History TearJerker / JauneArcLordOfHunger

** Think about it from their perspective: before their first year at Beacon has ended, Nora and Ren have lost both the beloved teammates that they made at the school, leaving them with only each-other, after being parentless orphans who had only each-other since childhood. It must seem like the universe has spitefully punished them for daring to get close to anyone.

** Fridge Tearjerker moment for the dead waitress. Remembering the effects of Qrow's Semblance, it's likely that she never had any hope for survival and Qrow's close proximity to her when he tried to TuckAndCover only sealed her fate.

* It's mentioned by Glynda that Nora and Ren were hit particularly hard by the deaths of their two teammates. Apparently the duo are showing signs of depression and antisocial behavior, implying that they are dealing with severe trauma.

** Consider this from Blake's perspective: her previous interactions with Ozpin led her to believe that he was amongst the humans who treated Faunus as equals. Yet, in the aftermath of a terrorist attack--one that she knows was orchestrated by humans using the White Fang as pawns--Ozpin seemingly ignores the true perpetrators (Cinder and Roman) and instead spins a narrative where the White Fang were solely responsible. To her, it probably made it seem as though Ozpin only pretended to believe in equal rights for Faunus and is willing to throw a group of Faunus under the bus for something that was instigated by humans.

** Even worse, Jaune!Nihilus kills Penny by telekinetically crumbling her body into a ball of scrap. This happens in full view of Ruby, who basically has to watch a reenactment of Crescent Rose's destruction, only this time it's with one of her closest friends instead of her most cherished possession.

* Jaune's FamousLastWords before he puts on Nihilus's mask is "I just... I just wanted to be a hero". It's tearjerking to hear that Jaune ultimately just wanted to help people and instead was warped by the Dark Side into a sociopathic monster who's alienated all his friends.

** Even worse, Nihilus kills Penny by telekinetically crumbling her body into a ball of scrap. This happens in full view of Ruby, who sees her friend destroyed in the exact same way that her Crescent Rose was.

* Pyrrha's death. Even worse, she dies having failed to save Jaune like she wanted and Nihilus uses Jaune's own body to kill her.

-->'''Ruby:''' General… why do you have my Uncle's sword?

* Ruby learning about Qrow's death from Ironwood. Despite managing to hold it together for most of the battle, the news of her uncle's death finally causes her to break down as all the trauma she's experienced over the last few chapter comes crashing down on her head. After slowly taking Harbinger from Ironwood's hands, Ruby falls to her knees and starts crying BrokenTears as she holds the only thing she has left of her uncle in her shaking hands.

* Even after everything Jaune has done under Nihilus's control, Pyrrha still loves him and hopes to save him. Amber breaks it to her that she may end up having to kill the man she loves to save Vale from Nihilus.

* The scene where Pyrrha comforts Jaune and the small part of him that isn't corrupted by the Dark Side starts to leak out. The sorrow and regret that Jaune feels, along with his line "I'm just... tired, Pyr", indicates that deep down, he recognizes that Nihilus's influence has corrupted him but he can't find it in himself to reject the Dark Side.

* After Pyrrha leaves to talk to Ozpin, Jaune wanders the fairgrounds as his hunger goes out of control. As his meditation fails to alleviate the pain, Jaune gives up on resisting Nihilus, feeling as though it's hopeless to even try.