This is amazing, you are genius! Just writing a fanfic with realistic characters and a logical plot that resembles the original is hard enough, but writing a story within the actual snippets of the plot is another story. How did you manage to do this? Everything is word for word, letter to letter, and yet completely new.
I usually leave a review at the last chapter after I stopped binging, but I just couldn't hold myself back, this is truly a masterpiece.

3 rereading this fic; it's still my all time fav

This was beautiful. Amazing job!

I've read your volume 2 story as well, these are so well written and amazing! I really hope you do one for the later volumes

I think I formed a new headcanon about halfway through this chapter. Juane and Ruby got picked as team leaders, right? Well, what if they weren't picked because they were the best, but because they were the worst? Ruby is two years behind everyone else, and Juane is Juane. What if Ozpin made them team leaders because they were the students that needed the most help? Pyrrah and Wiess were obviously more qualified, but then, they didn't need the extra help. As team leaders, Ruby and Juane would be expected to work harder than anyone else. They're in the spotlight representing their teams, if they don't catch up they let everyone down. And if they fail, their team has every incentive to help them get better.

Idk, I think I like the idea. It's exactly the kind of clever sneaky I'd expect from a competent Ozpin, he tells them they're the best of the best and in their efforts to live up to the praise, the students make it true. Pyrrah and Wiess's conversation about their leaders sparked the idea, I guess.

just ... wow. I'm a little blown away by this awesome piece of writing.
Funnily enough, I've actually wanted to read this story a long long time ago but decided not to, because I haven't thought very positive about novelizations for fanfiction at that time.
But god, have I been wrong. This story is so damn good, that it literally stole all of my heart.
Really looking forward to read the sequel.

Thank you so much for this beautifully written piece of fanfiction.

Dear xT-Zealot,

I feel like I'm walking out of a movie theater with jelly legs, stunned speechless, and about to collapse.

Wow...just wow...

You sir..wrote an absolutely fantastic story!

Thank you for all your hard work!

A Completely Blown Away reader who will definitely be back for a re-read in the future
-Hyjinks

i love it hope for more

Every time I read this I absolutely adore it. Thank you so much for taking the time to write something that has brought me so much happiness.

I really enjoyed this. Having the characters expanded on so much makes me really happy. There were a couple moments I was really not happy with your choices but your reasons for them made it work out.

I really do like the content, but gosh! There's A LOT of detail. So much that at some points I found it to be excessive! I'm sure you can still convey your message in your chapters even after taking away most of your detail (since quite a lot of it just went back and forth at things we as the audience were able to figure out earlier). Remember, the amount of detail you use can influence the pacing of your story, mood and our overall enjoyment. Some of your detail just added too much drama to the whole situation.

But, eh, it might just be me. Anyway, wish you luck in writing the rest of this story. Hope this comment can give you a new insight into your writing style :)

Y'know it's funny re-reading this after watching Volume 4 and learning that Menagerie is actually a pretty awesome place...although it's quite crowded.

Although I guess it could be called a wasteland since most of it is uninhabitable desert...

cool fanfic

That feel when your favorite white rose story is actually a bumblebee...

Well anyways, I just wanted to toss my two cents in. I know this is a "novelization" type story, but I personally found the first half of this, well, a bit slow. I enjoyed the take on backstory, that was quite interesting. But, not really a huge fan of copy-pasting scenes from the show. I've seen those, so I don't really understand the idea of re-enacting them verbatim.

But still, you finished very strong. The last few chapters, in particular, were quite good. Much appreciated.

Finally done. This was AMAZING. Despite being AU-ish in what is basically a novelization (some things contradict with what we know from the show now, then there's the obvious Ruby-nearly-died) Masterfully written, the addition of a new magical aspect actually explained some of the things in show instead of further confusing it, just AMAZING. I'm surprised this doesn't have over 1000 of anything, unless it's because of writing some stuff from complete imagination (The Renora was far deeper in canon). Regardless, this story earns a favorite. Would read again!