History Fanfic / NorasLife

* GreaterScopeVillain: Dr. Watts is this for this story. He has less direct influence on the plot than Hayden, but he is serving the even BiggerBad, Salem, which makes him more important to the setting.

* BadassGay: [[spoiler:Ruby is revealed to have a crush on Nora.]]

* SerialRapist / SerialKiller: Some of Hayden’s subordinates note a woman from every tribe he was supposed to be protecting had disappeared during his "[[DeadlyEuphemism walks]]." As the incident with [[spoiler: Ruby]] shows, he was also raping them.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12294300 Nora’s Life]] is a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fanfic written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/1204UFP/pseuds/1204UFP 1204UFP]]. After Qrow and Team RNJR make it to Haven, Nora comes across the man who let her village be destroyed and ruined her life years ago, an Atlas general named [[BigBad Hayden White]]. After telling the rest of her team about what he did, they attempt to catch him in the act and bring him to justice for his crimes. Meanwhile, Dr. Watts plans to “[[DeadlyEuphemism deal with the problem]]” of Ruby, Qrow and Atlas getting in the way of his plans.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12294300 Nora’s Life]] is a WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} fanfic written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/1204UFP/pseuds/1204UFP 1204UFP]]. After Qrow and Team RNJR make it to Haven, Nora comes across the man who let her village be destroyed and ruined her life years ago, an Atlas general named [[BigBad Hayden White]]. After telling the rest of her team about what he did, they attempt to catch him in the act and bring him to justice for his crimes. Meanwhile, Dr. Watts plans to “[[DeadlyEuphemism deal with the problem]]” of Ruby, Qrow and Atlas getting in the way of his plans.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Atlas leadership seems to be rather oblivious to the more egregious offenses committed by Hayden. Qrow lampshades it when he meeds up with Hayden. Ruby even lampshades this in her inner monologue by wondering how they couldn’t realize how much of a creep he was.

* YouKilledMyFather: Nora wants to bring Hayden to justice because he attempted to rape her mother and ended up letting her village get slaughtered by Grimm (her mother included) to save his own reputation.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Atlas leadership seems to be rather oblivious to the more egregious offenses committed by Hayden. Ruby even lampshades this in her inner monologue by stating how they couldn’t realize how much of a creep he was.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Hayden is noted to have been raping women from small tribes he was supposed to be protecting. [[spoiler:And he also attempts to rape Ruby.]]

* SerialRapist: Some of Hayden’s subordinates notes that he had been raping women from tribes he was supposed to be protecting. It also crosses with SerialKiller since those women are said to have disappeared.

* HateSink: General White was not made to be likable. Even his own soldiers hate him and turn on him in the climax. Watts was even planning to kill him as well, though only because he thought Atlas would screw with his plans. He does, however, refer to Hayden as a pig after hearing about his crimes.

* TheSociopath: General Hayden White. He only cares about his own image, reputation, and general pleasure. He displays an enormous need to dominate others by [[BadBoss the way he treats his subordinates]] and [[{{Jerkass}} how he treats other people]]. White also shows a blatant disregard for the lives of other people as he will shamelessly admit. [[spoiler:And he admits that [[ButForMeItWasTuesday he doesn’t even remember Nora and her mother]] because he has brutalized and killed so many mothers before like it’s the most casual thing in the world.]]

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12294300 Nora’s Life]] is a WebVideo/{{RWBY}} fanfic written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/1204UFP/pseuds/1204UFP 1204UFP]]. After Qrow and Team RNJR make it to Haven, Nora comes across the man who let her village be destroyed and ruined her life years ago, an Atlas general named [[BigBad Hayden White]]. After telling the rest of her team about what he did, they attempt to catch him in the act and bring him to justice for his crimes. Meanwhile, Dr. Watts plans to “[[DeadlyEuphemism deal with the problem]]” of Ruby, Qrow and Atlas getting in the way of his plans.

* AttemptedRape: Hayden tries to rape Nora’s mother, but is thankfully stopped before he could. He later tries to do the same to Ruby in an alley when the Grimm attack begins, but is once again stopped when a beowulf pounces on him (Not that it keeps him down for long).
* BadassGay: Ruby is revealed to have a crush on Nora.
* BadBoss: Hayden has shot his own soldiers for little to no reason.

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Nora states that she wants justice for what he did to Nora’s mother, Hayden literally states that he has no idea who she is and says he’s killed plenty of mothers before.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: After being left to die at the hands of the Grimm, Hayden manages to push it off with brute strength alone.

* DirtyCoward: Hayden in spades. Jaune specifically mentions this about him just before his defeat.
* EngineeredPublicConfession: What Team RNJR and Qrow plan to do by luring Hayden in with Ruby and catch him in the act of being up to his usual creepy self. Ruby manages to get a straightforward confession when she’s hiding from Hayden.

* IncompatibleOrientation: Ruby has a crush on Nora, but Nora is “together-together” with Ren. Something that hurts Nora as much as it does Ruby because she knows how much it breaks her heart.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Hayden’s philosophy in a nutshell. He only cares about things that benefit himself and his reputation no matter who gets hurt in the crossfire.

* LoveAtFirstSight: Ruby says this is how her love for Nora began. After watching Nora [[AmazonChaser smash the deathstalker’s stinger into its head]] during their initiation in the Emerald Forest.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Hayden is noted to have been raping women from small tribes he was supposed to be protecting. And he also attempts to rape Ruby.

* TheSociopath: General Hayden White. He only cares about his own image, reputation, and general pleasure. He displays an enormous need to dominate others by the way he treats his subordinates and how he treats other people. White also shows a blatant disregard for the lives of other people as he will shamelessly admit. And he admits that he doesn’t even remember Nora and her mother because he has brutalized and killed so many mothers before like it’s the most casual thing in the world.

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Nora states that she wants justice for what she did to Nora’s mother and her village, Hayden literally states that he has no idea who she is and says he’s killed plenty of mothers before.

* SerialRapist: Some of Hayden’s subordinates notes that he had been raping women from tribes he was supposed to be protecting. It also seems to cross with Serial Killer since those women are said to have disappeared.

* YouKilledMyFather: Nora wants to bring Hayden to justice because he attempted to rape her mother and ended up letting her village get slaughtered by Grimm (her mother included) to [[DirtyCoward save his own reputation.

Malicious Misnaming: Jaune (due to the incident with Pyrrha) is quite bitter with Qrow and uses many alcoholism-related nicknames to spite him.
Rape by Proxy: Part of Hayden’s Establishing Character Moment is having Nora’s mother handcuffed
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: He his noted to have been raping women from small tribes he was supposed to be protecting. And he also attempts to rape Ruby.
The Resenter: Jaune to Qrow thanks to the incident with Pyrrha. And he is openly bitter about it.
Serial Rapist: Some of Hayden’s subordinates notes that he had been raping women from tribes he was supposed to be protecting. It also seems to cross with Serial Killer since those women are said to have disappeared.
The Sociopath: General Hayden White. He only cares about his own image, reputation, and general pleasure. He displays an enormous need to dominate others by the way he treats his subordinates and how he treats other people. White also shows a blatant disregard for the lives of other people as he will shamelessly admit. And he admits that he doesn’t even remember Nora and her mother because he has brutalized and killed so many mothers before like it’s the most casual thing in the world.
Sociopathic Soldier: Hayden White is an Atlas general and he fits Type 2 perfectly as you can see in The Sociopath above.
Unspoken Plan Guarantee: Team RNJR and Qrow detail their plan to catch Hayden in the act. Naturally, things start going wrong thanks to not accounting for Watts being in the mix. It seems that Qrow and Nora are aware of this trope since they worry that something might happen on the way to the room.
You Killed My Father: Nora wants to bring Hayden to justice because he attempted to have her mother raped and ended up letting her village.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12294300 Nora’s Life]] is a WebVideo/{{RWBY}} fanfic written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/1204UFP/pseuds/1204UFP 1204UFP]]. After Qrow and Team RNJR make it to Haven, Nora comes across the man who let her village be destroyed and ruined her life years ago, an Atlas general named [[BigBad Hayden White]]. After telling the rest of her team about what he did, they attempt to catch him in the act and bring him to justice for his crimes. Meanwhile, Dr. Watts plans to “[[DeadlyEuphemism deal with the problem]]” of Ruby, Qrow and Atlas getting in the way of his plans.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12294300 Nora’s Life]] is a WebVideo/{{RWBY}} fanfic written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/1204UFP/pseuds/1204UFP 1204UFP]]. The story follows Nora, who runs into the man who destroyed her family.