I Rewrote RWBY Volume 8 is a Fixfic video series by Unicorn of War
. As the title suggests, the video is a rewrite of Volume 8 where the creator fixes the problems that he had with the volume and gives thoughts on how he thinks it could have been better.
I Rewrote RWBY Volume 8 part 1 can be seen right here and part 2 can be is in this link
I Rewrote RWBY Volume 8 provides examples of:
- Adaptational Friendship: Unlike their canon counterparts, whom were never anything more than villainous colleagues with often Teeth-Clenched Teamwork; Emerald and Neo in this rewrite end up forming an odd friendship when they're together during Salem's siege of Atlas, and they remain close when they defect to the heroes at the midway point. Neo in this version is disgusted by Cinder's vicious emotional manipulation and mistreatment of Emerald and becomes protective of her.
- Adaptational Heroism: Ironwood doesn’t commit as many crimes as he does in canon and eventually redeems himself becoming teams RWBY’s ally once more. Neo also joins the heroes revealing that she was pretending Ruby was her target so she could get a chance at Cinder when she had a chance, and Emerald also redeems herself sooner than in canon.
- Adaptational Intelligence: Ironwood manages to manipulate Ruby and her friends into a trap by claiming Weiss’s mother and brother are in prison due to being suspected of being involved with Jacque and tries to convince Penny and Pierrot into returning by claiming he needs their help to fix the heating grid in Mantle.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Many of Ironwood's crueler actions are toned down as he shows remorse for shooting Oscar.
- Alas, Poor Villain: Jacques despite being an abusive father towards his children, using his wife to get take over the company, and being responsible for Watts hacking into Atlas. Weiss feels no pleasure from his death from the Hound.
- Death by Adaptation: Raven was completely absent from Volume 8, but shows up in this version to pull a Heroic Sacrifice.
- Disappointed in You: Ozpin shows this towards James for attempting to kill Oscar who was pleading to him and showed no attempt to fight him. However when Salem fights everyone and tries to kill James Ozpin comes to his rescue showing that perhaps their friendship can be salvaged.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Neo reveals that while she dislikes Ruby she wants Salem gone more. She is also disgusted by Cinder leaving Emerald off the edge of a cliff despite everything she’s done for her.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Raven sacrifices herself in the final battle against Mega Salem to save Ruby, seeing it as redemption for what she should've done for Summer.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Raven explains that she never wanted to be a mother in the first place, which is why she left Summer to be Yang's mother.
- Jerkass Gods: Ozpin is not shy about his belief that the God of Light is trash because his arrogance as a divine being blinds him to the fact that mortals have their own individual autonomy and didn't take into account the cruelty of Ozpin's reincarnation process which robs others of that autonomy. This is because Light can't think of mortals as anything other than possessions and a reflection of his own goodness, rather than their own individual.
- Passing the Torch: Before passing on, Raven hands down her title and powers of the Spring Maiden to Yang.
- Precision F-Strike: After being entrusted with the powers of the Spring Maiden, Yang blasts Mega Salem away, stating "GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM MY SISTER, YOU BITCH!"
- Regretful Traitor: Both Ironwood and Ren have this.
- Required Secondary Powers: It's revealed that a side-effect of Emerald's hallucination-creating Semblance is that she can sense the thoughts and feelings of others who she focuses on. The fact that she can sense any emotions coming from the Hound foreshadows that there's a human component inside it, since she normally can't feel any emotions coming from the Grimm due to their soulless nature.
- So Proud of You: Raven's final words to Yang are this.
- Spared By Adaptation: Clover, Vine, Penny, and Ironwood are all still alive by the end of the fic.
- The Stinger: The Volume ends with Cinder emerging from the Grimm River in a new form and more Grimm related powers.
