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* ''Webcomic/TheGreenhouse'': Riley pulls this off, successfully convincing Aris to [[spoiler:stop killing Red]] by saying that Liv will never forgive him if he continues.
-->'''[[spoiler:Liv's Grandmother]]:''' Using Liv was a dirty trick and you know it, Riley!
-->'''Riley:''' A dirty trick that worked. I can't ''believe'' it worked. Oh ''thank god'' it worked!
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** Maidens pass on their magic to a successor when they die. The successor can be chosen if the person in a dying Maiden's final thoughts are of an eligible female who is younger than 30. If the person the dying Maiden thinks is too old or not female, the magic will go to a random young woman. However, it is possible to exploit what a dying Maiden is thinking of as she dies; if an assassin is an eligible female, it's possible to force the dying Maiden to focus on her attacker, allowing the magic to pass to the assassin instead. It's also possible to manipulate this in medical cases, by ensuring the only people who have access to the dying Maiden's hospital bed is the desired eligible woman. In certain circumstances, a dying Maiden can also exploit this to counter the assassin's attempt to exploit the flaw. [[spoiler:Cinder and Raven become the Fall and Spring Maidens respectively by killing their predecessors. General Ironwood forbids anyone but Winter administering to the dying Fria's medical needs to control who obtains the Winter Maiden's powers. However, Cinder's assassination attempt results in Fria's power going to Penny instead. When Cinder fatally injures Penny, Penny seeks an assisted suicide from the ineligible Jaune for the purpose of redirecting her thoughts away from Cinder as she dies; she chooses Winter, knowing that Winter was meant to be the original recipient.]]

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** Maidens pass on their magic to a successor when they die. The successor can be chosen if the person in a dying Maiden's final thoughts are of an eligible female who is younger than 30. If the person the dying Maiden thinks is too old or not female, the magic will go to a random young woman. However, it is possible to exploit what a dying Maiden is thinking of as she dies; if an assassin is an eligible female, it's possible to force the dying Maiden dies by forcing her to focus on her attacker, allowing the magic a specific eligible female; this can benefit assassins, strategically chosen end-of-life carers, and can even be exploited by dying Maidens themselves if they want to pass to the assassin instead. It's also possible try and counter attempts to manipulate this in medical cases, by ensuring the only people who have access to the dying Maiden's hospital bed is the desired eligible woman. In certain circumstances, a dying Maiden can also exploit this to counter the assassin's attempt to exploit the flaw. [[spoiler:Cinder and Raven become the Fall their choices. [[spoiler:Both Cinder and Spring Maidens respectively by killing Maiden gain their predecessors. powers through assassination and General Ironwood forbids anyone but tries to make Winter administering to the dying Fria's successor by controlling her end-of-life medical needs to control who obtains the Winter Maiden's powers. However, care. Cinder's assassination attempt to assassinate Fria results in Fria's power going to Penny instead. When Cinder becoming the Winter Maiden instead of Winter; when she fatally injures injuries Penny, Penny seeks an assisted suicide from the ineligible Jaune for the purpose of redirecting in order to redirect her dying thoughts away from Cinder as she dies; she chooses Winter, knowing that Winter was meant to be the original recipient.and onto Winter.]]
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** The Ace-Ops is an elite team that was put together on the basis of how their Semblances work together, and were forbidden from allow themselves to get too attached to each other. Team RWBY fights them by splitting them up and then exploiting the fact that the Ace-Ops are not used to fighting emotionally. As a result, Marrow, Elm and Vine all hold back, with Marrow being reluctant to use his abilities until it's too late, and Elm and Vine being too focussed on Elm's anger and betrayal to work properly together. Harriet is so obsessed with competition that Ruby is able to completely isolate her from the rest of her team.
** The villains' plan to obtain the Relics depends on exploiting General Ironwood's unresolved PTSD. This results in him turning on his allies and being unable to trust the very people who can help him fight the BigBad. In Volume 6, the villains debate the threat Ozpin poses to their plan because they fear that if he can reach through Ironwood's flaws, their entire plan will fall apart. [[spoiler:After Watts and Tyrian spend most of Volume 7 pushing Ironwood to extremes of paranoia, Cinder completes his fall by triggering his PTSD. From that point on, Ironwood descends so far into villainy that Oscar lampshades that he's become as dangerous a threat to Remnant as [[BigBad Salem]] herself.]]

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** The Ace-Ops is an elite team that was put together on the basis of how their Semblances work together, and were forbidden from allow allowing themselves to get too attached to each other. Team RWBY fights them by splitting them up and then exploiting the fact that the Ace-Ops are not used to fighting emotionally. As a result, Marrow, Elm and Vine all hold back, with Marrow being reluctant to use his abilities until it's too late, and Elm and Vine being too focussed on Elm's anger and betrayal to work properly together. Harriet is so obsessed with competition that Ruby is able to completely isolate her from the rest of her team.
** The villains' plan to obtain the Relics depends on exploiting General Ironwood's unresolved PTSD. This results in him turning on his allies and being unable to trust the very people who can help him fight the BigBad. In Volume 6, the villains debate the threat Ozpin [[BigGood Ozpin]] poses to their plan because they fear that if he can reach through Ironwood's flaws, their entire plan will fall apart. [[spoiler:After Watts and Tyrian spend most of Volume 7 pushing Ironwood to extremes of paranoia, Cinder completes his fall by triggering his PTSD. From that point on, Ironwood descends so far into villainy that Oscar lampshades that he's become as dangerous a threat to Remnant as [[BigBad Salem]] herself.]]

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Maidens pass on their magic to a successor when they die. The successor can be chosen if the person in a dying Maiden's final thoughts are of an eligible female who is younger than 30. If the person the dying Maiden thinks is too old or not female, the magic will go to a random young woman. However, it is possible to exploit what a dying Maiden is thinking of as she dies; if an assassin is an eligible female, it's possible to force the dying Maiden to focus on her attacker, allowing the magic to pass to the assassin instead. It's also possible to manipulate this in medical cases, by ensuring the only people who have access to the dying Maiden's hospital bed is the desired eligible woman. In certain circumstances, a dying Maiden can also exploit this to counter the assassin's attempt to exploit the flaw. [[spoiler:Cinder and Raven become the Fall and Spring Maidens respectively by killing their predecessors. General Ironwood forbids anyone but Winter administering to the dying Fria's medical needs to control who obtains the Winter Maiden's powers. However, Cinder's assassination attempt results in Fria's power going to Penny instead. When Cinder fatally injures Penny, Penny seeks an assisted suicide from the ineligible Jaune for the purpose of redirecting her thoughts away from Cinder as she dies; she chooses Winter, knowing that Winter was meant to be the original recipient.]]
** Knowing that Yang has spent her life searching for her mother, Raven tries to exploit that by offering Yang the option to live with her and learn the secrets of Remnant as opposed to joining Qrow and Ruby in the war between Ozpin and Salem. However, Yang turns these offerings down out of loyalty to the family who raised her.
** The Ace-Ops is an elite team that was put together on the basis of how their Semblances work together, and were forbidden from allow themselves to get too attached to each other. Team RWBY fights them by splitting them up and then exploiting the fact that the Ace-Ops are not used to fighting emotionally. As a result, Marrow, Elm and Vine all hold back, with Marrow being reluctant to use his abilities until it's too late, and Elm and Vine being too focussed on Elm's anger and betrayal to work properly together. Harriet is so obsessed with competition that Ruby is able to completely isolate her from the rest of her team.
** The villains' plan to obtain the Relics depends on exploiting General Ironwood's unresolved PTSD. This results in him turning on his allies and being unable to trust the very people who can help him fight the BigBad. In Volume 6, the villains debate the threat Ozpin poses to their plan because they fear that if he can reach through Ironwood's flaws, their entire plan will fall apart. [[spoiler:After Watts and Tyrian spend most of Volume 7 pushing Ironwood to extremes of paranoia, Cinder completes his fall by triggering his PTSD. From that point on, Ironwood descends so far into villainy that Oscar lampshades that he's become as dangerous a threat to Remnant as [[BigBad Salem]] herself.]]
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', it would be easier to list the times the villains ''don't'' take advantage of [[GeneralFailure Ironwood's]] pride and paranoia. Tyrian explicitly states that Salem's plans depend on him being an IneffectualLoner.

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