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* DarkerAndEdgier: Come Chapter 10, and the story becomes FAR more upfront about the brutal nature of anti-Faunus racism than canon ever did (outside of Japan-only light novel Literature/RWBYTheSession).
** Weiss, upon learning that Blake is a former member of the White Fang, attempts to attack her with a Glyph, only failing because Blake activated her Semblance.
** Blake mentions police and the Atlesian Military violently breaking up peaceful protests, using attack dogs and murdering protestors in her motive rant.
** Weiss, upon learning that Blake is a former member of the White Fang, attempts to attack her with a Glyph, only failing because Blake activated her Semblance.
** Blake mentions police and the Atlesian Military violently breaking up peaceful protests, using attack dogs and murdering protestors in her motive rant.
* HeelRealization:
** Ironwood accidentally inspires one in Pietro when he uses the PENNY Project to justify raising Ruby as a weapon in the first chapter.
** Come Chapter 10, and Weiss' anger at Blake for hiding that she was a former member of the White Fang slowly and visibly gives way to horror at her father's depravity as Blake's MotiveRant goes on.
** Ironwood accidentally inspires one in Pietro when he uses the PENNY Project to justify raising Ruby as a weapon in the first chapter.
** Come Chapter 10, and Weiss' anger at Blake for hiding that she was a former member of the White Fang slowly and visibly gives way to horror at her father's depravity as Blake's MotiveRant goes on.
* TranquilFury: After Weiss rants about how her father would take out his frustration with the White Fang out on her, Blake very briefly falls into this for the first few sentences of her own MotiveRant in response, getting angrier and less tranquil with every sentence.
As RWBY is no stranger to Nightmare Fuel, it shouldn't come as a shock that War Machines contains some nightmarish moments.
* During initiation, Penny and Weiss come across the wreckage of a Bullhead. Already eerie enough, but things rapidly get worse as a Geist possesses the wreckage and chases them down.
** The two are able to flee, with Penny carrying Weiss to safety with her jet wings, but the damage taken from hitting the bird means that one of her thrusters is damage, and she might not be able to stay stable if it fails.
** As if all of that wasn't enough, the Bullhead had a built-in machine gun, which the Geist is able to use in order to further exasperate the existing damage to Penny's wing.
* Ruby Karyatis is far eerier than Penny Polendina was in canon.
** She's introduced stealthily stalking Team BYSP while they're staking out the docks in anticipation of a Dust heist. The only evidence they have of her presence prior to her making herself known is silver dust floating in the air as she uses her Semblance to dash away.
** Unlike Crescent Rose, which was designed with fighting hordes of Grimm in mind, Luminous Electra is a war scythe designed with hurting people in mind. There are very few ways for her to subdue someone without cutting them, unlike how Crescent Rose had a blunt edge for nonlethal force.
** Before departing in Chapter 9, Ruby admits that she'd like to talk weapon designs with a former member of the White Fang, and then cheerfully adds that she'd have to arrest them later. As Blake is a former member of the White Fang, this ultimately puts her in danger as well.
** Near the end of Chapter 10, Ruby's stealthier side shows yet again, as she overhears the tail end of the argument between Blake and Weiss, and learns that Blake is a former member of the White Fang, right as the rest of the organization shows up.
* Unlike in canon, Weiss attempts to physically assault Blake when she learns the latter is a former member of the White Fang.
* Blake's expanded backstory further elaborates on how brutal anti-Faunus racism can get.
** She mentions getting mauled by an Atlesian police dog as a child, which nearly tore off her leg if she hadn't unlocked her Aura in the middle of the attack.
** It's mentioned that the Atlesian Military and police officers would regularly murder peaceful protestors.
** Ilia's parents deaths were bad enough in canon, but Blake brings up the possibility that they may have slowly suffocated to death in the collapsed mine over the course of several hours, as opposed to getting crushed.
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* During initiation, Penny and Weiss come across the wreckage of a Bullhead. Already eerie enough, but things rapidly get worse as a Geist possesses the wreckage and chases them down.
** The two are able to flee, with Penny carrying Weiss to safety with her jet wings, but the damage taken from hitting the bird means that one of her thrusters is damage, and she might not be able to stay stable if it fails.
** As if all of that wasn't enough, the Bullhead had a built-in machine gun, which the Geist is able to use in order to further exasperate the existing damage to Penny's wing.
* Ruby Karyatis is far eerier than Penny Polendina was in canon.
** She's introduced stealthily stalking Team BYSP while they're staking out the docks in anticipation of a Dust heist. The only evidence they have of her presence prior to her making herself known is silver dust floating in the air as she uses her Semblance to dash away.
** Unlike Crescent Rose, which was designed with fighting hordes of Grimm in mind, Luminous Electra is a war scythe designed with hurting people in mind. There are very few ways for her to subdue someone without cutting them, unlike how Crescent Rose had a blunt edge for nonlethal force.
** Before departing in Chapter 9, Ruby admits that she'd like to talk weapon designs with a former member of the White Fang, and then cheerfully adds that she'd have to arrest them later. As Blake is a former member of the White Fang, this ultimately puts her in danger as well.
** Near the end of Chapter 10, Ruby's stealthier side shows yet again, as she overhears the tail end of the argument between Blake and Weiss, and learns that Blake is a former member of the White Fang, right as the rest of the organization shows up.
* Unlike in canon, Weiss attempts to physically assault Blake when she learns the latter is a former member of the White Fang.
* Blake's expanded backstory further elaborates on how brutal anti-Faunus racism can get.
** She mentions getting mauled by an Atlesian police dog as a child, which nearly tore off her leg if she hadn't unlocked her Aura in the middle of the attack.
** It's mentioned that the Atlesian Military and police officers would regularly murder peaceful protestors.
** Ilia's parents deaths were bad enough in canon, but Blake brings up the possibility that they may have slowly suffocated to death in the collapsed mine over the course of several hours, as opposed to getting crushed.
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* Ruby's Semblance in the first chapter is identical to her Semblance in canon, dispersing her body into flower petals. By the time she's reintroduced in Chapter 9, her S
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* Ruby's Semblance in the first chapter is identical to her Semblance in canon, dispersing her body into flower petals. By the time she's reintroduced in Chapter 9, her S
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* CerebusRetcon: Canonically, Blake's fear of Zwei, and dogs by extension, was just a gag and treated as just a cat-like attribute of hers. In this fic, however, she reveals in Chapter 10 that she was attacked and mauled by a police dog during a White Fang protest rally.
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** Due to Penny accidentally outing her, Blake's teammates learn that she's a Faunus earlier than in canon, but she does not share that information with anyone outside of her team.
** Inverted with Ruby's Silver Eyes. She wears colored contacts in order to hide them, so that Salem won't find her.
** Inverted with Ruby's Silver Eyes. She wears colored contacts in order to hide them, so that Salem won't find her.
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** Due to Penny accidentally outing her, Blake's teammates learn that she's a Faunus earlier than in canon, but she does not doesn't share that information with anyone outside of her team.
** Inverted with Ruby's Silver Eyes.She Thanks to knowing about her status as a Silver Eyed Warrior early on, coupled with her conditioning under Ironwood, she now wears colored contacts in order to hide them, them so that Salem won't find find/target her.
** Inverted with Ruby's Silver Eyes.
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* OneHandedZweihander: Penny's main weapon, Luminous Electra, is a large sword that can transform into an even larger zweihander, which she wields with one hand like it's a sheet of paper. It's also a justified case, as her robotic SuperStrength means she has an easier time with the weapon's size and weight compared to what most others would accomplish with it.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: While Ironwood was controlling of Penny in canon and implicitly did not see her as human, here he is explicitly transphobic towards Ruby in the first chapter, thinking of her as a confused boy the second he learns she's transgender, and mentally misgendering her in his perspective.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: While Ironwood was controlling of Penny in canon and implicitly did not see her as human, here he is explicitly transphobic towards Ruby in the first chapter, thinking of her as a confused boy the second he learns she's transgender, and mentally misgendering her in his perspective. While he does reluctantly default to she/her pronouns in a couple of paragraphs, he still does not consider her to be a "real" girl.
* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Ironwood. He throws out several explanations for why they "need" to raise Ruby as a weapon ("She needs to be able to protect herself!", "Her silver eyes put a target on her back." etc) to justify denying her a normal childhood, in an attempt to convince both himself and Pietro that it is the right course of action.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Ironwood genuinely believes that everything he does is completely justified. For example, as horrified as he is at Watts' treatment of Ruby, he thinks nothing of raising her to be a weapon himself.
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** As much as Ironwood pities her, he's not above attempting to weaponize her when he sees her vaporize Grimm with her eyes. as soon as the idea that she might have been made in a lab enters his midn, he stops thinking of how to reunite her with her family and starts thinking of how to mold her into a weapon. He claims that he'll allow Ruby to leave if she wants to later, but only after she's been raised with the responsibility of saving the world on her shoulders. When Pietro asks if that's any different from what Watts was going to do with her, Ironwood offers a simple rebuttal:
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** As much as Ironwood pities her, he's not above attempting to weaponize her when he sees her vaporize Grimm with her eyes. as soon as the idea that she might have been made in a lab enters his midn, mind, he stops thinking of how to reunite her with her family and starts thinking of how to mold her into a weapon. He claims that he'll allow Ruby to leave if she wants to later, but only after she's been raised with the responsibility of saving the world on her shoulders. When Pietro asks if that's any different from what Watts was going to do with her, Ironwood offers a simple rebuttal:
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* Ruby's Semblance in the first chapter is identical to her Semblance in canon, dispersing her body into flower petals. By the time she's reintroduced in Chapter 9, her S
emblance instead dissolves her into silver dust, as her Silver Eyes now take precedence over her long forgotten family-ties in how she views herself.
** Ruby Karyatis in general is just close enough to her canon counterpart to make what she's become feel wrong. She wears the Atlas Academy uniform instead of her iconic outfit and cape. Her iconic silver eyes are covered by brown-colored contacts. Luminous Enforcer is a dual-bladed warscythe that can split in two or convert into a big gun, designed for fighting and hurting ''people ''instead of Grimm.
** Ruby admits outright that she wants to be a weapon so someone else can do all the thinking for her.
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** Ruby Karyatis in general is just close enough to her canon counterpart to make what she's become feel wrong. She wears the Atlas Academy uniform instead of her iconic outfit and cape. Her iconic silver eyes are covered by brown-colored contacts. Luminous Enforcer is a dual-bladed warscythe that can split in two or convert into a big gun, designed for fighting and hurting ''people ''instead of Grimm.
** Ruby admits outright that she wants to be a weapon so someone else can do all the thinking for her.
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As War Machines is focused on Penny and Ruby being separated from their respective families and growing up in a new environment, it's natural that there'd be some sadder moments.
* In the very first chapter, we have Ruby's situation. She's been abducted by her home at such a young age that she doesn't even remember Patch. All she's ever known is Dr. Watts' lab. As adorable as her antics are, the fact is that she's been deprived of her loving family. Ironwood and Pietro are both horrified by what Watts was doing for a reason.
** As much as Ironwood pities her, he's not above attempting to weaponize her when he sees her vaporize Grimm with her eyes. as soon as the idea that she might have been made in a lab enters his midn, he stops thinking of how to reunite her with her family and starts thinking of how to mold her into a weapon. He claims that he'll allow Ruby to leave if she wants to later, but only after she's been raised with the responsibility of saving the world on her shoulders. When Pietro asks if that's any different from what Watts was going to do with her, Ironwood offers a simple rebuttal:
** Notably, while Ironwood's words implicitly spark a HeelRealization in Pietro, he intended to use this statement as justification for his own actions, and has no such introspection.
As War Machines is focused on Penny and Ruby being separated from their respective families and growing up in a new environment, it's natural that there'd be some sadder moments.
* In the very first chapter, we have Ruby's situation. She's been abducted by her home at such a young age that she doesn't even remember Patch. All she's ever known is Dr. Watts' lab. As adorable as her antics are, the fact is that she's been deprived of her loving family. Ironwood and Pietro are both horrified by what Watts was doing for a reason.
** As much as Ironwood pities her, he's not above attempting to weaponize her when he sees her vaporize Grimm with her eyes. as soon as the idea that she might have been made in a lab enters his midn, he stops thinking of how to reunite her with her family and starts thinking of how to mold her into a weapon. He claims that he'll allow Ruby to leave if she wants to later, but only after she's been raised with the responsibility of saving the world on her shoulders. When Pietro asks if that's any different from what Watts was going to do with her, Ironwood offers a simple rebuttal:
** Notably, while Ironwood's words implicitly spark a HeelRealization in Pietro, he intended to use this statement as justification for his own actions, and has no such introspection.
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** Zig-zagged with Yang, who's more or less as well-adjusted as her canon counterpart was by the time of the present day but Ruby's abduction has left her with more trauma than her canon counterpart had at the equivalent point in the timeline. [[spoiler: Namely, the way it happened convinced her and her family that her baby "brother" was eaten by Grimm, before said sibling could even be named, and is completely unaware that said sibling is alive and well in the Kingdom of Atlas. This also lead to Yang losing her own arm when she left to look for Raven as a child, forcing her to go through the traumatic experience that left her recovering for months in canon at a MUCH younger age.]] Additionally, while her canon counterpart wanted to be a Huntress because she didn't want a "safe" life, [[spoiler: Yang wants to be a Huntress in this continuity so nobody else will ever have to worry about their baby getting eaten by Grimm.]]
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** Zig-zagged with Yang, who's more or less as well-adjusted as her canon counterpart was by the time of the present day but Ruby's abduction has left her with more trauma than her canon counterpart had at the equivalent point in the timeline. [[spoiler: Namely, the way it happened convinced her and her family that her baby "brother" was eaten by Grimm, before said sibling could even be named, and is completely unaware that said sibling is alive and well in the Kingdom of Atlas. This also lead to Yang losing her own arm when she left tried to look for Raven as a child, find the Grimm responsible, forcing her to go through the traumatic experience that left her recovering for months in canon at a MUCH younger age.]] Additionally, while her canon counterpart wanted to be a Huntress because she didn't want a "safe" life, [[spoiler: Yang wants to be a Huntress in this continuity so nobody else will ever have to worry about their baby getting eaten by Grimm.]]
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: As a young child, Yang did not think her baby sibling was dead after supposedly getting eaten by a Grimm. While she's right (Ruby was abducted, not killed) her reasoning is based entirely in the fact that [[ChildrenAreInnocent she didn't quite understand death at the time]].
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* CharacterExaggeration: PlayedForDrama with Ruby. Her canonical love and admiration of weapons is pushed to a downright disturbing degree, as it's to the point where she desires to ''become a weapon'' with no will of her own and who's only purpose is to kill/be pointed at enemies. Team BYSP is suitably unnerved by this.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: In universe, Pallas is the name of a legendary warrior who saved a village from a legion of Grimm.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: In universe, InUniverse, Pallas is the name of a legendary warrior who saved a village from a legion of Grimm.
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** Played for laughs with Nora, who completely terrifies Penny in their first meeting.
** Played for drama with the people who comissioned Penny's creation. Penny doesn't remember who they are, but is terrified by the idea of them finding her and taking her back. In case of DramaticIrony, anyone who watched the show or read the first chapter will know that the people in question are the Atlesian Military, General Ironwood more specifically, and that her fears are ''completely ''justified, as Ironwood does not see her as a person, and even if he did, had no problem raising a human being as his personal weapon.
** Played for laughs with Nora, who completely terrifies Penny in their first meeting.
** Played for drama with the people who comissioned Penny's creation. Penny doesn't remember who they are, but is terrified by the idea of them finding her and taking her back. In case of DramaticIrony, anyone who watched the show or read the first chapter will know that the people in question are the Atlesian Military, General Ironwood more specifically, and that her fears are ''completely ''justified, as Ironwood does not see her as a person, and even if he did, had no problem raising a human being as his personal weapon.
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* FromBadToWorse: After accidentally triggering an explosion, Penny ends up accidentally triggering a SECOND explosion by bumping into Weiss while trying to avoid Nora.
* TheGhost: Penny, in the second chapter, mentions having two friends. The first was someone who she could "covertly sneak around campus with", while the other is revealed to be Yang. The identity of the first friend has yet to be revealed, and they have not appeared or been mentioned since.
* HopeSpot: Penny stops Weiss from spreading highly explosive Dust before an explosion can be triggered, only to clap her hands in excitement at having made a friend a few minutes later and blowing herself and Weiss up anyway.
* TheGhost: Penny, in the second chapter, mentions having two friends. The first was someone who she could "covertly sneak around campus with", while the other is revealed to be Yang. The identity of the first friend has yet to be revealed, and they have not appeared or been mentioned since.
* HopeSpot: Penny stops Weiss from spreading highly explosive Dust before an explosion can be triggered, only to clap her hands in excitement at having made a friend a few minutes later and blowing herself and Weiss up anyway.
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* NotSoDire: At several points, when Penny acts in a way she realizes her other friends consider weird, one of her first concerns is that they've realized she's a gynoid instead of a human. At no point do they jump to this conclusion.
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** Penny is left very terrified by what "arm wrestling" entails, not helped by Nora hamming it up and the others refusing to explain how it works.
** At several points, when Penny acts in a way she realizes her other friends consider weird, one of her first concerns is that they've realized she's a gynoid instead of a human. At no point do they jump to this conclusion.
** Penny is left very terrified by what "arm wrestling" entails, not helped by Nora hamming it up and the others refusing to explain how it works.
** At several points, when Penny acts in a way she realizes her other friends consider weird, one of her first concerns is that they've realized she's a gynoid instead of a human. At no point do they jump to this conclusion.
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* AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: Downplayed with Penny. While she's horrified of the idea of someone figuring out she's a RobotGirl and helping whoever commissioned her creation find her and take her away, she has a much stronger sense of self than in canon. She does not question whether or not she's a real person at any point, thanks to being raised by Ozpin instead of Ironwood.
* AllLovingHero: Penny has a soft spot for animals, acting extremely gentle with a butterfly that lands on her while she's waiting for Initiation to start, and is horrified when she accidentally hits a bird. Additionally, she is unendingly polite to machines in case any of them, like her, have a soul and are either hiding the fact out of fear or don't know how to express it.
* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: When asked about her parents, Penny panics and claims they're dead so she doesn't have to explain her actual backstory. She feels guilty about this afterwards, and so does come clean about her amnesia when Yang offers her emotional support over the grief of losing her parents.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: General Ironwood and Pietro Polendina come to the conclusion that Dr. Watts had genetically engineered Ruby to use as a weapon against the Creatures of Grimm, seeing as she doesn't have any memory of her life before arriving in Watts' lab, and the lab equipment she was being kept in. [[spoiler: In actuality, Ruby was abducted from her home as an infant by Salem's Grimm, but Ironwood at this point does not have any reason to believe that the Grimm would kidnap someone without killing them, and Ruby being transgender means they have no way of connecting the girl they found with the presumed dead infant "son" of Summer Rose.]]
* Foil: Ruby is this to Penny. Ruby was taken from her home against her will, while Penny was sent away from her home in pursuit of freedom. Ruby can't remember her actual home because she was taken so young, while Penny can't remember her home or family because her memory was erased. Ruby feels no emotional connection to Yang when they first meet because she's never known her, while Penny still misses her father even if she can no longer remember him. Ruby is incorrectly believed to be an ArtificialHuman by her caretakers, while Penny's caretakers are aware of her nature. Ironwood raises Ruby to be a weapon, while Penny chooses to be a Huntress. [[spoiler: Ruby wishes nothing more than to be a mindless weapon in spite of being human, while Penny desires to be seen as a person in spite of her mechanical body.]]
* Foil: Ruby is this to Penny. Ruby was taken from her home against her will, while Penny was sent away from her home in pursuit of freedom. Ruby can't remember her actual home because she was taken so young, while Penny can't remember her home or family because her memory was erased. Ruby feels no emotional connection to Yang when they first meet because she's never known her, while Penny still misses her father even if she can no longer remember him. Ruby is incorrectly believed to be an ArtificialHuman by her caretakers, while Penny's caretakers are aware of her nature. Ironwood raises Ruby to be a weapon, while Penny chooses to be a Huntress. [[spoiler: Ruby wishes nothing more than to be a mindless weapon in spite of being human, while Penny desires to be seen as a person in spite of her mechanical body.]]
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** General Ironwood and Pietro Polendina come to the conclusion that Dr. Watts had genetically engineered Ruby to use as a weapon against the Creatures of Grimm, seeing as she doesn't have any memory of her life before arriving in Watts' lab, and the lab equipment she was being kept in. [[spoiler: In actuality, Ruby was abducted from her home as an infant by Salem's Grimm, but Ironwood at this point does not have any reason to believe that the Grimm would kidnap someone without killing them, and Ruby being transgender means they have no way of connecting the girl they found with the presumed dead infant "son" of Summer Rose.]]
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*Foil: {{Foil}}: Ruby is this to Penny. Ruby was taken from her home against her will, while Penny was sent away from her home in pursuit of freedom. Ruby can't remember her actual home because she was taken so young, while Penny can't remember her home or family because her memory was erased. Ruby feels no emotional connection to Yang when they first meet because she's never known her, while Penny still misses her father even if she can no longer remember him. Ruby is incorrectly believed to be an ArtificialHuman by her caretakers, while Penny's caretakers are aware of her nature. Ironwood raises Ruby to be a weapon, while Penny chooses to be a Huntress. [[spoiler: Ruby wishes nothing more than to be a mindless weapon in spite of being human, while Penny desires to be seen as a person in spite of her mechanical body.]]
** General Ironwood and Pietro Polendina come to the conclusion that Dr. Watts had genetically engineered Ruby to use as a weapon against the Creatures of Grimm, seeing as she doesn't have any memory of her life before arriving in Watts' lab, and the lab equipment she was being kept in. [[spoiler: In actuality, Ruby was abducted from her home as an infant by Salem's Grimm, but Ironwood at this point does not have any reason to believe that the Grimm would kidnap someone without killing them, and Ruby being transgender means they have no way of connecting the girl they found with the presumed dead infant "son" of Summer Rose.]]
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: Penny and Yang's first meeting was during the tail end of the "Yellow" Trailer, and Penny assumes that Yang is a criminal assaulting a business owner, resulting in the two getting into a fight prior up until Junior takes out the rocket launcher and tries to kill Yang instead of calling the authorities.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Penny and Yang's first meeting was during the tail end of the "Yellow" Trailer, and Penny assumes that Yang is a criminal assaulting a business owner, resulting in the two getting into a fight prior up until Junior takes out the rocket launcher and tries to kill Yang instead of calling the authorities.
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* NotSoDire: At several points, when Penny acts in a way she realizes her other friends consider weird, one of her first concerns is that they've realized she's a gynoid instead of a human. At no point do they jump to this conclusion.
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* WistfulAmnesia: While Penny doesn't remember her father, she still misses him.
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* AscendedExtra: Penny goes from a major supporting character to the main protagonist and primary POV character.
** While Ruby Rose had a good deal of emotional baggage in canon, [[spoiler: Ruby Karyatis was raised to be a weapon by General Ironwood, has little-to-no idea how to interact with her fellow human beings, and in her first interaction with Team BYSP, expresses a desire to be a weapon instead of a person so someone else can do all the thinking for her.]]
* AscendedExtra: Penny goes from a major supporting character to the main protagonist and primary POV character.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: General Ironwood and Pietro Polendina come to the conclusion that Dr. Watts had genetically engineered Ruby to use as a weapon against the Creatures of Grimm, seeing as she doesn't have any memory of her life before arriving in Watts' lab, and the lab equipment she was being kept in. [[spoiler: In actuality, Ruby was abducted from her home as an infant by Salem's Grimm, but Ironwood at this point does not have any reason to believe that the Grimm would kidnap someone without killing them, and Ruby being transgender means they have no way of connecting the girl they found with the presumed dead infant dead "son" of Summer Rose.]]]]
* Foil: Ruby is this to Penny. Ruby was taken from her home against her will, while Penny was sent away from her home in pursuit of freedom. Ruby can't remember her actual home because she was taken so young, while Penny can't remember her home or family because her memory was erased. Ruby feels no emotional connection to Yang when they first meet because she's never known her, while Penny still misses her father even if she can no longer remember him. Ruby is incorrectly believed to be an ArtificialHuman by her caretakers, while Penny's caretakers are aware of her nature. Ironwood raises Ruby to be a weapon, while Penny chooses to be a Huntress. [[spoiler: Ruby wishes nothing more than to be a mindless weapon in spite of being human, while Penny desires to be seen as a person in spite of her mechanical body.]]
* IncrediblyLameFun: Penny's brain is wired in such a way that she can find entertainment in things as mundane as watching a Dust Crystal glow. Unlike most examples of this trope, however, Penny is aware that other people aren't as easily entertained, and instead turns down her own processing power so she can "Play" with her teammates by solving a puzzle with them.
* Foil: Ruby is this to Penny. Ruby was taken from her home against her will, while Penny was sent away from her home in pursuit of freedom. Ruby can't remember her actual home because she was taken so young, while Penny can't remember her home or family because her memory was erased. Ruby feels no emotional connection to Yang when they first meet because she's never known her, while Penny still misses her father even if she can no longer remember him. Ruby is incorrectly believed to be an ArtificialHuman by her caretakers, while Penny's caretakers are aware of her nature. Ironwood raises Ruby to be a weapon, while Penny chooses to be a Huntress. [[spoiler: Ruby wishes nothing more than to be a mindless weapon in spite of being human, while Penny desires to be seen as a person in spite of her mechanical body.]]
* IncrediblyLameFun: Penny's brain is wired in such a way that she can find entertainment in things as mundane as watching a Dust Crystal glow. Unlike most examples of this trope, however, Penny is aware that other people aren't as easily entertained, and instead turns down her own processing power so she can "Play" with her teammates by solving a puzzle with them.
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* OldFriendNewGender: Between Yang and Ruby. Yang remembers her younger sibling as a baby boy [[spoiler: who's believed to have been eaten by Grimm before "he" could have been named]]. As such, Ruby visibly being a girl [[spoiler: and wearing brown contacts to disguise her eye color]] means Yang can't recognize her as her missing sibling.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Ruby's first encounter with Team BYSP is played more disturbingly than the equivalent scene in canon. [[spoiler: Aside from interrogating and nearly attacking Team BYSP, she at one point expresses a desire to be a mindless weapon instead of a human.]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Ruby's first encounter with Team BYSP is played more disturbingly than the equivalent scene in canon. [[spoiler: Aside from interrogating and nearly attacking Team BYSP, she at one point expresses a desire to be a mindless weapon instead of a human.]]
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* Mythology Gag: A very roundabout example, drawn from actual Greek Mythology, regarding Penny's new last name. Pallas, in Greek Mythology, was the daughter of King Triton, and a surrogate sister to Zeus' own daughter Athena. During a festival, the two goddesses had a mock battle, which Zeus interfered with so that Athena would accidentally kill Pallas, much to Athena's horror. In RWBY canon's own Beacon Arc, Pyrrha Nikos and Penny Polendina were both seemingly invincible fighters, chosen by Ozpin and Ironwood respectively to be the savior of Remnant. During the Vytal Festival Tournament, during what was supposed to be a friendly mock battle, Cinder Fall had Emerald interfere with the match so that Pyrrha would accidentally kill Penny. While that is unlikely to happen here, it does create a connection between Penny and Pallas.
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* Mythology Gag: MythologyGag: A very roundabout example, drawn from actual Greek Mythology, regarding Penny's new last name. Pallas, in Greek Mythology, was the daughter of King Triton, and a surrogate sister to Zeus' own daughter Athena. During a festival, the two goddesses had a mock battle, which Zeus interfered with so that Athena would accidentally kill Pallas, much to Athena's horror. In RWBY canon's own Beacon Arc, Pyrrha Nikos and Penny Polendina were both seemingly invincible fighters, chosen by Ozpin and Ironwood respectively to be the savior of Remnant. During the Vytal Festival Tournament, during what was supposed to be a friendly mock battle, Cinder Fall had Emerald interfere with the match so that Pyrrha would accidentally kill Penny. While that is unlikely to happen here, it does create a connection between Penny and Pallas.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade:
** Zig-zagged with Yang, who's more or less as well-adjusted as her canon counterpart was by the time of the present day but Ruby's abduction has left her with more trauma than her canon counterpart had at the equivalent point in the timeline. [[spoiler: Namely, the way it happened convinced her and her family that her baby "brother" was eaten by Grimm, before said sibling could even be named, and is completely unaware that said sibling is alive and well in the Kingdom of Atlas. This also lead to Yang losing her own arm when she left to look for Raven as a child, forcing her to go through the traumatic experience that left her recovering for months in canon at a MUCH younger age.]] Additionally, while her canon counterpart wanted to be a Huntress because she didn't want a "safe" life, [[spoiler: Yang wants to be a Huntress in this continuity so nobody else will ever have to worry about their baby getting eaten by Grimm.]]
** Played straight with Taiyang, who genuinely believes his child with Summer is dead [[spoiler: and is implicitly still aching from the back-to-back loss of his "son" and Summer Rose.]]
** Summer Rose, prior to her disappearance [[spoiler: was left with the belief that she had caused the death of her own child due to her parental fretting attracting the Creatures of Grimm.]]
** Zig-zagged with Yang, who's more or less as well-adjusted as her canon counterpart was by the time of the present day but Ruby's abduction has left her with more trauma than her canon counterpart had at the equivalent point in the timeline. [[spoiler: Namely, the way it happened convinced her and her family that her baby "brother" was eaten by Grimm, before said sibling could even be named, and is completely unaware that said sibling is alive and well in the Kingdom of Atlas. This also lead to Yang losing her own arm when she left to look for Raven as a child, forcing her to go through the traumatic experience that left her recovering for months in canon at a MUCH younger age.]] Additionally, while her canon counterpart wanted to be a Huntress because she didn't want a "safe" life, [[spoiler: Yang wants to be a Huntress in this continuity so nobody else will ever have to worry about their baby getting eaten by Grimm.]]
** Played straight with Taiyang, who genuinely believes his child with Summer is dead [[spoiler: and is implicitly still aching from the back-to-back loss of his "son" and Summer Rose.]]
** Summer Rose, prior to her disappearance [[spoiler: was left with the belief that she had caused the death of her own child due to her parental fretting attracting the Creatures of Grimm.]]
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* AdaptationalSecrecyDowngrade: Inverted with Ruby's Silver Eyes. She wears colored contacts in order to hide them, so that Salem won't find her.
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* AdaptationalSecrecyDowngrade: AdaptationalSecrecyDowngrade:
** Due to Penny accidentally outing her, Blake's teammates learn that she's a Faunus earlier than in canon, but she does not share that information with anyone outside of her team.
** Inverted with Ruby's Silver Eyes. She wears colored contacts in order to hide them, so that Salem won't find her.
** Due to Penny accidentally outing her, Blake's teammates learn that she's a Faunus earlier than in canon, but she does not share that information with anyone outside of her team.
** Inverted with Ruby's Silver Eyes. She wears colored contacts in order to hide them, so that Salem won't find her.
* EntertaininglyWrong: General Ironwood and Pietro Polendina come to the conclusion that Dr. Watts had genetically engineered Ruby to use as a weapon against the Creatures of Grimm, seeing as she doesn't have any memory of her life before arriving in Watts' lab, and the lab equipment she was being kept in. [[spoiler: In actuality, Ruby was abducted from her home as an infant by Salem's Grimm, but Ironwood at this point does not have any reason to believe that the Grimm would kidnap someone without killing them, and Ruby being transgender means they have no way of connecting the girl they found with the presumed infant dead "son" of Summer Rose.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Ruby's and Penny's new last names are taken from Greek Mythology.
** Pallas
** Karyatis was the priestess of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, who is associated with the moon. Ruby Karyatis turns into silver moon dust when she uses her Semblance and is training to be a Huntress. Additionally, Artemis Karyatis was the namesake of caryatids, a type of Greek statue depicting a female figure acting as a column, the feminine counterpart to an atlas.
** Pallas
** Karyatis was the priestess of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, who is associated with the moon. Ruby Karyatis turns into silver moon dust when she uses her Semblance and is training to be a Huntress. Additionally, Artemis Karyatis was the namesake of caryatids, a type of Greek statue depicting a female figure acting as a column, the feminine counterpart to an atlas.
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* MeaningfulName: Ruby's and Penny's new last names are taken from Greek Mythology.
** Pallas
**Karyatis was the priestess of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, who is associated with the moon. Ruby Karyatis turns into silver moon dust when she uses her Semblance and is training to be a Huntress. Additionally, Artemis Karyatis was the namesake of caryatids, a type of Greek statue depicting a female figure acting as a column, the feminine counterpart to an atlas.
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* Mythology Gag: A very roundabout example, drawn from actual Greek Mythology, regarding Penny's new last name. Pallas, in Greek Mythology, was the daughter of King Triton, and a surrogate sister to Zeus' own daughter Athena. During a festival, the two goddesses had a mock battle, which Zeus interfered with so that Athena would accidentally kill Pallas, much to Athena's horror. In RWBY canon's own Beacon Arc, Pyrrha Nikos and Penny Polendina were both seemingly invincible fighters, chosen by Ozpin and Ironwood respectively to be the savior of Remnant. During the Vytal Festival Tournament, during what was supposed to be a friendly mock battle, Cinder Fall had Emerald interfere with the match so that Pyrrha would accidentally kill Penny. While that is unlikely to happen here, it does create a connection between Penny and Pallas.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: In universe, Pallas is the name of a legendary warrior who saved a village from a legion of Grimm.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: In universe, Pallas is the name of a legendary warrior who saved a village from a legion of Grimm.
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The fic is a reboot of the author's previous version of ''War Machines'', which was deleted from the internet, but can be found [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210426032523/https://archiveofourown.org/works/25903654?view_full_work=true here]] via the wayback machine.
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* MeaningfulName: Ruby's and Penny's new last names are taken from Greek Mythology.
** Pallas
** Karyatis was the priestess of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, who is associated with the moon. Ruby Karyatis turns into silver moon dust when she uses her Semblance and is training to be a Huntress. Additionally, Artemis Karyatis was the namesake of caryatids, a type of Greek statue depicting a female figure acting as a column, the feminine counterpart to an atlas.
** Pallas
** Karyatis was the priestess of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, who is associated with the moon. Ruby Karyatis turns into silver moon dust when she uses her Semblance and is training to be a Huntress. Additionally, Artemis Karyatis was the namesake of caryatids, a type of Greek statue depicting a female figure acting as a column, the feminine counterpart to an atlas.
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* AscendedExtra: Penny Polendina goes from a major supporting character to the main protagonist and main perspective character.
* AdaptationalGenderIdentity: In this story, Ruby is reimagined as a trans woman, contrasting canon where she was a cis woman.
* AdaptationalGenderIdentity: In this story, Ruby is reimagined as a trans woman, contrasting canon where she was a cis woman.
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* AscendedExtra: Penny Polendina goes from a major supporting character to the main protagonist and main perspective primary POV character.
*AdaptationalGenderIdentity: In this story, AdaptationalGenderIdentity:
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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Downplayed, Ruby's Semblance has her dissolve into silver dust instead of rose petals, due to her personality being shaped by her status as a Silver-Eyed Warrior, instead of her deliberately trying to emulate Summer.
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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Downplayed, AdaptationalSuperpowerChange:
** Downplayed. Ruby's Semblance has her dissolve into silver dust instead of rose petals, due to her personality being shaped by her status as a Silver-Eyed Warrior, instead of her deliberately trying to emulate Summer.
** Downplayed. Ruby's Semblance has her dissolve into silver dust instead of rose petals, due to her personality being shaped by her status as a Silver-Eyed Warrior, instead of her deliberately trying to emulate Summer.
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* AmnesiacHero: Penny Polendina remembers nothing of her life in Atlas.
* EatingMachine: Penny has a furnace that lets her burn foods as fuel. She doesn't actually taste anything, but it helps her keep her secret.
* EatingMachine: Penny has a furnace that lets her burn foods as fuel. She doesn't actually taste anything, but it helps her keep her secret.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Penny Polendina and Ruby Rose have different last names here, instead going by Pallas and Karyatis respectively.
* AmnesiacHero: PennyPolendina remembers nothing of her life in Atlas.
Atlas. A conversation with Ozpin reveals that she actually subjected herself to this as her Pietro's request so as to keep her safe.
* EatingMachine: Penny has a furnace that lets her burnfoods food as fuel. She doesn't actually taste anything, but it helps her keep her secret.
* AmnesiacHero: Penny
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Penny is horrified when she realizes Blake had been trying to keep the fact that she was a Faunus a secret, due to keeping her own nature as a RobotGirl a secret.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Penny is horrified when she realizes Blake had been trying to keep the fact that she was a Faunus a secret, due to keeping her own nature as a RobotGirl a secret.secret.
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* AscendedExtra: Penny Polendina goes from a major supporting character to the main protagonist and main perspective character.
** Jaune and Nora are both implied to be transgender.
* AdaptationalJerkass: While Ironwood was controlling of Penny in canon and implicitly did not see her as human, here he is explicitly transphobic towards Ruby in the first chapter, thinking of her as a confused boy the second he learns she's transgender, and mentally misgendering her in his perspective.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Where they were only casual acquaintances in canon, here Yang and Penny are close friends.
* AdaptationalJerkass: While Ironwood was controlling of Penny in canon and implicitly did not see her as human, here he is explicitly transphobic towards Ruby in the first chapter, thinking of her as a confused boy the second he learns she's transgender, and mentally misgendering her in his perspective.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Where they were only casual acquaintances in canon, here Yang and Penny are close friends.
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** A downplayed, but notable case with Ruby. Her Crescent Rose is changed to Lunar Enforcer: a dual-bladed war scythe. It's still a scythe and its alternate mode is still a sniper rifle, but it does reflect how she's been shaped by her new circumstances.
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** A downplayed, but notable case with Ruby. Her Crescent Rose is changed to Lunar Enforcer: a dual-bladed war scythe. It's still a scythe and its alternate mode is still a sniper rifle, but it does reflect how she's been shaped by her new circumstances. Additionally, it can separate into two separate war scythes.
* AdaptationalSecrecyDowngrade: Inverted with Ruby's Silver Eyes. She wears colored contacts in order to hide them, so that Salem won't find her.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Downplayed, Ruby's Semblance has her dissolve into silver dust instead of rose petals, due to her personality being shaped by her status as a Silver-Eyed Warrior, instead of her deliberately trying to emulate Summer.
** Even earlier, Penny uses built-in wings disguised as a jetpack to fly, in place of the rocket legs she used in the Atlas Arc.
* AmnesiacHero: Penny Polendina remembers nothing of her life in Atlas.
* EatingMachine: Penny has a furnace that lets her burn foods as fuel. She doesn't actually taste anything, but it helps her keep her secret.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Penny accidentally outs Blake as a Faunus, due to not realizing that she was covering her ears with a bow in order to conceal her Faunus heritage.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Penny is horrified when she realizes Blake had been trying to keep the fact that she was a Faunus a secret, due to keeping her own nature as a RobotGirl a secret.
* AdaptationalSecrecyDowngrade: Inverted with Ruby's Silver Eyes. She wears colored contacts in order to hide them, so that Salem won't find her.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Downplayed, Ruby's Semblance has her dissolve into silver dust instead of rose petals, due to her personality being shaped by her status as a Silver-Eyed Warrior, instead of her deliberately trying to emulate Summer.
** Even earlier, Penny uses built-in wings disguised as a jetpack to fly, in place of the rocket legs she used in the Atlas Arc.
* AmnesiacHero: Penny Polendina remembers nothing of her life in Atlas.
* EatingMachine: Penny has a furnace that lets her burn foods as fuel. She doesn't actually taste anything, but it helps her keep her secret.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Penny accidentally outs Blake as a Faunus, due to not realizing that she was covering her ears with a bow in order to conceal her Faunus heritage.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Penny is horrified when she realizes Blake had been trying to keep the fact that she was a Faunus a secret, due to keeping her own nature as a RobotGirl a secret.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/54312247/chapters/137554522 War Machines]]'' is a ''Franchise/{{RWBY}}'' fanfic written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/AhsokaTheBrave AhsokaTheBrave]] and hosted on Platform/ArchiveOfOurOwn.
The story follows Penny, an amnesiac android living at Beacon Academy who becomes a member of Team BSYP (Battleship) alongside Blake Belladonna, Weiss Schnee, and Yang Xiao Long. Meanwhile, a girl in Atlas named Ruby is trained to become the perfect warrior and her kingdom's greatest weapon against what threatens the world.
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!!''War Machines'' provides examples of:
* AdaptationalGenderIdentity: In this story, Ruby is reimagined as a trans woman, contrasting canon where she was a cis woman.
* AdaptationalWeaponSwap: As both were raised under very different circumstances, what led to them having their canon weaponry no longer exists. As such, Penny and Ruby's arsenals differ in this story.
** Penny's Floating Array is replaced with Luminous Electra: a double-edged sword that can transform into a massive zweihander.
** A downplayed, but notable case with Ruby. Her Crescent Rose is changed to Lunar Enforcer: a dual-bladed war scythe. It's still a scythe and its alternate mode is still a sniper rifle, but it does reflect how she's been shaped by her new circumstances.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/54312247/chapters/137554522 War Machines]]'' is a ''Franchise/{{RWBY}}'' fanfic written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/AhsokaTheBrave AhsokaTheBrave]] and hosted on Platform/ArchiveOfOurOwn.
The story follows Penny, an amnesiac android living at Beacon Academy who becomes a member of Team BSYP (Battleship) alongside Blake Belladonna, Weiss Schnee, and Yang Xiao Long. Meanwhile, a girl in Atlas named Ruby is trained to become the perfect warrior and her kingdom's greatest weapon against what threatens the world.
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!!''War Machines'' provides examples of:
* AdaptationalGenderIdentity: In this story, Ruby is reimagined as a trans woman, contrasting canon where she was a cis woman.
* AdaptationalWeaponSwap: As both were raised under very different circumstances, what led to them having their canon weaponry no longer exists. As such, Penny and Ruby's arsenals differ in this story.
** Penny's Floating Array is replaced with Luminous Electra: a double-edged sword that can transform into a massive zweihander.
** A downplayed, but notable case with Ruby. Her Crescent Rose is changed to Lunar Enforcer: a dual-bladed war scythe. It's still a scythe and its alternate mode is still a sniper rifle, but it does reflect how she's been shaped by her new circumstances.
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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.
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''[[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
* 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.
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* 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.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: 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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* {{Deconstruction}}: 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.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.
* 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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* 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.
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* 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.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.
* 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.
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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:
* {{Deconstruction}}: 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.
* 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.
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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:
* {{Deconstruction}}: 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.
* 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.
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