History WebVideo / FixingRWBY

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Whereas the canon Vernal has no known biological relations, the ''Fixing RWBY'' version is Raven Branwen's daughter by Shiloh (the renamed version of Shay D. Mann), which also makes her Yang's biological maternal half-sister.

* BaitTheDog: At first this version of Codovan presents herself as more tough but fair authority figure compared to what we saw in the show. It’s revealed that she is an opportunistic, smug, nationalistic hypocrite who breaks her deal with Team RWBY. After arresting Adam she breaks the deal to get Team RWBY to Atlas, justifying her decision by accusing Team RWBY of cowardice when they retreated from Adam, when in reality she just using them for free labor and was looking for an excuse when they were no longer needed.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: While Cordovin is still still relatively the same personality-wise (she still boasts about the superiority of Atlas, isn't too fond of Faunus, and is very strict when it comes to following the rules), she isn't nearly as [[LargeHam bombastic]] expressing her views as she was in canon, and is much more stern when addressing Team RWBY.

* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: [[spoiler:Blake takes Wilt and Blush with her after Adam's death, both because her own weapon was destroyed and as a last momento of the man who was once her friend.]]

* AdaptationNameChange: The [[HumoungusMecha Colossus]] is renamed the Crusader to better fit the ThemeNaming of Atlas technology.

* WouldntHurtAChild: Subverted with Roman. He doesn't want to kill a fifteen-year-old like Ruby, but he will if he thinks he must.

-->''A work of blood, sweat, and tears in trying to repair a show with infinite potential left to squander in a desert of idiocy.''

* AngstySurvivingTwin: The first episode of Volume 5 reveals that [[spoiler:Malachite has become this, hallucinating her sister and going absolutely mad with grief when taking her revenge on Roman]].

** Neo is a reoccurring villain from Volume 1 onward, and gets substantial screen time during the Mistral saga.

* CompositeCharacter: The Nubucks who serve under Caroline Cordovin are named Dee and Dudley, after the two Huntsmen who were AdaptedOut.

** [[spoiler:Neo Politan, finding herself unable to assassinate Yang like she intended, spends time with and even befriends her as they both undergo physical therapy. When they both fully recover, Neo joins her in traveling to Anima.]]

** Cordovan who started off as an obstacle to prevent Ruby and her friends from getting to Atlas only to change her mind and let them leave when they stayed to stop the Grimm. Here she goes back on her promise to get them to Atlas, shows apathy and FantasticRacism towards the people of Argus when they are in danger, and is willing to let the city be destroyed by Grimm as she and her forces retreat to Atlas.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Cordovan calls Team RWBY cowards for retreating from Adam after he breached the city and killed several Huntsman and Soldiers and tried to kill them too. When the Grimm attack Argus her first thought is to abandon her post and retreat with her army and leave the city to fend for itself.

** Miltia Malachite is revealed to have died in the Fall of Beacon.

** In the final battle of Volume 6, Gambol Shroud is destroyed by Adam as in ''RWBY'', but this time Yang also loses her metal arm from blocking several attacks and finally collapsing from the strain of her last MegatonPunch.

** Cordovan who started off as an obstacle to prevent Ruby and her friends from getting to Atlas only to change her mind and let them leave when they stayed to stop the Grimm. Here she goes back on her promise to get them to Atlas, shows apathy towards the people of Argus when they are in danger, and is willing to let the city be destroyed by Grimm as she and her forces retreat to Atlas.

** Dee and Dudley are cut out of the story, replaced by [[TheBusCameBack Cardin and Russel]].

* Hypocrite: Cordovan calls Team RWBY cowards for retreating from Adam after he breached the city and killed several Huntsman and Soldiers and tried to kill them too. When the Grimm attack Argus her first thought is to abandon her post and retreat with her army and leave the city to fend for itself.

* NoBodyLeftBehind: Averted. Unlike in canon, the Grimm leave behind skeletons when they die, though the flesh still dissolves off of their bones. Scientists study the remains to try and learn about the Grimm and Huntsmen use the bones to prove the worth of the creatures they killed for bounty payments.

* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: A new breed of Grimm is introduced in Brunswick Farms, the Mimic, who can shapeshift into those closest to their would-be victims. The Grimm takes the appearance of a loved one to lure people into a hug, where their arms, lined with serated teeth, would dig in and begin devouring the victim.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the canon series, the God of Darkness only destroyed humanity because they attacked him first with intent to kill while the God of Light did not directly help in the extinction. In ''Fixing RWBY'', the brothers both destroyed humanity out of outrage that their creations stopped worshiping them and took to worshiping Salem instead.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: While Cordovin is still still relatively the same personality-wise (she still boasts about the superiority of Atlas, isn't too fond of Faunus, and is very strict when it comes to following the rules), she isn't nearly as [[LargeHam bombastic]] expressing her views as she was in canon.

** Adam in particular is made far more dangerous than he was in canon, which is notable considering how scary he already was. From slaughtering experienced soldiers with ease to keeping up with Qrow, Cardin, and Russel at the same time, causing an ''avalanche'' with his Moonslice, and overpowering Team RWBY in Argus ''while injured''. [[WorfHadTheFlu A Team RWBY out of sync from being separated for so long, but still.]]

* AdaptationalBadass: Changes to Volume 1 and 2 make the Creatures of Grimm a far more serious and dangerous threat, with Team RWBY often struggling to defeat what the show often portrayed as mere {{mook}}s.

** Nora has self-worth issues that manifest as jealousy towards Pyrrha, with her grief over the latter's death being amplified due to [[PartingWordsRegret never getting to apologize for the things she said]].

** In Volume 1, Team RWBY has a much harder time getting along. It isn't until the season finale do they become a cohesive team.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Rather than being portrayed as a DirtyCoward who left his inner circle out of selfishness, Raven is shown to have [[BrokenPedestal became disillusioned with Ozpin]] after discovering [[spoiler:that his conflict with Salem was a ForeverWar that only killed generations upon generations of good hunters and huntresses for a cause that they didn't know was pointless.]]

* AdaptedOut: As noted in the post-story commentary for Volume 4, Oscar was excised from the plot due to Celtic seeing no real use in keeping him around, [[spoiler:especially when he found a different host for Ozpin]]. [[spoiler: Though he makes a cameo in Jinn’s vision of Ozpin’s origin with Hazel when he was Magnus’s host]].

** Roman Torchwick [[spoiler:ends up being Ozpin's Reincarnation instead of Oscar, with that character being removed from the story entirely]].

* AdaptationalDyeJob: Lil' Miss Malachite is blond in ''RWBY'', but in ''Fixing RWBY'' she has black hair with turquoise highlights.