History YMMV / RelicOfTheFuture

** Many readers feel that the narrative treats Raven far more kindly than she deserves to. Jaune considers her to be something of a friend and an ally worth trusting, despite the fact that she has, in the previous timeline, allied with Salem's servants and directly attacked Jaune's group. In contrast, Ozpin gets little trust or sympathy from Jaune, despite being portrayed far more sympathetically than Raven in canon, as he always tries his best to protect the people around him and to make the best out of a bad situation - though that is largely a result of CanonMarchesOn.

* HilariousInHindsight: In Chapter 73, Jaune learns that Salem was once the queen of a civilization known as the Ashari -- the same tribe that accepted him as one of their own. Jaune realizes why Ozpin was so paranoid and says he might as well have named himself Jaune Salem Arc. [[Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY Which he did in one story, on top of being Salem's only son]].

* UnintentionallySympathetic: The narration calls out some of Jaune Ashari's hypocrisy and flaws fairly, but when other characters get in on it and the narration shows it positively this effect is often present. The narration treats Hazel's comments towards Jaune as forcing him to confront his inner darkness, seemingly expecting us to believe that ''Hazel's'' words can be trusted as facts. Raven may be justified when she complains that Jaune keeps her in the dark and expects her to help at his beck and call, but her blaming him for the state of the timeline is just laughable after how much she screwed up the original timeline (and at this point, she's aware of that, so she has no leg to stand on). Helena getting angry at Jaune after Pyrrha announces she'll continue fighting because he forced her into a position to agree with her father or agree with the outsider, after both of them have made it clear they despise their father and are looking for the first chance to drop him and run, makes next to no sense, and yet Jaune blames the entire thing on himself by the end of it. Additionally, when Raven says that Jaune only reset the future to save his friends out of selfishness (which he ends up agreeing to), they both seem to forget that at the end of the last timeline, Jacques had Atlas, the last Kingdom remaining, under his complete control and besides him only Raven and Jaune were still alive.

* AssPull: In chapter 92, Helena insists that her father Alexander used to be a loving and caring father who let fame go to his head after spending a lifetime of trying to make something of the Nikos name. However, every single mention of the man before that moment portrays him as a lifelong {{Jerkass}} with hinted longstanding ties to organized crime.
** Alleviated, at least in part, as of chapter 95. Any fear for his own safety is immediately overridden by fear for Pyrrha's, and in the aftermath of the (faked) attempt on her life he immediately accepts Ozpin's offer to let her stay in Beacon.

*** On the other hand, she, a teenage girl, was being called out on live TV by a man, who for all intents and purpose is a stranger to her and shouldn't even know about her reluctance in the first place, while physically and mentally exhausted and dealing with the realization she has sudden access to a power that she knows is not her semblance. All while being pressured by her father who she stills loves despite his abusive tendencies.

** Some feel Pyrrha forfeited her right to sympathy in chapter 91. After insisting several times that she wanted to stop fighting in tournaments, especially once she started attending a Huntsman Academy, Pyrrha is pressured into entering another tournament but Helena helps her by announcing it's Pyrrha's final tournament before she retires. Despite finally having the perfect out to give up tournament fighting for good, Pyrrha still confirms in a press conference that she's not retiring and will continue fighting. Made worse by the fact one of Pyrrha's opponents in the tournament vastly outclassed her and offered the girl the chance to forfeit, but Pyrrha insisted on fighting on anyway rather than bowing out.

** There are small but noticeable part of fandom who sheep Jaune (Ashari), Raven, and Winter all together.

* AntiClimax: The conclusion to the fight between Jaune and Hazel in chapter 68. Despite being built up over the last few chapters as the fight where Jaune finally stops holding back he not only still doesn't use his full semblance the fight itself ends up being very short and in the end both opponents survive due to a DiabolusExMachina knocking Jaune out forcing him to be saved by Raven who decides to let a tired and injured Hazel escape.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Blake. Specifically her still attending Beacon as in canon. Unlike in canon she doesn't regret being a part of the White Fang and still agrees with their violent methods. Some think it's simply a darker take on the character while others are unhappy at the blatant KarmaHoudini.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Many readers feel that the narrative treats Raven far more kindly than she deserves to. Jaune considers her to be something of a friend and an ally worth trusting, despite the fact that she has, in the previous timeline, allied with Salem's servants and directly attacked Jaune's group. In contrast, Ozpin gets little trust or sympathy from Jaune, despite being portrayed far more sympathetically than Raven in canon, as he always tries his best to protect the people around him and to make the best out of a bad situation - though that is largely a result of CanonMarchesOn.

* OneTrueThreesome: After getting rescued by young Jaune, Nora agrees to go on a date with him as long as Ren is involved as well. Many readers approved of the scenario.

* HilariousInHindsight: In Chapter 73, Jaune learns that Salem was once the queen of a civilization known as the Ashari -- the same tribe that accepted him as one of their own. Jaune realizes why Ozpin was so paranoid and says he might as well have named himself Jaune Salem Arc. [[Fanfic/WhiteSheep Which he did in one story, on top of being Salem's only son]].

* AssPull: The conclusion to the fight between Jaune and Hazel in chapter 68. Despite being built up over the last few chapters as the fight where Jaune finally stops holding back he not only still doesn't use his full semblance the fight itself ends up being very short and in the end both opponents survive due to a DiabolusExMachina knocking Jaune out forcing him to be saved by Raven who decides to let a tired and injured Hazel escape.

* AssPull: The conclusion to the fight between Jaune and Hazel in chapter 68. Despite being built up over the last few chapters as the fight where Jaune finally stops holding back he not only still doesn't use his full semblance the fight itself ends up being very short, most of the characters involved act out of character, and in the end both opponents survive due to a DiabolusExMachina.

* AssPull: The conclusion to the fight between Jaune and Hazel in chapter 68. Despite being built up over the last few chapters as the fight where Jaune finally stops holding back he not only 'still' doesn't use his full semblance the fight itself ends up being very short, most of the characters involved act out of character, and in the end both opponents survive due to a DiabolusExMachina.

* {{Scrub}}: Alexander Nikos and the team he hired to analyze Pyrrha's opponents declare anything but straight head to head combat to be cowardly at best and outright cheating at worst, including traps, smokescreens, hit and run tactics, and using a Semblance (except for Pyrrha).

** That being said, it does help Raven's case that Jaune rubbed off on her long before she would cross any MoralEventHorizon, to where she is dissappointed with her canon counterpart (and wants nothing to do with her) once she uses the Relic of Knowledge and learns of the latter's existence. Shades of making positive changes did show up such as her actually watching (and commending) her daughter's prowess during the Mistral Regional Tournament.

** That being said, it does help Raven's case that Jaune rubbed off on her long before she would cross any MoralEventHorizon, to where she is openly disgusted with her canon counterpart (and wants nothing to do with her) once she uses the Relic of Knowledge and learns of the latter's existence. Shades of making positive changes did show up such as her witnessing (and commending) her daughter's prowess during the Mistral Regional Tournament.