History Fanfic / ARabbitAmongWolves

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: [[spoiler Adam helps Jaune with Cinder so that Blake can defeat Jaune to avenge him, rather than having Cinder killing Jaune before then.]]

* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: [[Spoiler: Ghost of Adam]] discusses this along with BystanderSyndrome above as a root for Faunus' bad lot. While most humans aren't racist, they don't do much to stop other humans who are, and think they do enough by simply not taking an active part in the discrimination. Mainly because they don't fully understand just how bad things really are.
* WarriorPoet: PlayedForLaughs with Adam, who wrote [[SickeninglySweet really cheesy love poems]] about Blake. [[Spoiler: Listening to one of them from his hallucination of Adam makes Jaune wish for a quick death.]]

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Adam helps Jaune with Cinder so that Blake can defeat Jaune to avenge him, rather than having Cinder killing Jaune before then.

* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: Adam discusses this along with BystanderSyndrome above as a root for Faunus' bad lot. While most humans aren't racist, they don't do much to stop other humans who are, and think they do enough by simply not taking an active part in the discrimination. Mainly because they don't fully understand just how bad things really are.
* WarriorPoet: PlayedForLaughs with Adam, who wrote [[SickeninglySweet really cheesy love poems]] about Blake. Listening to one of them from his hallucination of Adam makes Jaune wish for a quick death.

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Jaune, a milquetoast InternalReformist of the Vale White Fang, [[spoiler: ends up in a public relationship with the very assertive and tough [[FantasticTerrorists Sienna Kahn]] ]]. Jaune internally lampshades this:

* UnstoppableRage: Bane flies into a monstrous rage when he sees Weiss at the docks, immediately losing all sense of logic or reason and blindly attempting to kill her as fast as possible. [[spoiler:At least that's what it appears to be on the surface; Bane reveals afterwards that he was [[D

** When Ilia learns that Jaune had originally planned to apply for Beacon as a Huntsman, she presumes that he was rejected because he was a faunus and joined the White Fang out of anger. He was rejected from Beacon, but that was due to being ''exposed'' as the new leader of the White Fang, which means he was subsequently rejected for being a faunus (terrorist) and (had no choice but to) joined the White Fang.

** Since Jaune is notorious for ''not'' wearing a mask in public, [[spoiler: he and his crew decide to sneak into Junior's nightclub by publicly wearing ''full White Fang attire''. The partygoers and employees mistake them for being partygoers...until he removes his mask]].

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Jaune, a milquetoast InternalReformist of the Vale White Fang, [[spoiler: ends up in a public relationship with the very assertive and tough [[FantasticTerrorists Sienna Kahn]]]]. Jaune internally lampshades this:

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Jaune, a milquetoast InternalReformist of the Vale White Fang, [[spoiler: ends up in a public relationship with the very assertive and tough [[FantasticTerrorists Sienna Kahn]] ]]. Jaune internally lampshades this:

* UnstoppableRage: Bane flies into a monstrous rage when he sees Weiss at the docks, immediately losing all sense of logic or reason and blindly attempting to kill her as fast as possible. [[spoiler:At least that's what it appears to be on the surface; Bane reveals afterwards that he was [[DeconstructedTrope having a panic attack and responding in the only way he could]] because of his trauma from the SDC camp]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Everything that Team RWBY does while trying to stop Roman at the docks does nothing but make the situation worse for everyone except Roman. It ends with Roman getting away scotfree and RWBY looking like they let him get away.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Simply by behaving like corrupt assholes, the Vale Council creates the tension that Cinder needs for her plan to go forward]].
* VillainHasAPoint:
** [[spoiler: The ghost of Adam]] is totally unrepentant about his violent acts, but Jaune finds himself agreeing that most humans, even non-malicious ones, do ignore the abuse of Faunus. Jaune admits if not for his situation, he would've done the same.
** Ilia reveals that when the White Fang tried peaceful protest, the Atlas authorities wouldn't protect them from violence from passersby, but would arrest ''the Faunus'' for retaliating. Jaune does not condone terrorism, but he comes to understand ''why'' they went down that road. Even Ozpin has the decency to feel bad when Jaune throws this at him.
** Ruby may consider Jaune a criminal, but she can't bring herself to disagree with his furious condemnation of the general population's apathy.
** When Yang gets to chat with Sienna Khan during the dance, Yang realizes she cannot argue with many of her points: namely, that Blake was technically a traitor to the White Fang, that the [=SDC=] is an incredibly corrupt and abusive institution toward Faunus, that Weiss may not be a part of the crimes but her connection gives faunus good reason to be wary of her, and how she, like the White Fang, is also quick to violence to protect the people she cares about.
* VillainTakesAnInterest: Sienna starts out only tepidly supportive of Jaune's more moderate ideas. But as Jaune's successes make him from a success to an icon, she becomes interested into making him her champion. The Albain brothers also start becoming interested in his success, providing him more resources and weapons.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: After finding out that Jaune escaped her deathtrap, Cinder starts losing it rapidly.]]
* VillainousFriendship: Many of the White Fang goons consider themselves to be a dysfunctional family.
* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler: Roman, out of sheer disgust with Cinder's cruelty, gives Jaune the means to escape his confinement]].
* VillainWithGoodPublicity:
** Invoked by Jaune. Realizing his murder of Adam and subsequent escape from the police makes him look bad, Jaune wants to reform the White Fang to prove to everyone he isn't evil. When it starts to take effect, Ozpin notes that directly opposing the local branch of the fang looks villainous.
** Coco assesses Jaune in depth and declares that his best move was not wearing the mask, so he comes across as a sympathetic person rather than a faceless monster or force to be opposed like the previous fang.
** It gets to a point where a magazine gossips about him and Sienna being rumors. Aside from being amused, Sienna points out how Jaune has given the Fang such a group reputation, they can be seen as a celebrities and not merely criminals.
* VillainyFreeVillain: The Vale government [[spoiler: are technically correct in wanting to arrest Jaune. But their willingness to torment him in prison and persecute his supporters demonstrates how they're only angry at Jaune for showing them up and making them look incompetent]].
* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: Adam discusses this along with BystanderSyndrome above as a root for Faunus' bad lot. While most humans aren't racist, they don't do much to stop other humans who are, and think they do enough by simply not taking an active part in the discrimination. Mainly because they don't fully understand just how bad things really are.
* WarriorPoet: PlayedForLaughs with Adam, who wrote [[SickeninglySweet really cheesy love poems]] about Blake. Listening to one of them from his hallucination of Adam makes Jaune wish for a quick death.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Yang lampshades how Ruby manages to accidentally run into both Roman Torchwick and Jaune Arc, Vale's two most wanted criminals, not arrest either of them, and still walk away unscathed.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sienna Kahn's White Fang faction may be violent, but only because they see it as a means of achieving equality, and would disband if equality was achieved for faunus.
* WhamEpisode:
** Chapter 13. [[spoiler: Jaune is nearly raped by a demented [=SDC=] manager, which exposes him to the depravity of Faunus discrimination]].
** Chapter 40. [[spoiler: An attempt to shut down an illegal Faunus prize fight ends horribly when Jaune is brutally stabbed by Neo-disguised-as-Sienna]].
* WhamLine: When the White Fang try to [[spoiler:disrupt an arms deal, an explosion rocks the site; Sun confirms that it wasn't theirs and it didn't come from the dealers. Once the smoke finally clears, Ilia reveals who has decided to join the fray: "[Jaune's] stripper", which in this [[ItMakesSenseInContext context]] means Cinder Fall]].
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: [[spoiler: Ironwood has no memory of anything he did on Mettle after he wakes up.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Coco gets chewed out for flirting with Jaune, who is still technically a terrorist.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark:
** After [[spoiler:being sexually assaulted by Elizabeth Tanner, Jaune gives the code for the White Fang to storm the camp and taking hostages. What he is unaware of (until Perry mentions it) is that the Fang didn't wait for the code word - they stormed the camp the second they realized Jaune was being assaulted]].
** Jaune invokes this after the Fang discovers [[spoiler:Swan being mutilated by Rosemary and Thyme]]. Jaune asks the security official to go along with their plan. The man asks if he'll get to live if he goes through with it, prompting Jaune to explain that they'll let him live either way. His decision will only affect how the man views himself afterward.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: [[spoiler: Mercury sees how idiotic it is for Cinder to prolong Jaune's agony out of sheer spite when it would just be easier to kill him quickly]].
* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough:
** After seeing the news report about Adam's death, Juniper Arc remarks about how she knows her son Jaune is smart enough to stay out of trouble. Cue her seeing his face on the screen and the police knocking on her door.
** When Coco brings up how Jaune forgoing a mask is the smartest decision he's made since it lets people see him as a person, Yang brings up its also likely that he doesn't see a point as his face is already known though Coco says that's stupid.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: Bane. He was virtually enslaved on an [=SDC=] lumber yard, branded, tortured, experimented on, and saw most of his family killed]].
* WorstAid: Jaune's minions treat his gunshot wound by pulling the bullet out with tweezers. A veterinarian they take him to is not amused at their stupidity.
* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: When the response to the White Fang terrorist faction under Jaune Arc doing charity work is a story about whether Jaune is a crossdresser, Lisa Lavender sends Jaune her original draft (which was about whether Jaune was a villain or a victim of circumstance) with a notice saying that her editor refused to publish it.
* WorthyOpponent:
** Coco sees Jaune as one, respecting his ability to turn public opinion about himself on his head.
** Ozpin regards Jaune as this [[spoiler: for hijacking the Vytal Festival and putting him in a position where he'll have to support Jaune's heroic endeavors]].
* YankTheDogsChain: After liberating the [=SDC=] camp, Jaune and his crew return to their lair [[spoiler: only to find an eager Cinder Fall waiting for them]].
* YouHaveFailedMe:
** Adam was quite eager to dish out horrific punishments to his minions, to the point where they expect Jaune to be as cruel.
** Jaune expects getting this treatment from Sienna if he fails to deliver.
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Jaune accidentally killing Adam gets him put in charge of his White Fang cell.
* YouNeedToGetLaid: Ilia, Ilia, Ilia. Every other conversation with her winds up touching on how desperately she needs a girlfriend (that is not Blake).
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* AbortedArc: Coco shows interest in Jaune and even flirts him. It maybe looks she's gonna be a live interest,but after chapter 40 she stops appearing and Jaune finds a new love interest.

** Sienna gives Jaune a Paladin mech prototype without considering that no one on his team knows how to pilot the thing, making it completely worthless. Even if someone knew how to pilot the thing, using it at all would completely invalidate Jaune's attempts at peaceful protest and force the Vale White Fang to abandon the base it deploys from.

** Team RWBY's attempt to foil the Dust robbery at the docks quickly go pear shaped. Blake's asking why the White Fang are working with a human (i.e. Jaune) gets her MistakenForRacist by the White Fang and her own team for calling a Faunus without obvious features a human, leading to a long argument that allows Torchwick to escape with the Dust he quickly stole. Then Bane goes into an UnstoppableRage at the sight of Weiss which leads to a long fight that results in the docks getting wrecked due to all the exploding Dust that is left on the scene. End result is Torchwick getting away with a large haul of Dust, a larger amount of property damage, and a PR nightmare for Beacon with Team RWBY looking incompetent and Ozpin as their enabler (thanks to footage that Lisa took of the whole affair and uploaded to the internet).

* AnAesop:
** Mistreating and dehumanizing people over race is ''wrong'', [[BystanderSyndrome as is standing by and letting it happen]].
** If you want things to change, you have to get up off your butt and try to make them better.
** Indiscriminate violence in the face of oppression is also bad.

** Averted. No one is find out that [[spoiler: Adam's ghost inside Jaune's head]]

** The fact that Blake doesn't recognize [[spoiler:Sun Wukong at the fashion show]] even though Coco does implies that something happened to prevent the two from meeting, presumably Ruby accidentally exposing Blake as a Faunus earlier than in canon.

* SkewedPriorities: After the events of the fashion show, Adam spends more time yelling at Jaune for not attempting to get Blake into her swimsuit than he does discussing the show.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Elizabeth Tanner, the woman in charge of an SDC Lumber Yard Jaune infiltrates presents herself as reasonable, even explaining away the rather unfair working conditions at the Yard as a NecessaryEvil. [[spoiler: Then she tries to force herself on Jaune and viciously blackmails him when he refuses.]]

** When making an appearance in Chapter 16, Ruby tries to recite the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket Motto.]]

* FashionDesigner: Jaune's guise for infiltrating the Vytal Fashion Show. Achieved with the help of Lisa and the White Fang recruits looking up latest trends on the internet.