Reviews for Broken Blades
TheDragon2000 chapter 10 . 7/25
NNNOOOOOO! Cardin learning stuff from Ozpin as a reward for being malicous in order to find out info about somebody that isn't even his rival not to mention his enemy... I really dont get why you did that :/ . This is not to say I dont enjoy the story sorry if it came off like that but I just wanted to whine about this :D.
W1rath56 chapter 12 . 5/13
Idk about this fic.. The interactions between JNPR and RWBY feel unnatural. The team hardly speaks to each other and Ruby and Jaune’s relationship feels horrible in my opinion. I don’t like how Jaune’s always grinning it gets annoying after a while and he is super annoying and has basically maria’s semblance. It had zero thought put into and not very good in the long run.
TheChairIsAgainstTheWall chapter 19 . 7/9/2019
Yay, it's back! And Winter is awesome! And Mercury a dick! Whee!
The Anguished One chapter 19 . 5/26/2019
So happy to see this updated. Loved the fight against Winter, you did a good job of showing just how powerful she is while still displaying how RWBY has grown.
The cliffhanger with Pyrrha and Mercury has me a bit worried, but at the end of the day I'm sure Pyrrha could beat him in a life or death fight if she needed to.
SuperSaiyajin4Vegeta chapter 19 . 5/26/2019
Wow Mercury, wait to be subtle.
lucasrosa94 chapter 9 . 10/20/2018
se jaune revelar tudo para cardin vou ficar puto. na minha umilde opnião jaune tinha que bater em cardin até uma poupa sangrenta.
Trewill91 chapter 18 . 9/5/2018
A tale as old as time. A beautifully crafted fic with good worldbuilding and characterization continues steadily for a few months, then out of the blue just stops. I hope nothing happened to you.
MrSlendy69 chapter 16 . 2/23/2018
I was kinda hoping for neo to take a finger or eye or something ya know... Eh it's still good tho. Keep up the good work.
Josh Spicer chapter 18 . 1/18/2018
Nah I'm with Jaune on this one.
sigmaleph chapter 18 . 1/17/2018
Pyrrha is being... pretty darn manipulative here. Deciding that Jaune needs to reveal Oracle, punching him in the gut to get him to ("our friends are hurt"), and then just the whole 'oh yeah I set you up to feel powerful and did not feel like it was worth telling you'
SuperSaiyajin4Vegeta chapter 18 . 1/16/2018
Fun new application of Winter's Semblance.
foxsadist712 chapter 18 . 1/16/2018
Both the scene with Jaune detailing his semblance to RWBY, and the argument between he and Pyrrha felt really forced. In my mind, even after looking over the paragraphs again, I can't figure a reason why Jaune and Pyrrha would think it is so important for RWBY to know the specifics of how Oracle works. What good does it do anyone to know that Jaune only has a short range danger sense, if he has made a point to tell them that no he cannot see into the future. Since that's what everyone thinks he can do anyway, what more do they need than that? Will RWBY now plan missions in advance, thinking "Ok, if we get Jaune close enough, he can tell us if it's safe to proceed with our plan!"?

And maybe I missed it, but I don't think Pyrrha has explicitly explained Polarity to anyone outside her team either, so her forcing Jaune to divulge his secrets reeks of hypocrisy. So for me, thinking all this, reading that argument just felt bad. I did not enjoy it.

And not only that, but the personality you've given Jaune in this story does not seem to so easily lend itself to blurting out comments in anger that are only meant to hurt feelings. Before now, this Jaune has always felt more in control of himself than that. So to me, the way that argument ended felt more like "Wait, Pyrrha needs a reason to be angry with Jaune too, so they can mutually reconcile later." It feels kinda insincere.

I guess now I just need to see where this goes from here. I'm certainly not turned off the story or anything, it was just a bit jarring for me to not have enjoyed something after 18 chapters. Thanks for the update, I'll be here for the next one
slowmotion05 chapter 18 . 1/16/2018
While I understand the argument between Jaune and Pyrrha, and I really liked the idea that neither of them were in the right, I'm not quite sure there was a very good escalation. We're seeing the whole thing from Jaune's perspective, which gives you the perfect opportunity to explain how he feels, but I honestly didn't even realize he was that upset until he was making assumptions about Pyrrha's intentions. That could work if we were maybe seeing it from Pyrrha's side, but otherwise I didn't quite understand his reaction until your A/N.

That's another point: I'd be careful with your those author's notes. They're useful, obviously, but I'd be cautious on how much you rely on them to explain a certain aspect of your story. Perfect example is with the argument. I understood the perspectives, but the argument being told from Jaune's perspective didn't really yield any real benefit for the reader because I still didn't quite understand until I read the A/N. A little bit of delving into a character's actual thoughts while a situation is playing out goes a long way because then, when they do say the thing that we're all dreading they'll say, they feel less like they're coming off as an irrational jackass and more a human that responded emotionally to a situation.

And, like I said earlier, I think you could've done a better job of escalating the argument. It's not awful as it stands, but it definitely could use a few more natural segues. Jaune kept flipping schizophrenically between being angry and apologizing for his anger. He'd snap, apologize, and then snap again a second later. When making a character snap, it should be biting. Having them constantly apologize, then do it again two sentences later comes off as really confusing. Even at his angriest, Jaune kept apologizing for what he was saying. He kept realizing that he was reacting inappropriately to the situation, but didn't stop himself from doing it again. It'd be really interesting to see him struggle with controlling his ego, while also trying to get his point across, but ultimately failing. If that's what you were going for, then I'd recommend working on presenting the character's thoughts in a more cohesive manner. Its all well and good for a character to be angry, but just saying "the words came out before he could stop them" or "he snapped, but realized his mistake" doesn't do much for actually explaining why that character is acting that way.

Now, to be fair, I'm also really, REALLY particular about how I think arguments between characters should go down, especially between teammates, mostly because I've seen too many shows and movies that completely stop dead in their tracks when its characters get angry at each other. I don't think you're in danger of that, and the argument was handled well enough for me to understand, but I don't think it quite had the effect you were hoping for, at least for me. Then again, a lot of other people seemed to enjoy it, so it might just be what I saw. Food for thought, that's all.
janed12000 chapter 18 . 1/15/2018
Jaune and Pyrrha should both apologize to each other. Both sides bad pros and cons.
Falvern chapter 18 . 1/15/2018
I can understand both sides of Jaune and Pyrrha's argument. At the same time though, I can understand why Jaune is a bit upset with Pyrrha as well. How long before other students learn of Oracle, and ways to counter it?

Now that RWBY knows how it works, I don't see him being able to best any of them in combat now. They can now strategize around it. Kind of unfair for her to force Jaune to reveal his Semblance, while she guards her own. What was the justification anyway? Jaune on his way to greatness? Maybe, maybe not. I guess it doesn't matter now, since it's already out in the open.
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