History YMMV / ArcRoyale

** Emerald is the JerkassWoobie version for much of the story; she’s antagonistic towards Ashari due to her UndyingLoyalty towards Cinder, which his dissatisfaction with takes Emm out of her favour, but she’s ultimately desperate to be loved by the one person who saved her from her prior life. Ashari, knowing his own daughter could have become this from experience, [[IronWoobie takes this and more]] to protect her and give her a chance to survive and better herself outside of Cinder’s influence. [[spoiler:When her iteration loses an arm defending her in the same battle Mercury dies]], she’s left conflicted and distraught by both events. This culminates in [[spoiler:Cinder [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness having Null shoot her]], knowing that even if Ashari had failed in TakingTheBullet she’d have eliminated him as an opponent, ultimately leaving Emerald mourning over the corpse of the one person to have truly loved her despite her treatment of him]].

* MagnificentBastard: [[Fanfic/TheSelfMadeMan Jaune "Xiong" Arc]] proves himself to be one of the most dangerous threats to both sides of the war despite his lack of combat prowess. An [[KnowledgeBroker information broker]] who can reach even into General Ironwood's circle of trust, Xiong forces the heroes to let him stay neutral by threatening to expose the war and incite mass panic, later secretly aligning with [[Fanfic/ProfessorArc Headmaster Arc]] to weaken both sides. [[spoiler:After giving Cinder's location to the heroes, Xiong takes advantage of their distraction to kill all of the Xiong Clan's enemies, making them more powerful than ever before; later on, he uses his new empire to cause a citywide blackout as part of Headmaster's plan. When Cinder gets to Amber's life support pod, Xiong reveals that his true motivation in the war wasn't the wish, it was to get revenge for what Cinder did to him in his homeworld; to that end, he took Amber to the Malachite twins, ensuring that when she inevitably dies, one of them will get the power instead of Cinder. When she kills him, he [[DieLaughing laughs in her face]], having accomplished everything he set out to do during his time in the new world]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: A few of Jaune’s iterations are short-served (mostly deliberately, to emphasise AnyoneCanDie), but this is best felt with [[Fanfic/FromBeyondRWBY Ghost!Jaune]]; his already being dead when he arrives due to being dead in his own world could have been a BaitAndSwitch for the revelation that like at the end of his story [[spoiler:he’d possessed Amber’s body]], making for a fun turnaround in the conflict. Instead he’s just immediately dead, with his presence contributing nothing beyond the story’s critiquing [[JerkassGods the Brother Gods]] and their ImmortalImmaturity — something the story still does with other characters and arcs in far superior ways — and ends up feeling like a pointless joke in the grand scheme of things.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: A few of Jaune’s iterations are short-served (mostly deliberately, to emphasise AnyoneCanDie), but this is best felt with [[Fanfic/FromBeyond Ghost!Jaune]]; his already being dead when he arrives due to being dead in his own world could have been a BaitAndSwitch for the revelation that like at the end of his story [[spoiler:he’d possessed Amber’s body]], making for a fun turnaround in the conflict. Instead he’s just immediately dead, with his presence contributing nothing beyond the story’s critiquing [[JerkassGods the Brother Gods]] and their ImmortalImmaturity — something the story still does with other characters and arcs in far superior ways — and ends up feeling like a pointless joke in the grand scheme of things.

* JerkassWoobie: Fate, just like in his home story, is an unapologetic jackass to everyone he meets, especially his own younger self, but he's carrying an astronomical amount of trauma that literally no one could ever possibly endure or understand. Despite his best efforts, he can't help but let down his walls around his friends, revealing just how broken he is inside and how desperate he is for his life to be over already. To the point of accentuating his abrasive traits [[spoiler:as he’s been carefully planning to win on his own terms, even if he has to kill versions of his friends to ultimately accomplish it]].
* MagnificentBastard: [[Fanfic/TheSelfMadeMan Jaune "Xiong" Arc]] proves himself to be one of the most dangerous threats to both sides of the war despite his lack of combat prowess. An [[KnowledgeBroker information broker]] who can reach even into General Ironwood's circle of trust, Xiong forces the heroes to let him stay neutral by threatening to expose the war and incite mass panic, later secretly aligning with [[Fanfic/ProfessorArc Headmaster Arc]] to weaken both sides. [[spoiler:After giving Cinder's location to the heroes, Xiong takes advantage of their distraction to kill all of the Xiong Clan's enemies, making them more powerful than ever before; later on, he uses his new empire to cause a citywide blackout as part of Headmaster's plan. When Cinder gets to Amber's life support pod, Xiong reveals that his true motivation in the war wasn't the wish, it was to get revenge for what Cinder did to him in his homeworld; to that end, he took Amber to the Malachite twins, ensuring that when she inevitably dies, one of them will get the power instead of Cinder. When she kills him, he [[DieLaughing laughs in her face]], having accomplished everything he set out to do during his time in the new world]].

** Revolutionary Jaune goes through absolute hell [[spoiler:before Beacon's forces rescue him]], and based on when he comes from in the timeline of his home story, he's gone through hell there as well, [[spoiler:having survived an assassination attempt. By the time he's rescued, he can barely speak without needing to catch up on hydration and desperately needs medical attention from the torture Adam gave him]].

* MagnificentBitch: [[Fanfic/TheSelfMadeMan Jaune "Xiong" Arc]] proves himself to be one of the most dangerous threats to both sides of the war despite his lack of combat prowess. An [[KnowledgeBroker information broker]] who can reach even into General Ironwood's circle of trust, Xiong forces the heroes to let him stay neutral by threatening to expose the war and incite mass panic, later secretly aligning with [[Fanfic/ProfessorArc Headmaster Arc]] to weaken both sides. [[spoiler:After giving Cinder's location to the heroes, Xiong takes advantage of their distraction to kill all of the Xiong Clan's enemies, making them more powerful than ever before; later on, he uses his new empire to cause a citywide blackout as part of Headmaster's plan. When Cinder gets to Amber's life support pod, Xiong reveals that his true motivation in the war wasn't the wish, it was to get revenge for what Cinder did to him in his homeworld; to that end, he took Amber to the Malachite twins, ensuring that when she inevitably dies, one of them will get the power instead of Cinder. When she kills him, he [[DieLaughing laughs in her face]], having accomplished everything he set out to do during his time in the new world]].

** When we first see the Jaune from ''Fanfic/ARabbitAmongWolves'', we find out that he was bonded to Adam Taurus - the vicious, human-hating monster. He's already in terrible shape due to a lack of consistent food and water while being locked in a cage, and even the Adam inside Jaune's head is apparently shaken enough to apologize for his counterpart's actions. What only makes this even worse is that at the time of publishing, the last time we'd seen him in his home setting, [[spoiler:he'd just been shot at the Vytal Festival]].

* JerkassWoobie: Fate, just like in his home story, is an unapologetic jackass to everyone he meets, especially his own younger self, but he's carrying an astronomical amount of trauma that literally no one could ever possibly endure or understand. Despite his best efforts, he can't help but let down his walls around his friends, revealing just how broken he is inside and how desperate he is for his life to be over already.

** Revolutionary Jaune goes through absolute hell [[spoiler:before Beacon's forces rescue him]], and based on when he comes from in the timeline of his home story, he's gone through hell there as well, [[spoiler:having survived an assassination attempt. By the time he's rescued, he can barely speak without needed to catch up on hydration and desperately needs medical attention from the torture Adam gave him]].

** Rabbit Jaune goes through absolute hell [[spoiler:before Beacon's forces rescue him]], and based on when he comes from in the timeline of his home story, he's gone through hell there as well, [[spoiler:having survived an assassination attempt. By the time he's rescued, he can barely speak without needed to catch up on hydration and desperately needs medical attention from the torture Adam gave him]].

* TheWoobie: The original Jaune. His canon self-confidence issues were already crippling enough, but now he's surrounded by both better and worse versions of himself, seeming to show him the various lows he could reach and the highs he will never see. Fate only continues to make this worse by belittling him as worthless every chance he gets before easily kicking his ass in a spar, giving him firsthand proof of just how useless he is in the ways that matter.

** [[spoiler:Leviathan’s death. Not only is it already tragic that he has to be put down by his own side once his mere presence proves to be a threat, but it’s even worse when you remember why he was so desperate to win: it was his only escape from an eternity of complete isolation in the Grimm World, so assuming that he’s not outright dead, he’s been sent back to a life of solitude]].

* WhatAnIdiot:
** The group fighting Grimm Jaune is struggling to beat back the hordes of monsters being summoned, with Leviathan and Knight being the only two able to really make a dent and get to the summoner, and Knight's just been taken out of commission by a new person entering a fight, Jaune Ashari. He recommends that they leave and consider it a victory for themselves.
*** '''You'd Expect''': Teams [=RWBY=] and [=JNPR=] accept the situation and head back to Beacon in order to regroup, heal, and make plans for the new opponents.
*** '''Instead''': They push the situation and attempt to force the two opponents, one of whom just took out their best fighter, to come with them to Beacon, where neither of them want to be, and intend to use force when they refuse.
*** '''The Result''': Ashari handily curb-stomps all of the huntsman students and Ruby and by extension Knight are almost killed by Null's sneak attack, with Grimm's interference to stop Null's killing shot preventing their demise, and the extended fight ends up with Leviathan being shot and entering his true form.

* TearJerker: When we first see the Jaune from ''Fanfic/ARabbitAmongWolves'', we find out that he was bonded to Adam Taurus - the vicious, human-hating monster. He's already in terrible shape due to a lack of consistent food and water while being locked in a cage, and even the Adam inside Jaune's head is apparently shaken enough to apologize for his counterpart's actions. What only makes this even worse is that at the time of publishing, the last time we'd seen him in his home setting, [[spoiler:he'd just been shot at the Vytal Festival]].
-->Inside the cell, Jaune Arc stared down at the broken fragments of a white mask that had once adorned his face and smiled bitterly. Inside his head, an oft-obnoxious voice remained sullenly quiet, only uttering the shortest, and smallest, of apologies.\\

* TearJerker: When we first see the Jaune from ''Fanfic/ARabbitAmongWolves'', we find out that he was bonded to Adam Taurus - the vicious, human-hating monster. He's already in terrible shape due to a lack of consistent food and water while being locked in a cage, and even the Adam inside Jaune's head is apparently shaken enough to apologize for his counterpart's actions.