Line #21 Literature/RWBYAfterTheFall


1	! Spoilers for all ''Franchise/{{RWBY}}'' works preceding this one will be left unmarked.
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3	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2021_09_12_at_84317_am.png]]
4	[[caption-width-right:350:[[ADayInTheLimelight How about a nice cup of CFVY?]]]]
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6	''[=RWBY=]: After the Fall'' is a novel written by E.C. Myers, with help from Kerry Shawcross and Miles Luna. It was released June 25, 2019 by Scholastic, Inc.
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8	It focuses on Team [=CFVY=] (Coco, Fox, Velvet and Yatsuhashi) as they continue to work as Hunstmen-in-training in the Kingdom of Vacuo, following the events of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' Volume 3. They are called to a settlement where the people seem to be suffering from strange and unnatural spikes in emotions, which in turn are causing a spike in Grimm attraction. As [=CFVY=] try to figure out what's going on and protect the people, their minds continually turn back to their time at Beacon Academy.
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10	A sequel, ''Literature/RWBYBeforeTheDawn,'' was released on July 21st 2020.
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12	!!''After The Fall'' provides examples of:
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14	* CallForward: Flashbacks to Team [=CFVY=]'s initiation, reveal that Coco and Fox find the cave where Jaune and Pyrrha encounter a Deathstalker a year later in the main show's Volume 1. They realize what's inside and opt-out, as WhoWouldBeStupidEnough to go into such a foreboding place.
15	* {{Claustrophobia}}: Coco is revealed to have a fear of enclosed spaces, having developed one as a child during a game of hide-and-seek where she hid in a cupboard and became stuck inside when the door wouldn't open. She is forced to confront her fear twice: once when descending into a cave through a small crevice to rescue a trapped family, and [[spoiler:when she is SwallowedWhole by the Blind Worm when it attacks Team CFVY and the villagers.]]
16	* ComicRelief: During a flashback, Ruby and Fox discuss who is the ComicRelief for their teams. When Fox tries to make out that Ruby is her team's comic relief, she denies it by pointing out she's the team leader. Fox pointedly mentions Jaune, who is his team's ButtMonkey in the main show. Convinced by Fox's logic, Ruby has a mild breakdown over the idea that she really is her team's comic relief.
17	* ADayInTheLimelight: [=CFVY=] are side-characters in the show proper. Here they are the stars of the adventure, continuing the trend of Velvet's AscendedExtra status, having gone from being initially used to showcase Faunus racism to getting her own Huntress outfit and team due to fan response to her. Now the team are the lead characters of the novels with their own important adventures.
18	* EmotionBomb: Team CFVY's attempts to protect the refugees from Grimm attacks is complicated by one person in the group having a Semblance that magnifies the emotions of everyone within a certain area. This turns the group into a giant Grimm magnet due to the Semblance being what the characters themselves describe as a "mood bomb".
19	* {{Flashback}}: Every so often, a chapter acts as a flashback, telling the team's story at Beacon Academy, from their initiation at the school to the day the school fell to the Grimm and their decision to leave for Vacuo and Shade Academy. The flashbacks include interactions they had with Team RWBY, Professor Ozpin, and others.
20	* HumanTraffickers: Carmine and Bertilak, who are seeking people with powerful Semblances for a mysterious party known as 'The Crown'.
21	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: A flashback showing Teams [=CFVY=] and [=RWBY=] talking about the upcoming school ball, which is featured in Volume 2 of the main show. Ruby's idea is a "[[WebAnimation/DeathBattle Battle party]]" where people fight to appropriate music. It is immediately voted down.
22	* LetsYouAndHimFight: Villain-version. Since Carmine is too difficult for students to beat, Fox has Yatsuhashi erase Bertilak's memories for the day, so he'll think Carmine is trying to cut him out of the mission and his share of the reward. It works [[TeethClenchedTeamwork (Because Carmine and Bertilak's partnership is tenuous at best)]] and his assault gives [=CFVY=] the edge they need to win.
23	* OnceMoreWithClarity: In the main show, Team CFVY are first introduced in full returning home from a mission in Volume 2. The only thing that's mentioned is that they're a week late, so Team RWBY had to take over finishing the preparations for the school dance, and that the reason they returned late is because they had to fight so many Grimm. In the novel, flashbacks reveal exactly what the mission was, that they failed to complete their objective, and just how exhausted and emotionally drained they were in that Volume 2 scene as a result of their ordeal.
24	* RetiredBadass: Edward Caspian used to be a Huntsman, and he's considered too old to fight effectively any more. However, he can still fight a good fight for a short period of time if he has to, and he's still physically fit enough to run across a desert while carrying an unconscious man when driven by necessity.
25	* SeriesContinuityError: Team CFVY make reference to their time attending Shade Academy after the Fall of Beacon, and specifically state they've been attending for over a year. However, while the main series ''does'' have a {{timeskip}} following the end of Volume 3 and going into Volume 4, it is very vague on exactly ''how'' much time has actually passed, not helped by the FourLinesAllWaiting in Volume 4 having the plotlines desychronized in terms of time. Numerous details however suggest that InUniverse, a full year ''hasn't'' passed yet, one of the most notable being Volume 5 having the attack on Haven start ''before'' the fall semester, but the Fall of Beacon happening ''during'' the fall before changing to winter.
26	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Team CFVY and Edward's bodyguards are forced to work together to protect the refugees from constant Grimm attacks. However, there's a great deal of tension between them, which is initially driven by the two groups having different jobs and therefore priorities, along with Bertilak having an extremely abrasive and rude personality.
27	* TurtleIsland: When the refugees aim for a rock formation to seek safety from an incoming Grimm attack, they quickly realise that it's actually a giant Sand Turtle, an extremely rare creature that 'swims' through the sand. Team CFVY quickly realises that everyone can climb up onto its back to ride it away from the Grimm. When they get up there, they discover signs that other people have also spent time travelling and living on the back of the turtle in the past.
28	* SaveTheVillain: After beating Bertilak, Fox has Edward bring him back to the others alive instead of leaving him in the desert to die.
29	* SequelHook: After defeating Carmine and Bertilak and securing a safe haven for the Caspians at Shade Academy, Coco decides that Team [=CFVY=] needs to look into this human trafficking operation that's targeting unusual semblances.

Context Literature / RWBYAfterTheFall