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* RousingSpeech: At Velvet's urging, Sun sends out one to the people of Vacuo, urging them to fight against the Crown.
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Most of this is not the trope. This needs to be something completely unheroic and heinous that makes the hero look like a villain. The brutal treatment of Velvet is the only example here, so I've kept it and expanded it.
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* RightfulKingReturns: [[spoiler: The Crown's goal is to restore the kingdom's ancient monarchy, with the Asturias twins claiming royal lineage. It's anyone's guess whether their claim was legitimate or not, and it's a moot point anyway, as Vacuo has moved on past kings.]].
* SarcasticDevotee: Scarlet (understandably) is sick of Sun constantly running off and doing his own thing when he's supposed to be the leader of their team and is abjectly refusing to own up to his mistakes and apologise, so almost all of their interactions have an undercurrent of snark and venom from Scarlet picking at Sun's numerous failings, as a leader and a friend.
* SarcasticDevotee: Scarlet (understandably) is sick of Sun constantly running off and doing his own thing when he's supposed to be the leader of their team and is abjectly refusing to own up to his mistakes and apologise, so almost all of their interactions have an undercurrent of snark and venom from Scarlet picking at Sun's numerous failings, as a leader and a friend.
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* RightfulKingReturns: [[spoiler: The history classes talk about a time when monarchs ruled Vacuo, but detail is sparse because so much of Vacuo's history has been lost. However, every so often, people show up claiming descent from the ancient kings. Vacuans generally don't care about these sorts of people; they're too busy trying to survive the present. [[spoiler:The Crown's goal is to restore the kingdom's ancient monarchy, with monarchy because the Asturias twins claiming royal lineage. It's anyone's guess whether their claim was legitimate or not, and family believes it's descended from royalty and that they possess an inherited birthmark to prove it. The twins' father originally didn't believe the family story until he read a moot point anyway, as Vacuo has moved on past kings.]].
book that had been published by Professor Ozpin, encouraging people to explore the truths found in the tales of Remnant's history. His decision to believe those tales led to him raising the twins to believe it, too. Unlike him, however, they decided to do something about it.]]
* SarcasticDevotee: Scarlet(understandably) is sick extremely angry with Sun's history of Sun constantly running off and doing to do his own thing when he's supposed to be the leader of their team and is abjectly refusing team. He's also upset with the way Sun refuses to own up to acknowledge his mistakes and apologise, so almost apologise. Almost all of their interactions have an undercurrent of snark and venom from involve Scarlet picking at using venomous snark to pick on Sun's numerous failings, failings as both a leader and a friend.
* SarcasticDevotee: Scarlet
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* WhatTheHellHero: All over the place. Velvet, Scarlet, and Coco call out Sun for not listening to his team, Sun calls out the Beacon Brigade for not dedicating itself to Vacuo (which gets him called out in turn by people who say it's helping them cope), Nebula's entire team including her friend Octavia gives it to her and Rumpole for bullying Velvet, and Yatsu calls out Fox when he takes their interrogation of Neptune too far.
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* WhatTheHellHero: All over the place. Velvet, Scarlet, and Coco call out Sun for not listening to his team, Sun calls out the Beacon Brigade for not dedicating itself to Vacuo (which gets him called out in turn by people who say it's helping them cope), Nebula's entire team including her friend Octavia gives it to her and Rumpole for are uncomfortable with the level of bullying Velvet, and Yatsu calls out Fox she inflicts on Velvet when he takes their interrogation of Neptune too far. the teams are mixed up. Nebula is supposed to be Velvet's team leader, but Rumpole insists they fight each other; Nebula's opinion that Velvet is weak makes her beat Velvet viciously. When Rumpole insists the fight continues even when Velvet is trapped in sand and unable to defend herself, Nebula's old team-mates and Arslan step forward, angry with both Rumpole and Nebula for the way Velvet's being treated.
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Reality Ensues misuse (Sun's lack of understanding about why his team continues to be upset with him is the narrative point of their team's story, so there's no 'reality' ensuing to break the narrative intention; the original show also makes it clear that Sun abandoning his team is a really bad thing for a leader to do but they're Put On A Bus — the story exploring why that makes him a bad leader therefore occurs in this novel; that's not Reality Ensues, that's separating out the side characters from the original show's primary plot).
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** Why Sun was expecting his team to be okay with him constantly abandoning them on a whim and that they would just go right back to normal after being apart for nearly a year is anyone's guess.
** Sun being InnocentlyInsensitive and getting involved in his friend's lives (particularly Blake's) whether they want it or not was usually played as adorable and well-meaning in the show. Here, it leads to a rift in his team as they feel he's just doing what he sees as best without listening to them or what they want.
** Why Sun was expecting his team to be okay with him constantly abandoning them on a whim and that they would just go right back to normal after being apart for nearly a year is anyone's guess.
** Sun being InnocentlyInsensitive and getting involved in his friend's lives (particularly Blake's) whether they want it or not was usually played as adorable and well-meaning in the show. Here, it leads to a rift in his team as they feel he's just doing what he sees as best without listening to them or what they want.
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The characters don't know that, however, so there's no narrative set up for the Hypocrite trope. It's not enough for the audience to see hypocrisy, it has to be established in the story, too. It's not Aesop Anemia, he thought just going back to his team and taking them to Vacuo would be enough to fix things and doesn't understand that the issues run much deeper and require far more of an effort from him to solve until things blow up. Both Sides Have A Point misuse (the trope requires the person 'in the middle' to accept both sides have point without becoming part of the solution for the issue or taking either side; Sun comes down on Vacuo's side for most of the story because he doesn't get the point of the group and is uncomfortable dealing with it; that's not this trope). Breaking The Fellowship misuse (the situation is far too temporary and quickly resolved for this trope). Informed Flaw misuse and written as complaining; she has a judgemental opinion that her own team-mates think is harsh; so it's an in-universe opinion, not the novel trying to establish it as a fully accurate fact. The two teams get better opinions of each other as the story progresses. Taken Mistreatment Induced Betrayal to the Discussion Page.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the series proper, Sun is often rather carefree and supportive with his worst quality being that he's InnocentlyInsensitive at times, being described by Blake as very earnest, and even coming to the conclusion that while he had done it to help Blake, his running off on his team made him a horrible leader, leading to him deciding to go to Vacuo with his team to try and improve. Here, Sun is ignorant and dismissive of his teams issues with him, and repeatedly demonstrates NeverMyFault over his running off and thinking the team just needs to get over their issues with him. It takes having the issues spelt out to him by Velvet for him to finally realize how shitty he's been to his team. It also makes him look like a {{hypocrite}}, as in Volume 4 he told Blake that she can't make her friends choices for them and has to stop pushing them away, yet Sun is described as being incapable of staying in one place for too long out of fear of growing attachments, leading him to constantly running away from places, including his old home of Vacuo, and pushing his friends away in the process.
* AesopAmnesia: At the beginning of Volume 6, Sun decides to take his team to Vacuo due to, as he explains to Blake, coming to the realization he's been a horrible leader to his team and wanting to improve. Here, Sun is largely ignorant as to why his team is frustrated with him, and displays numerous moments of NeverMyFault thinking they're just being unreasonable and should get over it, specifically whenever Scarlet calls him out ''for being'' a horrible leader.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: [[spoiler:Much like the last book, the story jumps between the viewpoints of the members of team CFVY and SSSN (except [[OutOfFocus Sage]]) throughout; until the third act where Jax and Gillian Asturias - the two halves of the Crown - become viewpoint characters as well.]]
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The Beacon Brigade. Sun points out that it comes off as elitist to the Vacuan students and another way for the newcomers to set themselves apart from Shade, while the Brigade itself points out that the students in it come from all three schools including Shade and that "Beacon" is less an attachment to their previous school and more symbolism of how they all share the experience of the Battle of Beacon. It's eventually resolved once they help to defend Shade, proving their loyalty to it.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Many of the Crownsmen. [[spoiler: Professor Rumpole, Sun, Velvet, and Yatsuhashi are all brainwashed into working for Jax over the course of the story. Yatsu's Semblance is the only effective measure in breaking it, including him using it ''on himself'' to break Jax's control]].
* BreakingTheFellowship: The students are shocked when Theodore announces the dissolution of all teams, with a Reinitation to form new ones. Velvet in particular is distressed to be separated from Team [=CFVY=], while Scarlet hopes it will resolve Team [=SSSN=]'s conflict. [[spoiler:It's a gambit by Rumpole to dissolve the morale at Shade Academy by breaking up established teams and putting together ill-fitting ones]].
* CultureClash: The original Vacuan students and the refugees from Beacon and Haven have quite a bit of tension, thanks to both the traditional (and well-earned) dislike of outsiders from Vacuo and their assumption that the new students are keeping themselves apart and not truly committed to Vacuo.
* DividedWeFall: The team reshuffling plan, [[spoiler:as executed by a brainwashed Professor Rumpole]]. The announcement is sudden and subtly places the blame on the newcomers for the change, makes sure that the leaders of the new teams are inexperienced and fighting with former leaders, mixes up the years so that upperclassmen resent lowerclassmen in their teams and lowerclassmen feel useless, and thanks to what's heavily implied to be Crown moles in the crowd, nearly every team is poorly balanced, resentful, and ill-matched. It was made to undermine Shade Academy's defenses, and it almost works.
* AesopAmnesia: At the beginning of Volume 6, Sun decides to take his team to Vacuo due to, as he explains to Blake, coming to the realization he's been a horrible leader to his team and wanting to improve. Here, Sun is largely ignorant as to why his team is frustrated with him, and displays numerous moments of NeverMyFault thinking they're just being unreasonable and should get over it, specifically whenever Scarlet calls him out ''for being'' a horrible leader.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: [[spoiler:Much like the last book, the story jumps between the viewpoints of the members of team CFVY and SSSN (except [[OutOfFocus Sage]]) throughout; until the third act where Jax and Gillian Asturias - the two halves of the Crown - become viewpoint characters as well.]]
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The Beacon Brigade. Sun points out that it comes off as elitist to the Vacuan students and another way for the newcomers to set themselves apart from Shade, while the Brigade itself points out that the students in it come from all three schools including Shade and that "Beacon" is less an attachment to their previous school and more symbolism of how they all share the experience of the Battle of Beacon. It's eventually resolved once they help to defend Shade, proving their loyalty to it.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Many of the Crownsmen. [[spoiler: Professor Rumpole, Sun, Velvet, and Yatsuhashi are all brainwashed into working for Jax over the course of the story. Yatsu's Semblance is the only effective measure in breaking it, including him using it ''on himself'' to break Jax's control]].
* BreakingTheFellowship: The students are shocked when Theodore announces the dissolution of all teams, with a Reinitation to form new ones. Velvet in particular is distressed to be separated from Team [=CFVY=], while Scarlet hopes it will resolve Team [=SSSN=]'s conflict. [[spoiler:It's a gambit by Rumpole to dissolve the morale at Shade Academy by breaking up established teams and putting together ill-fitting ones]].
* CultureClash: The original Vacuan students and the refugees from Beacon and Haven have quite a bit of tension, thanks to both the traditional (and well-earned) dislike of outsiders from Vacuo and their assumption that the new students are keeping themselves apart and not truly committed to Vacuo.
* DividedWeFall: The team reshuffling plan, [[spoiler:as executed by a brainwashed Professor Rumpole]]. The announcement is sudden and subtly places the blame on the newcomers for the change, makes sure that the leaders of the new teams are inexperienced and fighting with former leaders, mixes up the years so that upperclassmen resent lowerclassmen in their teams and lowerclassmen feel useless, and thanks to what's heavily implied to be Crown moles in the crowd, nearly every team is poorly balanced, resentful, and ill-matched. It was made to undermine Shade Academy's defenses, and it almost works.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the series proper, Sun is often rather carefree and supportive with his worst quality being that he's InnocentlyInsensitive at times, being described by Blake as very earnest, and even coming to the conclusion that while he had done it to help Blake, his running off on his team made him a horrible leader, leading to him deciding to go to Vacuo with his team to try and improve. Here, Sun is ignorant and dismissive of his teams issues with him, and repeatedly demonstrates NeverMyFault over his running off and thinking the team just needs to get over their issues with him. It takes having the issues spelt out to him by Velvet for him to finally realize how shitty he's been to his team. It also makes him look like a {{hypocrite}}, as in Volume 4 he told Blake that she can't make her friends choices for them and has to stop pushing them away, yet Sun is described as being His team-mates believe he's incapable of staying in one place for too long out of fear of growing attachments, leading him attachments to constantly running away from places, including his old home of Vacuo, and pushing either places or people, which pushes his friends away in the process.
* AesopAmnesia: At the beginning of Volume 6, Sun decides to take his team to Vacuo due to, as he explains to Blake, coming to the realization he's been a horrible leader to his team and wanting to improve. Here, Sun is largely ignorant as to why his team is frustrated with him, and displays numerous moments of NeverMyFault thinking they're just being unreasonable and should get over it, specifically whenever Scarlet calls him out ''for being'' a horrible leader.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: [[spoiler:Much like Like ''After the last book, Fall'', the story jumps between the viewpoints of the members of team CFVY and SSSN (except [[OutOfFocus Sage]]) throughout; until book is set up to explore a different main character's perspective in each chapter. [[spoiler:However, the third act where includes Jax and Gillian Asturias - the two halves of the Crown - become becoming viewpoint characters characters, as well.well, despite not being members of either Team CFVY or SSSN.]]
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The Beacon Brigade. Sun points out that it comes off as elitist to the Vacuan students and another way for the newcomers to set themselves apart from Shade, while the Brigade itself points out that the students in it come from all three schools including Shade and that "Beacon" is less an attachment to their previous school and more symbolism of how they all share the experience of the Battle of Beacon. It's eventually resolved once they help to defend Shade, proving their loyalty to it.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Many Part of what makes the Crownsmen. [[spoiler: Professor Crownsmen so hard to fight is that they gain power from the Crown to function beyond their normal level. However, they're brainwashed as part of that process. [[spoiler:Professor Rumpole, Sun, Velvet, and Yatsuhashi are all brainwashed into working for Jax fall victim to the brainwashing over the course of the story. Yatsu's Yatsuhashi's Semblance is turns out to be the only effective measure in breaking counter to it, including enabling him using to break the brainwashing by manipulating their memories; he even has to use it ''on himself'' on himself to break Jax's control]].
* BreakingTheFellowship: The students are shocked when Theodore announces the dissolution of all teams, with a Reinitation to form new ones. Velvet in particular is distressed to be separated from Team [=CFVY=], while Scarlet hopes it will resolve Team [=SSSN=]'s conflict. [[spoiler:It's a gambit by Rumpole to dissolve the morale at Shade Academy by breaking up established teams and putting together ill-fitting ones]].
control over him.]]
* CultureClash:The original There's a lot of tension between the Vacuan students and the refugees from Beacon and Haven. The refugees struggle to understand and adapt to the harsh environment and culture of Vacuo, resulting in them accidentally coming across as ungrateful and rude. Meanwhile, the Vacuans don't understand what happened at Beacon and Haven have quite a bit in terms of tension, thanks to both either the traditional (and well-earned) dislike of outsiders from threat or what the refugees experienced; they therefore see the refugees as people who give up and run when the going gets tough, and assume that these refugees won't stick around to defend Shade or Vacuo and their assumption that the new students are keeping themselves apart and not truly committed to Vacuo.
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* DividedWeFall:The Theodore enacts a team reshuffling plan, [[spoiler:as executed by a to try and bring people closer together. No matter which kingdom they're from, the students are all horrified and and very few of them adapt to the change well. [[spoiler:The plan is Rumpole's, who is brainwashed Professor Rumpole]]. The announcement is sudden at the time, and subtly places the consequence is to shift blame on for the tensions onto the newcomers for while ensuring the change, makes sure that the worst possible team combinations; experienced leaders of the new teams are become followers and inexperienced and fighting with former leaders, mixes or poor leaders put in charge. Year groups are even mixed up the years so that upperclassmen resent lowerclassmen in their teams first years and lowerclassmen feel useless, fourth years can end up together, and thanks to what's heavily implied to be Crown moles in the crowd, nearly every team is entire experience leaves all the students poorly balanced, resentful, resentful and ill-matched. It was made It's a deliberate attempt to destablise the academy and undermine Shade Academy's defenses, and it its defences in preparation for the Crown's plan. It almost works.]]
* BreakingTheFellowship: The students are shocked when Theodore announces the dissolution of all teams, with a Reinitation to form new ones. Velvet in particular is distressed to be separated from Team [=CFVY=], while Scarlet hopes it will resolve Team [=SSSN=]'s conflict. [[spoiler:It's a gambit by Rumpole to dissolve the morale at Shade Academy by breaking up established teams and putting together ill-fitting ones]].
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* DividedWeFall:
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* FightClubbing: The Mirage, an underground club that holds cage matches. [[spoiler: It's a front for The Crown, used to scout potential recruits]].
* GirlPosse: Team [=NDGO=] don't take kindly to the influx of refugee students, and are particularly harsh towards Velvet on multiple occasions.
* GoodCopBadCop: Zigzagged when Fox and Yatsuhashi "interrogate" Neptune. Neptune thinks they're doing this, but Fox just replies that they're both "bad cop" as long as Velvet's in danger. However when they try to use Neptune's fear of water against him and Neptune nearly has a panic attack, Yatsu stops the entire routine, saying there's a line between being harsh and being a bully.
* IncomingHam: Headmaster Theodore's entrance firmly establishes him as the hammiest of hams.
* GirlPosse: Team [=NDGO=] don't take kindly to the influx of refugee students, and are particularly harsh towards Velvet on multiple occasions.
* GoodCopBadCop: Zigzagged when Fox and Yatsuhashi "interrogate" Neptune. Neptune thinks they're doing this, but Fox just replies that they're both "bad cop" as long as Velvet's in danger. However when they try to use Neptune's fear of water against him and Neptune nearly has a panic attack, Yatsu stops the entire routine, saying there's a line between being harsh and being a bully.
* IncomingHam: Headmaster Theodore's entrance firmly establishes him as the hammiest of hams.
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* FightClubbing: The Mirage, Mirage is an underground club that holds cage matches. [[spoiler: It's a front for The Crown, used who use it to scout potential recruits]].
* GirlPosse: Team [=NDGO=] don't take kindly to the influx of refugee students, and are particularly harsh towards Velvet on multipleoccasions.
occasions. They adapt particularly badly to the team reshuffle and are quite hostile to the team-mates they end up with.
* GoodCopBadCop: Zigzagged when Fox and Yatsuhashi "interrogate" Neptune. Neptune thinks they're doing this, but Fox just replies that they're both "bad cop" as long as Velvet's in danger.However when When they try to use Neptune's fear of water against him and Neptune him, he nearly has a panic attack, attack; Yatsu quicly stops the entire routine, saying there's a line between being harsh and being a bully.
* IncomingHam: Headmaster Theodore's entrancefirmly establishes involves him as arriving voice first, booming out to the hammiest crowd of hams. students "Good morning, Shade Academy!". From there it descends into him trying to encourage the students to spar with him.
* GirlPosse: Team [=NDGO=] don't take kindly to the influx of refugee students, and are particularly harsh towards Velvet on multiple
* GoodCopBadCop: Zigzagged when Fox and Yatsuhashi "interrogate" Neptune. Neptune thinks they're doing this, but Fox just replies that they're both "bad cop" as long as Velvet's in danger.
* IncomingHam: Headmaster Theodore's entrance
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* InformedFlaw: During their meeting at the cafeteria, Coco's internal narration makes it clear she doesn't have a high opinion of Team SSSN, claiming they latch onto other teams for the sake of making themselves look better and are overall mediocre. Except the series proper doesn't support this. Team SSSN only joins up with other teams twice, with Sun and Neptune joining RWBY on their hunt for Roman out of a desire to help, and Team SSSN ''saving'' Team CFVY after just coincidentally being in the area in Literature/RWBYAfterTheFall. As for being mediocre, Team SSSN ''was'' good enough to make it to the finals of the Vytal Festival, and fought alongside the others during the Battle of Beacon on even footing. So why Coco thinks this is hard to understand.
* {{Irony}}: Huntsman are trained to kill the Grimm so as to defend humanity from their attacks. [[spoiler:During the Crown's attack on Shade Academy however, the Grimm only attack the Crown due to their high aura levels, effectively making them Shade Academy's temporary ''allies''.]]
* {{Irony}}: Huntsman are trained to kill the Grimm so as to defend humanity from their attacks. [[spoiler:During the Crown's attack on Shade Academy however, the Grimm only attack the Crown due to their high aura levels, effectively making them Shade Academy's temporary ''allies''.]]
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* LackOfEmpathy: Sun is called out on this behaviour repeatedly through the story, unable to see why his team is angry with him, or how the group therapy sessions with the rest of the Battle of Beacon survivors helps them (and when he does apologise for being rude at a previous session, he immediately ruins it by acting like he was doing them a favour because of how apparently elitist the group looks to outsiders) and it is noted that he doesn't really feel bad for Velvet when she is distressed at being separated from Yatsu during the sudden assignment of new teams. His bond with Velvet and Coco makes him realize how his behavior is coming off to others, and he gets better by the end.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal:
** [[spoiler:Bertilak is betrayed by Carmine and the Crown at some point, being turned into an Aura vessel to fuel Jax's semblance. As Sun and Velvet are freeing the Aura vessels, a self destruct sequence is triggered on the bunker, but Bertilak helps Sun and Velvet escape before it goes off. Once they're safe, he admits he's come to respect the two [[FantasticRacism despite being Faunus]], and declares his intent to [[HazyFeelTurn hunt down Carmine for what she's done.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Gillian was a LoveMartyr to her brother Jax, and only acted as a member of the Crown for his sake. However, once it becomes clear the Crown has lost, Jax attempts to destroy Shade Academy, killing himself and Gillian in the process. When Gillian doesn't want to go through with it, he uses his Semblance on her and tries to steal all her aura for himself (which wouldn't kill her, as her Semblance would shut off before she would be completely out of Aura - something [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour Jax already knew as he had forced her to do this once before when they were children]], despite that it might kill her, so he wouldn't have to rely on her anymore - but in the midst of battle would leave her extremely vulnerable). Luckily, Yatsuhashi is able to intervene, and distraught at his betrayal, she uses her Semblance to boost Yatsuhashi's so that he can put Jax in a vegetative state.]]
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal:
** [[spoiler:Bertilak is betrayed by Carmine and the Crown at some point, being turned into an Aura vessel to fuel Jax's semblance. As Sun and Velvet are freeing the Aura vessels, a self destruct sequence is triggered on the bunker, but Bertilak helps Sun and Velvet escape before it goes off. Once they're safe, he admits he's come to respect the two [[FantasticRacism despite being Faunus]], and declares his intent to [[HazyFeelTurn hunt down Carmine for what she's done.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Gillian was a LoveMartyr to her brother Jax, and only acted as a member of the Crown for his sake. However, once it becomes clear the Crown has lost, Jax attempts to destroy Shade Academy, killing himself and Gillian in the process. When Gillian doesn't want to go through with it, he uses his Semblance on her and tries to steal all her aura for himself (which wouldn't kill her, as her Semblance would shut off before she would be completely out of Aura - something [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour Jax already knew as he had forced her to do this once before when they were children]], despite that it might kill her, so he wouldn't have to rely on her anymore - but in the midst of battle would leave her extremely vulnerable). Luckily, Yatsuhashi is able to intervene, and distraught at his betrayal, she uses her Semblance to boost Yatsuhashi's so that he can put Jax in a vegetative state.]]
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* LackOfEmpathy: Sun is called out on this behaviour repeatedly through the story, unable to see why his team is angry with him, or how the group therapy sessions with the rest of the Battle of Beacon survivors helps them (and when them. When he does apologise for being rude at a previous session, he immediately ruins it by acting like he was doing them a favour because of how apparently elitist the group looks to outsiders) and it is outsiders. It's noted that he doesn't really feel bad for Velvet when she is distressed at being separated from Yatsu during the sudden assignment of new teams. His bond with Velvet and Coco makes him realize how his behavior is coming off to others, and he gets better by the end.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal:
** [[spoiler:Bertilak is betrayed by Carmine and the Crown at some point, being turned into an Aura vessel to fuel Jax's semblance. As Sun and Velvet are freeing the Aura vessels, a self destruct sequence is triggered on the bunker, but Bertilak helps Sun and Velvet escape before it goes off. Once they're safe, he admits he's come to respect the two [[FantasticRacism despite being Faunus]], and declaresimproves as his intent to [[HazyFeelTurn hunt down Carmine for what she's done.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Gillian was a LoveMartyr to her brother Jax, and only acted as a member of the Crown for his sake. However, once it becomes clear the Crown has lost, Jax attempts to destroy Shade Academy, killing himself and Gillian in the process. When Gillian doesn't want to go through with it, he uses his Semblance on her and tries to steal all her aura for himself (which wouldn't kill her, as her Semblance would shut off before she would be completely out of Aura - something [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour Jax already knew as he had forced her to do this once before when they were children]], despite that it might kill her, so he wouldn't have to rely on her anymore - but in the midst of battle would leave her extremely vulnerable). Luckily, Yatsuhashi is able to intervene, and distraught at his betrayal, she uses her Semblance to boost Yatsuhashi's so that he can put Jax in a vegetative state.]]understanding grows.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal:
** [[spoiler:Bertilak is betrayed by Carmine and the Crown at some point, being turned into an Aura vessel to fuel Jax's semblance. As Sun and Velvet are freeing the Aura vessels, a self destruct sequence is triggered on the bunker, but Bertilak helps Sun and Velvet escape before it goes off. Once they're safe, he admits he's come to respect the two [[FantasticRacism despite being Faunus]], and declares
** [[spoiler:Gillian was a LoveMartyr to her brother Jax, and only acted as a member of the Crown for his sake. However, once it becomes clear the Crown has lost, Jax attempts to destroy Shade Academy, killing himself and Gillian in the process. When Gillian doesn't want to go through with it, he uses his Semblance on her and tries to steal all her aura for himself (which wouldn't kill her, as her Semblance would shut off before she would be completely out of Aura - something [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour Jax already knew as he had forced her to do this once before when they were children]], despite that it might kill her, so he wouldn't have to rely on her anymore - but in the midst of battle would leave her extremely vulnerable). Luckily, Yatsuhashi is able to intervene, and distraught at his betrayal, she uses her Semblance to boost Yatsuhashi's so that he can put Jax in a vegetative state.]]
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* DividedWeFall: The team reshuffling plan, [[spoiler:as executed by a brainwashed Professor Rumpole]]. The announcement is sudden and subtly places the blame on the newcomers for the change, makes sure that the leaders of the new teams are inexperienced and fighting with former leaders, mixes up the years so that upperclassmen resent lowerclassmen in their teams and lowerclassmen feel useless, and thanks to what's heavily implied to be Crown moles in the crowd, nearly every team is poorly balanced, resentful, and ill-matched. It was made to undermine Shade Academy's defenses, and it almost works.
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* MyGreatestSecondChance: A lot of the survivors of Beacon's fall become that much more determined to become stronger so they can keep Shade from suffering the same fate. [[spoiler:They get their chance when the Crown attacks.]]
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The Beacon Brigade. Sun points out that it comes off as elitist to the Vacuan students and another way for the newcomers to set themselves apart from Shade, while the Brigade itself points out that the students in it come from all three schools including Shade and that "Beacon" is less an attachment to their previous school and more symbolism of how they all share the experience of the Battle of Beacon. It's eventually resolved once they help to defend Shade, proving their loyalty to it.
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* RightfulKingReturns: [[spoiler: The Crown's goal is to restore the kingdom's ancient monarchy, with the Asturias twins claiming royal lineage. It's anyone's guess whether their claim was legitimate or not]].
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* RightfulKingReturns: [[spoiler: The Crown's goal is to restore the kingdom's ancient monarchy, with the Asturias twins claiming royal lineage. It's anyone's guess whether their claim was legitimate or not]].not, and it's a moot point anyway, as Vacuo has moved on past kings.]].
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* WhatTheHellHero: All over the place. Velvet, Scarlet, and Coco call out Sun for not listening to his team, Sun calls out the Beacon Brigade for not dedicating itself to Vacuo (which gets him called out in turn by people who say it's helping them cope), Nebula's entire team including her friend Octavia gives it to her and Rumpole for bullying Velvet, and Yatsu calls out Fox when he takes their interrogation of Neptune too far.
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* RealityEnsues: Why Sun was expecting his team to be okay with him constantly abandoning them on a whim and that they would just go right back to normal after being apart for nearly a year is anyone's guess.
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* RealityEnsues: RealityEnsues:
** Why Sun was expecting his team to be okay with him constantly abandoning them on a whim and that they would just go right back to normal after being apart for nearly a year is anyone'sguess.guess.
** Sun being InnocentlyInsensitive and getting involved in his friend's lives (particularly Blake's) whether they want it or not was usually played as adorable and well-meaning in the show. Here, it leads to a rift in his team as they feel he's just doing what he sees as best without listening to them or what they want.
** Why Sun was expecting his team to be okay with him constantly abandoning them on a whim and that they would just go right back to normal after being apart for nearly a year is anyone's
** Sun being InnocentlyInsensitive and getting involved in his friend's lives (particularly Blake's) whether they want it or not was usually played as adorable and well-meaning in the show. Here, it leads to a rift in his team as they feel he's just doing what he sees as best without listening to them or what they want.
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* InformedFlaw: During their meeting at the cafeteria, Coco's internal narration makes it clear she doesn't have a high opinion of Team SSSN, claiming they latch onto other teams for the sake of making themselves look better are overall mediocre. Except the series proper doesn't support this. Team SSSN only joins up with other teams twice, with Sun and Neptune joining RWBY on their hunt for Roman out of a desire to help, and Team SSSN ''saving'' Team CFVY after just coincidentally being in the area in Literature/RWBYAfterTheFall. As for being mediocre, Team SSSN ''was'' good enough to make it to the finals of the Vytal Festival, and fought alongside the others during the Battle of Beacon on even footing. So why Coco thinks this is hard to understand.
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* InformedFlaw: During their meeting at the cafeteria, Coco's internal narration makes it clear she doesn't have a high opinion of Team SSSN, claiming they latch onto other teams for the sake of making themselves look better and are overall mediocre. Except the series proper doesn't support this. Team SSSN only joins up with other teams twice, with Sun and Neptune joining RWBY on their hunt for Roman out of a desire to help, and Team SSSN ''saving'' Team CFVY after just coincidentally being in the area in Literature/RWBYAfterTheFall. As for being mediocre, Team SSSN ''was'' good enough to make it to the finals of the Vytal Festival, and fought alongside the others during the Battle of Beacon on even footing. So why Coco thinks this is hard to understand.
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* InformedFlaw: During their meeting at the cafeteria, Coco's internal narration makes it clear she doesn't have a high opinion of Team SSSN, claiming they latch onto other teams for the sake of making themselves look better are overall mediocre. Except the series proper doesn't support this. Team SSSN only joins up with other teams twice, with Sun and Neptune joining RWBY on their hunt for Roman out of a desire to help, and Team SSSN ''saving'' Team CFVY after just coincidentally being in the area in Literature/RWBYAfterTheFall. As for being mediocre, Team SSSN ''was'' good enough to make it to the finals of the Vytal Festival, and fought alongside the others during the Battle of Beacon on even footing. So why Coco thinks this is hard to understand.
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* BreakingTheFellowship: The students are shocked when Theodore announces the dissolution of all teams, with a Reinitation to form new ones. Velvet in particular is distressed to be separated from Team [=CFVY=], while Scarlet hopes it will resolve Team [=SSSN=]'s conflict.
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* BreakingTheFellowship: The students are shocked when Theodore announces the dissolution of all teams, with a Reinitation to form new ones. Velvet in particular is distressed to be separated from Team [=CFVY=], while Scarlet hopes it will resolve Team [=SSSN=]'s conflict. [[spoiler:It's a gambit by Rumpole to dissolve the morale at Shade Academy by breaking up established teams and putting together ill-fitting ones]].
* CultureClash: The original Vacuan students and the refugees from Beacon and Haven have quite a bit of tension, thanks to both the traditional (and well-earned) dislike of outsiders from Vacuo and their assumption that the new students are keeping themselves apart and not truly committed to Vacuo.
* CultureClash: The original Vacuan students and the refugees from Beacon and Haven have quite a bit of tension, thanks to both the traditional (and well-earned) dislike of outsiders from Vacuo and their assumption that the new students are keeping themselves apart and not truly committed to Vacuo.
* GoodCopBadCop: Zigzagged when Fox and Yatsuhashi "interrogate" Neptune. Neptune thinks they're doing this, but Fox just replies that they're both "bad cop" as long as Velvet's in danger. However when they try to use Neptune's fear of water against him and Neptune nearly has a panic attack, Yatsu stops the entire routine, saying there's a line between being harsh and being a bully.
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* {{Irony}}: Huntsman are trained to kill the Grimm so as to defend humanity from their attacks. [[spoiler:During the Crown's attack on Shade Academy however, the Grimm only attack the Crown due to their high aura levels, effectively making them Shade Academies temporary ''allies''.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: Sun is called out on this behaviour repeatedly through the story, unable to see why his team is angry with him, or how the group therapy sessions with the rest of the Battle of Beacon survivors helps them (and when he does apologise for being rude at a previous session, he immediately ruins it by acting like he was doing them a favour because of how apparently elitist the group looks to outsiders) and it is noted that he doesn't really feel bad for Velvet when she is distressed at being separated from Yatsu during the sudden assignment of new teams.
* LackOfEmpathy: Sun is called out on this behaviour repeatedly through the story, unable to see why his team is angry with him, or how the group therapy sessions with the rest of the Battle of Beacon survivors helps them (and when he does apologise for being rude at a previous session, he immediately ruins it by acting like he was doing them a favour because of how apparently elitist the group looks to outsiders) and it is noted that he doesn't really feel bad for Velvet when she is distressed at being separated from Yatsu during the sudden assignment of new teams.
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* {{Irony}}: Huntsman are trained to kill the Grimm so as to defend humanity from their attacks. [[spoiler:During the Crown's attack on Shade Academy however, the Grimm only attack the Crown due to their high aura levels, effectively making them Shade Academies Academy's temporary ''allies''.]]
* LeaderWannabe: Nearly all of the reformed teams place leaders of the original teams beneath people who've never led before and have no aptitude for it, causing tension and fraying the teams before they start. The only exception is team NOVA since their leader Nebula was previously the leader of NDGO, but that's negated by the fact that there's another leader on the team (Arslan Atlan) who is decidedly unhappy with Nebula's leadership.
* LackOfEmpathy: Sun is called out on this behaviour repeatedly through the story, unable to see why his team is angry with him, or how the group therapy sessions with the rest of the Battle of Beacon survivors helps them (and when he does apologise for being rude at a previous session, he immediately ruins it by acting like he was doing them a favour because of how apparently elitist the group looks to outsiders) and it is noted that he doesn't really feel bad for Velvet when she is distressed at being separated from Yatsu during the sudden assignment of new teams. His bond with Velvet and Coco makes him realize how his behavior is coming off to others, and he gets better by the end.
* LeaderWannabe: Nearly all of the reformed teams place leaders of the original teams beneath people who've never led before and have no aptitude for it, causing tension and fraying the teams before they start. The only exception is team NOVA since their leader Nebula was previously the leader of NDGO, but that's negated by the fact that there's another leader on the team (Arslan Atlan) who is decidedly unhappy with Nebula's leadership.
* LackOfEmpathy: Sun is called out on this behaviour repeatedly through the story, unable to see why his team is angry with him, or how the group therapy sessions with the rest of the Battle of Beacon survivors helps them (and when he does apologise for being rude at a previous session, he immediately ruins it by acting like he was doing them a favour because of how apparently elitist the group looks to outsiders) and it is noted that he doesn't really feel bad for Velvet when she is distressed at being separated from Yatsu during the sudden assignment of new teams. His bond with Velvet and Coco makes him realize how his behavior is coming off to others, and he gets better by the end.
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* AesopAmnesia: At the beginning of Volume 6, Sun decides to take his team to Vacuo due to, as he explains to Blake, coming to the realization he's been a horrible leader to his team and wanting to improve. Here, Sun is largely ignorant as to why his team is frustrated with them
him, and displays numerous moments of NeverMyFault thinking they're just being unreasonable and should get over it, specifically whenever Scarlet calls him out ''for being'' a horrible leader.
him, and displays numerous moments of NeverMyFault thinking they're just being unreasonable and should get over it, specifically whenever Scarlet calls him out ''for being'' a horrible leader.
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* AesopAmnesia: At the beginning of Volume 6, Sun decides to take his team to Vacuo due to, as he explains to Blake, coming to the realization he's been a horrible leader to his team and wanting to improve. Here, Sun is largely ignorant as to why his team is frustrated with them
him, and displays numerous moments of NeverMyFault thinking they're just being unreasonable and should get over it, specifically whenever Scarlet calls him out ''for being'' a horrible leader.
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* AesopAmnesia: At the beginning of Volume 6, Sun decides to take his team to Vacuo due to, as he explains to Blake, coming to the realization he's been a horrible leader to his team and wanting to improve. Here, Sun is largely ignorant as to why his team is frustrated with them, and displays numerous moments of NeverMyFault thinking they're just being unreasonable and should get over it, specifically whenever Scarlet calls him out ''for being'' a horrible leader.
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* AesopAmnesia: At the beginning of Volume 6, Sun decides to take his team to Vacuo due to, as he explains to Blake, coming to the realization he's been a horrible leader to his team and wanting to improve. Here, Sun is largely ignorant as to why his team is frustrated with them, them
him, and displays numerous moments of NeverMyFault thinking they're just being unreasonable and should get over it, specifically whenever Scarlet calls him out ''for being'' a horrible leader.
him, and displays numerous moments of NeverMyFault thinking they're just being unreasonable and should get over it, specifically whenever Scarlet calls him out ''for being'' a horrible leader.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the series proper, Sun is often rather carefree and supportive with his worst quality being that he's InnocentlyInsensitive at times, being described by Blake as very earnest, and even coming to the conclusion that while he had done it to help Blake, his running off on his team made him a horrible leader, leading to him deciding to go to Vacuo with his team to try and improve. Here, Sun is ignorant and dismissive of his teams issues with him, and repeatedly demonstrates NeverMyFault over his running off and thinking the team just needs to get over their issues with him. It takes having the issues spelt out to him by Velvet for him to finally realize how shitty he's been to his team. It also makes him look like a {{hypocrite}}, as in Volume 4 he told Blake that she can't make her friends choices for them and has to stop pushing them oaway, yet Sun is described as being incapable of staying in one place for too long out of fear of growing attachments, leading him to constantly running away from places, including his old home of Vacuo, and pushing his friends away in the process.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the series proper, Sun is often rather carefree and supportive with his worst quality being that he's InnocentlyInsensitive at times, being described by Blake as very earnest, and even coming to the conclusion that while he had done it to help Blake, his running off on his team made him a horrible leader, leading to him deciding to go to Vacuo with his team to try and improve. Here, Sun is ignorant and dismissive of his teams issues with him, and repeatedly demonstrates NeverMyFault over his running off and thinking the team just needs to get over their issues with him. It takes having the issues spelt out to him by Velvet for him to finally realize how shitty he's been to his team. It also makes him look like a {{hypocrite}}, as in Volume 4 he told Blake that she can't make her friends choices for them and has to stop pushing them oaway, away, yet Sun is described as being incapable of staying in one place for too long out of fear of growing attachments, leading him to constantly running away from places, including his old home of Vacuo, and pushing his friends away in the process.
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* IncomingHam: Headmaster Theodore's entrance firmly establishes him as the hammiest of hams.
-->''"Good morning, Shade Academy!" Headmaster Theodore's voice boomed over the crowd. "How are you doing?"''
-->''"Good morning, Shade Academy!" Headmaster Theodore's voice boomed over the crowd. "How are you doing?"''
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the series proper, Sun is often rather carefree and supportive with his worst quality being that he's InnocentlyInsensitive at times, being described by Blake as very earnest, and even coming to the conclusion that while he had done it to help Blake, his running off on his team made him a horrible leader, leading to him deciding to go to Vacuo with his team to try and improve. Here, Sun is ignorant and dismissive of his teams issues with him, and repeatedly demonstrates NeverMyFault over his running off and thinking the team just needs to get over their issues with him. It takes having the issues spelt out to him by Velvet for him to finally realize how shitty he's been to his team. It also makes him look like a {{hypocrite}}, as in Volume 4 he told Blake that she can't make her friends choices for them and has to stop pushing them oaway, yet Sun is described as being incapable of staying in one place for too long out of fear of growing attachments, leading him to constantly running away from places, including his old home of Vacuo, and pushing his friends away in the process.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the series proper, Sun is often rather carefree and supportive with his worst quality being that he's InnocentlyInsensitive at times, being described by Blake as very earnest, and even coming to the conclusion that while he had done it to help Blake, his running off on his team made him a horrible leader, leading to him deciding to go to Vacuo with his team to try and improve. Here, Sun is ignorant and dismissive of his teams issues with him, and repeatedly demonstrates NeverMyFault over his running off and thinking the team just needs to get over their issues with him. It takes having the issues spelt out to him by Velvet for him to finally realize how shitty he's been to his team. It also makes him look like a {{hypocrite}}, as in Volume 4 he told Blake that she can't make her friends choices for them and has to stop pushing them oaway, yet Sun is described as being incapable of staying in one place for too long out of fear of growing attachments, leading him to constantly running away from places, including his old home of Vacuo, and pushing his friends away in the process.
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* AesopAmnesia: At the beginning of Volume 6, Sun decides to take his team to Vacuo due to, as he explains to Blake, coming to the realization he's been a horrible leader to his team and wanting to improve. Here, Sun is largely ignorant as to why his team is frustrated with them, and displays numerous moments of NeverMyFault thinking they're just being unreasonable and should get over it, specifically whenever Scarlet calls him out ''for being'' a horrible leader.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the series proper, Sun is often rather carefree and supportive with his worst quality being that he's InnocentlyInsensitive at times, being described by Blake as very earnest, and even coming to the conclusion that while he had done it to help Blake, his running off on his team made him a horrible leader, leading to him deciding to go to Vacuo with his team to try and improve. Here, Sun is ignorant and dismissive of his teams issues with him, and repeatedly demonstrates NeverMyFault over his running off and thinking the team just needs to get over their issues with him. It takes having the issues spelt out to him by Velvet for him to finally realize how shitty he's been to his team. It also makes him look like a {{hypocrite}}, as in Volume 4 he told Blake that she can't make her friends choices for them and has to stop pushing them oaway, yet Sun is described as being incapable of staying in one place for too long out of fear of growing attachments, leading him to constantly running away from places, including his old home of Vacuo, and pushing his friends away in the process.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the series proper, Sun is often rather carefree and supportive with his worst quality being that he's InnocentlyInsensitive at times, being described by Blake as very earnest, and even coming to the conclusion that while he had done it to help Blake, his running off on his team made him a horrible leader, leading to him deciding to go to Vacuo with his team to try and improve. Here, Sun is ignorant and dismissive of his teams issues with him, and repeatedly demonstrates NeverMyFault over his running off and thinking the team just needs to get over their issues with him. It takes having the issues spelt out to him by Velvet for him to finally realize how shitty he's been to his team. It also makes him look like a {{hypocrite}}, as in Volume 4 he told Blake that she can't make her friends choices for them and has to stop pushing them oaway, yet Sun is described as being incapable of staying in one place for too long out of fear of growing attachments, leading him to constantly running away from places, including his old home of Vacuo, and pushing his friends away in the process.
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* AdvertisedExtra: A {{downplayed|Trope}} case. While the book is advertised as sharing the spotlight between CFVY and SSSN, the story is predominantly focused on CFVY and Sun. Neptune fares best out of the rest of his teammates, getting an established backstory and his character fleshed out along with interacting with Fox and Yatsuhashi. Scarlet fares slightly worse, largely used to express the frustrations the team has with Sun. Sage however is completely OutOfFocus, mainly stuck giving Sun the silent treatment with no real indication towards his personality or abilities.
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* AdvertisedExtra: A {{downplayed|Trope}} case. While the book is advertised as sharing the spotlight between CFVY and SSSN, the story is predominantly focused on CFVY and Sun. Neptune fares best out of the rest of his teammates, getting an established backstory and his character fleshed out along with interacting with Fox and Yatsuhashi. Scarlet fares slightly worse, largely used to express the frustrations the team has with Sun. Sage however is completely OutOfFocus, mainly stuck giving Sun the silent treatment with no real indication towards his personality or abilities.abilities and the only one who isn't a focus character.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: [[spoiler:Much like the last book, the story jumps between the viewpoints of the members of team CFVY and SSSN (except [[OutOfFocus Sage]]) throughout; until the third act where Jax and Gillian Asturias - the two halves of the Crown - become viewpoint characters as well.]]
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: [[spoiler:Much like the last book, the story jumps between the viewpoints of the members of team CFVY and SSSN (except [[OutOfFocus Sage]]) throughout; until the third act where Jax and Gillian Asturias - the two halves of the Crown - become viewpoint characters as well.]]
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Many of the Crownsmen. [[spoiler: Professor Rumpole, Sun, Velvet, and Yatsuhashi are all brainwashed into working for Jax over the course of the story]].
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Many of the Crownsmen. [[spoiler: Professor Rumpole, Sun, Velvet, and Yatsuhashi are all brainwashed into working for Jax over the course of the story]].story. Yatsu's Semblance is the only effective measure in breaking it, including him using it ''on himself'' to break Jax's control]].
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* LackOfEmpathy: Sun is called out on this behaviour repeatedly through the story, unable to see why his team is angry with him, or how the group therapy sessions with the rest of the Battle of Beacon survivors helps them (and when he does apologise for being rude at a previous session, he immediately ruins it by acting like he was doing them a favour because of how apparently elitist the group looks to outsiders) and it is noted that he doesn't really feel bad for Velvet when she is distressed at being separated from Yatsu during the sudden assignment of new teams.
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* SarcasticDevotee: Scarlet (understandably) is sick of Sun constantly running off and doing his own thing when he's supposed to be the leader of their team and is abjectly refusing to own up to his mistakes and apologise, so almost all of their interactions have an undercurrent of snark and venom from Scarlet picking at Sun's numerous failings, as a leader and a friend.
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** [[spoiler:Gillian was a LoveMartyr to her brother Jax, and only acted as a member of the Crown for his sake. However, once it becomes clear the Crown has lost, Jax attempts to destroy Shade Academy, killing himself and Gillian in the process. When Gillian doesn't want to go through with it, he uses his Semblance on her and tries to steal all her aura for himself. Luckily, Yatsuhashi is able to intervene, and distraught at his betrayal, uses her Semblance to boost Yatsuhashi's so that he can put Jax in a vegetative state.]]
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** [[spoiler:Gillian was a LoveMartyr to her brother Jax, and only acted as a member of the Crown for his sake. However, once it becomes clear the Crown has lost, Jax attempts to destroy Shade Academy, killing himself and Gillian in the process. When Gillian doesn't want to go through with it, he uses his Semblance on her and tries to steal all her aura for himself. himself (which wouldn't kill her, as her Semblance would shut off before she would be completely out of Aura - something [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour Jax already knew as he had forced her to do this once before when they were children]], despite that it might kill her, so he wouldn't have to rely on her anymore - but in the midst of battle would leave her extremely vulnerable). Luckily, Yatsuhashi is able to intervene, and distraught at his betrayal, she uses her Semblance to boost Yatsuhashi's so that he can put Jax in a vegetative state.]]
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* RealityEnsues: Why Sun was expecting his team to be okay with him constantly abandoning them on a whim and that they would just go right back to normal after being apart for nearly a year is anyone's guess.
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** The book has Team CFVY share the limelight with Team SSSN, Sun in particular being an AscendedExtra after initially being the {{deuteragonist}} in Blake's storylines.
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* AdvertisedExtra: A {{downplayed|Trope}} case. While the book is advertised as sharing the spotlight between CFVY and SSSN, the story is predominantly focused on CFVY and Sun. Neptune fares best out of the rest of his teammates, getting an established backstory and his character fleshed out along with interacting with Fox and Yatsuhashi. Scarlet fares slightly worse, largely used to express the frustrations the team has with Sun. Sage however is completely OutOfFocus, mainly stuck giving Sun the silent treatment with no real indication towards his personality or abilities.
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* {{Irony}}: Huntsman are trained to kill the Grimm so as to defend humanity from their attacks. [[spoiler:During the Crown's attack on Shade Academy however, the Grimm only attack the Crown due to their high aura levels, effectively making them Shade Academies temporary ''allies''.]]
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* ADayInTheLimelight:
** The book continues the focus given to Team CFVY from Literature/RWBYAfterTheFall, but whereas that one had a larger focus on Coco and Fox, this one shifts the focus to Velvet and Yatsuhashi.
** The book has Team CFVY share the limelight with Team SSSN, Sun in particular being an AscendedExtra after initially being the {{deuteragonist}} in Blake's storylines.
** The book introduces the Beacon Brigade, a group comprised of the people who survived the Fall of Beacon and came to Shade Academy. Among the Brigade are the surviving members of teams ABRN and BRNZ, with Arslan and Nolan in particular getting proper character exploration after being {{advertised extra}}s in the series proper.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[UpToEleven Threefold]].
** The Crown is this to Salem and her forces. [[spoiler:Salem seeks to cause the destruction of the four kingdoms so as to claim the Relics for an unknown purpose, and cares for little outside her own goals. The Crown however seeks to abolish Shade Academy and reinstate the monarchy, believing Vacuo to be weakened by what the other kingdoms have done to it and desiring to subjugate the other kingdoms under their rule.]]
** [[spoiler:Bertilak Celadon]] is an amoral and racist huntsman, however they only worked for the Crown because they were OnlyInItForTheMoney, and doesn't subscribe to their ideals in the slightest. [[spoiler:Fittingly, once they betray him, he turns his back on them and decides to hunt down his ex-partner Carmine.]]
** [[spoiler:Gillian may be one of the two leaders of the Crown and despise the other kingdoms, but she has no real faith in the cause of the Crown, only apart of the group because she's a LoveMartyr for her brother Jax, wanting to make his desires a reality. Once it becomes clear though that they've lost and he betrays her, she aids Yatsuhashi is stopping him once and for all.]]
** The book continues the focus given to Team CFVY from Literature/RWBYAfterTheFall, but whereas that one had a larger focus on Coco and Fox, this one shifts the focus to Velvet and Yatsuhashi.
** The book has Team CFVY share the limelight with Team SSSN, Sun in particular being an AscendedExtra after initially being the {{deuteragonist}} in Blake's storylines.
** The book introduces the Beacon Brigade, a group comprised of the people who survived the Fall of Beacon and came to Shade Academy. Among the Brigade are the surviving members of teams ABRN and BRNZ, with Arslan and Nolan in particular getting proper character exploration after being {{advertised extra}}s in the series proper.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[UpToEleven Threefold]].
** The Crown is this to Salem and her forces. [[spoiler:Salem seeks to cause the destruction of the four kingdoms so as to claim the Relics for an unknown purpose, and cares for little outside her own goals. The Crown however seeks to abolish Shade Academy and reinstate the monarchy, believing Vacuo to be weakened by what the other kingdoms have done to it and desiring to subjugate the other kingdoms under their rule.]]
** [[spoiler:Bertilak Celadon]] is an amoral and racist huntsman, however they only worked for the Crown because they were OnlyInItForTheMoney, and doesn't subscribe to their ideals in the slightest. [[spoiler:Fittingly, once they betray him, he turns his back on them and decides to hunt down his ex-partner Carmine.]]
** [[spoiler:Gillian may be one of the two leaders of the Crown and despise the other kingdoms, but she has no real faith in the cause of the Crown, only apart of the group because she's a LoveMartyr for her brother Jax, wanting to make his desires a reality. Once it becomes clear though that they've lost and he betrays her, she aids Yatsuhashi is stopping him once and for all.]]
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** [[spoiler:Bertilak is betrayed by Carmine and the Crown at some point, being turned into an Aura vessel to fuel Jax's semblance. As Sun and Velvet are freeing the Aura vessels, a self destruct sequence is triggered on the bunker, but Bertilak helps Sun and Velvet escape before it goes off. Once they're safe, he admits he's come to respect the two [[FantasticRacism despite being Faunus]], and declares his intent to [[HazyFeelTurn hunt down Carmine for what she's done.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Gillian was a LoveMartyr to her brother Jax, and only acted as a member of the Crown for his sake. However, once it becomes clear the Crown has lost, Jax attempts to destroy Shade Academy, killing himself and Gillian in the process. When Gillian doesn't want to go through with it, he uses his Semblance on her and tries to steal all her aura for himself. Luckily, Yatsuhashi is able to intervene, and distraught at his betrayal, uses her Semblance to boost Yatsuhashi's so that he can put Jax in a vegetative state.]]
* OutOfFocus: While Team SSSN as a whole gets a lot of focus thanks to sharing the spotlight with Team CFVY, Sage Ayana receives the least focus overall, only having some basic character traits displayed.
** [[spoiler:Bertilak is betrayed by Carmine and the Crown at some point, being turned into an Aura vessel to fuel Jax's semblance. As Sun and Velvet are freeing the Aura vessels, a self destruct sequence is triggered on the bunker, but Bertilak helps Sun and Velvet escape before it goes off. Once they're safe, he admits he's come to respect the two [[FantasticRacism despite being Faunus]], and declares his intent to [[HazyFeelTurn hunt down Carmine for what she's done.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Gillian was a LoveMartyr to her brother Jax, and only acted as a member of the Crown for his sake. However, once it becomes clear the Crown has lost, Jax attempts to destroy Shade Academy, killing himself and Gillian in the process. When Gillian doesn't want to go through with it, he uses his Semblance on her and tries to steal all her aura for himself. Luckily, Yatsuhashi is able to intervene, and distraught at his betrayal, uses her Semblance to boost Yatsuhashi's so that he can put Jax in a vegetative state.]]
* OutOfFocus: While Team SSSN as a whole gets a lot of focus thanks to sharing the spotlight with Team CFVY, Sage Ayana receives the least focus overall, only having some basic character traits displayed.
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* TrueCompanions:
** The Beacon Brigade is a group formed by the survivors of the Fall of Beacon, and come to see each other as close friends if not family. They have to unanimously invite others into the group, and while there is initially tension, by the books conclusion Team SSSN has fully joined the group. Sun himself ends up bonding a lot with the leader of the Brigade, Velvet, over the course of the book.
** While there may be resentment towards him due to his constant running off, after Sun apologizes, he is shocked to find his team declare they would always be a team regardless of his screw ups, he just needs to let them be there for him.
** The Beacon Brigade is a group formed by the survivors of the Fall of Beacon, and come to see each other as close friends if not family. They have to unanimously invite others into the group, and while there is initially tension, by the books conclusion Team SSSN has fully joined the group. Sun himself ends up bonding a lot with the leader of the Brigade, Velvet, over the course of the book.
** While there may be resentment towards him due to his constant running off, after Sun apologizes, he is shocked to find his team declare they would always be a team regardless of his screw ups, he just needs to let them be there for him.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Many of the Crownsmen. [[spoiler: Professor Rumpole, Sun, Velvet, and Yatsuhashi are all brainwashed into working for Jax over the course of the story]].
* BreakingTheFellowship: The students are shocked when Theodore announces the dissolution of all teams, with a Reinitation to form new ones. Velvet in particular is distressed to be separated from Team [=CFVY=], while Scarlet hopes it will resolve Team [=SSSN=]'s conflict.
* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: Vacuo is a brutal kingdom, with danger everywhere. Not only are the Grimm a constant threat, the native wildlife is also extremely dangerous, and the desert itself is a constant threat. The refugee students from Vale and Mistral struggle to adjust to living in such a harsh, dangerous land.
* FightClubbing: The Mirage, an underground club that holds cage matches. [[spoiler: It's a front for The Crown, used to scout potential recruits]].
* BreakingTheFellowship: The students are shocked when Theodore announces the dissolution of all teams, with a Reinitation to form new ones. Velvet in particular is distressed to be separated from Team [=CFVY=], while Scarlet hopes it will resolve Team [=SSSN=]'s conflict.
* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: Vacuo is a brutal kingdom, with danger everywhere. Not only are the Grimm a constant threat, the native wildlife is also extremely dangerous, and the desert itself is a constant threat. The refugee students from Vale and Mistral struggle to adjust to living in such a harsh, dangerous land.
* FightClubbing: The Mirage, an underground club that holds cage matches. [[spoiler: It's a front for The Crown, used to scout potential recruits]].
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* ProudWarriorRace: The Vacuan people are tough as nails, with a strong belief in the survival of the fittest. The people are more accustomed to hardship than the people of other kingdoms, accepting tragedy and suffering as simply the way of the world. Even civilians are prepared to defend themselves when necessary, and used to dealing with not only the Grimm but the numerous types of deadly wildlife.
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* RightfulKingReturns: [[spoiler: The Crown's goal is to restore the kingdom's ancient monarchy, with the Asturias twins claiming royal lineage. It's anyone's guess whether their claim was legitimate or not]].
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Throughout the novel, tension flares up between members of the same teams. In particular, Team [=SSSN=] deals with the resentment over Sun's tendency to abandon them and go off on his own adventures.
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'''Spoilers for the first six volumes of ''RWBY'' are unmarked.'''
''[=RWBY=]: Before the Dawn'' is a novel written by E.C. Myers, with help from Kerry Shawcross and Miles Luna. It was released July 21, 2020 by Scholastic, Inc.
The sequel to ''Literature/RWBYAfterTheFall'', focusing on several supporting characters from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' as they adjust to their new lives at Shade Academy. Teams [=CFVY=] (Coco, Fox, Velvet, and Yatsuhashi) and [=SSSN=] (Sun, Sage, Scarlet, and Neptune) have formed the Beacon Brigade, a group of students that survived the destruction of Beacon Academy during Volume 3. As they struggle to adjust to their new lives at Shade Academy, the students investigate The Crown, a criminal organization involved in human trafficking.
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'''Spoilers for the first six volumes of ''RWBY'' are unmarked.'''
''[=RWBY=]: Before the Dawn'' is a novel written by E.C. Myers, with help from Kerry Shawcross and Miles Luna. It was released July 21, 2020 by Scholastic, Inc.
The sequel to ''Literature/RWBYAfterTheFall'', focusing on several supporting characters from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' as they adjust to their new lives at Shade Academy. Teams [=CFVY=] (Coco, Fox, Velvet, and Yatsuhashi) and [=SSSN=] (Sun, Sage, Scarlet, and Neptune) have formed the Beacon Brigade, a group of students that survived the destruction of Beacon Academy during Volume 3. As they struggle to adjust to their new lives at Shade Academy, the students investigate The Crown, a criminal organization involved in human trafficking.
!!Tropes included:
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