History Fanfic / TransformersRWBYTheFlamesOfRedemption

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1070668/twilightnite13 twilightnite12]] worked alongside [=RyuJudge6614=] to write ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13048863/1/Transformers-RWBY-The-Light-of-Hope Transformers RWBY: The Light of Hope]]'' as a tie-in centered around Predaking and Dreadwing as they meet Weiss and Blake set before their run-ins with Yang and Megatron and has also written ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13647806/1/Transformers-RWBY-Chronicles-of-a-Herald Transformers RWBY: Chronicles of a Herald]]'' explaining how the Salem-aligned Cybertronians arrived on Remnant. ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13796280/1/Transformers-RWBY-The-Flames-That-Could-Have-Been Transfomers RWBY: The Flames That Could Have Been]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/13686571/ZeroTheOne ZeroTheOne]] has the entire cast of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' and Team RWBY transported to another dimension to react to the events of the original fic

* GreaterScopeVillain: It is implied that the one who sent the malevolvent Cybertronians to Remnant is none other than '''[[spoiler: [[GodOfEvil Unicron]]]]''', if the mysterious voice is anything to go by.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Starscream in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' would later become one of the more loyal Decepticons despite his constant treachery. Here, he's more in line with his vengeful ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015 Robots in Disguise(2015)]]'' version with the grudge he has against his former boss.
* AnArmAndALeg: Megatron inflicts this on himself by slicing off his own left arm to better understand Yang's predicament. [[spoiler: He gets a cybernetic courtesy of Atlas to replace that arm.]]
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Soundwave is this given his status in Transformers canon. Virtually silent? Check. Deadly combatant? You bet. Dreadwing even references Knock Out's quote regarding him after witnessing Soundwave tear apart Whitley with his brutal TheReasonYouSuckSpeech

* LadyAndKnight: Dreadwing and Weiss have this dynamic.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Soundwave's Semblance manifests in the form of sonic blasts emitted from his mouth capable of stunning friend and foe alike. The armor he gets in Atlas remedies the friendly fire part of his ability.

* MythologyGag: A few appear:
** The following exchange when the team run into the Leviathan Grimm references Megatron's exchange with Breakdown in ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron''.

** Soundwave gives Whitley a brutal example of this trope when Weiss, Dreadwing, and Soundwave run into him again at the Schnee estate after Whitley [[BullyingADragon decided to mock Soundwave's past]].
--> '''Soundwave'''(to Whitley): "YOU... Don't know... HIDDEN HERE... as if you're special... NO ONE... is... DISPOSABLE... I... FIGHT FOR OTHERS... to... HELP OTHERS... FOR... them... FIGHT... instead of... LOWER... YOURSELF... to... THROWN YOUR LIFE... for... PATHETIC REASON AS... you think... TRUE POWER... is... how you live... or your caste... alone. The only... ANIMAL... I see... before me... is you... Alone... in a hollow place that you inherited instead of making for yourself. If you truly see this as the height of your so-called power... (draws wrist blade and approaches Whitley)Then you truly are... PITIFUL..."
** [[spoiler: Megatronus]] gives Cinder one on her incompetence and [[EntitledBitch entitled behavior]], stating that just because her past sucked doesn't mean that she can excuse herself of being a terrible person and that what she went through is ''nothing'' compared to his own experiences.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Prima, despite being one of the 13 Primes, was racist towards Predacons and refused to aid them even when they were facing extinction, if Predaking's memories of his namesake ancestor are anything to go by

* HateAtFirstSight: Dreadwing immediately gains a dislike of the vapid, selfish Atlesian upper class because they remind him too much of the High Class of Cybertron he had to put up with as a Cybertronian
* HeelFaceTurn: Downplayed with [[spoiler:the Corsac brothers converting to Predaking's side after their defeat]] given their part in Adam Taurus' MaliciousSlander campaign against Predaking, but they at least realized that they did the wrong thing and try to make amends.
* HonorBeforeReason: PlayedWith when Predaking attempts to commit suicide after [[AccidentalPervert accidentally running into Blake while she was in the bathroom]]. Blake manages to talk him out of it.
* MeaningfulName: Dreadwing's alias of "Dreadwing Seeker" is a thinly-veiled allusion to his past as a member of the Seekers.
* NoTrueScotsman: Adam has this attitude towards Predaking after [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint misunderstanding Predaking's rejection of his offer to join the White Fang, seeing him as a human-made anti-Faunus weapon.]] This leads to him [[spoiler:attempting to tarnish Predaking's reputation among the residents of Menagerie alongside the Corsac brothers [[MaliciousSlander by portraying him as a "false Faunus".]]]]
* PretenderDiss: Ilia and Adam refer to Predaking as a "weapon" and "false faunus" after inadvertently learning of Predaking's heritage as a clone. Ilia gets better though
* {{SummonMagic}}: Dreadwing's semblance allows him to temporarily summon the soul of his deceased twin brother Skyquake from Unicron's Anti-Spark to aid him in battle
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dreadwing gives one towards all the visitors to the SDC charity event within the Schnee estate in response to a insensitive and demeaning comment that a [[RichBitch female partygoer]] gives regarding the Fall of Beacon causing Weiss to lash out at her.
--> '''Dreadwing'''(to partygoers): "What gave any of you the right to think you are better than others?! Your heartlessness and arrogance is so damaging that it made a young woman who watched innocent people and friends perish during the Fall of Beacon lash out at your selfishness instead of showing more support to her and the lives lost! In my eyes she is the only one who deserves to be where she is, not any of you!"
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: [[spoiler:Dreadwing has an Atlesian implant on his chest that uses his Aura to seal and eventually heal the wound over his heart lest it kill him again.]]

* AdaptationalJerkass: Starscream in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' would later become one of Megatron's most loyal followers despite his constant treachery. Here, he's more in line with his vengeful ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015 Robots in Disguise(2015)]]'' version with the grudge he has against his former boss.

* {{BFG}}: Megatron's armor-mounted fusion cannon is this, and his Semblance allows him to summon even larger cannons out of thin air
* BlackKnight: PlayedWith; while Dreadwing has the aesthetic, personality-wise he is still as honorable as he was in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''.

* ContinuityNod: Megatron quotes his old friend and enemy Optimus Prime in his fight against Harriet of the Ace Ops

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Jacques Schnee fits the bill as in canon with his money-grubbing antics. [[spoiler:This comes back to bite him in the ass when it is revealed that he had unwittingly shared sensitive information with Arthur Watts, who is in the employ of [[BigBad Salem]]]].

* DramaticUnmask: [[spoiler: The masked man reveals himself to be Megatronus Prime, the Fallen, in chapter 82.]]

* GoodIsNotNice: Megatron starts off as an example of this trope before he [[TookALevelInKindness warms up to his comrades over time.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Soundwave takes a hit for Ruby from Neo in Chapter 82 and is knocked into the abyss below Atlas at the Spacebridge portal they set up in Atlas Academy.]]

* MachoMasochism: If Megatron slicing off his own arm and cauterizing the stump singlehandedly as well as refusing anesthetics for the procedure to attach his new cybernetic arm is anything to go by

* MassOhCrap: [[spoiler:Everyone has this reaction when Salem appears at the head of a massive Grimm armada en route to Atlas.]] Shows up again when the Grimm are using the river flowing into Atlas to infiltrate the kingdom

** The following exchange when the team run into the Leviathan Grimm references Megatron's exchange with Breakdown in ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron''

---> '''[[DeadpanSnarker Megatron]]'''(''rolls eyes''): Yes, Jaune Arc, I am widely known for my sense of humor.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: As skilled as Atlas' Ace Ops is, they can't hold a candle to the ex-Decepticons given that they have ''eons'' of combat experience under their belt.
* RedemptionRejection: When Predaking forgives Adam Taurus and tries to help him let go of his hate, Adam angrily rejects his offer and attempts to kill him twice before Blake shoots him.
* SelfImposedExile: [[spoiler:Megatron exiled himself from Cybertron to atone for everything he did as the leader of the Decepticons before his arrival on Remnant.]]

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Penny manages to escape to Vacuo alongside Team RWBY and JNPR after they evacuate all of Mantle's citizens.]]
* SuddenlyVoiced: [[spoiler:Laserbeak can now speak due to Ruby unlocking his Aura, whereas he only communicated in screeches and avian vocalizations before.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Dreadwing and Predaking are understandably leery about having to work alongside Megatron given their [[EtTuBrute respective]] [[LastOfHisKind histories]]. They later grow to fully trust Megatron and become FireForgedFriends.
* ThatManIsDead: When Raven Branwen attempts to recruit Megatron into her bandit tribe, Megatron states that he refuses to return into being the tyrant he was. Raven is not amused
* TheStoic: Soundwave and Shockwave fit the bill
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Soundwave gives Whitley a brutal example of this trope when Weiss, Dreadwing, and Soundwave run into him again at the Schnee estate after Whitley [[BullyingADragon decided to mock Soundwave's past]].

** [[spoiler: Megatronus]] gives Cinder one on her incompetence and EntitledBitch behavior just because her past sucked, stating that what she went through is ''nothing'' compared to his experiences.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Starscream in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' would later become one of Megatron's most loyal followers despite his constant treachery. Here, he's more in line with his vengeful ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015 Robots in Disguise(2015)]]'' version.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Starscream in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' was at least a ChaoticNeutral AntiVillain to an extent who would later become one of Megatron's most loyal followers. Here, he's more in line with his vengeful and villainous ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015 Robots in Disguise(2015)]]'' version.
* AnArmAndALeg: Megatron inflicts this on himself by slicing off his own left arm to better understand Yang's predicament. [[spoiler:He gets a cybernetic courtesy of Atlas to replace that arm.]]

--> '''Dreadwing''': Watch out for the quiet ones... They're the ones that speak the loudest when they want to

* BerserkButton: Megatron hates it when anyone mentions anything about making him a slave [[spoiler: thanks to his experience as a slave in the Pits of Kaon and a thrall to Unicron]], as Yang found out.

* BlackKnight: PlayedWith, as while Dreadwing has the aesthetic, personality-wise he is still as honorable as he was in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''.

* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:Nobody expected ''[[RobotGirl Penny]]'', of all people, to gain the power of the Winter Maiden after its previous holder Fria died from her old age and a dagger wound from Cinder.]]

** Megatron calls out the Fallen for his hypocrisy in chapter 82, stating that everything he did up to that point was merely to validate himself

* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler: Penny is not turned into a human due to Shockwave being able to neutralize the virus planted within her by Watts.]]
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:During the Atlas council meeting, Shockwave reveals himself as Optimus' DoubleAgent within Salem's forces after exposing Jacques Schnee's dealings with the traitorous Atlesian scientist Arthur Watts.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: It is implied that the one who sent the malevolvent Cybertronians to Remnant is none other than ''[[spoiler: [[GodOfEvil Unicron]]]]'', if the mysterious voice is anything to go by.

* RedemptionRejection: When Predaking offers to forgive Adam Taurus and help him let go of his hate, Adam angrily rejects his offer and attempts to kill him twice before Blake shoots him in the heart.
* SelfImposedExile: [[spoiler:Megatron exiled himself from Cybertron to atone for everything he did as the leader of the Decepticons.]]

* DramaticUnmask: [[spoiler: The masked man reveals himself to be Megatronus Prime, the Fallen himself, in chapter 82.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Soundwave takes a hit for Yang from Cinder in Chapter 82 and is knocked into a crevasse]].

** [[spoiler: Megatronus]] gives Cinder one calling her out on her selfish, entitled behavior just because her past sucked.

* DeadpanSnarker: Apart from Ren, Megatron certainly has his moments as shown by this little exchange
---> '''Dreadwing''': This planet certainly has more familiarities from Cybertron than what meets the eye. Such as the one who you used as an orbital gun over Cybertron.
---> '''Nora''': Please tell me you're kidding...
--->'''Megatron''': No, the Decepticons did indeed have a soldier that was about the same size and similar shape as the Grimm. It certainly does remind me of the Titan Trypticon. That is, before he failed his mission and I had to use his chassis as my personal flagship, the Nemesis.
---> '''Jaune''': Megatron... Please tell me you're joking...
---> '''Megatron'''(''rolls eyes''): Yes, Jaune Arc, [[VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron I am widely known for my sense of humor.]]
** Doubles as a MythologyGag

* GoodIsNotNice: Megatron starts off as an example of this trope before he TookALevelInKindness over time.
* GreaterScopeVillain: It is implied that the one who sent the malevolvent Cybertronians to Remnant is none other than ''[[GodOfEvil Unicron]]'', if the mysterious voice is anything to go by.
* HerioicRROD: [[spoiler: Nora overcharges her Semblance in order to break down the door to the military compound's hangar to help her allies escape after they get the info they need from the compound's database, knocking her out of commission and forcing Ruby's group to head back to the Schnee estate to heal her wounds.]]

** TheLancer: Soundwave

** TheHeart: Dreadwing

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1070668/twilightnite13 twilightnite12]] worked alongside [[=RyuJudge6614=]] to write ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13048863/1/Transformers-RWBY-The-Light-of-Hope Transformers RWBY: The Light of Hope]]'' as a tie-in centered around Predaking and Dreadwing as they meet Weiss and Blake set before their run-ins with Yang and Megatron and has also written ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13647806/1/Transformers-RWBY-Chronicles-of-a-Herald Transformers RWBY: Chronicles of a Herald]]'' explaining how the Salem-aligned Cybertronians arrived on Remnant. ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13796280/1/Transformers-RWBY-The-Flames-That-Could-Have-Been Transfomers RWBY: The Flames That Could Have Been]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/13686571/ZeroTheOne ZeroTheOne]] has the entire cast of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' and Team RWBY transported to another dimension to react to the events of the original fic

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1070668/twilightnite13 twilightnite12]] worked alongside RyuJudge6614 to write ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13048863/1/Transformers-RWBY-The-Light-of-Hope Transformers RWBY: The Light of Hope]]'' as a tie-in centered around Predaking and Dreadwing as they meet Weiss and Blake set before their run-ins with Yang and Megatron. ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13796280/1/Transformers-RWBY-The-Flames-That-Could-Have-Been Transfomers RWBY: The Flames That Could Have Been]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/13686571/ZeroTheOne ZeroTheOne]] has the entire cast of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' and Team RWBY transported to another dimension to react to the events of the original fic

* HonorBeforeReason: PlayedForDrama when Predaking attempts to commit suicide after [[AccidentalPervert accidentally running into Blake while she was in the bathroom]]. Blake manages to talk him out of it.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Starscream in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' was at least a ChaoticNeutral AntiVillain to an extent who would later become one of Megatron's most loyal followers. Here, he's more in line with his vengeful and villainous ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015 Robots in Disguise(2015)'' version.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Starscream in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' was at least a ChaoticNeutral AntiVillain to an extent. Here, he's more in line with his G1 counterpart with his treacherous and cowardly nature.

* MassOhCrap: [[spoiler:Everyone has this reaction when Salem appears at the head of a massive Grimm armada en route to Atlas.]]
* MythologyGag: Soundwave's PreAsskickingOneLiner before the battle against Ace Opes is quite the callback to his classic catchphrase.
--> '''Soundwave''': Cybertronians superior. Ace Ops inferior.
** The exchange between Megatron and Jaune under DeadpanSnarker counts as one for ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron''

* MythologyGag: Soundwave's PreAsskickingOneLiner before the battle against Ace Opes is quite similar to his [[WesternAnimation/TransformersCyberverse Cyberverse incarnation's catchphrase.]]

---> '''Megatron''': Yes, Jaune Arc, I am widely known for my sense of humor.

* GoodIsNotNice: Megatron starts off as an example of this trope before TakingALevelInKindness over time.

--> '''Megatron''': "One shall stand. One shall fall."

---> '''Megatron''': "I understand what it is like. To have your body taken from you, to have your soul overpowered by another. I felt the that same sense of hopelessness when Unicron had taken control of my body and forced my spark to endure unending suffering. But, thanks to the help of an old friend, and I learned much from that experience. Oscar, you are right to be afraid about losing yourself. It truly is a terrifying thing. But... let me ask you: you said that you wanted to help; is that right?
---> '''Oscar''': What? Well... yes, I want to help, but-,"
---> '''Megatron''': "Then do exactly that. If you run now, then you will regret it for the rest of your life. But, though you will one day merge with Ozpin's soul and become him, that day has not yet come to pass. It may come tomorrow, it may come in a year, but until that day comes, you are still you. You are still Oscar Pine. Ozpin is not in control; you are. So I ask you, Oscar Pine: what will you do now?"

--> '''Dreadwing''': "Watch out for the quiet ones... They're the ones that speak the loudest when they want to"

---> '''Dreadwing''':
---> '''Nora''':
--->'''Megatron''': No, the Decepticons did indeed have a soldier that was about the same size and similar shape as the Grimm. It certainly does remind me of the Titan Trypticon. That is, before he failed his mission and I had to use his chassis as my personal flagship, the Nemesis."
---> '''Jaune''': "Megatron... Please tell me you're joking..."
---> '''Megatron''': Yes, Jaune Arc, I am widely known for my sense of humor..."

* BewareTheQuietOnes: Soundwave is this given his status in Transformers canon. Virtually silent? Check. Deadly combatant? You bet. Dreadwing even name-drops the trope after witnessing Soundwave tear apart Whitley with his brutal TheReasonYouSuckSpeech

* MythologyGag: Soundwave uses the same catchphrase as his [[WesternAnimation/TransformersCyberverse Cyberverse incarnation]] does as a PreAsskickingOneLiner during the fight against Ace Ops

* RedemptionRejection: When Predaking offers to forgive Adam Taurus, Adam angrily rejects his offer and attempts to kill him before Blake shoots him in the heart.

* SelfImposedExile: [[spoiler:Megatron exiled himself from Cybertron to atone for everything he did as the leader of the Decepticons.]]
* ShipTease: Plenty between each member of Team RWBY and the Cybertronian they are respectively paired with.
* SuddenlyVoiced: [[spoiler:Laserbeak can now speak due to Ruby unlocking his Aura, whereas he only communicated in screeches and avian vocalizations before.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Dreadwing and Predaking are understandably leery about having to work alongside Megatron given their [[EtTuBrute respective]] [[LastOfHisKind histories]]. They later grow to fully trust Megatron and become FireForgedFriends.

'''Beware of spoilers for ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' and ''Film/TransformersPrimePredaconsRising'''''