester.

* CurbStompCushion: Jaunes card only duel with Pyrrha ends with him unable to land a single point of damage to her life points, but he manages to make several clever counter moves with his Onomatopoeia deck, and even manages to destroy her ace card, something even she admits few duelists have accomplished.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: After 'Jaune' [[spoiler:(really Astral possessing his body)]] suggests he duel Cardin with the condition that if he wins team CRDL will keep quiet about him and Ruby sneaking into the forge, Cardin agrees, smugly adding that if Jaune loses, he does CRDL's homework for the rest of the semester. A confused [[spoiler:Astral/]]Jaune pops his bubble by asking why he wants the worst performing student in charge of his teams homework for the rest of the semester.

** Due to the above TrainingFromHell from her father, Weiss doesn't even consider Xyz summoning in her duel with Ruby, failing to summon Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon even when it would have made victory much easier. Ruby calls her out on this, noting its not only an insult to her cards, but her prospective teammates for not being willing to give it her all in a duel.
** Played with for Jaune, who insists on using his families Noble Knights deck despite having his Onomatopoeia cards for longer and being much more proficient with them. This stems less from a desire to hold back, and more out of insecurity for using a 'childish' deck.
** A straighter example is Blake, who uses an X-Saber deck, despite being unable to Synchro Summon (the archetypes main gimmick) to avoid drawing attention to herself. Her actual deck [[spoiler:of Performapals plays much more to her strengths, and lets her using the incredibly rare Pendulum mechanic, putting Weiss on the back foot early on in their duel]].

** During their duel for the position of team leader, Ruby calls out Weiss for not being willing to use Xyz summoning despite the clear advantage it would give her. She specifically notes its hypocritical to claim to want to push their team to be the best, despite not being willing to put her own best effort forward.

* NotSoAboceItAll: Despite presenting herself as the most mature member of her team, Weiss gets excited watching [[ShowWithinAShow The Onomatopoeia Gang]] during marathon nights than anyone on RWBY or JNPR, which is mentioned to be targeted at young children.

** A straighter example is Blake, who uses an X-Saber deck, despite being unable to Synchro Summon (the archetypes main gimmick) to avoid drawing attention to herself. Her actual deck [[spoiler:of Performapals plays much more to her strengths, and lets her using the incredibly rare Pendulum mechanic]].

* TrainingFromHell: [[ArchnemesisDad Jacques]] put Weiss through this to get her to learn how to Xyz Summon, even having his Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon scar her in a duel.

* AbusiveParents: Jacques Schnee, as usual. However, since he is a [[AdaptationalBadass capable Xyz Duelist in this story]], he is debatably crueler, having had his Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon give Weiss her iconic scar when [[TrainingFromHell forcibly trained]] her to learn how to Xyz Summon, seeing Synchro as on its way out.

** PlayedForLaughs when Ruby mentions that she was hopeless at Synchro Summoning until [[CoolUncle Qrow]] took away her [[TrademarkFavoriteFood cookies]]. She got the summoning method down in a week after that.

* AdmiringTheAbomination: Blue-Eyes White Dragon is hardly an abomination, but it is one of the most legendarily powerful monsters on Remnant, being the well-known symbol of the Schnee Family. This does not stop Ruby, who wasn't on great terms with Weiss during Initiation, from flying her much smaller White Rose Dragon right up to the legendary creature of destruction and [[Squee fawning over it]].

** Pyrrha herself is, naturally, one of these herself, being a master of Xyz Summon and titled 'The Invincible Girl' because none of her tournament opponents had ever even been able to get her life points below half. And even when Yang does accomplish that feat in their Turbo Duel, the Mistral champion still pulls out the win by summoning Number 86: Rhongomyniad.

* Teen Genius: Quite a few of the main cast. Extra Deck Summoning methods are noted to be incredibly difficult, usually only learned once someone enters one of the four Hunting Duelist Academies. Naturally, Torchwick is [[ThisCannotBe flabbergasted]] when Ruby Synchro Summons Black Rose Dragon to turn the tide of their duel. One of Ozpin's stated reasons for moving her up two years is that with Yang leaving Signal and no one else there able to challenge her, she might run into a NormalFishInATinyPond situation.

** Pyrrha herself is, naturally, one of these herself, being a master of Xyz Summon and titled 'The Invincible Girl' because none of her tournament opponents had ever even been able to get her life points below half. And even when Yang does accomplish that feat in their Turbo Duel, the Mistral champion still pulls out the win by summoning Number 86: Rho