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* AdaptationalFriendship:
** Whereas the canon version of Adam Taurus was an enemy to Jaune's friends and he never even shared a single scene with Jaune; in this fic, Adam is responsible for rescuing Jaune from Chivalric Arms' human experimentation and helping him to rescue his remaining sisters. Due to which, Jaune considers Adam a friend and a brother-in-arms who he'll always feel gratitude towards, and the feeling is quite mutual on Adam's end.
** Likewise, Neopolitan, who was also never a friend to Jaune canonically, is in this fic a fellow victim of Chivalric Arms' experiments who bonded with Jaune's mother, and in turn she becomes a combat ally to Jaune [[spoiler:and remains partnered with him at the fic's end]]. Due to
** Whereas the canon version of Adam Taurus was an enemy to Jaune's friends and he never even shared a single scene with Jaune; in this fic, Adam is responsible for rescuing Jaune from Chivalric Arms' human experimentation and helping him to rescue his remaining sisters. Due to which, Jaune considers Adam a friend and a brother-in-arms who he'll always feel gratitude towards, and the feeling is quite mutual on Adam's end.
** Likewise, Neopolitan, who was also never a friend to Jaune canonically, is in this fic a fellow victim of Chivalric Arms' experiments who bonded with Jaune's mother, and in turn she becomes a combat ally to Jaune [[spoiler:and remains partnered with him at the fic's end]]. Due to
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** Adam Taurus, though still a ruthless terrorist, is saner and more honorable than the rabid beast that was his canon counterpart. He has [[EvenEvilHasStandards multiple standards and self-restraint]], he's implied to be more genuinely conflicted about Blake's betrayal, he has just enough far-sightedness to admit he doesn't intend to spent the rest of his life being nothing but a human-killing weapon if he lives long enough to achieve his goals, and he has a genuine comradery with and a mutual sense of gratitude towards Jaune to the point of considering them friends.
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** Adam Taurus, though still a ruthless terrorist, is saner and more honorable than the rabid beast that was his canon counterpart. He has [[EvenEvilHasStandards multiple standards and self-restraint]], he's implied to be more genuinely conflicted about Blake's betrayal, he has just enough far-sightedness to admit he doesn't intend to spent spend the rest of his life being nothing but a human-killing weapon if he lives long enough to achieve his goals, and he has a genuine comradery with and a mutual sense of gratitude towards Jaune to the point of considering them friends.
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* DiscOneFinalBoss: Despite being the BigBad responsible for dragging the entire cast into a violent conspiracy, [[spoiler:Matthew Fields is killed at the conclusion of Ruby's kidnapping arc, even before Jaune has rescued all of his sisters. Ozpin, Amber's captor, then becomes the main villain of the story until Amber is rescued]].
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** In their argument, [[spoiler:Qrow]] tries to tell Jaune that killing [[spoiler:the two huntsmen]] was wrong; no matter the circumstances, violence shouldn't lead to more violence. The audience knows that out of all of the people Jaune has killed, [[spoiler:the two huntsmen]] were legitimately done in self-defense, and it's pretty much the only scenario in which Jaune truly had no choice if he wanted to live.
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** In their argument, [[spoiler:Qrow]] tries to tell Jaune that killing [[spoiler:the two huntsmen]] was wrong; no matter the circumstances, violence shouldn't lead to more violence. The audience knows that out of all of the people Jaune has killed, [[spoiler:the two huntsmen]] were legitimately done in self-defense, and it's pretty much the only scenario in which Jaune was attacked first and truly had no choice if he wanted to live.
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** Matthew Fields genuinely believes that human-Faunus racism is nothing more than a pathetic waste of time that needs to be solved, and his solution to this is to [[FantasticRacism exterminate the Faunus race]].
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** The story is kicked off when Adam's White Fang unit conducts a raid on an Atlas facility, find Jaune and Lavender being tortured, and take the time to rescue them despite them being humans.
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** As opposed to his unambiguously heroic canon counterpart, [[spoiler:Pietro Polendina]] is a member of the conspiracy [[spoiler:and forced his innocent daughter Penny into it]]. It [[AmbiguousSituation remains unclear if this is willing]], but his NeverMyFault attitude suggests it is.
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** As opposed to his unambiguously heroic canon counterpart, [[spoiler:Pietro Polendina]] is a member of the conspiracy [[spoiler:and forced his innocent daughter Penny into it]]. It [[AmbiguousSituation remains unclear if this How much it was his own choice versus how much of it is willing]], forced]] is never made clear, but at a minimum, he's far more callous about the civilian casualties tied to his NeverMyFault attitude suggests it is.actions than he ever would be in canon.
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** Fields claims that all of Jaune's efforts will mean nothing [[spoiler:as he's dying. Ultimately, there are hundreds of scientists willing to pick up his mantle, and with how many average citizens die on a daily basis in a world like [[CrapsackWorld Remnant]], no one will ever care about Jaune or his family even as people mourn Fields' death]].
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** Fields claims that all of Jaune's efforts will mean nothing [[spoiler:as he's dying. Ultimately, there are hundreds of scientists willing to pick up his mantle, and with how many average citizens die on a daily basis in a world like [[CrapsackWorld Remnant]], no one will ever care about Jaune or his family even as people mourn Fields' death]].death. Luckily, [[SubvertedTrope Jaune and Ironwood prove him wrong]] by keeping their mission going after his death, killing all of Fields' co-conspirators in secret to prevent them from restarting his work]].
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** Blake's teammates discovering her secret is still intrinsically linked to a stand-off at the docks involving Team RWBY, Torchwick and the White Fang.
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** Blake's teammates discovering her secret as both a Faunus and a White Fang defector is still intrinsically linked to a stand-off at the docks involving Team RWBY, Torchwick and the White Fang.
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** Blake's teammates discovering her secret is still intrinsically linked to a stand-off at the docks involving Team RWBY, Torchwick and the White Fang.
** Beacon is still attacked by Adam's and Cinder's forces, [[spoiler:and though the circumstances end up very different, Ozpin and Amber Autumn (the Fall Maiden) still die in Beacon's basement during the attack]].
** Beacon is still attacked by Adam's and Cinder's forces, [[spoiler:and though the circumstances end up very different, Ozpin and Amber Autumn (the Fall Maiden) still die in Beacon's basement during the attack]].
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* SympatheticVillainDespicableVillain: Jaune Arc, in his quest to save all of his missing family members, overall faces off against ''two'' very powerful conspiracy leaders who have a lot of sway and influence across Remnant: [[spoiler:Matthew Fields (who kidnapped Jaune and his family to be experimented on, and still ruthlessly uses his influence to hunt Jaune in the hopes of recapturing him), and [[AdaptationalVillainy Ozpin]] (who re-kidnaps Jaune's youngest sister Amber Arc for his own ends, seeks Jaune's death so that the latter can't reclaim her, and turns his back on his allies and his own student when the latter is in nightmarish peril).]]
** Fields (Despicable) is a CorruptCorporateExecutive without any real empathy, running a GovernmentConspiracy that kidnaps hundreds of people, mercilessly uses them like livestock and lab rats while experimenting on them to replicate their Semblances or Silver Eyes, and then kills them or uses them as breeding stock for child experiments. [[spoiler:Furthermore, Fields is planning to "solve" the socio-political problems of Faunus racism and the White Fang by covertly committing total genocide against the Faunus via Remnant-wide forced sterilization.]]
** Ozpin (Sympathetic), though he's easily one of the most callous and despicable incarnations of the character that author Creator/CoeurAlAran has ever written; is ultimately acting [[spoiler:because he's desperate beyond human comprehension to bring his EndlessWar against Salem, which he's fought for millennia in the defence of all humanity, to a permanent end, and he's discovered that Amber has a unique Semblance which he believes can accomplish that by nullifying Salem's CompleteImmortality. Ozpin also knows that Jaune will never join him nor allow Ozpin to groom Amber into a weapon, so he figures that Jaune has to die.]]
** Fields (Despicable) is a CorruptCorporateExecutive without any real empathy, running a GovernmentConspiracy that kidnaps hundreds of people, mercilessly uses them like livestock and lab rats while experimenting on them to replicate their Semblances or Silver Eyes, and then kills them or uses them as breeding stock for child experiments. [[spoiler:Furthermore, Fields is planning to "solve" the socio-political problems of Faunus racism and the White Fang by covertly committing total genocide against the Faunus via Remnant-wide forced sterilization.]]
** Ozpin (Sympathetic), though he's easily one of the most callous and despicable incarnations of the character that author Creator/CoeurAlAran has ever written; is ultimately acting [[spoiler:because he's desperate beyond human comprehension to bring his EndlessWar against Salem, which he's fought for millennia in the defence of all humanity, to a permanent end, and he's discovered that Amber has a unique Semblance which he believes can accomplish that by nullifying Salem's CompleteImmortality. Ozpin also knows that Jaune will never join him nor allow Ozpin to groom Amber into a weapon, so he figures that Jaune has to die.]]
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:When Yang gets stabbed in the hand, she finds she cannot use it anymore. In other stories, she would be able to power through the injury, but here the tendons have been cut, rendering her hand literally useless]].
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** Ozpin gets hit with this hard, even in comparison to the author's other works. [[spoiler:He captured Amber Arc (Jaune's sister) and has been keeping her sedated and unconscious against her will, intending to use her for his own purposes. When finally confronted by Ironwood over this, he admits to it without an iota of remorse, even smiling as he confesses.]]
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** Ozpin [[spoiler:Ozpin]] gets hit with this hard, even in comparison to the author's other works. [[spoiler:He captured Amber Arc (Jaune's sister) and has been keeping her sedated and unconscious against her will, intending to use her for his own purposes. When finally confronted by Ironwood over this, he admits to it without an iota of remorse, even smiling as he confesses.]]
