YMMV / RWBY/Justice League

• Fandom-Specific Plot: What other existing media characters could be transplanted into the world of RWBY? Though naturally, there have been many examples far before this comic series already.
• Fanfic Fuel: What are other DC Comics heroes like in this universe and how would they translate to the world of RWBY? Or alternatively, how would DC's villains such as Lex Luthor or The Joker work in this setting?
• Gateway Series: The comics largely adhere to RWBY Volumes 1 and 2, with very minor worldbuilding spoilers from Volume 4 (Taiyang, Jacque, Menagerie, Raven) while excluding important story developments that happened or other important characters — no Cinder and co., no Torchwick and Neo, no Sun and Neptune, no Penny, and so on. Perfect for welcoming any readers that came to the comic already familiar with the mainstream Justice League.
• Heartwarming Moments:
  • Nora Allen is alive and well, versus being murdered by a time-traveling Professor Zoom to hurt Barry like in most DC media.
  • In Chapter 5, as Ruby and Bruce talk with Nora Allen, she realizes something is wrong with them and proceeds to hug them both, both of them accepting the affection.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: In Suicide Squad Black Files, it's established that Aladdin was a real person and that his magic ring and magic lamp were actually a Green Lantern ring and lamp. Come RWBY, where Emerald, a character associated with green, alludes to Aladdin.
• Older Than They Think: Though the Ship Tease between Team RWBY and the Leaguers has been criticized for supposedly being out-of-character, this is more in line with how romance was depicted in Volumes 1-3 (notably, Weiss being smitten by Neptune, which shows again when she crushes over Diana and Victor).
• Strangled by the Red String: Team RWBY and the Justice League receiving Ship Tease with each other has not been well-received, due to both groups having only just met (though one could argue that the "teens with crushes" romance is in line with the writing in earlier volumes of the show), the weirdness of the Leaguers usually being portrayed as adults, the Leaguers also having love interests in other DC media, and shipping wars.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character:
  • Pyrrha and Diana are both Greek myth-inspired warriors, and Pyrrha is explicitly among those who are controlled by Starro, considering Pyrrha's established skill in canon you'd think that she and Diana would fight eventually, something a cover of the comic teases. Sadly, this fight never happens, Pyrrha is largely indistinguishable from the others controlled and in the end she and Team JNPR are dealt with anti-climatically by Ruby before an epic fight can ever occur between them.
  • Bruce is usually depicted as a vigilante protector of the city by night, wealthy philanthropist by day, and is known for his team-ups with the likeminded, Robin Hood-inspired Green Arrow. Unfortunately, Bruce's training is implied to only be a side hobby and that he hasn't become "Batman" yet, and the focus of his character is shifted here to focus on his Faunus heritage.
  • With the mixed reception towards de-aging the Justice League into teens, one wonders if a RWBY/DC crossover would've worked better had the DC characters been superheroes already teenagers in the source material, like the Teen Titans, Young Justice, or the Super Hero Girls.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot:
  • There are some who feel disappointed that the DC characters are RWBY-ified versions of DC characters rather than the usual universe crossover, though it can be argued that the vastly different powerscaling and tones between the two franchises would've complicated things as it did when the DC universe crossed over with Mortal Kombat. The film adaptation eschews this and goes for the more traditional crossover route.
  • Due to the comic serving as a Gateway Series, what the story does with the RWBY universe and cast is extremely limited in order to avoid story conflicts… except it eventually gets confirmed late in the story that this is an Alternate Continuity and they do spoil some minor points (mainly Team RWBY's relationships with their families).
• Unexpected Character: Chapter 5 introducing both Jessie Quick and Nora Allen. Doubly so as Chapters 2 and 3 only vaguely hinted at Hippolyta (who may have appeared but is unnamed) and Alfred (who is only mentioned as Bruce's butler).

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