RWBY /c/ RoosterTeeth

What a Wonderful World...

Author's Notice

Hi everyone,

I know that fanfic dot net doesn't usually allow for posts like this, but I felt like I had to get this off my chest. I find it hard to be motivated for this particular project, and I think that's become fairly clear with the last few chapters.

So I've decided to give it up.

Frankly, this is a decision I've been wrestling with for a while, and I've come to realise that while I did advertise this story as being a STRQ/RWBY time travel fic, RWBY really had nothing to do with the plots beyond being drama pieces for STRQ to react to. Whether it be their familial relationships or the sheer differences in their childhoods and the kingdoms they grew up it.

So, I figured I would list down the main plot points for STRQ's individual characters, and the next two arcs I had planned.

Plot;

First; Merlot didn't create the Black Vein from scartch, it was based on the gloves Cinder used to steal the Maiden's powers. The 'scar' left from the first infection is actually the 'head' of the parasite, destroying/killing it will kill the Grimm. And contrary to what's been stated, those currently infected won't die when the parasite is removed, but they'll be very effectively crippled and require extensive time and effort to rehabilitate - especially where the scars were.

Additionally, JNPR were also caught up in the timetravel, but ended up at Mount Glenn, hence BV!Zombie Pyrrha (and Nora who caved in the roof.).

Second; Lady Ashen is NOT Cinder. Her real name is Ashlyann Flint.

Yes; Cinder went back in time during Summer's father's teens and spent two years recovering from the wounds (similar to canon wounds) before orchestrating the Vale Civil war as an attempt to get Spring's power to replace the Fall powers she lost and heal herself. When that failed, she was too weak to continue her struggle, thus enters little Ashlyann.

Ashlyann's plan was to use her 'knights' to overthrow the kingdoms one-by-one and establish a monarchy over all of it, using her Season empowered Knights as her personal champions. Part of that as also a publicity stunt where the Huntsmen are publicly shamed, shunned and even exiled by the civilian populace.

Cinder also gave Ashlyann a list, containing the names of RWBY, JNPR, the canon generation along with their parent teams. It was a hit list, and a majority of them have been killed or no longer exist thanks to the timeline changing. At the same time, there are also people who exist because of the changes to the Timeline.

For example, Carter Jonquil Arc (Jaune's Uncle, was supposed to die in a car accident as a toddler in Vale - since Vale was busy rebuilding its infrastructure at the time and not much of a tourist location, he was safe in Mistral with his family).

Lanthus Altius (Summer's father, died to prevent the incident that sparked the civil war - since the Ozluminati was short handed thanks to Cinder's shenanigans, he was away dealing with business and some other schmuck ended up on the chopping block).

Ruby Altius (Summer's little sister, Lanthus was dead before she was even conceived).

Third; Diggs is Effie in disguise, a persona she maintained thanks to her semblance. The real Diggs is twelve years dead and a significantly more sincere and honest person. Lady Ashen's Knights killed the real one and used her identity and position to help manipulate the council against Ozpin while culling problematic students.

Fourth; Patch was going to be reclaimed after the Vytal Festival, and part of the island's rural land had been converted into Grimm Summoning pits - which are forcibly closed by Silver eyes and Fall Maiden's power respectively.

Those powers were also going to work together to send RWBY and JNPR back to their own timeline. The story would have continued with STRQ, ZPYR and CTDL choose to abandon their studies at Beacon, and continue to investigate the Black Vein in the other three major population centers the outbreak targeted.

STRQ

Taiyang

Taiyang is Deimos Sol.

He loses his right arm as a result of the Merlot's lab mission.

He's aware of the Maidens, but doesn't know exactly what they are. He assumes they're a weapon the Syndicate wants and seeks to destroy them to screw his former employers over.

He was manipulated by the Syndicate into assassinating Liliana Reece. He's talked down by the woman herself who later takes him in.

He gets a cyber arm thanks to Crystal Schnee's connections and designs himself new weapons to compliment his semblance; which evolves into plasma generation/manipulation. (look up Aldrachi Warblades for visual cue).

He eventually returns to the Syndicate and incites rebellion, rallying the survivors under his banner as 'Spartoi'.

Tai also captured and forced Marcus Black into the Syndicate's service, and cut his legs off when Marcus tried to stop him from deserting.

Raven

Raven loses all functional use of her left leg after the Mount Glen mission as result of her BV infection.

Raven becomes the Fall Maiden through random selection, and thus becomes Effie's (villain) Target.

Effie - real Name Freya - is also the one who personally tainted Patch's water supply with the Grimm parasite, thus becomes a target of revenge for Raven personally.

Raven obliterates the tribe that her canon counterpart leads - (current led by Freya) - with the Maiden's power and personally executes Freya with the Maiden's power.

As she explores her new powers, Raven discards her dust scabbard completely and starts using swords made directly from the elements.

Qrow

Qrow loses right eye, larynx and most use of his right hand after to his BV infection.

His hand recovers enjoy to use in combat but the rest of him doesn't.

During the liberation of Patch, Qrow comes up against Freya in a fight who absolutely trashes him, stabs him with his own sword for good measure then takes it as a trophy to rub salt in the wound.

Qrow forges a new sword; narrower and more streamlined than his original and gunmetal grey. When Raven defeats Freya, he gets his old sword back and starts training to duel wield.

Like Raven, Freya is a personal nemesis, but the target of his anger eventually becomes Lanthus Altius - Summer's father.

Summer

Summer's Silver eyes activate during this mission against Merlots death stalker. The explosion of power combined with her BV infection leaves her temporarily blinded.

Summer's feelings and attitudes towards being a huntress start to strain on her relationship with her team and her father.

Summer eventually leaves STRQ and moves back to Atlas to try and reconcile matters between her family and lifestyle choices.

Miscellaneous

Because of the BV and Civil War, Crystal Schnee ended up becoming a Hunting Specialist and eventually becomes the General of the Atlas Military.

Jacque tried to pull his shit in this timeline after marrying into the family, but thanks to Crystal's position and connections she has in military intelligence; she uses his corruption, shady dealings (including federal law violations) and his general behaviour to blackmailed into silence, reduced to being a simple prop for her public appearances.

Though they are married and did produce at least Winter, Crystal does tauntingly call him Mr Gelé when he starts getting uppity and needs to be reminded of his position... he frequently gets uppity. Jacques is pretty much trapped in a glorified prison at the Schnee manor.

Crystal relinquishes her Heiress status to Weiss.

The end of the future Raven/Yang fight was a draw since both are still recuperating at the time.

Taiyang's eventual symbol comes from his late mother's pendant, given to him by Liliana when she talks him down from his assassination. He wears the pendant like a bracelet and later carves the symbol into his robot arm.

Lanthus Altuis is the reason why Qrow and Raven grew up in a Kingdom rather than their tribe, but his methods contribute largely into why Qrow grows to despise and hate him.

Freya is Qrow and Raven's paternal first cousin. The twins are unaware of this.

STRQ were going to get new outfits post-Merlot Industries.

Clay and his girlfriend Dahlia are Blake's parents.

Final notes;

I want to be clear that I have no desire to abandon the Back to the Future 2-esque/ concept this fic has been following. However, I find it difficult to near impossible to continue my writing of this particular iteration.

So I'm going back to the drawing board, and starting from the ground level up. To build a story where RWBY and STRQ can function together in equal measure. And something significantly less dark.

I thank you all for your support during this experiment, and the feedback has helped me improve my writing significantly for my future projects.

If anyone has any questions about other plots points I've missed, I'll gladly answer them in private messages.

Regards,

Aurora313