Just finished re-reading this story and I gotta say this is amazing. Being able to have such a believable story mixed in with canon events is great. Keep up the good work :D

I like this chapter and this story seems Interesting.

Make. A. Damn. Sequel.

I needed this fic. Maybe a bit too much. As the first couple of chapters unfolded i was horrified, i was very against this, the whole fic seemed so dark and cruel and just everything i didn't want to read while i was depressed and anxious and just, hating everything that's happened to me and could happen. But it's such a tale. It's intricate, and informed, and it's heartbreaking at it's core but fuck. And the more I got pulled into this the more i connected. the last two years of my life have been the most potent; i've been pushed to the edge and drawn back too many times, for too long. I saw so much of myself in this version of Ren; the repressing emotions, the intense love being broken and feeling isolated, the feeling of that darker side that just grows. I had to cut out an Adam in my life, someone who brings out my worst and who doesn't seem to want to change. I need to let them, and everything they did to hurt me and make me feel that I am never enough, go, and to love myself, and to allow myself to find balance and accept that it's ok to be angry, and to not feel that what i struggle with has no value because of someone else's own hardship.

i just... this fic came at a much needed time. it showed me a lot of what's wrong with how i handle things, with the people i surround myself with, with the importance of finding a calm middle and not drawing out "the beast" or feeding it. I have been stuck for too long and i'm terrified of how i'm going to be able to stand my ground and not surrender everything to sate other people's hunger, and i'm not going to lose myself in trying to find happiness in making others happy.

Thank you

I was expecting a happy ending. Fuck.

This was amazing, Ren is now my favourite character in the series and I need to find more like this

Wow, I just finished this and WOW.
I've never seen a story try to show a plausible what-if series of events from offscreen while not tampering with canon at all and this story pulled it off splendidly.
Now I wanna go looking for other stories that walk this line, but if I find any I think I'll be disappointed; it'll be difficult for anything to match this standard.

Really amazing story, you have talent. I'm so glad that I found this story, thank you for your work :)

I've just finished reading through this whole story and I am taken back by these dynamics. All I wish would happen would be to screw canon and do something amazing.

m-more. I wonder if you would continue now that you have exhausted canon material. If you ended it here I would be satisfied nonetheless butttttt...

More.

Oh no Ren...oh no Noraaaaa...oh noooo

But seeing Adam get his ass handed to him makes me happy.

Another amazing chapter. So much depth and emotion, excellent work.
Also, nice Hunchback references.

chapter 1-8 review in a nutshell

it's been a long time since i saw nice RWBY fic, very pleasing to read and not over descriptive. very nice :)

I'm desperately hoping for Ren and Adam to match up, though I don't think it would go well for our resident ninja. Great chapter as always: Penny was excellent!

Adam vs Ren, when?