Now I’m just imagining an AU where Winter decides that if she’s going to be the maiden, she should probably get a partner/bodyguard to keep her from getting Amber’d.
And here comes Mr.Tall, Blond, and Sturdy. A bit undertrained, but strong and smart and loyal in all the ways she’d need to start with. If Weiss and her team’s stories were reliable. She’d have little trouble turning him into a huntsman a cut above most.
The fact that many of the Civilian Inquiries asking after his performance emphasizes him being ‘wonderful with children’ and ‘husband material’ is just an added bonus.
Jaune: ugh man what a workout
Winter: (leaning against the wall) please dont stop on my account.
Jaune: w what are you doing here?
Winter: i was just passin by. Seeing how you were and (looks him up and down) i have to say. Nice
Jaune: thank you.
Winter: however i feel you need a spotter
(Pushes jaune back on the bench rack and sits on top of him)
Jaune: (blushing)
Winter: im goinh to work you boy
Would the Huntresses name the dog ‘Happy’?
Joanna: What is that?
Fiona (holding a puppy): He followed me home!
May: Did it?
Fiona (mumbling): I followed him.
Robyn: You were lost weren’t you?
Fiona: The Signs Confused Me!
May: Wait a minute, that’s a Sheepdog
Fiona: No, no, nonononononono, don’t you start-
Joanna: Awwwwwwwwww! He herded you home!
Fiona: Shutup!
Robyn: Well in that case, I think we can make room, its good to have someone who can find you when you get lost.
Fiona: WHEN!?
A Thought: Jaune and Cinder end up having another throwdown, Neo sees Jaune getting some hits in and is so done with Cinder she switches teams on the spot, we get Silent Knight vs. Cinder. Neo may or may not follow Jaune away from Atlas like a stray cat after.
When I first started my fic, the biggest question I had to answer was how they would start to work together and move past just being on different sides. This is pretty similar to one of my early ideas but I thought it might be more difficult, from a story telling perspective.
But
Pyrrha Nikos was an international prodigy and celebrity. Neo and Roman might have been living in warehouses but they had scrolls. Neo knows who Pyrrha was. Not to mention Neo participated in the Vytal Festival. She saw Pyrrha and Jaune together during the JNPR fight.
So when Jaune confronts Cinder again for the third time, and Cinder brings up killing Pyrrha and nearly killing Weiss, Neo could put the pieces together. She would notice the sash too, which was so characteristically Pyrrha’s. In a single moment Neo would understand all the reasons Jaune fights and who he’s fighting for. And who they could both fight against.
Ever since the fall of Beacon, Neo has been after one goal: revenge. With that goal achieved, she wouldn’t know what to do with herself. Vale is largely trashed after Beacon fell. Atlas is under high alert, Mantle is about to be overrun, and Vacuo is a desert miles away. Her choices are either fly back to Mistral and try to make her way in life, or stick it out with the only person in Remnant who can understand her, communication barrier or no
Jaune "Ready to die for anybody" Arc and Winter "Scared to die for everybody' Schnee. IDK how to make it shippy but I thought it was a neat parallel.
Yang: So you and Jaune are dating right?
Ruby while cuddling jaune and wearing his hoodie: No, we’re just friends Yang. Oh my Gods!
Jaune:Yeah this is what friends do.
Yang:God, you two are delusional.
Nora spent like 10 years playing things ‘subtle’ and got nowhere fast.
Now Nora will detail her wants/demands to whoever’ll listen.
Nora: honestly jaune could smack my butt and i would tell him harder. YOU CAN DO BETTER
Ren:..
Jaune... so ren lost weight
Ren: why yes i have thank you for noticing
Why did My first thought frame this as advice Summer gave (or left for) Ruby?
Either she’s still alive or she wrote up some psuedo-diary for Ruby and Yang full of all the advice she could think of in case [REDACTED] happened.
File one more under ‘Fanfic ideas I’ll probably never write.’
Step 1: Make Yourself Known
Ruby: Hi. I'm Ruby Rose. What's your name?
Jaune: Ruby. We already know each other.
Step 2: Make Sure He Always Around You.
Nora: Jaune-Jaune. How come Ruby sleeping in the same bed as you?
Jaune: She said she wanted to sleep over.
Ruby:*stick her tongue out and snuggled next to Jaune*
Step 3: Fend Off Unwanted Foes
Cinder: Hai Jaune. I was wandering that if we could...never mind, I just remembered I got plans with Emerald. Bye! *Ran off*
Jaune: I wonder what's that all about.
Ruby:*holding her sycthe and glare at her foes* Stay away you husssiess...
Step 4: Always make sure he and everyone know how cool he is.
Ruby:*On top of table in cafeteria and using a speaker* JAUNE ARC HAS A HUGE DI...HMPHH!
Jaune clamped Ruby's mouth and dragged her out of the cafeteria
Step 5: Make sure he know that you needed him
Ruby: Jaune! Please open this jar pickle for me! It is so tight!
Jaune:*simply opened it with a small pop* Here you go Rubes.
Ruby: Thank you my strong knight.
Jaune: What?
Ruby: Nothing! *Dashed away*
Step 6: If he still oblivious, use a bit force
Jaune:*Only wearing a towel* Ruby! Return my clothes!
Ruby:*sniff his clothes while running* Jaune~I love your scent. *Drool*
Step 7: Insert Your Dominance
Jaune: What are you doing standing on my bed? Get down from there.
Ruby: Feel my dominance! *Proceed to T Pose*
Step 8: Always have small and constant physical contacts.
Jaune:*managed to beat Cardin*
Ruby: Nice work Jaune! *Slap his ass with a nice and firm squeeze*
Jaune: Eeeep!
Step 9: To enforce your desire for him, always remember to imagine a life with him
Ruby:*panting and moaning in bed and under the covers* Jaune! Ahh! Harder! Deeper!
Weiss, Blake and Yang covered their ears as they curse, secretly listening and cried themselves to sleep.
Step 10: If all hope is lost, Just confess
Ruby: Jaune. I like you. Would you be my boyfriend?
Jaune: Sure Ruby. I like you too. Want to see a movie tonight?
Ruby: Sure. I would love too.
Jaune: It's a date. *Kiss her lightly on the lips*
Ruby:*blushed hard*
There you have it. Follow these simple steps and the oblivious charming knight will be yours.
P/s: This steps will also works on an oblivious male ninja, oblivious female ninja, oblivious female brawler, oblivious female heiress, oblivious female babrbarian and other individual that start with an oblivious adjective.
Jaune: *read the steps written on the paper* I wonder if this will work on a certain oblivious female reaper.
This is what I want from a Team STRQ prequel, this is all I want.
Just give us four sets of like six or eight episodes each, summarizing them going through Beacon. Leave the drama out, I just want the action and hijinks.
Do you think Raven always assumed she was going to be tribe leader, and similar to Weiss took offense to Summer being chosen as leader over her, because she felt like she was meant for the leadership role? Except, unlike Weiss approaching Port and just inquiring about it normally, Raven was super salty and extra about it and snuck into Ozpin's office, so as to confront him when he walks in, swivelling round in his own chair like "So, Professor Ozpin. I'd like to discuss you reconsidering the leader for team STRQ" Or just straight up trying to sneak up and fight him to prove herself as a strong and worthy leader.
And Oz for a while not actually giving her an straight answer and just sort of going with it because it's infinitely entertaining and good training.
well i do now!!
the first time raven sneaks into ozpin’s office, she overshoots the chair turn completely. she’s never actually sat on a chair that swivels like that before and uses way too much force. she recovers pretty quickly, but it doesn’t go unnoticed by ozpin who’s really trying to keep his face neutral and not smile.
(he’s somewhat successful in that.)
raven’s never been good at making convincing arguments, so obviously, it didn’t work. so sneak attacks it is. every other student and even some of the teachers are flabbergasted because you can’t just attack The Headmaster like that, but ozpin’s just like “good morning miss branwen :) i believe your first class of the day is on the opposite side of the campus :)” in the middle of their little fight.
when none of this works, raven turns to looking for information about ozpin. for blackmail reasons. totally something that a leader would do, if you ask her.
she doesn’t find much, other than the mystery of “what is ozpin drinking from his mug”. it’s not coffee, and it’s not tea, that much she knows. her whole plan of blackmailing him is ruined when ozpin just. straight up tells her that it’s hot chocolate. and raven would be much saltier about it if she wasn’t also curious of finding out what the hell hot chocolate even is, and not knowing what hot chocolate is? that’s not something ozpin can stand for.
so the next time raven sneaks into ozpin’s office, ozpin’s ready and he has hot chocolate prepared. and raven would be extra salty, because how dare he know she was coming, but also how dare this drink be so good. so she can’t stay that mad for long, but by gods she tries.
ozpin eventually gives her an straight answer... probably. but by the time that happens, raven has completely forgotten what this all was originally about, that’s how sidetracked she got. the message is still received, sure, and if anyone asks?
raven has never snuck into ozpin’s office for hot chocolate. that has never happened, and she certainly didn’t keep sneaking in after the first time just for that reason. nope, no sir.
Yang: Jaune, your whole family is kinda badass.
Jaune: Ha ha. Yeah, I like to think so.
Yang: And I’m a badass...
Jaune: Well, yeah. That was never in question.
Yang: So I’m gonna be in your family!
Jaune: You’re gonna- Yang that’s not how that works.
Mama Arc: *From the other room* It’s how I ended up here!
Taiyang: Yang, where?
Ruby: Don’t tell-
Yang: *Playing on her scroll* Across the hall, blond guy.
Ruby: Yang! How could you!
Taiyang: Ruby, I just wanna talk to him...
Ruby: Dad! Jaune’s nice! you don’t have to-
Taiyang: *Knocking on JNPR’s dorm room door* I just wanna shoot him...
Ruby: Daddy no!
Taiyang: *Still knocking* Daddy yes!
Jaune: *Opens door, in pajamas* Hello?
Taiyang: Jaune Arc?
Jaune: Yes?
Ruby: Jaune get bac-!
Taiyang: *Levels shotgun with Jaune’s chest and fires, knocking Jaune back into the room*
Ruby: *Screams, running in after him*
Taiyang: Listen, Sweetie, I know that seems drastic but there are-
Yang: *Walking into the hall* Waaait for it...
Taiyang: What? Wait for-
Jaune: Ahhhh, ow that hurts...fuuuck...this was my last clean shirt...
Taiyang:...what?
*Both Xiao Longs look through the doorway. Just in time to see Ruby pulling what was left of Jaune’s t-shirt off, revealing a massive bruise on the boy’s chest, but no other visible injury*
Taiyang: What?
Yang: Yeah, didn’t work when I tried that either, Loverboy is...sturdy...
Taiyang: That should have at least knocked him- *Gets tackled by Prof. Port*
Yang: *Sitting down by her quickly hogtied father* At least I did mine when he had armor on, did even less...
Taiyang: This could not get worse...
Yang: Well, Ruby did have fun playing nurse last time, I don’t know if they ended up at second base or third by the end, Ruby wouldn’t say, you might wanna send some condoms along with your apology note, Wingman-in-law.
Taiyang: *Groans against the floor*
Ruby: daddy i have a boyfriend
Tai: really?
Ruby: his name is jaune.
Tai:(holding a shotgun) and where does jaune live?
Ruby:...
How likely would it be to see Willow molotov the Hound?
You're laughing. Willow schnee is about to druken fist with the hound rock lee style and you're laughing.