"Slow burn Monochrome. At least it might have been slow if Blake wasn't high as a kite."
— FanFiction.Net summary.
Catnip is a RWBY story by FiercesomestDefenestrator
, who is actually two authors Fiercesomest and Defenestrator under one account. The plot kicks off when Yang spikes Weiss’s shampoo with catnip, making the cat faunus Blake suddenly get very touchy-feely with her. With over 170 chapters and counting, this Fan Fic is certainly a Doorstopper. It can be read here.
Catnip contains examples of:
- Acquired Poison Immunity: Blake attempts to induce ‘catnip training’ on herself in an attempt to become immune to its effects.
- Adaptational Name Change: Weiss’s father is Polaris Schnee, not the canon Jacques Schnee.
- Adaptational Superpower Change: Neo has teleportation instead of her canon illusions in this fic, making it hard to properly pin her down and forcing everyone to always be on guard for her.
- Brainy Brunette: As befitting her canon characterisation, Blake in this story is incredibly fond of reading. When she reads romance novels, she likes comparing the relationships in her books to hers and Weiss’s.
- Cuteness Overload: When Weiss and Blake visit a kitten shelter, they experience this in spades. Weiss can’t stop giggling over them and Blake actually tears up.
- Fiery Redhead: Yang becomes a temporary version of this after her shampoo is swapped with permanent red hair dye. She is understandably furious.
- Genre Shift: The story sometimes shifts from being pure romance to involving action and tragedy.
- High on Catnip: The entire premise and what kicks off the romance between Blake and Weiss. Blake would get subjected to this many times more later in the fanfic. Eventually, she makes plans to develop an immunity.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Even though Yang has a crush on Blake, Yang still sets her up with Weiss, knowing she’ll never have a chance.
- Love Triangle: One between Blake, Weiss, and Yang. Blake and Weiss love each other, but Yang is in love with Blake.
- Troll: Neopolitan enjoys invading the RWBY dorms to play such heinous pranks as changing Yang’s shampoo. Although she is capable of much, much worse, the confusion and anger she gets from the girls visibly entertain her.
