History Fanfic / RyuugisTheGamesWePlay

* {{Infodump}}: Especially with some background exposition chapters and the explanations throughout some later battles.

It is also THE longest and most watched thread on Spacebattles, bar none.

* {{Reincarnation}}: At least two documented examples.

* TheVirus: [[spoiler:Pandora Shells release a bacteria that infects people and turns them into allies of the Grimm, with the end stage being more bacteria to infect others with. In "Defeat" Jaune's father gets infected, causing his flesh to turn black, spikes and armour plate to sprout and a mask to form over his face.]]

* AbortedArc: After the general introduction chapters Jaune quickly loses interest in hunting for additional new spellbooks, deciphering the Babel literature (which should’ve been easy for his 200-300 INT), exploring the newly-unlocked Quest Arrow and Quest Objective abilities, etc.

* AdviceBackfire: Jaune's dad gave him one, ended in [[spoiler:Terrorism]]

** Improving the WIS stat is supposed to make Jaune choose more optimal and advantageous solutions but often he does not consider them or at least even explain why they won't work (e.g. looking for more spellbooks across the world; [[spoiler:looking for more information on Babel, [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot mining dust for spam-killing high level Grimm]], concentrating on levelling up instead of levelling skills, since each 50 stat points effectively doubles his power]] etc).

* AbortedArc: After the general introduction chapters Jaune quickly loses interest in hunting for additional new spellbooks; deciphering the Babel literature (which should’ve been easy for his 200-300 INT), exploring the newly-unlocked Quest Arrow and Quest Objective abilities, etc.

* TheAssimilator: Rose.

** Jaune rarely used his Dimensional because in a serious fight It could burn through as much as several hundred Dust crystals.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis / OmniscientDatabase / SherlockScan: Gamer’s ability offers an [[http://the-gamer.wikia.com/wiki/Observe Observe]] skill. Though it has its limitations (e.g. the information is often lacking, targets that aren’t in level range of 50 from Jaune are unobservable, etc), it is still supremely useful.

* Cyborg / DisabilitySuperpower: James Ironwood, to the point that he’s likely to refuse an offer of limb regeneration simply because his cybernetic improvements are much better now.

* IdiotBall: Improving the WIS stat is supposed to make Jaune choose more optimal and advantageous solutions but often he does not even consider them (e.g. looking for more spellbooks across the world; [[spoiler:looking for more information on Babel; [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot mining dust for spam-killing high level Grimm]], concentrating on levelling up instead of levelling skills, since each 50 stat-points effectively doubles his power;]] etc).

** Inverrted when Jaune successfully calls [[spoiler:Malkuth]]'s bluff, telling him that if he really wanted to KillAllHumans, he could have just unleashed the full force of the Grimm on mankind a long, long time ago.

* Infodump: Especially with some background exposition chapters and the explanations throughout some later battles.

* MasterOfAll: Jaune’s on his way to becoming this.

* OneWingedAngel: The first Gollliath they fight eventually grows himself an armour; their first Hydra evolves into an Ananta; [[spoiler:Cinder shows her true form when feeling threatened; any Grimm general \ Rider they kill turns into an avatar for Malkuth]].
* OnlyICanKillHim: Jaune’s PlotArmor is partially explained through his arch-nemesis forbidding his minions to kill him. Similar plot devices are applied first to "some" of Jaune’s allies [[spoiler:(when he manages to convince one of the Riders to not kill them while playing a SheepInWolfsClothing)]], then to "all" of them [[spoiler:(when he negotiates a temporary cease-fire with Malkuth)]].

* TheOmnipotent: Jaune's technically on his way to this: being immortal and with enough time he's bound to be able to learn all sort of skills, some of them already break the world's logic.
* TheOmniscient: Jaune's many sense-like skills have given him a local Omniscience, he's aware of everything that's happening in his vicinity and can passively make correct judgement of what's happening.

* Railroading / TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: Some plot changes, that are made to work with canon, feel jagged and forced, while others feel like [[ContrivedCoincidence contrived coincidences]] (e.g. how Jaune manages to unlock the right skills at the right time).

* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: [[spoiler: Jaune’s semblance is so powerful because his soul was enhanced by the remains of billion others.]]

* Reincarnation: At least two documented examples.

* SuperWeight: [[spoiler:Jaune’s powers, so far, managed to progress from Tier 1 (Muggle Weight) to Tier 5 (World Weight). His arch-nemesis is currently a [[SealedEvilInACan sealed]] Tier 6 (Cosmic Weight).]]

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Progressively worsens with story’s progression. Jaune can often spend whole chapters on useless generic descriptions or reminders about his current situation without mentioning any specific options for winning the oncoming conflict or battle. Same starts happening with newly-acquired or upgraded skills and items: the reader has no idea what they do untill the moment they are first used to salvage a situation.

* CallingYourAttacks: Throughout the whole story, Jaune often calls out his attacks even though there’s no particular reason for doing so.

** Jaune rarely used his Dimensional because in a serius fight It could burn through as much as several hundred crystals.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Jaune gets the ability to combine his elementals into higher tiers, Water + Wind = Ice, Earth + Wind = Sand + Fire = Glass, Earth + Lightning + Metal = Dimensions, all of them combined = [[spoiler:Light, who's Jaune's soul personification, Jaune calls him Keter since he doesn't remember his real name]].

** Jaune rarely uses his Dimensional because it's even more ridiculously costly to maintain, even before throwing in lots of attacks. Like 'burn through hundreds of Dust crystals in a few subjective moments' costly.
* BadassBoast:

* BadassBookworm: Quite literally seeing how Jaune "consumes" books for Skills.
* BadassCape: Dreary Midnight, gotten from [[spoiler:a Giant Nevermore, made of its feathers and infused with its power]], which greatly increases a user's Air Element Affinity.

* BossInMookClothing: Almost every stronger Grimm species is monstrously powerful. For example, the first Leviathan he encountered was level 107, higher than the professor in charge of Haven's combat training. The mook part comes in when one realises that these are ''species'' of Grimm, meaning there are a whole lot more of them.
* BreathWeapon: The Goliath releases some sort of thing that emits multiple kinds of radiation.

* CallingYourAttacks: Jaune calls out Aura Crash before he uses it, and he declared which limb he was going to take near the end of the [[spoiler:Penny]] fight.
* CantCatchUp:
** Jaune defies this for Adam by dragging him out to do grinding in "Sighted".

* CharacterLevel: One of the basic features of Jaune's Semblance let him achieve this, providing a steady development of his powers. Skills and Stats can be developed separately, though. Played with for other people, as their levels are more of a rationalization of their power and how they use it rather than raw capability - for one, Bianca's displayed level is actually below that of her true potential because she holds herself back out of fear of the massive collateral damage potential.

* CoolPet: Tiangou, a dog Jaune rescues from the streets [[spoiler:who eventually gains the ability to talk and grow to massive size.]]

* DeathOrGloryAttack:

* DegradedBoss:
** The first [[spoiler:Giant Nevermore]] Jaune fought was a massive endeavour requiring a Bullhead and Adam to do the heavy lifting. By the time "Horde" comes around, he can take one down by himself. When he fights [[spoiler:a Goliath]] starting in "Target Acquired" he takes down three as a side note to the FlunkyBoss in question, and does so without even needing to jump down its throat in order to AttackItsWeakPoint.
** When Adam, Jaune and Gou fight a second Leviathan in "Try Again", they have a much easier time of it.

* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:Gilgamesh]] has seen a lot - having existed for thousands of years will do that - but even he is surprised by [[spoiler:Thaumiel.]]

* {{Expy}}: Tenne's ability to make bullets do all sorts of crazy maneuvers makes him a GenderFlip of [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Rip van Winkle]].

-->At once, her shadow moved, drawing itself protectively around her like a—

* MeleeATrois: In "Noticed" [[spoiler:someone else, initially unknown but eventually revealed to be Torchwick in "Reunion", attacks the ceremony for the White Whale before Jaune can steal it.]]

* MindScrew: When Jaune uses [[spoiler:his Dimensional]] in "Second", the results are so disorienting that Jaune himself can't even

* TheOmnipotent: Jaune's technically in the way to turn into this, being immortal, with enough time he's bound to be able to learn all sort of skills, some of them already break the world's logic.
* TheOmniscient: Jaune's many sense-like skills have given him a local Omniscience, he's aware of everything that's actually happening in his vicinity and can passively make correct judgement of what's happening.

* StatGrinding: The Gamer system uses a mix of this and normal levelling; Jaune can boost a particular stat by doing specific actions, but every time he gains a level, he also gains points that he can put into his stats for an immediate boost.

* WeHaveReserves: The Grimm have always been said to benefit from this, but "Homeward" really drives it home - Jaune spends a night turning a ten kilometre sphere into an InstantDeathRadius, and come daybreak the Grimm are still pouring bodies into the breach like they were [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} the Imperial Guard]].

-->“Do you think he hasn't tried?" Ren asked. "Your master must have taught you well, but so did my grandfather. Don't underestimate [[spoiler:the students of Xuan Wu]], White Tiger. I can protect myself for a while."

* WhatTheHellHero: Jaune's grandmother gives him such a speech in "Alarm", though it plays with the idea - [[spoiler:instead of condemning him for wrongdoing, it's more of a ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''-style "you should have just walked away rather than insisting on being a hero".]]

* WriterOnBoard: Jaune from time to time speaks against TheNeedsOfTheMany and ShootTheDog thinking. One character [[spoiler:Raven]] pulled a ScrewThisImOuttaHere on her bosses because they held such attitudes. The one major character who does subscribe to such is not shown very sympathetically. Gee, subtle.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: White Dust is the rarest, most potent type of Dust. It is so rare that [[spoiler:Raven]] has only managed to forge three blades' worth of the stuff despite her decades as a Huntress. While its full potential remains unrevealed, what glimpses we see[[note]]Even the tiny amount Jaune had access to in the [[spoiler:Conquest]] fight was enough to let him go relativistic. Using it let Raven do Aura-ignoring {{Portal Cut}}s and dispel black holes.[[/note]] suggest it more than lives up to the hype. Jaune and Ozpin consider a certain character's ready access to large quantities of it to be more dangerous than {{Time Master}}y.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: White Dust is the rarest, most potent type of Dust. Even the tiny amount Jaune had access to in the [[spoiler:Conquest]] fight was enough to let him go relativistic. Its full potential remains unrevealed, but Jaune and Ozpin consider a certain character's ready access to large quantities of it to be more dangerous than {{Time Master}}y.

* BadassBoast: Jaune delivers one in "Liaisons".

* NecessaryDrawback: In "First Class", Jaune launches into a detailed explanation of the pros and cons of using Dust Eating vs Dust Weaving vs Dust ammunition.