Line #46 Fanfic/TheMakingsOfTeamCRME


1	%% Only add a trope to this page if:
2	%% 1) there are examples of it in at least two of the stories. (i.e., Abusive Parents and The Sociopath)
3	%% 2) it has an impact on the series as a whole if it only applies in one story (something that makes it stand out compared to the others, i.e., the Knight Of Cerebus entry and Odd Name Out).
4	%% 3) it applies to the series as a whole in a way that encompasses the setting. (i.e., Mundanger and Anachronic Order)
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6	''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/906558 The Makings of Team CRME]]'' is a series of ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'' FanFic stories written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Snarky_SilverHaired_Sociopath/pseuds/Snarky_SilverHaired_Sociopath Snarky_SilverHaired_Sociopath]]. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin As you can tell from the title]], it details [[StartOfDarkness the origins]] for Cinder, Roman, Mercury, and Emerald as well as tells the story of how they became allies in their quest to take down Beacon Academy.
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8	The first four stories are origin stories about the individual members of the team. The final story is the lead-up to their introduction to the series.
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10	'''The stories in the series are:'''
11	[[index]]
12	# ''FanFic/MyNameIsCinder''
13	# ''FanFic/AnEmeraldUnearthed''
14	# ''FanFic/TheBlackHearts''
15	# ''FanFic/RomansEmpire''
16	# ''{{FanFic/CRME}}''
17	[[/index]]
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21	!!The series provides examples of:
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23	* AbusiveParents:
24	** Cinder's mother, Brigit Stark, was incredibly abusive towards her.
25	** Both Marcus and Melanie Black abused Mercury in different ways.
26	* AllAbusersAreMale: [[AbusiveParents Brigit and Melanie]] [[AvertedTrope beg to differ.]][[note]]Interestingly, of the four abusers featured in the series, only one of them is male.[[/note]] Cinder also starts abusing Emerald in ''CRME''.
27	* AnachronicOrder: If you read the stories in the order they're listed, the series will have this effect.
28	* AnyoneCanDie: If they [[NominalImportance have a name]] and they aren't SavedByCanon, it's open season on them. Many named characters die in this series, so maybe try not to get too attached.[[labelnote:Those who do die... (Spoilers obviously)]][[Fanfic/MyNameIsCinder The Stark Family, Scarlet Grayson]], [[Fanfic/AnEmeraldUnearthed Cole Sustrai, his wife, Randall Silva]], [[Fanfic/TheBlackHearts Shade and Sapphire Stevens, Jaylin and Azura Michaels, Marcus Black]] (who was DoomedByCanon anyway), [[Fanfic/RomansEmpire Brick Cordovan, Russel Reed and his family, Chloe Torchwick, Dwight Golding, Violet Kincaid]], [[{{Fanfic/CRME}} Melanie Black, Tank, and a young boy]].[[/labelnote]]
29	* DarkAndTroubledPast: The only person who hasn't suffered one is Roman.
30	* DarkerAndEdgier: ''The Black Hearts'' is described as the darkest story in the series by the writer.
31	* DomesticAbuse: A recurring theme in many of the stories.
32	** ''My Name Is Cinder'': Cinder is being horrifically abused by her mother Brigit. And Brigit also manipulates her husband's depression to make him kill himself.
33	** ''The Black Hearts'': Marcus physically abuses both Mercury and Melanie. And Melanie verbally abuses Mercury.
34	** ''CRME'': Cinder emotionally manipulates Emerald and slaps her when she starts becoming jealous about Mercury being brought onto the team.
35	* FreudianExcuse: One is given to Cinder and Mercury's is explained in more detail.
36	-->'''Mercury:''' We’re both products of our [[PrecisionFStrike fucked-up]] [[HarmfulToMinors childhoods]].
37	* GreaterScopeVillain: Salem is still the overarching BigBad in this universe even though she currently plays no direct role in any of the villainy.
38	* HarmfulToMinors: All of them with the exception of Roman have been through experiences that have left them scarred or completely broken.
39	* HotterAndSexier: ''CRME'' features the most sexual content in the series. It has two [[SexyDiscretionShot almost-sex-scenes]] and some scenes of nudity. It definitely has more sexual content than the show. ''An Emerald Unearthed'' was also later edited with some more sexual content, bumping up its rating from Teen to Mature.
40	* [[KnightOfCerebus Knights of Cerebus]]: Marcus and Melanie count for the series. They make Mercury’s story the darkest one of all of them. Even more so than the other major antagonists.
41	* LighterAndSofter: ''Roman's Empire'' doesn't have a major tragedy element to it and has more humor compared to the other stories. Even though it is a story about organized crime and does include some tense moments, it is still more uplifting than the other stories. (Especially the one preceding it.)
42	* {{Mundanger}}: The things that the main characters have to deal with in the series are things like {{abusive parents}}, {{loan shark}}s, {{professional killer}}s, and [[TheMobBossIsScarier mobsters]]. By the fantastic standards of the world that they live in, these things are relatively normal. In fact, the only solo story to extensively include the fantasy element of ''RWBY'''s world is ''My Name Is Cinder''.[[note]]And even then, the first two chapters have almost none of it.[[/note]] The others only have pieces of it, but their plots are rather mundane. It's not until ''CRME'' that the fantasy element becomes significant again.
43	* OddNameOut: ''The Black Hearts'' is the only solo fic that doesn't feature the main character's first name in the title. (It has Mercury's name, but it's his surname and represents his whole family, not just him.)
44	* OneSteveLimit: Accidentally averted. In [[FanFic/TheBlackHearts Mercury’s backstory]], his mother is an OriginalCharacter named "Melanie". However, the writer had admitted that they didn’t realize that one of the Malachite twins was also named "Melanie" on the show before naming her and only noticed after her arc had concluded. This is mentioned when the twins show up in ''Roman's Empire''.
45	* ParentalAbandonment: All the stories have involved either one or both parents being out of the picture at some point.
46	* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Cinder's arc in this series just shows her becoming a progressively worse human being. [[ForegoneConclusion And we all know where this leads...]]
47	* PseudocanonicalFic: It's clear that the series was intended to fit within the bounds of the show's universe as best as it can. Especially considering that there are many scenes from "[[Recap/RWBYV3E7BeginningOfTheEnd Beginning of the End]]" referenced in ''CRME''. Up until about Chapter 9 of Volume 6, everything in the series did fit with canon. It was after that chapter when the series was slowly becoming OutdatedByCanon.
48	* TheSociopath: Aside from the canon characters that become sociopaths ([[ItsAllAboutMe Cinder]], [[ForTheEvulz Mercury]], [[FauxAffablyEvil Roman]], and [[TheUnfettered Adam]]), each of the solo stories has at least one.
49	** [[EvilMatriarch Brigit Stark]] from ''My Name Is Cinder'' is a wholly selfish GoldDigger who intends for her husband to kill himself so she can attain his fortune. When Cinder tries to expose her, she manipulates her siblings into hating her and horribly abuses her after her husband dies.
50	** [[FauxAffablyEvil Randall Silva]] from ''An Emerald Unearthed'' is a ruthless LoanShark who only cares about making money for himself. He'll even murder loved ones if the people he cons if they fail to pay up.
51	--->''He'd kill someone with a smile and go off to have lunch in twenty minutes. [[LackOfEmpathy Wouldn't even ruin his appetite.]]''
52	** [[AbusiveParents Marcus and Melanie Black]] from ''The Black Hearts''. Marcus is literally called a psychopath by Mercury and the writer has said that Melanie has sociopathic tendencies. The fic more than proves it for both of them.
53	** [[TheQueenpin Violet Kincaid]] from ''Roman's Empire'' is a ruthless mobster who rules through intimidation and violence. However, she can still be charismatic and win people over with words. Roman even [[LampshadeHanging calls her]] "a {{greed}}y, [[BloodKnight violent]] sociopath."
54	* StartOfDarkness: Obviously for Cinder and her associates.
55	* SwitchingPOV: Each story is told in first-person. There's a new perspective in every story before going third-person omniscient in the final story. Salem gets some small sections in ''My Name Is Cinder''.
56	* VillainProtagonist: Most of them will either be criminals or villains by the end of their solo stories. The most explicit case of this is Roman who was already a mobster from the beginning of his. They are basically this in ''CRME''.

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