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''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/dust-and-decepticons-rwby-transformers.1062155/ Dust and Decepticons]]'' is a series of crossover fics between ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/9311088/ SwapAUAnon]], the author of the ''Fanfic/AGirlAndHerBike'' series. Current stories in the series are:
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''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/dust-and-decepticons-rwby-transformers.1062155/ Dust and Decepticons]]'' is a series of crossover fics between ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/9311088/ SwapAUAnon]], the author of the ''Fanfic/AGirlAndHerBike'' series. Current stories in the series are:
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* BloodierAndGorier: The chapter "Power Play" is much more graphic in its depictions of violence and death than ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' ever was. The power plant is drenched in blood at the start of the chapter, the guards are reduced to LudicrousGibs, the security guard watching is bisected at the chest, and that's not getting into the deaths that the Stunticons inflict on Team ROZE.
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* EatenAlive: Several of Megatron's (then D-16) coworkers are devoured whole by the Sharkticons at the end of the first chapter of ''Epiphets of Megatron''.
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* CreateYourOwnHero: Quite literally at that. The first chapter of ''Epiphets of Megatron'' has D-16 mining ores that'd be taken to create new Transformers. One of these Transformers would end up being Orion Pax/Optimus Prime, his ArchEnemy.
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* ObliviouslyEvil: Thundercracker is left completely unaware of the atrocities that the Decepticons have committed, and Megatron is content to keep things that way to further manipulate him into his service.
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* WhamLine: Chapter 5 of ''Falling Stars'' ends with Tamara Ustic telling Watts about a college who'd be far more appreciative of his work than Ironwood. Suffice to say, anyone familiar with Watts' role in ''RWBY'' knows '''exactly''' who she's talking about.
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* WhamLine: Chapter 5 of ''Falling Stars'' ends with Tamara Ustic telling Watts about a college who'd be far more appreciative of his work than Ironwood. Suffice to say, anyone familiar with Watts' role in ''RWBY'' knows '''exactly''' [[Characters/RWBYSalem who she's talking about.about]].
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* WhamLine: Chapter 5 of ''Falling Stars'' ends with Tamara Ustic telling Watts about a college who'd be far more appreciative of his work than Ironwood. Suffice to say, anyone familiar with Watts' role in ''RWBY'' knows '''exactly''' who she's talking about.
-->'''Professor Ustic''': I have a colleague. And I have a feeling she'd appreciate your work far more than Ironwood ever will.
-->'''Professor Ustic''': I have a colleague. And I have a feeling she'd appreciate your work far more than Ironwood ever will.
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* DrowningMySorrows: During the first chapter of ''Epiphets of Megatron'', Megatron (back when he was D-16) first meets Termagax when she's drinking herself into a stupor in the wake of Zeta Prime's assassination.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Ultra Magnus is a lot ruder than most incarnations. The worst you can say about him is that he's usually very strict and adherent to protocol, but is a BenevolentBoss and AFatherToHisMen nonetheless. In this fic, he's more of a MeanBoss who's far more admonishing of the Autobots under his command. Regardless, he's still a good bot when all's said and done and proves his devotion to his troops when the chips are down.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Ironwood argues that, as Penny's a prototype weapon with Atlesian technology infused with her cells, she's property of the Atlas military. He completely ignores that, as he's now a cyborg whose body is mostly comprised of Atlesian technology, the same could be applied to himself. Professor Dunder wastes no time in calling him out on this, and it pretty much forces him to give Penny full citizenship and rights lest he dig himself deeper.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Megatron's bread and butter is deception, and he more than shows it by way of manipulating Ironwood into thinking that the Autobots are seeking conquest of Remnant, as well as keeping the more idealistic Decepticons in line by keeping them from discovering anything that'd shake their views.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Thundercracker may be a Decepticon, but he's a genuine NobleDemon who fights because he truly believes the Autobots to be the evil ones. Unfortunately, his idealism makes him a prime target for Megatron's manipulations.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Zeta Prime in IDW was a BitchInSheepsClothing who hid his monstrous nature behind a benevolent facade. Here, that facade is completely genuine, with him being a noble, heroic Prime whose death is treated as a tragic shock to all.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Zeta Prime in IDW was a BitchInSheepsClothing who hid his monstrous nature behind a benevolent facade. Here, that facade is completely genuine, with him being a noble, heroic Prime whose death is treated as a tragic shock to all. This is actually TruerToTheText, as he was portrayed as benevolent back in the ''G1'' episode, "[[Recap/TransformersG1FiveFacesOfDarkness Five Faces of Darkness]]".
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14295996/1/Dust-and-Decepticons-Epiphets-of-Megatron Epiphets of Megatron]]'' ([=AO3=] link [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/51403051/chapters/129895285 here]])
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Zeta Prime in IDW was a BitchInSheepsClothing who hid his monstrous nature behind a benevolent facade. Here, that facade is completely genuine, with him being a noble, heroic Prime whose death is treated as a tragic shock to all.
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* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: ''Epiphets of Megatron'' serves as Megatron's backstory, chronicling his descent from a bot with good intentions into the BigBad focused on domination.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Team ROZE's deaths at the hands of the disguised Stunticons are incredibly morbid and unpleasant, to say the least. To start, Esmerelda gets crushed to death under a Decepticon's stomp, what's left of her splattering over her leader. Then Rosalyn gets brutally bisected at the waist before her skull gets cracked. Zephyr ends up impaled on a pipe and sent flying into a crate of Fire Dust, which then explodes, burning her alive. Finally, Opal dies grieving and terrified as the Stunticons collectively surround and ''vaporize'' her.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Team ROZE's deaths at the hands of the disguised Stunticons are incredibly morbid and unpleasant, to say the least. To start, Esmerelda gets crushed to death under a Decepticon's stomp, what's left of her splattering over her the team's leader. Then Rosalyn gets brutally bisected at the waist before her skull gets cracked. Zephyr ends up impaled on a pipe and sent flying into a crate of Fire Dust, which then explodes, burning her alive. Finally, Opal dies grieving and terrified as the Stunticons collectively surround and ''vaporize'' her.
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* ConsummateLiar: Megatron proves to be a very effective manipulator, easily swaying Ironwood to his side and convincing the newly selected General that the Autobots are villains through a well-planned FrameUp.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In most adaptations, Prowl's normally characterized as a raging {{jerkass}} StrawVulcan who strictly adheres to an authoritarian mindset. In this story, Prowl's more of a NiceGuy who goes against orders to protect the innocent.
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* CompositeCharacter:
** Prowl takes up a similar role to Mirage in ''Film/TransformersRiseOfTheBeasts'', saving Koa from the cops in a chase evocative of that film.
** Prowl's more rude traits get passed on to Ultra Magnus, who also gains attributes of Optimus' characterization in ''Rise of the Beasts'', such as his focus on maintaining the Autobots and his disinterest in humanity.
** Prowl takes up a similar role to Mirage in ''Film/TransformersRiseOfTheBeasts'', saving Koa from the cops in a chase evocative of that film.
** Prowl's more rude traits get passed on to Ultra Magnus, who also gains attributes of Optimus' characterization in ''Rise of the Beasts'', such as his focus on maintaining the Autobots and his disinterest in humanity.
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* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Downplayed, but present. WordOfGod states that the idea behind Team ROZE is that they're in part a version of Team RWBY who never truly overcame their early issues in the series. So it's less "corrupted" and more "flawed".
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* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Downplayed, but present. WordOfGod states that the idea behind Team ROZE is that they're in part a version of Team RWBY who never truly overcame their early issues in the series. So So, it's less "corrupted" and more "flawed"."flawed".
* CrossoverRelatives: Thanks to Mesothulas working with Pietro, combining the PENNY Project with the Decepticons' efforts to produce Techno-Organics, Browning (of ''Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce'' fame) and Penny are siblings.
* CrossoverRelatives: Thanks to Mesothulas working with Pietro, combining the PENNY Project with the Decepticons' efforts to produce Techno-Organics, Browning (of ''Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce'' fame) and Penny are siblings.
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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Optimus' Prime's status as a MessianicArchetype gets torn apart in the first chapter. While Optimus is considered by his troops to be the Arisen and is as much of the BigGood as he always is, this has led to them practically worshipping him and, consequentially, being blind to the fact that he most certainly ''isn't'' infallible. Case and point, when Optimus fights Megatron in the first chapter, rather than provide covering fire, the rest of the Autobots simply cheer him on, believing he'll win. The result? Every Decepticon starts firing on Optimus and he gets beaten within an inch of his life by Megatron.
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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Optimus' Optimus Prime's status as a MessianicArchetype gets torn apart in the first chapter. While Optimus is considered by his troops to be the Arisen and is as much of the BigGood as he always is, this has led to them practically worshipping him and, consequentially, being blind to the fact that he most certainly ''isn't'' infallible. Case and point, when Optimus fights Megatron in the first chapter, rather than provide covering fire, the rest of the Autobots simply cheer him on, believing he'll win. The result? Every Decepticon starts firing on Optimus and he gets beaten within an inch of his life by Megatron.
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* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Downplayed, but present. WordOfGod states that the idea behind Team ROZE is that they're in part a version of Team RWBY who never truly overcame their early issues in the series. So it's less "corrupted" and more "flawed".
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Team ROZE's deaths at the hands of the disguised Stunticons are incredibly morbid and unpleasant, to say the least. To start, Esmerelda gets crushed to death under a Decepticon's stomp, what's left of her splattering over her leader. Then Rosalyn gets brutally bisected at the waist before her skull gets cracked. Zephyr ends up impaled on a pipe and sent flying into a crate of Fire Dust, which then explodes, burning her alive. Finally, Opal dies grieving and terrified as the Stunticons collectively ''vaporize'' her.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Team ROZE's deaths at the hands of the disguised Stunticons are incredibly morbid and unpleasant, to say the least. To start, Esmerelda gets crushed to death under a Decepticon's stomp, what's left of her splattering over her leader. Then Rosalyn gets brutally bisected at the waist before her skull gets cracked. Zephyr ends up impaled on a pipe and sent flying into a crate of Fire Dust, which then explodes, burning her alive. Finally, Opal dies grieving and terrified as the Stunticons collectively surround and ''vaporize'' her.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Team ROZE's deaths at the hands of the disguised Stunticons are incredibly morbid and unpleasant, to say the least. To start, Esmerelda gets crushed to death under a Decepticon's stomp, what's left of her splattering over her leader. Then Rosalyn gets brutally bisected at the waist before her skull gets cracked. Zephyr ends up impaled on a pipe and sent flying into a crate of Fire Dust, which then explodes, burning her alive. Finally, Opal dies grieving and terrified as the Stunticons collectively ''vaporize'' her.
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* TheWorfEffect: Team ROZE is described as being the best Huntress team in Atlas, with their sudden (and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath horrific]]) deaths at the hands of the disguised Decepticons being a major shock to Professor Dunder and General Ironwood.
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* TheWorfEffect: Team ROZE is described as being the best Huntress team in Atlas, with their sudden (and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath horrific]]) deaths at the hands of the disguised Decepticons being a major shock to Professor Dunder and General Ironwood.Ironwood.
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* WholePlotReference: The Decepticon part of the plot is this to ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', with the Decepticons tricking the Atlesian forces into allying with them against the Autobots due to careful manipulation of the top brass, identically to what happened to Sector 7.
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* FrameUp: Megatron sets up a false flag operation in Chapter 3 that sees the Stunticons disguise themselves as the Autobots and launching an attack on an Atlesian power plant. The aftermath convinces Ironwood to lend his support to the Decepticons, unaware that they caused it in the first place.
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* FrameUp: Megatron sets up a false flag operation in Chapter 3 2 of ''Falling Stars'' that sees the Stunticons disguise themselves as the Autobots and launching an attack on an Atlesian power plant. The aftermath convinces Ironwood to lend his support to the Decepticons, unaware that they caused it in the first place.
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''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/dust-and-decepticons-rwby-transformers.1062155/ Dust and Decepticons]]'' is a series of crossover fics between ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/9311088/ SwapAUAnon]], the author of the ''Fanfic/AGirlAndHerBike'' series. Current stories in the series are:
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14176876/1/Dust-and-Decepticons-Falling-Stars Falling Stars]]'' ([=AO3=] link [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/43826322/chapters/110201118 here]])
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!!This series provides examples of:
* BadBoss: Megatron is this to the Decepticons barring Soundwave, since his go-to method of improving his troops is to ''dismantle'' whomever he sees as the weak link. In the aftermath of the Stunticons' FrameUp mission, he states that had the Huntresses of Remnant been mere foot soldiers, he would have dismantled Breakdown for getting heavily damaged by them.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Optimus' Prime's status as a MessianicArchetype gets torn apart in the first chapter. While Optimus is considered by his troops to be the Arisen and is as much of the BigGood as he always is, this has led to them practically worshipping him and, consequentially, being blind to the fact that he most certainly ''isn't'' infallible. Case and point, when Optimus fights Megatron in the first chapter, rather than provide covering fire, the rest of the Autobots simply cheer him on, believing he'll win. The result? Every Decepticon starts firing on Optimus and he gets beaten within an inch of his life by Megatron.
* FrameUp: Megatron sets up a false flag operation in Chapter 3 that sees the Stunticons disguise themselves as the Autobots and launching an attack on an Atlesian power plant. The aftermath convinces Ironwood to lend his support to the Decepticons, unaware that they caused it in the first place.
* GenderFlip: Both Bumblebee and Jazz (known here as B-127 and J-422) are girls here, contrasting their usual portrayals as male.
* InterServiceRivalry: Between Professor George Dunder and General James Ironwood. The two represent the Huntsman system and military of Atlas respectively, and they both despise each other. George accuses Ironwood of having played a role in getting his best Huntress team killed. Ironwood, for his part, covers evidence of Cybertronian activity in Atlas and tries to keep George from getting involved so he doesn't discover them.
* UnwittingPawn: Ironwood is this to Megatron, as he has no idea that he's being manipulated into helping Megatron against the Autobots.
* TheWorfEffect: Team ROZE is described as being the best Huntress team in Atlas, with their sudden (and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath horrific]]) deaths at the hands of the disguised Decepticons being a major shock to Professor Dunder and General Ironwood.
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14176876/1/Dust-and-Decepticons-Falling-Stars Falling Stars]]'' ([=AO3=] link [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/43826322/chapters/110201118 here]])
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!!This series provides examples of:
* BadBoss: Megatron is this to the Decepticons barring Soundwave, since his go-to method of improving his troops is to ''dismantle'' whomever he sees as the weak link. In the aftermath of the Stunticons' FrameUp mission, he states that had the Huntresses of Remnant been mere foot soldiers, he would have dismantled Breakdown for getting heavily damaged by them.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Optimus' Prime's status as a MessianicArchetype gets torn apart in the first chapter. While Optimus is considered by his troops to be the Arisen and is as much of the BigGood as he always is, this has led to them practically worshipping him and, consequentially, being blind to the fact that he most certainly ''isn't'' infallible. Case and point, when Optimus fights Megatron in the first chapter, rather than provide covering fire, the rest of the Autobots simply cheer him on, believing he'll win. The result? Every Decepticon starts firing on Optimus and he gets beaten within an inch of his life by Megatron.
* FrameUp: Megatron sets up a false flag operation in Chapter 3 that sees the Stunticons disguise themselves as the Autobots and launching an attack on an Atlesian power plant. The aftermath convinces Ironwood to lend his support to the Decepticons, unaware that they caused it in the first place.
* GenderFlip: Both Bumblebee and Jazz (known here as B-127 and J-422) are girls here, contrasting their usual portrayals as male.
* InterServiceRivalry: Between Professor George Dunder and General James Ironwood. The two represent the Huntsman system and military of Atlas respectively, and they both despise each other. George accuses Ironwood of having played a role in getting his best Huntress team killed. Ironwood, for his part, covers evidence of Cybertronian activity in Atlas and tries to keep George from getting involved so he doesn't discover them.
* UnwittingPawn: Ironwood is this to Megatron, as he has no idea that he's being manipulated into helping Megatron against the Autobots.
* TheWorfEffect: Team ROZE is described as being the best Huntress team in Atlas, with their sudden (and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath horrific]]) deaths at the hands of the disguised Decepticons being a major shock to Professor Dunder and General Ironwood.
