Line #11 YMMV/HuntersOfJustice


1	!!YMMV Tropes for ''Fanfic/HuntersOfJustice'':
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3	* CatharsisFactor:
4	** After everything she was about [[spoiler: to do to Beacon, the other Kingdoms and causing the deaths of countless people in canon, Cinder being used as an experiment by Brainiac is quite satisfying.]]
5	** After all the evil shit he's pulled, [[spoiler: Brainiac getting the ultimate blow to his ego by being defeated and forced to retreat from the Green Lanterns and Mogo was an enjoyable moment for the readers.]]
6	* CompleteMonster: [[PsychoPsychologist Dr. Jonathan Crane]], aka [[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow the Scarecrow]], is the first villain RWBYJNPR face upon reaching Earth, and one of the most vile. [[NightmareFetishist Obsessed]] with [[SupernaturalFearInducer inflicting fear on others]], he places fear gas bombs all around Gotham City, using six small bombs to try to distract the Bat-Family from finding his seventh and most powerful bomb, which is intended to affect the whole city. The Scarecrow is completely uncaring that the gas is likely to kill or permanently affect everyone in the city, only caring about how it could further his research. After being broken out of police custody, the Scarecrow throws another fear gas grenade at the pursuing RWBYJNPR, not caring that his own men who had broken him out minutes prior would also be affected. Even despite his minor role, the Scarecrow is a truly horrible person that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even other villains like the Penguin and Black Mask despise]].
7	* FanPreferredCouple:
8	** It only took their first meeting and one more interaction for fans of the story to immediately start shipping Qrow/[[spoiler:Willow]]. Which is ''hilarious'', considering the popularity of Qrow/Winter for the main series.
9	** Ruby/Damian is also fairly popular among fans of the story, in part due to the latter's implied crush in the former.
10	** Thanks to the official crossover, [=KnightLight=] (Jaune x Jessica Cruz) has also been gaining popularity among fans of the series.
11	* HarsherInHindsight:
12	** Either this or HilariousInHindsight depending on your point of view, but [[spoiler:having Ironwood be in possession of a bomb capable of destroying a city as a plot point was introduced before Volume 8 aired]].
13	** The fic's entire premise becomes prophetic in light of [[https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/rooster-teeth-shutting-down-warner-bros-discovery-1235931953/ Rooster Teeth getting shut down by Warner Bros Discovery]]. Bonus points for coming out only a little over a month after ''VideoGame/SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague'' - which featured Brainiac as the main villain - launched to mixed-to-negative reception.
14	* HilariousInHindsight:
15	** The Condiment King who appears in the story is a CompositeCharacter between his comic book name and his original DCAU incarnation, and a version of Condiment King exactly like that debuted in ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'' a few months later.
16	** On chapter 40, the Bat-family faces Clayface, King Shark, Dr. Psycho, and a brainwashed Ren and Jaune, who were being controlled by Poison Ivy. A few weeks later, also on the ''Harley Quinn'' series, Dr. Psycho enhances his powers and mind controls Clayface, King Shark ''and'' Poison Ivy.
17	** This fic's very premise given the release of an official ''ComicBook/RWBYJusticeLeague'' crossover in April 2021.
18	*** Additionally, the plot point of [[spoiler:Poison Ivy brainwashing Jaune and Ren is this when it happened to all of Team JNPR because of Starro in that comic.]]
19	*** And then ''another'' crossover was announced, called ''[[ComicBook/{{DCRWBY}} DC/RWBY]]'' that, based on the synopsis, shares quite a few similarities to this fic (it's set on Earth and the Grimm are invading). Lex Luthor even allies with Salem! [[spoiler:She proves to be EvilerThanThou, and it's yet to be seen who's stronger in this...]]
20	** 2021 saw the release of a ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'' crossover with ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''.
21	** The very fact that trestwho made a fic [[spoiler:that sends RWBY to another world ''and'' even has a pair of chapters dedicated to Fairy Tale parodies is an almost prophetic development given the plot of Volume 9]].
22	* MoralEventHorizon:
23	** It's hard to say when exactly Brainiac crossed it, but he's fully established as the GreaterScopeVillain with TheReveal that Remnant isn't the ''first'' world he bottled, and won't be the last either. And if that wasn't bad enough, [[spoiler: he reaches a new low when it is revealed he brutally tortured Whitley with horrible experiments]].
24	** Raven (Branwen) abandoning her husband and daughter while refusing to visit them, willingly accepting to serve the cyborg who just destroyed her planet and letting Taiyang believe his daughters are dead is already pretty dark and awful. But what truly could be considered irredeemable is her ''selling'' Qrow (her own twin brother) to Brainiac for his esoterical Semblance, fully knowing he's going to suffer brutal experimentation. And if that isn't bad enough, [[spoiler: when Qrow and Penny find a way to escape from Brainiac, it is Raven who tries to impede him, officially siding with Brainiac, even having the nerve to call Qrow a traitor]].
25	** Jacques Schnee was already a pretty terrible person considering how he treats many of the people who work for him under the SDC, but he officially crossed the line when he sells out his ''wife and son'' to save his own skin. Worse than that, Willow reveals that Brainiac didn't have to issue any threats -- the very moment he showed up and asked for Willow and Whitley, Jacques handed them over without a second thought.
26	** Ironwood invokes this when he discusses [[spoiler: sacrificing the rest of the captive cities and the trillions of people inside them]] in order to kill Brainiac and free the remaining cities of Remnant. He acknowledges that doing so would be an unforgivable sin that would damn him to hell, but he is willing to go through with it because [[spoiler: [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman they are not his people and thus not his responsibility]] and that killing them would be more [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled merciful]] than allowing them to remain as Brainiac's prisoners]].
27	** Luthor has always been morally bankrupt, but selling Grimm to terrorists like they're just another weapon, despite all evidence showing that they're an existential threat to the world, definitely pushes him over the line.
28	* UglyCute: Silkie, as usual. Weiss and Star can't help but adore him, while Yang wonders out loud how they could find the oversized slimy larva cute (which of course offends the former two).
29	* UnexpectedCharacter:
30	** While Death of the Endless had already appeared on an Elseworlds chapter, her just randomly showing up while at the House of Mystery and talking to Pyrrha was quite unexpected.
31	** This goes double for the appearances of Bigby Wolf and Snow White during the two-part ''Fables Among Us'' arc, given that, unlike the aforementioned Death of the Endless, there had never been any official crossovers between ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'' and [[Franchise/TheDCU any of DC's continuities]] at that time.
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