History TearJerker / HuntersOfJustice

** This is HarsherinHindsight when you remember that as children Yang and Ruby ventured into the woods ''specifically'' to find Raven, only to find themselves surrounded by Grimm. Of course, Qrow was most likely watching over them the whole time in his bird form but still... after learning what kind of person Raven is, she probably feels guilty for putting herself and her younger sister in danger.

** This is HarsherinHindsight when you remember that as children Yang and Ruby ventured into the woods ''specifically'' to find Raven, only to find themselves surrounded by Grimm. Of course, Qrow was most likely watching over them the whole time in his bird form but still...

* When Willow offers to train Whitley's semblance with her and Weiss, he bluntly turns them down, stating that his aura and family semblance has brought him nothing but pain and suffering, and he wants no part of it. He then exits the training area, leaving a dejected Willow, and Weiss is at a complete loss of what to do to help her brother.

* The entire Fall of Remnant. Over the course of two days, millions if not billions of people die to Brainiac's forces, despite the best attempts of her defenders to stop him, and ultimately capped off by Remnant's complete and utter destruction. RWBY and JNPR are left traumatized by the entire experience, and much of their first adventures on Earth simply revolves around recovering from their ordeal.

* In chapter 51, we get to witness Brainiac's invasion, the fall of Atlas, and following series of events leading up to her abduction by Brainiac all [[TraumaCongaLine from Willow's point of view]]. The poor woman wasn't exaggerating when she said that those months were the hardest of her life.

* Ironwood spends several chapters building a nuclear bomb in an attempt to have Ozpin SuicideAttack Brainiac with it... only for it to be AllForNothing because Ozpin strongly suspects that [[CantLiveWithoutYou Brainiac's connected the captive cities in his ship in such a way that, if he's killed, they'd ALL be destroyed, along with everyone inside them]]. You can ''feel'' Ironwood's rage and frustration.

---->'''Ren''': "Blake!"\\

* Kingdom Come

* [=DCeased=]

* The Last Knight

* Weiss having a nightmare about Brainiac capturing Winter. As she tells Alfred about her family history, she breaks down crying, overwrought with guilt from thinking she abandoned her sister to be Brainiac's guinea pig.

* Salem discovers that destroying Remnant will not in fact break her curse of immortality. However horrific Salem's goals and actions are it is somewhat sad to discover that everything that she had done for the last few thousand years was for nothing and there is no CurseEscapeClause. Her hatred for Brainiac is probably the only thing keeping her going. Not to mention it's highlighted here that Salem just wants to die, which is probably the saddest thing someone can hope for.

* J'onn J'onzz and Superman relaying their origin stories to RWBY and JNPR. Although the stories were told in an effort to convince the former students that they were not alone in their struggles, the loss of their homeworlds and people clearly affects them to this day.

* Salem discovers that destroying Remnant will not in fact break her curse of immortality. However horrific Salem's goals and actions are it is somewhat sad to discover that everything that she had done for the last few thousand years was for nothing and there is no CurseEscapeClause. Her hatred for Brainiac is probably the only thing keeping her going. Not to mention it's highlighted here that Salem just wants to die, which is probably that saddest thing someone can hope for.

* Salem discovers that destroying Remnant will not in fact break her curse of immortality. However horrific Salem's goals and actions are it is somewhat sad to discover that everything that she had done for the last few thousand years was for nothing and there is no CurseEscapeClause. Her hatred for Brainiac is probably the only thing keeping her going. Not to mention its highlighted here that Salem just wants to die, which is probably that saddest thing someone can hope for.

* During their BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, Penny, due to their linked consciousnesses, is able to see Cyborg's memories. Some of the memories are of happier times, that is until she sees some of the darker memories such as the accident that took his mother's life and destroyed most of his body, the painful procedure that made him into what he is, and the heartbreaking confrontation and estrangement from his father. It's apparent during their struggle that these memories still haunt him even to this day.