Line #19 Fanfic/ReverseRWBY


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[RoleSwapAU Our heroes]][[labelnote:Clockwise from top]]Hazel Rainart, Tyrian Callows, Cinder Fall, Arthur Watts[[/labelnote]] ]]
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4	''Reverse RWBY'' is a FanVerse that acts as an AlternateUniverse of the show. It was inspired by a Website/{{Tumblr}} post by the colorinplatinum. [=Bastart13=] took the post and rolled with the idea, creating fan-art and ideas based off of it.
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6	In this verse, the heroes of ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'' are antagonists while the villains are heroic. The main cast consists of team ERMN-- Emerald. Roman, Mercury, and Neo --and team WTCH--Watts, Tyrian, Cinder, and Hazel.
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8	[=Bastart13=]'s posts in the AU can be [[https://bastart13.tumblr.com/tagged/reverse%20rwby seen here]].
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10	!!This fan-verse provides examples of:
11	* AbledInTheAdaptation: Played with. Both Cinder and Ruby lose one of their eyes, but keep all their limbs, unlike in canon, where Cinder lost both her arm and eye, but Ruby got away unscathed.
12	* AbusiveParents:
13	** Cinder grew up with an abusive family. She awakened her Maiden powers early and used them to run away.
14	** Mercury was raised by his abusive father Markus, but he was saved at a young age.
15	** Tyrian was ran out of his home for [[FantasticRacism being a scorpion Faunus]]. He was taken in by a ringleader but ran off because she didn't care for him.
16	* TheAce: Mercury takes Pyrrha's place as a world-renowned skilled fighter.
17	* AdaptationalHeroism: Most of the villains are heroes. For example, Salem now runs Beacon from the shadows.
18	* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Obviously applies to a lot of characters, but team WTCH are here a close-knit group of TrueCompanions, as opposed to the TeethClenchedTeamwork they have in canon.
19	* AdaptationalVillainy: Heroic characters like Ruby and Oz are now either {{Anti Villain}}s or outright villains.
20	* AgeLift: Ages are shifted around. Team WTCH are all teenagers, and the Schnee siblings are adults, with Whitley being the oldest and Willow being his young daughter. Ruby is a few years older than her canon self.
21	* BadassBoast: Mercury gets one before his death, telling his opponent even without a Semblance he'll still fight.
22	* BigBrotherInstinct:
23	** PlayedForDrama. Yang is around simply to protect her sister Ruby. She cares for Ruby to an unhealthy manner and will get violent towards anyone who tries to hurt her.
24	** Hazel, the largest and strongest of team WTCH, sees Cinder as his little sister, though she rarely needs protection.
25	* BigScrewedUpFamily: Raven's family includes her brother Qrow, perpetual drunkard and head of a bandit tribe; her daughter Yang, enforcer for Ozpin and a mountain of anger issues; and her stepdaughter Ruby, who's going to make her idealism everyone else's problem. By force.
26	-->'''Cinder:''' What sort of messed-up family reunion is this?
27	* BodySurf: Just like in canon [[spoiler:Ozpin reincarnates upon his death in a new body]], but instead of sharing control with his host, he robs them of all autonomy with rather horrifying results.
28	* BrokenPedestal: Team WTCH learns that Ozpin's soul can never be destroyed and lose all faith in Salem as she never let them think she might be keeping secrets. Salem's reaction is to leave them to pursue her goals alone, realizing how upset everyone is.
29	* ChildhoodFriends: Neo and Roman are two friends from Brunswick Farm.
30	* DeathByAdaptation:
31	** Mercury is killed by Ruby after trying to fight her on Beacon Tower, as Pyrrha was killed by Cinder in canon.
32	** On a similar note, Nora dies after being killed by Grimm while fighting Ruby, leaving Ren to mourn for her as Neo did in canon for Roman.
33	* FormerBigot: Watts is initially loudly prejudiced against faunus, similar to Weiss in canon, but he re-examines his biases after learning that Tyrian is a scorpion faunus.
34	* HappilyAdopted: As a child, Mercury was saved from his abusive father and taken in by someone else.
35	* HideYourOtherness: Tyrian initially hides his scorpion tail out of fear for anti-faunus prejudice.
36	* NonActionGuy: While Hazel, Cinder and Tyrian are all fighters, Arthur prefers to gather intelligence and work with tech.
37	* ParentalAbandonment: Emerald is an orphan who was raised by a group of thieving orphans.
38	* SparedByAdaptation:
39	** Unlike in canon, Roman isn't killed by Grimm and lives to go to Atlas.
40	** Tock is also not killed by Maria, being an old lady now.
41	* TragicKeepsake: Emerald wears Mercury's sash and parts of his prosthetics as armor in memory of him.
42	* WeakButSkilled: Just like in canon, Mercury lacks a Semblance and instead works hard to prove you don't need to have a special power to be a hero, becoming a world-renown fighter.
43	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Ruby genuinly believes that she is making the world better by working with Ozpin, hoping to use the relics to put an end to Grimm and suffering. And she will kill anyone she needs to to reach those goals.
44	* WhiteSheep: Whitley is the last remaining "good Schnee". He tries to follow in his grandfather's footsteps.

Context Fanfic / ReverseRWBY