History Creator / CoeurAlAran

* SharedUniverse: Coeur's characterizations, backstories, lore, and original characters are mostly consistent across his various works' Alternate Universe storylines so long as they're not contradicted by later canon (and even if they are, he might adjust or incorporate them in anyway, as he did with the AdaptationalOriginConnection between Roman, Oobleck and Mountain Glenn). Other examples of shared universe lore include Jaune's relatives, [[Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile Cinder's]] FreudianExcuse, the [[Fanfic/RelicOfTheFuture Del'Ashari]] [[Fanfic/KnightOfSalem Tribe]], and [[Fanfic/ARabbitAmongWolves Atlesian Black]] [[Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile coffee]]. His stories can still be enjoyed on their own, but those who read all of his works will catch gags and references that others won't. ''Fanfic/ArcRoyale'' outright confirms as part of its premise that the various alternate universes within his works all share a [[TheMultiverse multiverse]].

** He regularly accuses Team RWBY of getting away with literal crimes due to their status as Huntresses-in-training, like civilian endangerment in regards to the Paladin chase. ''Fanfic/{{Null}}'', and ''Fanfic/{{Relic of the Future}}'' when addressing Team RWBY's canon-adjacent actions in Atlas-Mantle, also accuse Team RWBY of being dangerous {{Tautological Templar}}s and moral hypocrites. Some fics, like ''A Rabbit Among Wolves'', punish Team RWBY for their canon actions and/or behaviors that Coeur considers failures, the dock heist being a frequent example; while fics like ''Null'' and ''Fanfic/ArcRoyale'' make Team RWBY re-evaluating themselves and learning from said failures a point of character development.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Jaune is still naive, hopelessly awkward, and struggles in school, but Coeur consistently treats him as having actually done homework on the Huntsman profession unlike canon, even in works that don't fundamentally change his character in the beginning. At a minimum, he usually already knows what Aura is, whereas Pyrrha had to explain it to him during Initiation in canon; ''Fanfic/ProfessorArc'' even lampshades it by having him say that only a real idiot would try to go to combat school without knowing about Aura.

** Ozpin is presented as an unrepentant {{Troll}} at best and an [[AdaptationalVillainy outright villain at worst]].

* AdaptationalSympathy: The canon villains tend to be given much more sympathetic traits and backstories than they're given in canon, whether that's Jacques Schnee actually caring about his family, Adam caring about the men under his command, or Cinder being troubled by her past [[spoiler:and commonly turning good when given the chance]]. This even extends to Salem herself, who is clearly traumatized by what the Brother Gods did to her.
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** Ozpin is hit by this in most of the stories that feature him. The comedies tend to lean more towards AdaptationalJerkass, but the dramas often make him just as bad as the enemies he's trying to fight, either by taking his [[HeWhoFightsMonsters questionable methods]] to their logical conclusion or by outright turning him into a selfish and callous monster willing to do absolutely anything to defeat Salem. {{Justified|Trope}}, as these stories point out that Ozpin has attempted to stop Salem for centuries and he has become desperate to stop her.
*** Save ''Fanfic/{{Null}}'', most works conceived after Volume 6 have subverted this: in ''Fanfic/KnightOfSalem'' and ''Fanfic/TheSelfMadeMan'' Ozpin is a HeroAntagonist; while ''Fanfic/TheBeastOfBeacon'', ''Fanfic/TheUnseenHunt'' and ''Fanfic/ArcRoyale'' depict him more in line with his canonical BigGood portrayal.

----> I think there has been one, maybe two [stories], where he has been a villain... Out of all the stories where he's been a mentor, a friend and an ally of the teams, or just a very virtuous and good man trying his best.

* AdaptationOriginConnection: Coeur's works go with the headcanon that Roman Torchwick and Professor Oobleck, two characters who never shared a scene together in canon, were formerly on the same team during their student days. They're also connected to the Mountain Glenn incident, as their other two teammates were killed during the event (which led to Roman's StartOfDarkness), whereas there was no indication in canon that Roman had a connection to the disaster itself. Roman has also, within the [[SharedUniverse shared multiverse]] framework, been responsible for Jaune's forged transcripts; this was initially mentioned in passing in ''One Good Turn'' and was expanded on in later stories.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: A common trend in many stories is [[ChildProdigy Ruby]] and [[BrokenAce Pyrrha]] becoming fast [[BirdsOfAFeather friends]], sometimes partly because they wind up on the same team. While they got along in canon, they weren't particularly close as, well after Pyrrha's death, Ruby confessed she didn't actually remember much about her.

* BadToTheLastDrop: A recurring element in Coeur's fics is Atlesian Black coffee, the cheapest and most widespread variety of coffee on Remnant. It's the most ''loathed'' on Remnant, with even most Atlesians being sick to death of it. The only character who professes to like the blend is Ironwood, out of what others can only assume is irrational patriotism and/or willful ignorance. Jaune, in [[Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile his role as a Cafe owner]], refuses to offer it on principle because he wouldn't serve it to his worst enemy. Conversely, soulless slimy MegaCorp Café Prime serves nothing ''but'' Atlesian Black to keep supply and labor costs as low as possible.

* BreakthroughHit: ''One Good Turn Deserves Another'' was Coeur's first popular work, but it was ''Fanfic/NotThisTimeFate'' that propelled him to the rarely-disputed title of #1 RWBY fanfiction author, a title that he has held ever since.

* ComedicSociopathy: This is present in a ''lot'' of his stories: characters can lie, deceive, maim, and manipulate. And it can all be strangely hilarious.
* CrackPairing: Coeur loves doing this.

** If Mercury gets to be more than just "Cinder's minion", then he gets his own romantic subplot with characters like [[Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY Velvet]], [[Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile Ruby]], or [[Fanfic/KnightOfSalem Blake]]. [[spoiler:It only ended with a victory for him once]].

* CreatorsCultureCarryover: Coeur is from the United Kingdom, so his characters often spout British slang such as using "bloody" as a curse word, spelling a word as "arse", calling lower-body apparel "trousers", and on at least one occasion going to "the loo". They also use "mum" instead of "mom". This contrasts with ''RWBY'' itself which, while taking place in a ConstructedWorld where Earth demographics don't apply, is generally written and performed in American English, simply by virtue of most of its creators and actors being American.

** [[spoiler:Cinder Fall dies a lot during the story's climax. It would be easier to list the stories where she survives. Sometimes Mercury and Emerald can die with her, too.]]
** [[spoiler:Jax Asturias]] has been killed in both of his appearances when his [[Literature/RWBYBeforeTheDawn source book]] has him survive (albeit in a vegetative state).

** Ozpin's AdaptationalVillainy in many of his stories is a deconstruction of his status as a BigGood who has had to fight a BigBad for centuries. He has become so desperate to finally be free from his burden and save humanity that is willing to resort to highly unethical means. The standout example is ''Fanfic/{{Null}}'', where he [[spoiler: kidnaps Jaune's sister because she could neutralise Salem's immortality and he still finds peace when she uses those same powers to kill ''him'' because it will free him.]]

** ''Not This Time, Fate'': GroundhogPeggySue. By the time Jaune's in the final loop, the people around him aren't people to him, they're just pieces on a chessboard he tries to control. It's not out of malice, but when the people he knows have done the same thing every single time for as long as he can remember, he physically can't consider them as people. Continued in ''Arc Royale'', where he discusses with Ozpin the emotional strain and how little he can actually do in each loop: most of his problems stem from something that was already in place before he went back, such as Cinder's plans, and a few months is not enough to stop them.
** ''Relic Of The Future'': PeggySue. First of all, Salem offered to send Jaune back in time because Jaune may make things ''worse'' and allow Salem to win.[[note]]A real argument about time travel, there is no telling how you may affect the future.[[/note]] Jaune's trauma from the original timeline compromises his thinking all the time, and he's forced to talk himself out of many dubious actions that would make the timeline better (such as killing a young Emerald Sustrai).

** Ruby, more often than not, due to most stories focusing on Jaune instead. Despite being the protagonist of the original show, she gets very little focus in most stories and frequently gets written out of the events she normally plays a significant role in. The most noteworthy exceptions are Coeur's AlternateUniverse fics, which ''do'' feature her as a major or main character in a vastly changed context[[note]]Specifically, she's a {{Tritagonist}} in ''The Unseen Hunt'', PromotedToLoveInterest in ''Forged Destiny'', and the main protagonist of ''Arcanum''[[/note]], because they enable Coeur to give her more internal conflict than canon.
** Pyrrha, in spite of being SparedByTheAdaptation quite often, tends to be relegated to the background or DemotedToSatelliteLoveInterest. Whereas canonically she played an important role in Jaune's character arc after he came to Beacon, most fics have him already going through said arc before the story begins, or give Pyrrha's role to a different character. In addition, the author has stated that he prefers less common pairings because they're more exciting to write, meaning Arkos (Jaune/Pyrrha) rarely gets notice.
** Oscar usually doesn't appear at all due to most of stories ending after the events of volume 3, while most of the fics that cover the Fall of Beacon omit Ozpin's death.
** Sun and/or Penny. In most of the stories, the events that lead to the fight at docks are different and the protagonists never meet them.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler: In a lot of early stories Adam often died during Fall of Beacon. He can still die in modern stories,just during different circumstances]]
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Coeur writes Glynda Goodwitch as not especially caring for coffee, preferring tea, and not liking Beacon's in-house blend. Given that the rest of Beacon's staff practically drink coffee like water to survive the job and almost worship the "teachers' coffee", whenever it comes up they look at her like she's grown a second head.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Coeur uses this trope whenever he possibly can. He dislikes writing completely unsympathetic characters because he feels them to be very one-note, so he prefers to give his evil characters standards to further flesh them out. These include [[TheSociopath Cinder Fall]], [[AbusiveParent Jacques Schnee]], [[PsychopathicWomanchild Neopolitan]], and even [[GreaterScopeVillain Salem herself]]. It's averted with characters who participate in [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] and [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindofEvil human trafficking]] though. Ever since The Crown was incorporated in his fanfictions, starting with ''Relic of the Future'' and more recently in ''Knight Of Salem'', Jax Asturias tends to die quick and horrible deaths, with the rest of his organization completely demolished in one fell swoop. Other past antagonists, such as mooks in ''Relic'' and Chivalric Arms in ''Null'', get the same treatment.

* FallenHero: Pre-''Literature/RWBYRomanHoliday'', Roman Torchwick is depicted as a former Huntsman-in-training at Beacon, who became disillusioned with the profession due to his [[AdaptationOriginConnection first-hand view of the fall of Mountain Glenn]]: he and his team were deployed to help the exodus of civilians to Vale, only to be sealed in the tunnels and left to die along with thousands of un-evacuated, by the council of Vale's orders; resulting in Roman witnessing the deaths of two of Roman's dear teammates and thousands of innocent people he'd been sent to save. Roman got the councilman responsible for sealing the tunnels arrested through illegal means, in the process permanently destroying his chances of ever leading a non-criminal life in Vale, but after the guy unceremoniously killed himself in his cell, Roman had no further outlet for his rage except thievery.

** His comedy works are guilty of this across the board; Jaune's awkwardness is all-consuming, Weiss' bossiness never ends, Blake only thinks about the White Fang and literally nothing else, etc. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools It's part of the reason why his comedy works are so popular]], even in comparison to his other stories.

* FriendToAllChildren: Surprisingly enough, ''Tyrian'' [[AxCrazy of all]] [[SerialKiller people]] is good at befriending and handling children (those often being Jaune's relatives) in works where he's played even slightly for laughs rather than pure horror -- though whether or not he's a ''good'' influence on kids is a completely different matter. Fics which show this side of him include ''[[Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY White Sheep]]'' (where he aided Salem's other councilmembers in raising her children as their "uncles"), ''Fanfic/KnightOfSalem'', [[spoiler:and finally ''Fanfic/{{Raise}}'']].

* MistakenForBadass: A number of his stories[[note]]''Fanfic/ProfessorArc'', ''Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY'', ''Fanfic/ForgedDestiny'', and ''Fanfic/ARabbitAmongWolves'' among them[[/note]] have either the main premise or a notable subplot revolve around people thinking Jaune is far stronger and/or more clever than he actually is, with Jaune's reaction being anywhere from desperately trying to keep up the charade to being completely clueless about the whole thing.
* MoodWhiplash: His comedies are not afraid to get serious whenever he feels that they need to. To wit, ''Service With a Smile'' fully introduces Roman and Cinder's [[DarkAndTroubledPast troubled pasts]], late chapters of ''White Sheep'' focus heavily on just how traumatized Ozpin and Salem are because of what the Gods did to them, and ''A Rabbit Among Wolves'' manages to still function as a comedy even as it delves deep into the horrors of systemic racism and abuses of power.

* ObliviousToLove: Jaune was already bad at reading people's feelings in canon, but his appearances here take this up to eleven consistently. It's a constant RunningGag in almost ''every'' fic that features Jaune (which is the majority of Coeur's works), when a character shows romantic interest in him, [[DramaticIrony the audience will figure it out about ten chapters before Jaune does]].

* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted}} with Hazel and Amber, names used by Jaune's sisters and canon characters Hazel Rainart and Amber the Fall Maiden; his father, Nicholas Arc, also shares his given name with [[PosthumousCharacter Weiss's grandfather]]. In all three cases, Coeur's characters came first, as all three were initially created before Volume 3.

** Most stories have been made at least partially contradictory to canon after Volumes 6 and 7 of ''RWBY'' came out. Jaune's eldest sister being named "Saphron" and Adam having [[FacialHorror horrible facial scars]] are the most obvious examples, with less obvious examples being Salem's relation to Ozpin, Jaune's true semblance, the way Atlas looks, etc.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Coeur loves Jaune and Ruby's friendship. Even if it's a complete alternate universe (''Fanfic/{{Arcanum}}, ''Fanfic/TheUnseenHunt'') or Jaune doesn't enroll in Beacon (''Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile'' not ''Fanfic/TheSelfMadeMan''), Jaune and Ruby always will find each other and be best friends.
* PunchClockVillain: Often times, Roman is depicted as a man whose crimes only extend to theft, and he only goes along with Cinder's plans out of pure fear of the woman.

* SharedFamilyQuirks: His works basically confirm the ''RWBY'' series' joke that Blake reads smut. As for how this is a family trait, well, his more comedic works like ''[[Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY White Sheep]]'', ''Fanfic/KnightOfSalem'' and ''Fanfic/ARCCorp'' have made it quite clear that Blake's parents Ghira and Kali can be quite ''adventurous'' when it comes to their sex life.
* SharedUniverse: Coeur's characterizations, backstories, lore, and original characters are consistent across his various works' Alternate Universe storylines so long as they're not OutdatedByCanon. Examples include Jaune's family, [[Fanfic/ProfessorArc Roman]] and [[Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile Cinder's]] {{Freudian Excuse}}s, the [[Fanfic/RelicOfTheFuture Del'Ashari]] [[Fanfic/KnightOfSalem Tribe]], and [[Fanfic/ARabbitAmongWolves Atlesian Black]] [[Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile coffee]]. His stories can still be enjoyed on their own, but those who read all of his works will catch gags and references that others won't. ''Fanfic/ArcRoyale'' outright confirms as part of its premise that the various alternate universes within his works are part of a shared multiverse.
* ShipSinking: Coeur loves writing unique pairings, hence why he's gone with Jaune/Blake, Jaune/Glynda, and Weiss/Sun, but he has said that he absolutely ''despises'' Blake/Adam and will never write it no matter what. [[note]]Unless you count ''The Unseen Hunt'', but they're inhuman creatures who operate on BlueAndOrangeMorality at best in that one, and that work in general is such an AlternateUniverse that all it really shares with canon is the character's names.[[/note]]

* ShoutOut: As a bit of a RunningGag, Coeur often references his own works within other works; ''Relic of the Future'' features Jaune joking that he might as well have named himself "Jaune Salem Arc" as he was called in ''White Sheep'', ''A Rabbit Among Wolves'' features the same Atlesian Black coffee that Jaune despises in ''Service With a Smile'', and ''Captain Dragon'' has [[spoiler:the VSS from ''In The Kingdom's Service'']] make an appearance in the climax.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the stories that re-adapt the events of RWBY Volume 3, the Fall of Beacon tends to cause fewer casualties among the main cast (if it happens at all). Pyrrha has thus far avoided her canonical death in [[spoiler:''Professor Arc'', ''Captain Dragon'', ''The Beast of Beacon'', ''Stress Relief'', ''White Sheep'', ''In the Kingdom's Service'', ''Knight of Salem'', ''Raise'', ''The Self Made Man'', ''The Second Choice'', ''Arc Royale'', and--sort of--''Not This Time, Fate!'']]

* ''Fanfic/Xia''

* HasAType: Taiyang's canon ex-wife Raven Branwen is outright stated to have a thing for blue-eyed, well-endowed and "strong" blondes like Tai. In ''Fanfic/{{Relic of the Future}}'', she has chemistry with and falls for a FutureBadass Jaune, and in ''Fanfic/WiseAsAnOldQrow'', a teenage Raven crushes on Jaune's [[StrongFamilyResemblance spitting image father]], Nicholas Arc.

** Jaune can start dating characters like [[Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile Miltia Malachite]] (who he never met), [[Fanfic/ProfessorArc Glynda Goodwitch]] (his teacher), or [[Fanfic/KnightOfSalem Salem]] (who is centuries older than him - and the Queen of the Grimm).

** Velvet is often paired with a "bad boy" like [[Fanfic/ProfessorArc Cardin]], [[Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile Russel]], or [[Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY Mercury]].

* CrackPairing: Coeur loves doing this. Jaune can start dating with a character [[Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile he has never met,]] [[Fanfic/TheSelfMadeMan hates him canon]] or [[Fanfic/KnightOfSalem much older than him.]]
** If Mercury gets to be more than just a "Cinder's minion" than he gets his [[Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY own]] [[Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile romantic]] [[Fanfic/KnightOfSalem subplot]] [[spoiler:that ended successfully only once.]]
** Velvet is often paired with [[Fanfic/ProfessorArc a]] [[Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile "bad]] [[Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY boys".]]

** [[spoiler:Cinder Fall dies a lot during the story's climax. It would be easier to list the stories where she survives. Sometimes Mercury and Emerald can die with her,too.]]

* PlatonicLifePartners: Coeur loves Jaune and Ruby's friendship. Even if it's a complete [[Fanfic/{{Arcanum}} alternative]] [[Fanfic/TheUnseenHunt universe]] or Jaune [[Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile not enrolls]] [[Fanfic/TheSelfMadeMan into Beacon]], Jaune and Ruby always will find eachother and be best friends.

** If Mercury gets to be more than just "Cinder's minion" than he gets his [[Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY own]] [[Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile romantic]] [[Fanfic/KnightOfSalem subplot]]

** [[Spoiler:Cinder Fall dies a lot during the story's climax. It would be easier to list the stories where she survives. Sometimes Mercury and Emerald can die with her,too.]]

** ''Professor Arc'' and ''Not This Time, Fate'' have [[spoiler:Mercury and Emerald]] killed in the Battle of Beacon; ''Captain Dragon'' has them survive the battle, [[spoiler:only for both to die in the fic's climax]].
** Similarly, ''Not This Time, Fate'' and ''Stress Relief'' have [[spoiler:Cinder]] killed in the battle, and implicitly KilledOffscreen in ''One Good Turn'' in what would have been the School Dance arc [[spoiler:when she tries to hack the CCT]].

* BadToTheLastDrop: A recurring element in Coeur's fics is Atlesian Black coffee, the cheapest and most widespread variety of coffee on Remnant. It's the most ''loathed'' on Remnant, with even most Atlesians being sick to death of it. The only character who professes to like the blend is Ironwood, out of what others can only assume is irrational patriotism and/or willful ignorance. Jaune, in [[Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile his role as a café owner]], refuses to offer it on principle because he wouldn't serve it to his worst enemy. Conversely, soulless slimy MegaCorp Café; Prime serves nothing ''but'' Atlesian Black to keep supply and labor costs as low as possible.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: You can always count on Qrow (and sometimes Winter) to appear in the story before Vytal Festival.

** Oscar usually doesn't appear at all due to most of stories ending after events of volume 3.
** Sun and/or Penny. In most of stories the events that leads to the fight at docks can be different and protagonists can never meet them.

** Oscar usually doesn't appear at all due to most of stories ends after events of volume 3.

* ''Fanfic/TheEternalCrown''

** Done very mildly with Jacques Schnee, who is canonically an [[AbusiveParents abusive father]] and CorruptCorporateExecutive with no real presented depths. In Coeur's works he's still all this, but also often given EvenEvilHasStandards moments driven by PragmaticVillainy is nothing else; his business acumen prevented the SDC from going under from [[PosthumousCharacter Nicholas Schnee's]] unflinching generosity, and the very worst issues (such as Faunus labour and enslavement, including Adam's branding) are institutional problems that at worst, simply fall below his active notice (because he knows how self-destructive they are). Additionally, his arguments towards restricting Weiss' ambitions (to be both a Huntress and then take over the SDC) have him [[JerkassHasAPoint deliver some]] [[VillainHasAPoint valid critiques]]… albeit without ignoring his emotional {{Gaslighting}} and habitual cruelty. In ''Dating What Daddy Hates'', Coeur justified these changes of the ground of making Jacques more interesting and human.

* BadToTheLastDrop: A recurring element in Coeur's fics is Atlesian Black coffee, the cheapest and most widespread variety of coffee on Remnant. It's the most ''loathed'' on Remnant, with even most Atlesians being sick to death of it. The only character who professes to like the blend is Ironwood, out of what others can only assume is irrational patriotism and/or willful ignorance. Jaune, in [[Fanfic/ServiceWithASmile his role as a café owner]], refuses to offer it on principle because he wouldn't serve it to his worst enemy. Conversely, soulless slimy MegaCorp Café Prime serves nothing ''but'' Atlesian Black to keep supply and labor costs as low as possible.

* CreatorsCultureCarryover: Coeur is from the United Kingdom, so his characters often spout British slang such as using "bloody" as a curse word, spelling a word as "arse", calling lower-body apparel "trousers", and on at least one occasion going to "the loo". They also use â€Å"mum" instead of â€Å"mom". This contrasts with ''RWBY'' itself which, while taking place in a ConstructedWorld where Earth demographics don't apply, is generally written and performed in American English, simply by virtue of most of its creators and actors being American.

* ''Fanfic/TheWriterGames'': An anthology collaboration between Coeur and College Fool and unofficially part of the Fanfic/OrSomethingSeries. The concept for the anthology started with the authors playing a game of producing stories under pressure in 15 minutes based on a prompt from each other (with a few guest authors), so the stories aren’t "stories" per se, but more of a summary of how such stories would go, with the authors giving their reviews on each other’s work and reflections on their own work in the author notes. Several of Coeur’s stories actually have their origins from this anthology, if you know where to look for them.

** Done very mildly with Jacques Schnee, who is canonically an [[AbusiveParents abusive father]] and CorruptCorporateExecutive with no real presented depths. In Coeur’s works he’s still all this, but also often given EvenEvilHasStandards moments driven by PragmaticVillainy is nothing else; his business acumen prevented the SDC from going under from [[PosthumousCharacter Nicholas Schnee’s]] unflinching generosity, and the very worst issues (such as Faunus labour and enslavement, including Adam’s branding) are institutional problems that at worst, simply fall below his active notice (because he knows how self-destructive they are). Additionally, his arguments towards restricting Weiss’ ambitions (to be both a Huntress and then take over the SDC) have him [[JerkassHasAPoint deliver some]] [[VillainHasAPoint valid critiques]]… albeit without ignoring his emotional {{Gaslighting}} and habitual cruelty. In ''Dating What Daddy Hates'', Coeur justified these changes of the ground of making Jacques more interesting and human.

* AdaptationOriginConnection: Coeur's works go with the headcanon that Roman Torchwick and Professor Oobleck, two characters who never shared a scene together in canon, were formerly on the same team during their student days. They're also connected to the Mountain Glenn incident, as their other two teammates were killed during the event (which led to Roman's StartOfDarkness), whereas there was no indication in canon that Roman had a connection to the disaster itself. Roman has also, within the [[SharedUniverse shared multiverse]] framework, been responsible for Jaune’s forged transcripts; this was initially mentioned in passing in ''One Good Turn'' and was expanded on in later stories.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: A common trend in many stories is [[ChildProdigy Ruby]] and [[BrokenAce Pyrrha]] becoming fast [[BirdsOfAFeather friends]], sometimes partly because they wind up on the same team. While they got along in canon, they weren’t particularly close as, well after Pyrrha’s death, Ruby confessed she didn’t actually remember much about her.

* CreatorsCultureCarryover: Coeur is from the United Kingdom, so his characters often spout British slang such as using "bloody" as a curse word, spelling a word as "arse", calling lower-body apparel "trousers", and on at least one occasion going to "the loo". They also use “mum” instead of “mom”. This contrasts with ''RWBY'' itself which, while taking place in a ConstructedWorld where Earth demographics don't apply, is generally written and performed in American English, simply by virtue of most of its creators and actors being American.

** Ruby, more often than not, due to most stories focusing on Jaune instead. Despite being the protagonist of the original show, she gets very little focus in most stories and frequently gets written out of the events she normally plays a significant role in. The most noteworthy exceptions are Coeur’s AlternateUniverse fics, which ''do'' feature her as a major or main character in a vastly changed context[[note]]Specifically, she's a {{Tritagonist}} in ''The Unseen Hunt'', PromotedToLoveInterest in ''Forged Destiny'', and the main protagonist of ''Arcanum''[[/note]], because they enable Coeur to give her more internal conflict than canon.

* {{Irony}}: Blake's ridiculous number of romantic interests gets mocked frequently in Coeur's stories, particularly in ''Professor Arc'' and ''White Sheep'', which is rather funny considering that two of his earliest and most popular works, ''From Beyond'' and ''One Good Turn'', are Jaune/Blake stories. Furthermore, as is lampshaded in ''Fanfic/ArcRoyale'', the fic where you would most expect Jaune and Blake to hook up — ''Fanfic/ARabbitAmongWolves'' — has Blake hate his guts.

* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted}} with Hazel and Amber, names used by Jaune's sisters and canon characters Hazel Rainart and Amber the Fall Maiden; his father, Nicholas Arc, also shares his given name with [[PosthumousCharacter Weiss’s grandfather]]. In all three cases, Coeur's characters came first, as all three were initially created before Volume 3.

** ''One Good Turn Deserves Another'' was started before Volume 3 released, and depicted both Blake being an orphan (as her backstory wasn’t yet established), as well as Ren and Nora being LikeBrotherAndSister instead of having UnresolvedSexualTension. It also depicts Qrow as a [[AdaptationalDyeJob silver-haired]] ParentalSubstitute to his nieces, as he and Taiyang hadn’t appeared yet to establish their canon relationships; part of his personality and being TheAlcoholic was written into the story midway (after his debut), if not depicted with its canon severity.
** ''Not This Time, Fate!'' and other works published around the same time turned Cinder into the BigBad; this made sense at the time since [[GreaterScopeVillain Salem]] hadn't been completely introduced yet, but nowadays it comes off as a massive case of AdaptationalBadass (and the [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong story]] [[GroundhogdayLoop premise]] would have required extensively rewriting the story to accommodate Salem, hence why he didn’t adjust his plans to accommodate her).

** Since his earliest stories, he’s depicted Tean CFVY’s partnerships as being Coco/Velvet & Yatsuhashi/Fox; ''Literature/RWBYAfterTheFall'' later revealed that Velvet’s partnership is with Yatsuhashi (and was an important moment of growth for her).

* ''Fanfic/TheWriterGames'': An anthology collaboration between Coeur and College Fool and unofficially part of the Fanfic/OrSomethingSeries. The concept for the anthology started with the authors playing a game of producing stories under pressure in 15 minutes based on a prompt from each other (with a few guest authors), so the stories aren’t "stories" per se, but more of a summary of how such stories would go, with the authors giving their reviews on each other’s work and reflections on their own work in the author notes. Several of Coeur’s stories actually have their origins from this anthology, if you know where to look for them.

** Done very mildly with Jacques Schnee, who is canonically an [[AbusiveParents abusive father]] and CorruptCorporateExecutive with no real presented depths. In Coeur’s works he’s still all this, but also often given EvenEvilHasStandards moments driven by PragmaticVillainy is nothing else; his business acumen prevented the SDC from going under from [[PosthumousCharacter Nicholas Schnee’s]] unflinching generosity, and the very worst issues (such as Faunus labour and enslavement, including Adam’s branding) are institutional problems that at worst, simply fall below his active notice (because he knows how self-destructive they are). Additionally, his arguments towards restricting Weiss’ ambitions (to be both a Huntress and then take over the SDC) have him [[JerkassHasAPoint deliver some]] [[VillainHasAPoint valid critiques]]… albeit without ignoring his emotional {{Gaslighting}} and habitual cruelty. In ''Dating What Daddy Hates'', Coeur justified these changes of the ground of making Jacques more interesting and human.

* AdaptationOriginConnection: Coeur's works go with the headcanon that Roman Torchwick and Professor Oobleck, two characters who never shared a scene together in canon, were formerly on the same team during their student days. They're also connected to the Mountain Glenn incident, as their other two teammates were killed during the event (which led to Roman's StartOfDarkness), whereas there was no indication in canon that Roman had a connection to the disaster itself. Roman has also, within the [[SharedUniverse shared multiverse]] framework, been responsible for Jaune’s forged transcripts; this was initially mentioned in passing in ''One Good Turn'' and was expanded on in later stories.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: A common trend in many stories is [[ChildProdigy Ruby]] and [[BrokenAce Pyrrha]] becoming fast [[BirdsOfAFeather friends]], sometimes partly because they wind up on the same team. While they got along in canon, they weren’t particularly close as, well after Pyrrha’s death, Ruby confessed she didn’t actually remember much about her.

* CreatorsCultureCarryover: Coeur is from the United Kingdom, so his characters often spout British slang such as using "bloody" as a curse word, spelling a word as "arse", calling lower-body apparel "trousers", and on at least one occasion going to "the loo". They also use “mum” instead of “mom”. This contrasts with ''RWBY'' itself which, while taking place in a ConstructedWorld where Earth demographics don't apply, is generally written and performed in American English, simply by virtue of most of its creators and actors being American.

* [[invoked]] CreatorsFavorite: He admits that Roman is one of his favs of all the canon cast he uses, and it shows when you look at his roles across Coeur's various fics in the bigger picture. He'll often be more competent than in canon, loves letting everyone hear him talk as much as his canon self does; and the last that we hear of Roman in most ([[Fanfic/NotThisTimeFate but not]] [[Fanfic/TheSecondChoice all]]) fics featuring him, he's usually alive, out of prison, unrepentant, and at best scrapes a happy ending for himself. He avoids hitting CreatorsPet by virtue of never once being the lead and still being an unrepentant bad guy who at times puts the heroes through some serious pain.

** Ruby, more often than not, due to most stories focusing on Jaune instead. Despite being the protagonist of the original show, she gets very little focus in most stories and frequently gets written out of the events she normally plays a significant role in. The most noteworthy exceptions are Coeur’s AlternateUniverse fics, which ''do'' feature her as a major or main character in a vastly changed context[[note]]Specifically, she's a {{Tritagonist}} in ''The Unseen Hunt'', PromotedToLoveInterest in ''Forged Destiny'', and the main protagonist of ''Arcanum''[[/note]], because they enable Coeur to give her more internal conflict than canon.

* {{Irony}}: Blake's ridiculous number of romantic interests gets mocked frequently in Coeur's stories, particularly in ''Professor Arc'' and ''White Sheep'', which is rather funny considering that two of his earliest and most popular works, ''From Beyond'' and ''One Good Turn'', are Jaune/Blake stories. Furthermore, as is lampshaded in ''Fanfic/ArcRoyale'', the fic where you would most expect Jaune and Blake to hook up — ''Fanfic/ARabbitAmongWolves'' — has Blake hate his guts.

* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted}} with Hazel and Amber, names used by Jaune's sisters and canon characters Hazel Rainart and Amber the Fall Maiden; his father, Nicholas Arc, also shares his given name with [[PosthumousCharacter Weiss’s grandfather]]. In all three cases, Coeur's characters came first, as all three were initially created before Volume 3.

** ''One Good Turn Deserves Another'' was started before Volume 3 released, and depicted both Blake being an orphan (as her backstory wasn’t yet established), as well as Ren and Nora being LikeBrotherAndSister instead of having UnresolvedSexualTension. It also depicts Qrow as a [[AdaptationalDyeJob silver-haired]] ParentalSubstitute to his nieces, as he and Taiyang hadn’t appeared yet to establish their canon relationships; part of his personality and being TheAlcoholic was written into the story midway (after his debut), if not depicted with its canon severity.
** ''Not This Time, Fate!'' and other works published around the same time turned Cinder into the BigBad; this made sense at the time since [[GreaterScopeVillain Salem]] hadn't been completely introduced yet, but nowadays it comes off as a massive case of AdaptationalBadass (and the [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong story]] [[GroundhogdayLoop premise]] would have required extensively rewriting the story to accommodate Salem, hence why he didn’t adjust his plans to accommodate her).

** Since his earliest stories, he’s depicted Tean CFVY’s partnerships as being Coco/Velvet & Yatsuhashi/Fox; ''Literature/RWBYAfterTheFall'' later revealed that Velvet’s partnership is with Yatsuhashi (and was an important moment of growth for her).

* ''Fanfic/TheWriterGames'': An anthology collaboration between Couer and College Fool and unofficially part of the Fanfic/OrSomethingSeries. The concept for the anthology started with the authors playing a game of producing stories under pressure in 15 minutes based on a prompt from each other (with a few guest authors), so the stories aren’t "stories" per se, but more of a summary of how such stories would go, with the authors giving their reviews on each other’s work and reflections on their own work in the author notes. Several of Couer’s stories actually have their origins from this anthology, if you know where to look for them.

** Done very mildly with Jacques Schnee, who is canonically an [[AbusiveParents abusive father]] and CorruptCorporateExecutive with no real presented depths. In Coeur’s works he’s still all this, but also often given EvenEvilHasStandards moments driven by PragmaticVillainy is nothing else; his business acumen prevented the SDC from going under from [[PosthumousCharacter Nicholas Schnee’s]] unflinching generosity, and the very worst issues (such as Faunus labour and enslavement, including Adam’s branding) are institutional problems that at worst, simply fall below his active notice (because he knows how self-destructive they are). Additionally, his arguments towards restricting Weiss’ ambitions (to be both a Huntress and then take over the SDC) have him [[JerkassHasAPoint deliver some]] [[VillainHasAPoint valid critiques]]… albeit without ignoring his emotional {{Gaslighting}} and habitual cruelty. In ''Dating What Daddy Hates'', Coeur justified these changes of the ground of making Jacques more interesting and human.

* AdaptationOriginConnection: Coeur's works go with the headcanon that Roman Torchwick and Professor Oobleck, two characters who never shared a scene together in canon, were formerly on the same team during their student days. They're also connected to the Mountain Glenn incident, as their other two teammates were killed during the event (which led to Roman's StartOfDarkness), whereas there was no indication in canon that Roman had a connection to the disaster itself. Roman has also, within the [[SharedUniverse shared multiverse]] framework, been responsible for Jaune’s forged transcripts; this was initially mentioned in passing in ''One Good Turn'' and was expanded on in later stories.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: A common trend in many stories is [[ChildProdigy Ruby]] and [[BrokenAce Pyrrha]] becoming fast [[BirdsOfAFeather friends]], sometimes partly because they wind up on the same team. While they got along in canon, they weren’t particularly close as, well after Pyrrha’s death, Ruby confessed she didn’t actually remember much about her.

* CreatorsCultureCarryover: Coeur is from the United Kingdom, so his characters often spout British slang such as using "bloody" as a curse word, spelling a word as "arse", calling lower-body apparel "trousers", and on at least one occasion going to "the loo". They also use “mum” instead of “mom”. This contrasts with ''RWBY'' itself which, while taking place in a ConstructedWorld where Earth demographics don't apply, is generally written and performed in American English, simply by virtue of most of its creators and actors being American.

** Ruby, more often than not, due to most stories focusing on Jaune instead. Despite being the protagonist of the original show, she gets very little focus in most stories and frequently gets written out of the events she normally plays a significant role in. The most noteworthy exceptions are Coeur’s AlternateUniverse fics, which ''do'' feature her as a major or main character in a vastly changed context[[note]]Specifically, she's a {{Tritagonist}} in ''The Unseen Hunt'', PromotedToLoveInterest in ''Forged Destiny'', and the main protagonist of ''Arcanum''[[/note]], because they enable Coeur to give her more internal conflict than canon.

* {{Irony}}: Blake's ridiculous number of romantic interests gets mocked frequently in Coeur's stories, particularly in ''Professor Arc'' and ''White Sheep'', which is rather funny considering that two of his earliest and most popular works, ''From Beyond'' and ''One Good Turn'', are Jaune/Blake stories. Furthermore, as is lampshaded in ''Fanfic/ArcRoyale'', the fic where you would most expect Jaune and Blake to hook up — ''Fanfic/ARabbitAmongWolves'' — has Blake hate his guts.

* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted}} with Hazel and Amber, names used by Jaune's sisters and canon characters Hazel Rainart and Amber the Fall Maiden; his father, Nicholas Arc, also shares his given name with [[PosthumousCharacter Weiss’s grandfather]]. In all three cases, Coeur's characters came first, as all three were initially created before Volume 3.

** ''One Good Turn Deserves Another'' was started before Volume 3 released, and depicted both Blake being an orphan (as her backstory wasn’t yet established), as well as Ren and Nora being LikeBrotherAndSister instead of having UnresolvedSexualTension. It also depicts Qrow as a [[AdaptationalDyeJob silver-haired]] ParentalSubstitute to his nieces, as he and Taiyang hadn’t appeared yet to establish their canon relationships; part of his personality and being TheAlcoholic was written into the story midway (after his debut), if not depicted with its canon severity.
** ''Not This Time, Fate!'' and other works published around the same time turned Cinder into the BigBad; this made sense at the time since [[GreaterScopeVillain Salem]] hadn't been completely introduced yet, but nowadays it comes off as a massive case of AdaptationalBadass (and the [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong story]] [[GroundhogdayLoop premise]] would have required extensively rewriting the story to accommodate Salem, hence why he didn’t adjust his plans to accommodate her).

** Since his earliest stories, he’s depicted Tean CFVY’s partnerships as being Coco/Velvet & Yatsuhashi/Fox; ''Literature/RWBYAfterTheFall'' later revealed that Velvet’s partnership is with Yatsuhashi (and was an important moment of growth for her).

* Badasscreed: Whenever someone unlocks another person's aura, they recite a short chant. Each one of those follows the formula similar to the one Pyrrha used in the show, but with several changes to emphasize the given character's personality and ideals.

** ''Fanfic/RemnantsBlondeBard'': What if Jaune's Semblance [[SuddenGameInterface made his life similar to an RPG video game (with a hyper-focus on the Charisma stat)?]]