Line #20 Fanfic/LetUsBeYourPoison


1	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12774156/1/ Let Us Be Your Poison]]'' (also [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/13152609/chapters/30081504 available]] on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn) by [=GodSaveTheKings=] is a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' rewrite fanfic. The story reworks ''RWBY'' into a darker tale, while keeping the general events and plot the same.
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3	The story starts in a Remnant without Grimm. Grimm are just a fairy-tale to most, but hunters still exist as military personnel. An OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent named Ruby Rose is accepted into the prestigious Beacon Academy despite her young age and lack of huntress training. Though she has misgivings, Ruby and her older sister Yang Xiao Long both embark on schooling together. There they meet the distant and hostile Weiss Schnee, heir of the infamous Schnee Dust Company, and the aloof Blake Belladonna. The four... ''don't'' become Team RWBY. At least, not initially. After getting into trouble together and meeting a real-life Grimm, RWBY is formed.
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5	It has a sequel, [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14085730/1/Let-Us-Dance-in-the-Flames Let Us Dance in the Flames]] ([[https://archiveofourown.org/works/39220533/chapters/98132601 Ao3 version]]) currently ongoing.
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8	!!This fanfic provides examples of:
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10	* AccidentalMisnaming: Bordering on MaliciousMisnaming. Upon meeting Jaune, Weiss keeps on calling him "John" to show her apathy towards him.
11	* AdaptationalJerkass: Weiss' character is a lot meaner. Upon meeting Ruby it looks like she's been made an AdaptationalNiceGuy, but then she tells Ruby to kill herself and goes on a rant that leaves Ruby teary-eyed.
12	* AdaptationalNameChange: [[spoiler:Blake Belladonna]] is an undercover alias. Her real name is [[spoiler:Belle Kataliana.]]
13	* AdaptationSpeciesChange:
14	** Velvet is a human instead of a faunus. Faunus are banned at Beacon and there's no way that Velvet could hide her ears.
15	* AlternateUniverseFic: The story rewrites ''RWBY'' from the start. It also changes major elements, such as huntress' fighting Grimm.
16	* CharacterExaggeration:
17	** Weiss is more of a conceited AcademicAlphaBitch and is hostile towards most.
18	** Ruby's brief shyness from Volume 1 is expanded upon as a major characteristic. She suffers from social anxiety.
19	* DarkFic: The intention of ''Let Us Be Your Poison'' is to turn ''RWBY'' into a "dark fairy-tale" and it shows. All of the levity of Volume 1 is removed. For example, the Beacon test has been changed (even in-universe, due to lawsuits) and replaced with a series of tests. The first one is a "simple" endurance test consisting of staying in an "x" position for as long as possible while watching or listening to shock videos.
20	* DisabledInTheAdaptation:
21	** Weiss has a FictionalDisability where she can't use her aura or semblance.
22	** [[spoiler:Pyrrha]] is on the autism spectrum.
23	* FantasyPantheon:
24	** Weiss is a worshipper of Faith of Decum Luna, a religion practiced in Atlas. It consists of ten gods. Atlasian families believe that one of the gods watchs over them. The family's chosen god determines whether they're soldiers, artisans, or craftsmen. Families only marry into families who have the same religious beliefs as them.
25	** Other religions mentioned are the True Faith of Vale and Mistran Gods of Arillystos. Vacuo is the kingdom with the most scattered faiths.
26	* HenotheisticSociety: Like most people from Atlas, Weiss's family follows the Faith of Decum Luna. There are ten different gods but Atlasian families only worship one of the gods as their guardian. The family's chosen god determines whether they're soldiers, artisans, or craftsmen. Families only marry into families who have the same religious beliefs as them, but Weiss' parents are a rare case of a mixed-belief couple. As a result, Weiss feels some InternalizedCategorism that her FictionalDisability of being disconnected from her soul has to do with her parent's taboo marriage.
27	* HideYourOtherness: Similarly to in canon, Blake does this, being a Faunus passing as a human. It’s even more necessary here due to Faunus not being allowed to attend Beacon. [[spoiler:However, since Faunus are much more animalistic than the LittleBitBeastly they are in canon, it took more than a bow for Blake to do this. She had her body surgically altered through a Semblance, and though what she lost isn’t fully described, we know she gave up fur and cat ears. All she kept after the fact was a set of [[NaturalWeapon feline claws.]]]]
28	* MalignedMixedMarriage: Weiss' parents worship two different gods in the Faith of Decum Luna. It's unheard of for people to inter-marry like that and it is looked down upon. Weiss feels some InternalizedCategorism and worries that her FictionalDisability was brought on by her parent's mixed marriage.
29	* NotHisSled: Subverted. The teams are originally different than in canon: Ruby gets put on a two-person team with Jaune. Later, the teams are re-arranged and Team RWBY is created.
30	* SiblingYinYang: Quiet, awkward Ruby contrasts with her friendly and sociable sister Yang.
31	* SirSwearsALot: Blake and Weiss have a tendency to drop the F-bomb like punctuation.
32	* UnexplainedAccent: Averted with Velvet, whose unspecified-in-canon accent is Southern Valian.

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