History Fanfic / LostToDust

** [[spoiler:Qrow experiencing heart pain whenever he tries to tell anyone the truth about Abigail Williams]] is modeled on the "Return By Death" curse from ''LightNovel/ReZero''.

* BreakTheCutie: Ruby is reduced to tears when Charlemagne reveals that he does blame her for Astolfo's death, claims that Huntsmen are selfish, unlike heroes, then declares that Ruby is not a hero.

* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Nikushimi stabs Nightingale in the right eye, blinding it. Her eye later heals.]]

** Gilgamesh saves Yang from losing an arm and comments it is not easy to recover from that kind of injury, referencing how in canon, Yang lost her arm and spent months moping.

** When Sienna Khan's arrows cannot pentrate Mori Nagayoshi's armor, Sigurd loans her some of his daggers, which can pentrate.

* AGlassInTheHand: When Achilles pisses off Sienna Khan by saying the White Fang's path of violence achieves nothing except causing pain and creating monsters like the White Fang Killer, she crushes the armrest on her throne.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Raven returns home to her tribe to find Quetzalcoatl killed everyone, including her friend Vernal, in order to goad her into a fight.

* NotSoDifferent: Kiritsugu Emiya says he was a killing machine until the day he saved an orphan named Shirou, which gave his life meaning. Roman Torchwick says he understands, as he was a petty criminal who one day saved an orphan named Neopolitan.

** "Heads Will Roll": [[spoiler:Kairi revives Ozpin's head. He confirms that the Woman in Black decapitated him and turned his body into the Headless Hunter. The Headless Hunter has killed everyone Ozpin could have potentially reincarnated into, including Oscar, meaning Ozpin is OutOfContinues. Ozpin has given up hope and begs to die. The Headless Hunter attacks them, but King Hassan shows up, devours Ozpin's head, and incinerates the Headless Hunter. King Hassan tells Kairi's group that he is on their side.]]

* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Nikushimi stabs Nightingale in the right eye, blinding it.]]

** Three more White Fang Killers are Hijikata Toshizou, Mori Nagayoshi, and Okada Izou.

* StressVomit: Weiss vomits after her group finds a White Fang base with a lot of massacred corpses.

* ThePowerOfHate: Nikushimi's hatred was so strong that even after getting decapitated and then a Boarbatusk eating her corpse, she was able to possess it, then reform her body into Atalanta Alter/Atalante. [[spoiler:Later, when she is shot in the head, her hatred allows her to survive by possessing Blake.]]

* BrokenPedestal: Brandamante started out as a fan of Mordred, but hates her after Mordred defends Ruby, whom she hates.

* ThePowerOfHate: Nikushimi's hatred was so strong that even after getting decapitated and then a Boarbatusk eating her corpse, she was able to possess it, then reform her body into Atalanta Alter/Atalante.

* SupernormalBindings: The White Fang holds Achilles with chains with Runes on them that make him unable to break them.

* BerserkButton: Minamoto no Raikou gets very angry when someone calls having a child a mistake. To her, children are miracles and they are ''never'' a mistake.

** While Downplayed, Scathach isn't amused when Qrow is kissed by [[spoiler: Kaiara]], and glares at him for doing so.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Oryou gets really angry when she notices Neo taking a liking to Sakamoto Ryouma. During their exhibition match, she tries to ''eat'' Neo.

** Quetzalcoatl generates heat to make all of Raven's weapons explode.

* ImNotAHeroIm: Sakamoto says he doesn't think of himself as a hero, just a guy who doesn't like to see people get killed.

* ICantFeelMyLegs: When Quetzalcoatl breaks Raven's back, she says that she can't feel or move her legs.