History Fanfic / FightingForTheFuture

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Watts and Cinder are shown to really hate having to work with each other despite working for Salem. Watts even gloats to Cinder's face that she can't do anything to him because of how necessary he is to Salem's plans.

* CardboardPrison: Averted. Weiss was frequently kept sedated so as to prevent her from using her Semblance while in the institution. Her previous attempts to escape ended in failure and it took years to finally succeed.

* BroughtDownToBadass: Thanks to the nature of her time travel, Weiss only has the memories of her future self and not her combat experience, so she needs to relearn how to fight effectively. She does, however, retain her glyphs and summons at the same level that they were at post-Volume 7, which she puts to good use when the White Fang attack a ship she was on. It's also stated by the doctors at the mental institution that if she weren't regularly sedated, she'd have broken out a long time ago.

* EveryonesDeadDave: Weiss' nightmare in "Shadows, Part 7" implies that Salem [[spoiler:killed everyone and she was the only survivor in the previous timeline]].

* WreckedWeapon: Qrow's Harbinger gets shattered by [[spoiler:a Semblence-enhanced bullet from Adam]]. However, between his experience and Beacon's resources, it only takes a few days for Qrow to completely repair it.

* BroughtDownToBadass: Thanks to the nature of her time travel, Weiss only has the memories of her future self and not her combat experience, so she needs to relearn how to fight effectively. She does, however, retain her glyphs and summons at the same level that they were at post-Volume 7, which she puts to good use when the White Fang attack a ship she was on.

* RetiredBadass: Maria Calavera, the former Grimm Reaper, is living quietly in Mistral, with only a few cats for company. Ozpin tracks her down and offers her a teaching position at Beacon, which she's all too happy to accept.

* BroughtDownToBadass: Thanks to the nature of her time travel, Weiss only has the memories of her future self and not her combat experience, so she needs to relearn how to fight effectively. She does however, retain her glyphs and summons at the same level that they were at post-Volume 7, which she puts to good use when the White Fang attack a ship she was on.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Blake ends leaving the White Fang years earlier than in canon, as she sees Adam's true character due to [[spoiler:the attack on Beacon]], as well as a personal appeal from Weiss.

* RetiredBadass: Maria Calavera, the former Grimm Reaper, is living quitely in Mistral, with only a few cats for company. Ozpin tracks her down and offers her a teaching position at Beacon, which she's all too happy to accept.

* EvilVsEvil: To speed up Adam's capture, Sienna puts a bounty on his head which results in him and a group of his renegade White Fang fighting Roman Torchwick and Neo. [[spoiler:The latter win]].

* BedlamHouse: Heavily downplayed, but the mental institution Weiss was stuck in for six years did her few favors. She was forced to take regular Aura-suppressant drugs after several escape attempts, she talks to hallucinations of her old teammates, and when the story starts she's made a RoomFullOfCrazy. Even after escaping, it takes some time for Weiss to wean herself off the drugs, and she still sometimes has difficulty distinguishing her memories from reality.

* TalkingToThemself: Thanks to her years in the Asylum, Weiss frequently imagines having conversations with her teammates in her head, either complimenting an idea "Ruby" came up with or calling "Yang" out on making a terrible pun.

* EvilVsEvil: To speed up Adam's capture, Sienna puts a bounty on his head which results in a group of his renegade White Fang fighting Roman Torchwick and Neo. [[spoiler:The latter win]].

* MentalTimeTravel: Neither Weiss herself nor her mind are actually sent back to the past, but rather her memories from Volume 1-7 are. It's also a major [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstruction]] as the memories overwhelmed the eight-year-old Weiss, and her attempt to arrest her father got her locked up in a mental asylum. In addition, by the time the story starts she has trouble recalling some of the less important memories.

* StupidEvil: Once the news of Weiss being on the run spreads, Sienna Khan orders Adam to capture her, seeing a chance to strengthen the White White by blackmailing the SDC. However, [[spoiler:Adam's failed attempt to do so by attacking Beacon Academy ''infuriates'' Sienna, considering it heavily damaged the White Fang's reputation and mobilized the Kingdoms against them.]] Adam's utter refusal to admit it was a mistake leads to an EnemyCivilWar within the Fang.

* StupidEvil: Once the news of Weiss being on the run spreads, Sienna Khan orders Adam to capture her, seeing a chance to strengthen the White White by blackmailing the SDC. However, [[spoiler:Adam's failed attempt to do so by attacking Beacon Academy ''infuriates'' Sienna, considering it heavily damaged the White Fang's reputation and mobilized the Kingdoms against them]]. [[NeverMyFault Adam's utter refusal to admit it was a mistake]] leads to an EnemyCivilWar within the White Fang.

* ReluctantRetiree: Ozpin confronts Lionheart about his RegretfulTraitor status, and has him publicly announce his retirement, after which he's SentIntoHiding
* StupidEvil: Once the news of Weiss being on the run spreads, Sienna Khan orders Adam to capture her, seeing a chance to strengthen the White White by blackmailing the SDC. However, [[spoiler:Adam's failed attempt to do so by attacking Beacon Academy ''infuriates'' Sienna, considering it heavily damaged the White Fang's reputation and mobilized the Kingdoms against them.]] Adam's utter refusal to admit it was a mistake leads to an EnemyCivilWar within the Fang.

* BroughtDownToBadass: Thanks to the nature of her time travel, Weiss only has the memories of her future self and not her combat experience, so she needs to relearn how to fight effectively. She does however, retain her glyphs and summons at the same level that they were at post-Volume 7, which she puts to good effect when the White Fang attack a ship she was on.

* MentalTimeTravel: Neither Weiss herself nor her mind are actually sent back to the past, but rather her memories from Volume 1-7 are. Ends up being a DeconstructedTrope since she gets overwhelmed by them at first and is sent to a mental asylum after trying to arrest her father.

* MentalTimeTravel: Neither Weiss herself nor her mind are actually sent back to the past, but rather her memories from Volume 1-7 are. Ends up being a DeconstructedTrope since she gets overwhelmed by them at first and is sent to a mental asylum after trying to arrest her father.

* MentalTimeTravel: Weiss herself nor her mind are actually sent back to the past, but rather her memories from Volume 1-7 are. Ends up being a DeconstructedTrope since she gets overwhelmed by them at first and is sent to a mental asylum after trying to arrest her father.

[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/fighting-for-the-future-rwby-time-travel-fic.822176/ Fighting for the Future]] is a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} PeggySue fic written by Gladsome Praetorian. The story follows Weiss Schnee who, after escaping from a mental asylum, seeks to ensure that the future she remembers does not come to pass.

* MetalTimeTravel: Weiss herself nor her mind are actually sent back to the past, but rather her memories from Volume 1-7 are. Ends up being a DeconstructedTrope since she gets overwhelmed by them at first and is sent to a mental asylum after trying to arrest her father.