History Fanfic / LinkedInLifeAndLove

* AdultFear: The reason Raven left is that, after five years of assassination attempts the Cult of Salem convinced a five year old boy to give her a toy top as a reward for saving his village, upon returning home she gave it to her daughters, Yang [[spoiler: and Ruby]] to play with, only for it to explode in the middle of the living room, right in front of, a then ''four years old'', Yang.

* ChosenConceptionPartner: [[spoiler: Taiyang turns out to be this for Raven, who was in a relationship with Summer Rose. Yang was the result.]]

* {{Irony}}: Roman collapses into MirthlessLaughter when he finds out that Ruby stopping his robbery was the reason she was admitted early into Beacon Academy and why she and her team has been a constant thorn in his side.

* TheNicknamer: Roman has this habit. He calls Adam Taurus "Bully Boy", Team RWBY "Little Red", "Ice Queen", "Kitty-Cat" and "Sunshine" respectively, and [[spoiler:Summer, Raven, Qrow and Taiyang "Sis", "Brainy Bird", "Birdbrain" and "Musclehead" respectively]].

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11689623/1/Linked-in-Life-and-Love Linked in Life and Love]]'' is a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fanfic written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3217679/l-OmegaInfinity-l | OmegaInfinity |]].

* CompositeCharacter: An odd and comedic example. [[spoiler: Raven was actually the bird that Ruby collided with at the start of initiation.]]

* [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou Mommy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You]]: A main reason why Raven couldn't stick around to raise the girls is that she was the target of a very persistent lynch mob, specifically [[spoiler: the Cult of Salem who were looking for the user of the Silver Eyes. With Summer in no shape to do any fighting at the time, [[IAmSpartacus Raven said that she was the Silver-Eyed maiden]] and became the target of the mob]]. After they escalated to assassinations, Raven decided the risk was too great for her family and chose to stay away.

* IAmSpartacus: In STRQ's backstory: [[spoiler: After Summer used the power of the Silver Eyes to wipe out a horde of Grimm, a Cult of Salem lynch mob came looking for the user of the Silver Eyes who had just erased their entire Grimm army. With Summer unconscious, Raven proclaims herself the Silver-Eyed user and manages to give the mob the slip... for that instance at least.]]

* HasTwoMommies: [[spoiler: Turns out that it was Summer and Raven that were the OfficialCouple of STRQ, and the parents of Ruby and Yang ([[HomoesexualReproduction biological in the former's case]]). Taiyang was just the biological father of the latter and godfather to both.]]

* IAmSpartacus: After Summer [[spoiler: uses the power of the Silver Eyes to wipe out an entire horde of Grimm, a Cult of Salem lynch mob, who had just lost their army of Grimm, comes looking for the user of the Silver Eyes. With Summer unconscious, Raven proclaims herself the Silver-Eyed user and manages to give the mob the slip... for that instance at least.]]

** Winter has one when she sees [[spoiler: Ruby, Blake and Yang using the Schnee family glyph Semblance]].

* [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou Mommy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You]]: A main reason why Raven couldn't stick around to raise the girls is that she was the target of a very persistent lynch mob, specifically [[spoiler: the Cult of Salem who were looking for the user of the Silver Eyes. With Summer in no shape to do any fighting at the time, [[IAmSpartacus Raven said that she was the Silver-Eyed maiden]] and became the target of the mob]]. After they escalated to assassinations, Raven decided the risk was too great for her family and took off.

* PowerHigh: Weiss and Blake find out that [[spoiler: using Ruby's SuperSpeed]] is incredibly addictive. But just like any high, when a high comes down, it can crash hard, especially if [[spoiler: you're going so fast you forget to breathe]].

* PrideBeforeAFall: [[spoiler: Team STRQ]] experience this right out of graduation. Hailed as Beacon Academy's best, and high on the cockiness of youth, they accept a mission that has them facing an entire horde of Grimm that would be a challenge for ''five'' teams, and [[SuicidalOverconfidence decided to take it all on instead of calling for backup]]. It was a literal miracle they all made it out alive.

** Also turns out to be the case for [[spoiler: Summer and Raven, back in the day. They were the OfficialCouple of Team STRQ; Taiyang was never romantically involved with either of them (though he is godfather to Ruby and Yang at least, and biological father of the latter).]]

* RevengeBeforeReason: When he learns about his ex Blake finding new mates, Adam Taurus is so incensed that he's willing to throw away all his available resources and jeopardize their plans to deal with her, and neither Cinder nor Roman is happy with that - though for very different reasons.

** Villainous (or {{Anti Villain}}ous) example: Neo refuses to abandon Roman even when he can't pay her and [[spoiler: turning on Adam Taurus, and by extension, Cinder]].

* CannotSpitItOut: The surviving members of Team STRQ seem to have some hang-up about [[spoiler: telling Ruby and Yang the truth of what happened to their parents]], especially Raven. [[spoiler: [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Roman takes some serious offense to that.]]]]

* [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou Mommy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You]]: While we don't know what it is yet, Raven and [[spoiler:Roman]] have hinted that Raven's disappearance was part of some sort of plan. Although [[spoiler: Roman]] takes offense at the fact that Raven hasn't told Yang or Ruby anything about it.

* PapaWolf: The chapter where Ghira Belladonna finds out about Adam's actions and what he did to both his organization and especially to his daughter is titled "Papa Panther". The only other detail needed is that it involves Ghira FlippingTheTable.

** Also turns out to be the case for [[spoiler: Summer and Raven, back in the day. They were the OfficialCouple of Team STRQ; Taiyang was never romantically involved with either of them.]]

* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler: Roman]] finds the sudden appearance of Ruby and Yang very unnerving, considering how much they look like their mothers. He ends up resorting to [[spoiler: attacking them with a Paladin warmech]] just to confirm his suspicions and to find if they're the real deal, and the silver-eyed and red-eyed angry glares he gets do the trick.

* TheNicknamer: Roman has this habit. He calls Adam Taurus "Bully Boy", Team RWBY "Little Red", "Ice Queen", "Kitty-Cat" and "Sunshine" respectively, and [[spoiler: Raven, Qrow and Taiyang "Brainy Bird", "Birdbrain" and "Musclehead" respectively]].

* ExplosiveResults: Ruby's first attempt at [[spoiler: using a Schnee summoning glyph while still learning the basics]] blows up in her face.

* InterspeciesRomance: Human-Faunus relationships are of course present in this story, but they're a little more complicated than at first blush, since humans can't give a Faunus a Mate's Mark, meaning that the MindlinkMates relationship would be completely one-sided. Luckily, Weiss is smart and resourceful enough to find another solution for all four of them.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Roman gets absolutely livid when he hears [[spoiler: from Raven that Ruby and Yang still don't know the truth of what happened between Team STRQ]], completely ruining his plan of getting them out of danger.

* TheNoseKnows: Faunus can smell when a person is mated to another Faunus.

* BavarianFireDrill: With a dash of ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections - when she encounters two Atlassian soldiers who are looking for [[RobotGirl Penny]], Weiss uses her (completely bogus) rights as a Schnee to not only get Penny out of trouble for running away, but allow her to spend the rest of the day with her and Ruby. Especially when she suggests calling Winter to clarify things and the soldiers decide it's not worth the trouble.

* InstantExpert: Ha ha ha, [[DefiedTrope no.]] Just because [[spoiler: Team RWBY can use each other's Semblances now, that does not give them the knowledge of ''how'' to use them. They have to go through a lot of training in order to fully master their new abilities.]]

* MistakenForRacist: On an occasion when Weiss bumps into Velvet and Coco (literally in the former's case), Coco takes offense to what she sees as a Schnee mistreating a Faunus friend. Weiss does a good job in defusing it though.

* VillainousValour: Neo takes offense to Roman insinuating that she'd jump ship as soon as he can't pay her, especially since [[spoiler: he's attempting the admittedly suicidal mission of taking out Adam Taurus and going against the White Fang]], and throws an envelope of money back in his face to tell him that she doesn't care about the money, she's still sticking by him.

--> '' Because you all just lost a teammate. [[spoiler: '''I lost my sister''']]!''

*** When Cardin and his team first see Blake [[spoiler: with her ears exposed]] and [[FantasticRacism move to start hassling her]], they get a DeathGlare from not only the rest of her team, but most of team JNPR as well. Nora is the only one smiling, but that's because she's letting [[GunboatDiplomacy Magnhild's appearance on her lap]] do the glaring for her.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: [[spoiler: Roman]] says as much when talking about Team STRQ and the weird dynamic their daughters were born in.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Kojak, a bear Faunus that has grown up in the rough side of Faunus FantasticRacism, may be a jerk in how he condemned Blake for mating with a Schnee and tried to out her when they disagreed, but his points about Blake hiding her animal features because she's ashamed of being a Faunus and how she could've been a symbol for their race instead hit more close to home than she'd like to admit.

* MindlinkMates: Generally the focus of the fic. These links are a normal part of Faunus mating and are formed by essentially implanting a piece of one's aura in another. They allow emotion sharing as well as a general feeling of the location of a Faunus' partner(s). They also allow something referred to as "instinct sharing" where one partner can send an action or series of actions to another. In rare cases the mixing of auras creates what is known as an Affinity, which is a kind of "second Semblance." [[spoiler: In Team RWBY's case, this ends up being Semblance sharing, essentially allowing all four girls to use each others Semblances.]]

* RevengeBeforeReason: When he learns about his ex Blake finding new mates, Adam Taurus is so incensed that he's willing to throw all his available resources and jeopardize their plans to deal with her, and neither Cinder nor Roman is happy with that - though for very different reasons.

* AntiVillain: Roman and Neo are heading this way with the reveal that [[spoiler: Ruby and Yang are Roman's nieces and that he used to be close to all of Team STRQ.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Not only do Ruby, Weiss, and Yang do this when Blake finds herself being harassed by a faunus over her choice to mate a Schnee, but Penny pulls off a pretty nice save when she shows up at the bot fight just in time to prevent Yang from being punted off the freeway.

* BlessedWithSuck: Turns out Ruby's SuperSpeed Semblance isn't as fun as first thought, when it's revealed she focuses her aura into her ''heart'' to accelerate it and her body, with the side effects of her body thinking that something is wrong and giving her the feeling of a panic attack. Luckily, Ruby has had many years of using her Semblance for her body to get used to it; [[spoiler: her teammates, not so much]].

* FantasticRacism: Plenty of it. Blake is repeatedly shown to be afraid to reveal her more animalistic traits out of fear of rejection. The pharmacy Blake goes to has a sign that says ''Faunus Welcome''. Which Yang notes shouldn't be necessary and implies that Faunus are not welcome in many others. There is also Kojak's hatred of the Schnee and specifically Blake's relationship with one due to the mistreatment his family suffered, as well as his disgust at her hiding her race.

* PapaWolf: The chapter where Ghira Belladonna finds out about Adam's actions and what he did to both his organization and especially to his daughter is titled "Papa Panther". Self-explanatory.

* RevengeBeforeReason: When he learns about his ex Blake finding new mates, Adam Taurus is so incensed that he's willing to throw all his available resources to dealing with her, and neither Cinder nor Roman is happy with that.

* StunnedSilence: [[NotSoStoic Winter Schnee]] gets this, complete with JawDrop, when she witnesses [[spoiler: all three of her sister's Mates creating glyphs, their family's own Semblance.]]

** Yang's Semblance is apparently similar to her father Taiyang's: both can [[EnergyAbsorption absorb kinetic energy]] and enhance their strength with it, but while Yang can amplify the energy absorbed, she cannot store it for very long before it has to be released, whereas her father can only return as much energy as he absorbs, but can stack and store it for effectively forever. This is PlayedForDrama, since Taiyang had tried to teach Yang to use her Semblance ''exactly'' like his, causing a lot of pain, frustration, and shattered bones before they finally realized the problem.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: [[spoiler: Roman]] has this very vitriolic relationship with Raven and pretty much the rest of her old team. Understandable since [[spoiler: his sister used to lead it]].
* YouAreNotAlone: When Team JNPR first see Blake in public with her ears on full display, they waste no time telling her that they have no problems with her being a Faunus whatsoever.
** When Cardin and his team first see Blake [[spoiler: with her ears exposed]] and [[FantasticRacism move to start hassling her]], they get a DeathGlare from not only the rest of her team, but most of team JNPR as well. Nora is the only one smiling, but that's because she's letting [[GunboatDiplomacy Magnhild's appearance on her lap]] do the glaring for her.

A Pollination fic without Enabler, Linked in Life and Love focuses mainly on the relationship between the girls of team RWBY all the while moving towards an earlier than canon conflict with Adam Taurus who's not too happy about his ex sleeping with the enemy.

--> '''[[spoiler: Roman]]:''' Between Silver Eyes mom, Bandit Queen mom, bad luck uncle, and [[spoiler: conman uncle]], not to mention Taiyang 'wouldn't-hurt-a-fly-but-can-crush-a-freaking-mountain-with-his-''pinky''-anyway' Xiao-Long... Even if everything had gone all sunshine and rainbows fur su, those kids were doomed to weirdness from day one.

* [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou Mommy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You]]: While we don't know what it is yet, Raven and [[spoiler:Roman]] have hinted that Raven's disappearance was part of some sort of plan.
* TheNicknamer: Roman has this habit. He calls Adam Taurus "Bully Boy", Ruby, Blake and Yang "Little Red", "Kitty-Cat" and "Sunshine" respectively, and [[spoiler: Raven, Qrow and Taiyang "Brainy Bird", "Birdbrain" and "Musclehead" respectively]].

* PapaWolf: The chapter where Ghira Belladonna finds out about Adam's actions and what he did to both his organization and his daughter is titled "Papa Panther". Self-explanatory.

* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Winter reveals that to use her family's glyphs, they must know exactly how the effect they're trying to replicate works. So, if one tries to use a gravity-cancelling glyph, they have to know exactly how gravity works. [[spoiler: Ruby and Yang aren't that excited at the prospect of so much book-learning]].

* StunnedSilence: Winter Schnee gets this when she witnesses [[spoiler: her sister's Mate Ruby creating glyphs, their family's own Semblance.]]

* WithFriendsLikeThese: [[spoiler: Roman]] has this relationship with Raven and pretty much the rest of her team. Understandable since [[spoiler: his sister used to lead it]].

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Downplayed; Blake remembers the events leading up to team RWBY's first night together, but the details of the act itself got lost in the heat.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Kojak, a bear Faunus that has grown up in the rough side of Faunus FantasticRacism, may be a jerk in how he condemned Blake for mating with a Schnee and tried to out her when they disagreed, but his points about Blake hiding her Faunus side because she's ashamed of it and how she could've been a symbol for their race instead hit more close to home than she'd like to admit.
* MindlinkMates: Generally the focus of the fic. These links are a normal part of faunus mating and are formed by essentially implanting a piece of one's aura in another. They allow emotion sharing as well as a general feeling of the location of a Faunus' partner(s). They also allow something referred to as "instinct sharing" where one partner can send an action or series of actions to another. In rare cases the mixing of auras creates what is known as an Affinity. A kind of "second Semblance." [[spoiler: In Team RWBY's case, this ends up being Semblance sharing, essentially allowing all four girls to use each others Semblances.]]

* YouAreNotAlone: When Cardin and his team first see Blake [[spoiler: with her ears exposed]] and [[FantasticRacism move to start hassling her]], they get a DeathGlare from not only the rest of her team, but most of team JNPR as well. Nora is the only one smiling, but that's because she's letting [[GunboatDiplomacy Magnhild's appearance on her lap]] do the glaring for her.

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Downplayed; Blake remembers the events leading up to team RWBY's first night together, but the details of the act itself got lost in the heat.

In an AU where faunus go into heat once a month, which they usually control via pharmaceuticals, Blake finds herself without her medication and the school on lockdown. Trapped with her teammates she is determined to ride it out through sheer willpower, but finds to her surprise that her teammates are willing to help her in her hour of need, even if it is awkward as all hell. In the aftermath, they find that maybe their feelings for each other are more than they ever suspected.

* FantasticRacism: Plenty of it. Blake is repeatedly shown to be afraid to reveal her more animalistic traits out of fear of rejection. The pharmacy Blake goes to has a sign that says ''Faunus Welcome''. Which Yang notes shouldn't be necessary and implies that faunus are not welcome in many others. There is also Kojack's hatred of the Schnee and specifically Blake's relationship with one due to the mistreatment his family suffered, as well as his disgust at her hiding her race.
* ForWantOfANail: Neo raided Beacon's student database looking for info on the students from the Season 1 finale battle. This causes the school to go into lockdown and triggers the whole plot.
* MindlinkMates: Generally the focus of the fic. These links are a normal part of faunus mating and are formed by essentially implanting a piece of ones aura in another. They allow emotion sharing as well as a general feeling of the location of a faunus' partner(s). They also allow something referred to as "instinct sharing" where one partner can send an action or series of actions to another. In rare cases the mixing of auras creates what is known as an affinity. A kind of "second semblance." [[spoiler: In Team RWBY's case, this ends up being semblance sharing, essentially allowing all four girls to use each others semblances.]]

* SiblingIncest: Averted. Repeatedly. With a lot of shouted denials and disgusted reactions.