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** It's revealed after arriving in Atlas that[[spoiler: that [[spoiler: the recreated Penny does not consider herself to be the same person as the one who died during the Vytal Festival, thinking of herself as the original's sister and preferring the name Verdigris.]]
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* RomanticAsexual: Yang casually mentions that she is asexual whilst she is happily dating Blake.
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* [[TransGender Transgender]]:
** Ruby is a trans girl, something hinted at early on before she comes out to Weiss explicitly later.
** Sun is a trans man who has a habit of accidentally coming out to people because [[MotorMouth he talks too much.]]
** [[spoiler: Blake]] is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, though they still prefer to be referred to using feminine terms such as sister.
** Ruby is a trans girl, something hinted at early on before she comes out to Weiss explicitly later.
** Sun is a trans man who has a habit of accidentally coming out to people because [[MotorMouth he talks too much.]]
** [[spoiler: Blake]] is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, though they still prefer to be referred to using feminine terms such as sister.
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* RelationshipUpgrade: A few happen over the course of the fics.
** [[spoiler: Blake and Yang]] start dating after pining after each other for several months.
** [[spoiler: Ruby and Weiss]] finally get together after [[spoiler:Yang]] tells [[spoiler:Weiss]] that [[spoiler:Ruby]] is gay and has been in love with her since they met.
** After holding off until they could tell [[spoiler:Ruby]] about their attraction towards one another, [[spoiler: Weiss and Neo]] get together whilst staying in Mistral.
** [[spoiler:Ruby]] has a LoveEpiphany during the Battle of Haven after [[spoiler:Neo gets impaled by Cinder]] and confesses her feelings shortly after.
** [[spoiler: Blake and Yang]] start dating after pining after each other for several months.
** [[spoiler: Ruby and Weiss]] finally get together after [[spoiler:Yang]] tells [[spoiler:Weiss]] that [[spoiler:Ruby]] is gay and has been in love with her since they met.
** After holding off until they could tell [[spoiler:Ruby]] about their attraction towards one another, [[spoiler: Weiss and Neo]] get together whilst staying in Mistral.
** [[spoiler:Ruby]] has a LoveEpiphany during the Battle of Haven after [[spoiler:Neo gets impaled by Cinder]] and confesses her feelings shortly after.
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* AnimalMotifs: Weiss gains an association with birds as an albatross Faunus, particularly with how she often seems plagued by bad luck.
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* [[PolyAmory Polyamory]]:
** [[spoiler: Weiss and Neo fall for each other during their time together on Menagerie and start dating after they reunite with Ruby in Mistral whilst Weiss continues to date Ruby. Eventually, Ruby and Neo start dating as well after the Battle of Haven.]]
** [[spoiler: Ren, Nora and Jaune enter into a triad whilst they are separated from the others on the way to Atlas, revealing their RelationshipUpgrade when they reunite in Argus.]]
** [[spoiler: Defied by Blake and Yang who are uninterested in dating more than one person, leading to them having to gently rebuff a hopeful Ilia.]]
** [[spoiler: Weiss and Neo fall for each other during their time together on Menagerie and start dating after they reunite with Ruby in Mistral whilst Weiss continues to date Ruby. Eventually, Ruby and Neo start dating as well after the Battle of Haven.]]
** [[spoiler: Ren, Nora and Jaune enter into a triad whilst they are separated from the others on the way to Atlas, revealing their RelationshipUpgrade when they reunite in Argus.]]
** [[spoiler: Defied by Blake and Yang who are uninterested in dating more than one person, leading to them having to gently rebuff a hopeful Ilia.]]
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* InternalReveal: During the second round of the tournament [[spoiler: Weiss is accidentally outed as a Faunus to all of Remnant on a live broadcast when the jacket she hid her wings under is destroyed]]
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* TheAtoner: Neopolitan grows into this after initially being the NominalHero only out for vengeance against Cinder, wishing to atone for her role in the Fall of Beacon.
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* CrisisOfFaith: [[spoiler: Weiss undergoes one after learning the truth about the Brother Gods and how they left Remnant after annihilating the original iteration of humanity leading her to take after her mother and [[DrowningMySorrows drown her sorrows]] at Brunswick Farm. Resolved for the most part after reaffirming her faith in the principles of her religion if not the gods themselves during a visit to a temple in Argus.]]
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* CrisisOfFaith: [[spoiler: Weiss undergoes one after learning the truth about the Brother Gods and how they left Remnant after annihilating the original iteration of humanity leading her to take after her mother [[TheAlcoholic mother]] and [[DrowningMySorrows drown her sorrows]] at Brunswick Farm. Resolved for the most part after reaffirming her faith in the principles of her religion if not the gods themselves during a visit to a temple in Argus.]]
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* ReligiousBruiser: Later on it's revealed that Weiss is a reasonably devout follower of the Brother Gods, the God of Darkness in particular. [[spoiler: This leads to a CrisisOfFaith when it's revealed that the gods wiped out humanity before and left Remnant as well as never being the progenitors of the Faunus]]
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* ReligiousBruiser: Later on In ''Exiled'' it's revealed that Weiss is a reasonably devout follower of the Brother Gods, the God of Darkness in particular. [[spoiler: This leads to a CrisisOfFaith when it's revealed that the gods wiped out humanity before and left Remnant as well as never being the progenitors of the Faunus]]Faunus]]
* RomanticAsexual: Yang casually mentions that she is asexual whilst she is happily dating Blake.
* RomanticAsexual: Yang casually mentions that she is asexual whilst she is happily dating Blake.
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* [[TransGender Transgender]]:
** Ruby is a trans girl, something hinted at early on before she comes out to Weiss explicitly later.
** Sun is a trans man who has a habit of accidentally coming out to people because [[MotorMouth he talks too much.]]
** [[spoiler: Blake]] is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, though they still prefer to be referred to using feminine terms such as sister.
** Ruby is a trans girl, something hinted at early on before she comes out to Weiss explicitly later.
** Sun is a trans man who has a habit of accidentally coming out to people because [[MotorMouth he talks too much.]]
** [[spoiler: Blake]] is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, though they still prefer to be referred to using feminine terms such as sister.
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* NotHisSled: [[spoiler: Penny's]] death plays out as it does in canon, [[spoiler: but her reconstruction in Atlas does not bring her back and instead creates her sister, Verdigris.]]
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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Neopolitan. After joining up with Weiss during the latter's journey to Menagerie, Neo becomes one of Weiss' closest friends and eventual girlfriend, culminating in her killing Cinder and taking the Fall Maiden Powers.]]
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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Neopolitan. After Neopolitan, after joining up with Weiss during the latter's journey to Menagerie, Menagerie. [[spoiler: Neo becomes one of Weiss' closest friends and eventual girlfriend, culminating in her killing Cinder and taking the Fall Maiden Powers.]]]]
* AscendedExtra: Neopolitan again, becoming a main character from ''Exiled on Remnant Amid a Jeering Crowd'' onward.
* AscendedExtra: Neopolitan again, becoming a main character from ''Exiled on Remnant Amid a Jeering Crowd'' onward.
* HealingFactor: All beings with Aura have this, but Weiss stands out as her aura allows her to slowly regrow severed body parts, causing her wings to regrow after they were severed repeatedly.
* SleepingWithTheBosssWife: Weiss' biological father was ChildhoodFriends with Willow Schnee and was the butler to the Schnee Family during their affair.
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* Unperson: [[spoiler: It's revealed that Neo's parents did this to her after she was disowned, with her sister not even remembering her and believing that she was an only child]]
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* Unperson: TheReveal: [[spoiler: Winter is a Faunus too and was born from the same affair that Weiss is, leading to a brief falling out between the sisters for Winter hiding it.]]
* UnPerson: [[spoiler: It's revealed that Neo's parents did this to her after she was disowned, with her sister not even remembering her and believing that she was an only child]]
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1500515 The Wandering One]]'' is an ongoing ''[[WebAnimation/RWBY]]'' fanfiction series written by ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Apathetic_Abstract_Apotheosis/pseuds/Apathetic_Abstract_Apotheosis Apathetic Abstract Apotheosis]]'' started in 2019.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1500515 The Wandering One]]'' is an ongoing ''[[WebAnimation/RWBY]]'' ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fanfiction series written by ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Apathetic_Abstract_Apotheosis/pseuds/Apathetic_Abstract_Apotheosis Apathetic Abstract Apotheosis]]'' started in 2019.
* AbusiveParents:
** As per canon, Jacques Schnee is bigoted and emotionally abusive to Weiss [[spoiler: and is revealed to have been the one who first had Weiss' wings removed when she was only a baby.]]
** [[spoiler: Neo's parents are revealed to have treated her monstrously when she was a child, resenting her for being unable to continue the family line due to being intersex and completely disowning her after an accident damaged her vocal chords beyond repair.]]
** As per canon, Jacques Schnee is bigoted and emotionally abusive to Weiss [[spoiler: and is revealed to have been the one who first had Weiss' wings removed when she was only a baby.]]
** [[spoiler: Neo's parents are revealed to have treated her monstrously when she was a child, resenting her for being unable to continue the family line due to being intersex and completely disowning her after an accident damaged her vocal chords beyond repair.]]
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* TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler: Done literally by Weiss after she accidentally destroys [[RoyalRapier Myrtenaster]], taking up one of Penny's swords and naming it Penny Dreadful. Later this is revealed to be a part of Weiss' faith which teaches that carrying an item of a fallen friend helps to remember and honour them.]]
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* TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler: Done literally by Weiss after she accidentally destroys [[RoyalRapier Myrtenaster]], taking up one of Penny's swords and naming it Penny Dreadful. Later this is revealed to be a part of Weiss' faith which teaches that carrying an item of a fallen friend helps to remember and honour them.]]]]
* ThatManIsDead: Neo mentions on occasion that she didn't used to be Neopolitan, but it's who she is now. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that after the treatment she received from her AbusiveParents she wished to distance herself from her original identity.]]
* Unperson: [[spoiler: It's revealed that Neo's parents did this to her after she was disowned, with her sister not even remembering her and believing that she was an only child]]
* ThatManIsDead: Neo mentions on occasion that she didn't used to be Neopolitan, but it's who she is now. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that after the treatment she received from her AbusiveParents she wished to distance herself from her original identity.]]
* Unperson: [[spoiler: It's revealed that Neo's parents did this to her after she was disowned, with her sister not even remembering her and believing that she was an only child]]
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1500515 The Wandering One]]'' is an ongoing ''WebAnimation/RWBY'' fanfiction series written by ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Apathetic_Abstract_Apotheosis/pseuds/Apathetic_Abstract_Apotheosis Apathetic Abstract Apotheosis]]'' started in 2019.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1500515 The Wandering One]]'' is an ongoing ''WebAnimation/RWBY'' ''[[WebAnimation/RWBY]]'' fanfiction series written by ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Apathetic_Abstract_Apotheosis/pseuds/Apathetic_Abstract_Apotheosis Apathetic Abstract Apotheosis]]'' started in 2019.
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* ReligiousBruiser: Later on it's revealed that Weiss is a reasonably devout follower of the Brother Gods, the God of Darkness in particular. [[spoiler: This leads to a [[CrisisOfFaith]] when it's revealed that the gods wiped out humanity before and left Remnant as well as never being the progenitors of the Faunus]]
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* ReligiousBruiser: Later on it's revealed that Weiss is a reasonably devout follower of the Brother Gods, the God of Darkness in particular. [[spoiler: This leads to a [[CrisisOfFaith]] CrisisOfFaith when it's revealed that the gods wiped out humanity before and left Remnant as well as never being the progenitors of the Faunus]]
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** Ruby acts as one for Weiss early on in the story
** [[spoiler: Ren]] later becomes one for [[spoiler: Jaune]] during the Mistral Arc
* FantasticRacism: One of the primary themes of the fic. Throughout, Faunus are subjected to repeated harassment of various types including [[spoiler: Weiss being assaulted by CRDL]] and generally seen as second class citizens. Becomes especially prominent after the Fall of Beacon for which all Faunus are blamed due to the White Fang's role in the disaster.
** [[spoiler: Ren]] later becomes one for [[spoiler: Jaune]] during the Mistral Arc
* FantasticRacism: One of the primary themes of the fic. Throughout, Faunus are subjected to repeated harassment of various types including [[spoiler: Weiss being assaulted by CRDL]] and generally seen as second class citizens. Becomes especially prominent after the Fall of Beacon for which all Faunus are blamed due to the White Fang's role in the disaster.
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** Ruby acts as one for Weiss early on in the story
story.
** [[spoiler: Ren]] later becomes one for [[spoiler: Jaune]] during the MistralArc
Arc.
* CrisisOfFaith: [[spoiler: Weiss undergoes one after learning the truth about the Brother Gods and how they left Remnant after annihilating the original iteration of humanity leading her to take after her mother and [[DrowningMySorrows drown her sorrows]] at Brunswick Farm. Resolved for the most part after reaffirming her faith in the principles of her religion if not the gods themselves during a visit to a temple in Argus.]]
* DeathByAdaptation:
** [[spoiler: Cinder is killed both unceremoniously and off-screen by Neo during the battle of Haven, with Neo becoming the new Fall Maiden.]]
** It's revealed after arriving in Atlas that[[spoiler: the recreated Penny does not consider herself to be the same person as the one who died during the Vytal Festival, thinking of herself as the original's sister and preferring the name Verdigris.]]
* FantasticRacism: One of the primary themes of the fic. Throughout, Faunus are subjected to repeated harassment of various types including [[spoiler: Weiss being assaulted by CRDL]] and generally seen as second class citizens. Becomes especially prominent after the Fall of Beacon for which all Faunus are blamed due to the White Fang's role in thedisaster.disaster.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: All three stories' titles take their cues from works of literature related to albatrosses.
** ''The Weight Around Her Neck'' alludes to the albatross worn as punishment by the mariner in ''[[Literature/TheRimeOfTheAncientMariner The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]''.
** ''Exiled on Remnant Amid a Jeering Crowd'' is derived from a line in ''L'Albatros'' by Charles Baudelaire.
** ''A Sadder and a Wiser Woman'' comes from the closing lines of ''The Rime of the Ancient Mariner''
* NayTheist: It's revealed during the Menagerie arc that many Faunus either take this stance or that gods don't exist, believing that if there were benevolent gods, then they would have intervened during the Faunus' period of enslavement.
* ReligiousBruiser: Later on it's revealed that Weiss is a reasonably devout follower of the Brother Gods, the God of Darkness in particular. [[spoiler: This leads to a [[CrisisOfFaith]] when it's revealed that the gods wiped out humanity before and left Remnant as well as never being the progenitors of the Faunus]]
* TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler: Done literally by Weiss after she accidentally destroys [[RoyalRapier Myrtenaster]], taking up one of Penny's swords and naming it Penny Dreadful. Later this is revealed to be a part of Weiss' faith which teaches that carrying an item of a fallen friend helps to remember and honour them.]]
** [[spoiler: Ren]] later becomes one for [[spoiler: Jaune]] during the Mistral
* CrisisOfFaith: [[spoiler: Weiss undergoes one after learning the truth about the Brother Gods and how they left Remnant after annihilating the original iteration of humanity leading her to take after her mother and [[DrowningMySorrows drown her sorrows]] at Brunswick Farm. Resolved for the most part after reaffirming her faith in the principles of her religion if not the gods themselves during a visit to a temple in Argus.]]
* DeathByAdaptation:
** [[spoiler: Cinder is killed both unceremoniously and off-screen by Neo during the battle of Haven, with Neo becoming the new Fall Maiden.]]
** It's revealed after arriving in Atlas that[[spoiler: the recreated Penny does not consider herself to be the same person as the one who died during the Vytal Festival, thinking of herself as the original's sister and preferring the name Verdigris.]]
* FantasticRacism: One of the primary themes of the fic. Throughout, Faunus are subjected to repeated harassment of various types including [[spoiler: Weiss being assaulted by CRDL]] and generally seen as second class citizens. Becomes especially prominent after the Fall of Beacon for which all Faunus are blamed due to the White Fang's role in the
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: All three stories' titles take their cues from works of literature related to albatrosses.
** ''The Weight Around Her Neck'' alludes to the albatross worn as punishment by the mariner in ''[[Literature/TheRimeOfTheAncientMariner The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]''.
** ''Exiled on Remnant Amid a Jeering Crowd'' is derived from a line in ''L'Albatros'' by Charles Baudelaire.
** ''A Sadder and a Wiser Woman'' comes from the closing lines of ''The Rime of the Ancient Mariner''
* NayTheist: It's revealed during the Menagerie arc that many Faunus either take this stance or that gods don't exist, believing that if there were benevolent gods, then they would have intervened during the Faunus' period of enslavement.
* ReligiousBruiser: Later on it's revealed that Weiss is a reasonably devout follower of the Brother Gods, the God of Darkness in particular. [[spoiler: This leads to a [[CrisisOfFaith]] when it's revealed that the gods wiped out humanity before and left Remnant as well as never being the progenitors of the Faunus]]
* TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler: Done literally by Weiss after she accidentally destroys [[RoyalRapier Myrtenaster]], taking up one of Penny's swords and naming it Penny Dreadful. Later this is revealed to be a part of Weiss' faith which teaches that carrying an item of a fallen friend helps to remember and honour them.]]
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1500515 The Wandering One]]'' is an ongoing ''WebAnimation/RWBY'' fanfiction series written by ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Apathetic_Abstract_Apotheosis/pseuds/Apathetic_Abstract_Apotheosis Apathetic Abstract Apotheosis]]'' started in 2019.
The story initially begins with the canon events of the show after Volume 1 with a crucial difference, Weiss is secretly a Faunus. Currently comprised of three stories:
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#''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/17899214 The Weight Around Her Neck]]''
#''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20932955 Exiled on Remnant Amid a Jeering Crowd]]''
#''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24249448 A Sadder and a Wiser Woman]]''
The story follows Weiss through the general canon of RWBY with various changes made to accommodate her status as a Faunus and primarily focuses on her development and acceptance of her heritage as well as her relationships with the rest of her team and how society treats Faunus.
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!!''The Wandering One'' contains examples of:
* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Neopolitan. After joining up with Weiss during the latter's journey to Menagerie, Neo becomes one of Weiss' closest friends and eventual girlfriend, culminating in her killing Cinder and taking the Fall Maiden Powers.]]
* ClosetKey:
** Ruby acts as one for Weiss early on in the story
** [[spoiler: Ren]] later becomes one for [[spoiler: Jaune]] during the Mistral Arc
* FantasticRacism: One of the primary themes of the fic. Throughout, Faunus are subjected to repeated harassment of various types including [[spoiler: Weiss being assaulted by CRDL]] and generally seen as second class citizens. Becomes especially prominent after the Fall of Beacon for which all Faunus are blamed due to the White Fang's role in the disaster.
The story initially begins with the canon events of the show after Volume 1 with a crucial difference, Weiss is secretly a Faunus. Currently comprised of three stories:
[[index]]
#''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/17899214 The Weight Around Her Neck]]''
#''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20932955 Exiled on Remnant Amid a Jeering Crowd]]''
#''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24249448 A Sadder and a Wiser Woman]]''
The story follows Weiss through the general canon of RWBY with various changes made to accommodate her status as a Faunus and primarily focuses on her development and acceptance of her heritage as well as her relationships with the rest of her team and how society treats Faunus.
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!!''The Wandering One'' contains examples of:
* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Neopolitan. After joining up with Weiss during the latter's journey to Menagerie, Neo becomes one of Weiss' closest friends and eventual girlfriend, culminating in her killing Cinder and taking the Fall Maiden Powers.]]
* ClosetKey:
** Ruby acts as one for Weiss early on in the story
** [[spoiler: Ren]] later becomes one for [[spoiler: Jaune]] during the Mistral Arc
* FantasticRacism: One of the primary themes of the fic. Throughout, Faunus are subjected to repeated harassment of various types including [[spoiler: Weiss being assaulted by CRDL]] and generally seen as second class citizens. Becomes especially prominent after the Fall of Beacon for which all Faunus are blamed due to the White Fang's role in the disaster.
