History Fanfic / TheGamesWePlayTheGamerRWBY

* SecretIdentity: To quote a comment, Jaune [[spoiler: regularly LARPs as the reincarnation of a mythical magical tiger-man, while in actuality he's "merely" super-consciously aping the techniques, body, and role of a reincarnated mythical magical tiger-man. One of his enemies is the host of an ultra-powerful qliphothic crystalline superweapon, who is LARPing as an terrorist, who is LARPing as an ordinary student, and he escapes her attention by personally LARPing as a qliphothic biological weapon, who is LARPing as a reincarnated mythical magical tiger-man. His oversoul LARPs as and gives life to various elemental forces, including himself. He's also two different people, simultaneously, who are also the same person,]] who are also both him.

* SuperWeight: [[spoiler:Jaune’s powers, so far, managed to progress from Tier 0 (Muggle Weight) to Tier 5 (World Weight). His arch-nemesis is currently a [[SealedEvilInACan sealed]] Tier 6 (Cosmic Weight).]]

* DropTheHammer: Jacques uses a hammer as his primary weapon.
* EatMe/[[ChestBurster Throat Burster]]: Can be also catalogued under AttackItsWeakPoint.

* PowersAsPrograms: Even skills that’ve been honed throughout someone’s life can be copied by Jaune or his brothers. Improvement through stat points also applies.

* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler:Conquest, a bacterial Grimm that infects others to turn them into thralls and is a ForTheEvulz sadist, causes his victims to grow white armour.]]

* CoolPet[=/=]TalkingAnimal: Tiangou, a dog Jaune rescues from the streets who eventually gains the ability to talk [[spoiler:and grow to massive size.]]

* PinocchioSyndrome: Penny.

* MrExposition: Keter starts like this, then eventually turns into a DeusExMachina device.

* DeusExMachina / DiabolusExMachina: Both are applicable. Plot’s advancement often relies upon Jaune rolling a [[CriticalFailure Natural 1]] (even though it’s given another layer of explanation later on). His survival and profiteering afterwards sometimes relies on rolling a subsequent [[CriticalHit Natural 20]].

* AdultFear: Jaune's mother has a talk with Jaune about the possibility of losing him due to a Hunter's line of work, not helped by the fact that he went missing for a couple days because of his mission with the White Fang. [[spoiler:She had expressed similar concerns with Jaune's older sisters who wanted to become Huntresses, and she's distressed by the fact that they don't come and visit anymore.]]

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* ContagiousPowers[=/=]SuperEmpowering: The game mechanics of Jaune’s semblance allows his party members to spend five stat. points per gained level and thus get stronger much quicker than they’d otherwise be able to. Similarly he’s able to create high-level hunters from regular animals and plants.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Jaune’s skills often level-up or upgrade at the right moment to allow him to switch from the underdog to the winner.

* {{Expy}}: Cinder has similarities with Cinderella [[spoiler:(stepmother, stepsisters, deceased parents, etc)]]; Penny with Pinocchio; Tenne with [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Rip van Winkle]] (making bullets to do all sorts of crazy maneuvers).

* AmplifierArtifact / ArtifactOfDoom: Wearable loot dropped by bosses; the Black dust crystal.

* CharacterLevel / PowerLevels: One of the basic features of Jaune's Semblance let him achieve this, providing a steady development of his powers. Skills and Stats can be developed separately, though. Played with for other people, as their levels are more of a rationalization of their power and how they use it rather than raw capability - for one, Bianca's displayed level is actually below that of her true potential because she holds herself back out of fear of the massive collateral damage potential.

* ContagiousPowers / SuperEmpowering: The game mechanics of Jaune’s semblance allows his party members to spend five stat. points per gained level and thus get stronger much quicker than they’d otherwise be able to. Similarly he’s able to create high-level hunters from regular animals and plants.

* CoolPet / TalkingAnimal: Tiangou, a dog Jaune rescues from the streets who eventually gains the ability to talk [[spoiler:and grow to massive size.]]
* TheCorruption / SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler: The Dark Crystal; the Pandora Shells; the Red Rider.]]

* {{Cyborg}} / DisabilitySuperpower: James Ironwood, to the point that he’s likely to refuse an offer of limb regeneration simply because his cybernetic improvements are much better now.

* DefeatEqualsExplosion / SelfDestructMechanism: The first Hydra Jaune and co. fight eventually decides to construct a self destruct inside itself and blow everything up with a city-killing explosion.

* DemonicPossession / HeroicHost / SuperhumanTransfusion / CursedWithAwesome: Grimm bosses are able to possess humans through various means.

* EatMe / [[ChestBurster Throat Burster]]: Can be also catalogued under AttackItsWeakPoint.

* Filler / RecapEpisode: There are entire chapters devoted to Jaune ruminating over his current position and future plans, or him retelling what happened in previous chapters to one ally or another.

* ImmuneToMindControl / NoSell: Gamer’s Mind grants Jaune this passive skill, allowing him to sidestep doom artefacts’ mind control attempts.

* LevelGrinding / StatGrinding: The Gamer system uses a mix of this and normal levelling; Jaune can boost a particular stat by doing specific actions, but every time he gains a level, he also gains points that he can put into his stats for an immediate boost.

* TheManBehindTheMan / TheManBehindTheMonsters: In "The Final Round" [[spoiler:Jaune encounters a humanoid(presumably) being that is the source of the Grimm. The entity personally confirmed that any strange or illogical behavior on their parts, as seen by Jaune, his grandmother, and Ozpin, was him moving pieces along to advance his goals. So far, no one knows what his end game really is...]]

* MillionToOneChance: There are many improbable things that happen to support the plot’s advancement in the right / chosen direction. The narrator often highlights this, then [[HandWave handwaves]] it away.

* OneWingedAngel: The first Goliath they fight eventually grows himself an armour; their first Hydra evolves into an Ananta; [[spoiler:Cinder shows her true form when feeling threatened; any Grimm general \ Rider they kill turns into an avatar for Malkuth]].

* {{Railroading}} / TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: Some plot changes, that are made to work with canon, feel jagged and forced, while others feel like {{contrived coincidence}}s (e.g. how Jaune manages to unlock the right skills at the right time).

* RPGMechanicsVerse / SuddenGameInterface: The story’s genre makes these mandatory.

* ThirdActMisunderstanding / PoorCommunicationKills: Averted and highlighted. After careful deliberation Jaune decides to reveal the true nature of his powers to his allies; and once mentions that he wouldn’t want for his enemies to use such a secret against his team-mates at a crucial point.

* WeHaveReserves: The Grimm have always been said to benefit from this, but "Homeward" really drives it home — Jaune spends a night turning a ten kilometre sphere into an InstantDeathRadius, and come daybreak the Grimm are still pouring bodies into the breach like they were [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} the Imperial Guard]]. Same can be said about the substance that Grimms summon from another dimension to heal themselves.

* RealityEnsues:
** Throwing together thousands of unwillingly displaced people from many different walks of life doesn't lead to setting aside of differences and the formation of a new kingdom. Angry, confused and resentful, with those responsible for the displacement far away, those consigned to Menagerie find their anger turning inwards to each other. As a result, at least two faunus characters lost parents not to human racism but to faunus-on-faunus violence.
** TrainingFromHell from a young age, even when successful in making the trainees strong, also leaves them traumatised and hating the trainer.
** "Try Again". So it turns out that the slaughter of hordes of Grimm isn't exactly something that goes unnoticed; nobody might be in a hurry to shed tears over their demise, but the presence of powerful unknown parties makes people nervous, so Mistral has still had lookout machines installed in an attempt to track down the perpetrator.
** Once Jaune reaches the higher tiers of power, he recognises that against the sheer power [[PersonOfMassDestruction high-level Grimm and Huntsmen]] can bring to bear, 'throw a horde of basic mooks/redshirts with guns into the fray' quickly ceases to be a relevant strategy - at worst, the mooks would [[LudicrousGibs spontaneously evaporate]].
** Following from the above, Jaune also is forced to hold back a lot when outside Naraka or in occupied areas because when your basic punches start at building-wrecking, collateral damage would be massive otherwise. He is also clearly said to damage the environment with the strength and speed of his movements.
** Meeting with someone you haven't seen for decades isn't going to result in some heartfelt reunion. You'd be lucky if you even remember them.

* SuperSerum: [[spoiler: A cocktail made from billion souls, in this case.]]

* TrainingFromHell: How Jaune's mother trains him in "Shift". [[spoiler:[[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]], as it's mentioned that without his [[StoryBreakerPower Semblance]] Jaune wouldn't benefit from this type of training as much as he does, and that a normal person training like that would suffer mentally and physically. In fact, it's implied, and eventually [[WhamEpisod confirmed]], that their mother's training is the reason that Jaune's sisters avoid visiting home as much as possible, having been ''traumatized'' by her brutal methods.]]

* TrainingFromHell: How Jaune's mother trains him in "Shift". [[spoiler:[[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]], as it's mentioned that without his [[StoryBreakerPower Semblance]] Jaune wouldn't benefit from this type of training as much as he does, and that a normal person training like that would suffer mentally and physically. In fact, it's implied that their mother's training is the reason that Jaune's sisters avoid visiting home as much as possible.]]

** There’re also some references to Final Fantasy series.

-->Like a blanket.[[labelnote:explanation]]Implied that Jaune initially wanted to think "burial shroud".[[/labelnote]]

-->Isabella: Knowing where you stand is vital to any battle. Knowing when you have to fight and when you can avoid it, perhaps even more so.

* FantasticNuke: In "Hidden Enemies" Jaune discusses "Astrals", the result of Dust taken to its most destructive extremes. The two types he mentions are nuclear and space-manipulating.
** In Trial Run, Jaune gives a glimpse of Brahmastra, which is basically a Magic Nuke, with a decay status and lingering area of effect.

** In "Reunion" [[spoiler:Jaune sees off the Faunus refugees and catches up with Adam and Blake, after which he heads home and has a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming touching]] reunion with his parents... only to discover that his father had asked one of his friends to keep an eye on him, with the implication (confirmed shortly afterwards) being that it's [[TheChessMaster Ozpin]].]]

Is it still them? When you see things that strike you as familiar, are you just projecting things onto them or has something truly remained?

-->"Why would I quit?" I asked with a smile. "There's too much on the line for me to ever give up and…more than that, I've decided that this is what I want to do. So…I'll do it, whatever it takes, and go as far as I possibly can. Before all of this, I was always uncertain of everything and I guess I still am in a lot of ways, but at least this much I'm sure of. That asshole is up to something and he and the Grimm are playing some messed up game with the entire world—and whatever they're after, they've killed countless innocent people to get it. But…if this is a fucking game, then I'm going to win it, because I'm the fucking Gamer."

--> “I don’t see any point in making introductions to people I plan on killing."

-->Whelp. I was fucked.

-->"Sir?" I blinked at him as he turned back to me at last—and then, [[spoiler:with a snap of his fingers, made Naraka shatter, returning us to his office.]]

-->"How many?" My father finally asked and I switched tracks to try and count.

-->Then I just gave up.

-->"A lot," I said, finally looking up at him. The rest of his team was nearby, as was Ren's grandfather, all of them frowning at the ground. "[[spoiler:Thousands, tens of thousands, maybe more. There's a network of tunnels that…I can't feel the whole thing, but it's at least as big as this town.]]"

-->“Do you think he hasn't tried?" Ren asked. "Your master must have taught you well, but so did my grandfather. Don't underestimate [[spoiler:the students of Xuan Wu]], White Tiger. I can protect myself for a while."

-->You have received the Status Effect '[[spoiler:On A White Horse He Rides]] [Low].'

-->You have received the Status Effect '[[spoiler:Pandora Shell]] [Low].'

-->"I'm home," I said pointlessly as I opened the door and entered, knowing there'd be no reply.

-->Except there totally was.

-->[[spoiler:The Red Rider ]]
-->LV 50
-->Ruby Rose

-->[[spoiler:On A Red Horse He Rides [Low]]]

-->"Of course," I said. "My name in this life is Jaune Arc. And it is, as always, a pleasure to make your acquaintance."

-->???
-->LV ???
-->[[spoiler:Cinder Fall]]

-->"That," He said gravely. "Is not my name."

-->"They called us [[spoiler:the Brothers Grimm]]."

-->"If it's possible for souls to merge, however difficult," I continued. "Then what about the souls of a [[spoiler:parent and a child]]?"

-->There was a moment of stunned silence on Raven's part and careful contemplation on [[spoiler:Keter's]].

-->" [[spoiler:If it was a mother and a daughter, in close proximity, and aided by one of the Riders…then…" Keter mused aloud before flicking a wing and nodding. "It might be possible. Yes]]."

-->[[spoiler:Cinder]] was leaving the school, but not immediately. Instead, it would be in a matter of days. Two days, to be precise.

-->Either way, the explosion itself wasn't the worst part, or even the only thing I'd learned. As I looked through the smoke, I realized absently that this was the first time.

-->[[spoiler:That I'd seen a Grimm evolve, that is.]]

-->“Finally,” An unfamiliar voice said, the tone low as it interrupted my thoughts. [[spoiler:Gilgamesh]] continued to watch me as he quietly spoke. “You’ve kept me waiting for a very long time, Archangel.”
* WhatAnIdiot: Highlighted by Jaune’s grandmother in regards to the White Whale plot arc.
--> You survived—wonderful. But how close did you come to failing? How many times? [..] If you throw your life away pointlessly because you can’t accept a world where you aren’t perfect, where you can’t save everyone, that doesn’t make you brave. It doesn’t make you honorable. And it doesn’t make you a hero. It makes you an even bigger coward, for choosing to die instead of face the world—and in dying, you sacrifice all the lives you could have saved otherwise. That’s not heroic; it’s foolish.

* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler:Jaune's mother worries about her children choosing the Hunter lifestyle, fearing that they might one day fall in battle. To counteract this, she put all of her daughters, and Jaune now that he's awakened his Semblance, through TrainingFromHell to ensure that they'll survive whatever [[DeathWorld Remnant]] can throw at them. [[GoneHorriblyRight All of her daughters have survived to this day, but they avoid visiting as much as possible.]] To make it even sadder, in "Reintroductions" we see that Bianca at least hated her for it and refuses to acknowledge that it did anything to help make her stronger.]]

** Jaune's parents, Jacques and Isabella, are so strong that he can't even perceive their Levels for part of the story - which, given that he can see the level of anyone up to 50 levels above his own, shows how vast the difference in power is. After he beat [[spoiler:Penny]] his mother spent ''weeks'' wiping the floor with him effortlessly as training, without even using her Semblance. The only time we see him spar with his father, ''after'' Jaune killed a [[TheDreaded Goliath]], his father bats him through buildings without missing a beat.

* TheDreaded:
** The super-Grimm Crom Cruach. All you need to know is that Jaune's father, elite even for a Hunter, says in "Fortress Defense" to
-->call Ozpin and tell him to upgrade our status from 'Fucked' to 'Really, Really Fucked.'
** How do you know [[spoiler:Pandora Shells]] are very bad news? Two teams of experienced Hunters ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Jaune]]) have a MassOhCrap when they see one.
** The Super Grimm,[[spoiler:Ziz]] sends a whole squadron of hunters from Beacon in airships flying as quickly away as possible

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10571622/1/The-Games-We-Play The Games We Play]]'' (much-more-updated Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom discussion threads [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/rwby-the-gamer-the-games-we-play.306381/ #1]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/rwby-the-gamer-the-games-we-play-disk-two.308481/ #2]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/rwby-the-gamer-the-games-we-play-disk-three.310286/ #3]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/rwby-the-gamer-the-games-we-play-disk-four.311394/ #4]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/rwby-the-gamer-the-games-we-play-disk-five.341621/ #5]], Story only thread [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-games-we-play-rwby-the-gamer-ryuugi.351105/ here]]) is a ''Webcomic/TheGamer[=/=]WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' crossover fanfic by Ryuugi/rgm0005. It starts pre-series, with a pinch or two of AlternateUniverseFic..well, no, scratch that, more like a truck load of AlternateUniverseFic.