History YMMV / ProfessorArc

** [[Characters/RWBYAdamTaurus Adam Taurus]] is the psychotic leader of the [[Characters/RWBYWhiteFang White Fang]] who [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist seeks Faunus supremacy over humankind]]. Leading his forces during the Battle of Beacon, Adam slaughters countless students and innocents while leaving his own forces to die with the Grimm, luring Blake to a confrontation in which he blames Jaune for "stealing" her and attempts to murder his family. Believing Sienna to be weak for not supporting his invasion, Adam [[AssassinationAttempt plots her assassination]] via his security team, and when that fails, he schemes with Tyrian Callows to kill Jaune on a mission. [[spoiler:Driven to a mad rage by Jaune's continued survival, Adam attacks the Schnee family manor to draw him out, taking dozens of people hostage and threatening to kill all of them if he doesn't arrive. Spiteful to his last breath, Adam [[RedemptionRejection rejects Jaune's attempts to reach out to him]] and dies believing that Jaune will prove him right.]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: At the end of the first Misenwood chapter, Coeur confirmed that the arc would take place over roughly three more chapters before heading back to Beacon. The readers quickly disagreed with that plan due to the arc's slow pacing, which Coeur noticed; he thus adjusted the plan and cut two chapters out of the arc, expediting the trip back to Beacon.

* CriticalResearchFailure: In the beginning of the story, Coeur made a few references that implied that Team SSSN were from Vacuo. While Sun himself is from Vacuo, the rest of them and the team itself come from Haven, which he realized around Chapter 27. He considered going back and {{retcon}}ing it, but it only would have changed about 4 sentences in total, so he quietly dropped it and referred to them as being from Haven from then on.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In chapter 62 of ''Headmaster Arc'', as part of Jaune's gambit to [[spoiler:bluff Salem]], Jaune has Penny bring him a broom, which she states is from "Chivalric Cleaning Ltd". Fast forward to ''Fanfic/{{Null}}'' and the company has become Chivalric Arms, a fierce contender for the most horrifying villain in any of Coeur's stories.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Are Jaune's family members emotionally abusive jerks who love to put him down and walk all over him, or are they a loving family who are ([[JerkassHasAPoint understandably]]) [[AngerBornOfWorry worried and pissed off that he's doing something that could get him in a ton of trouble]]?

** [[RevengeBeforeReason Hazel Rainart]], [[AdaptationalVillainy far more ruthless than his canon counterpart]], is [[Characters/RWBYSalemsFaction one of Salem's lieutenants]]. Blaming Ozpin for the death of his sister at the hands of the Grimm, Hazel joined Salem's cause when she promised to kill him, disregarding that it was her army that killed Gretchen in the first place. Participating in the Battles of Beacon and Haven, Hazel comes up with the plan to steal the Relic of Creation, knowing that it would cause Atlas to crash into Mantle and kill millions of people. [[spoiler:When Salem actually agrees to peace with humanity following the siege of Vale, Hazel goes completely mad, attempting to bring the Relics together himself--knowing full well that it will destroy Remnant completely--just to put Ozpin down for good. When Ozpin tries to point out that he's only hurting his sister in her afterlife by committing these atrocities in her name, Hazel simply mocks him by [[DrunkWithPower gloating about the power of the Relics]] he wields, no longer caring for anything but satisfying his own grudges. Despite claiming to be against unnecessary casualties, Hazel proves there's no line he's unwilling to cross for the sake of his [[MisplacedRetribution misplaced vengeance]].

** [[RevengeBeforeReason Hazel Rainart]], [[AdaptationalVillainy far more ruthless than his canon counterpart]], is [[Characters/RWBYSalemsFaction one of Salem's lieutenants]]. Blaming Ozpin for the death of his sister at the hands of the Grimm, Hazel joined Salem's cause when she promised to kill him, disregarding that it was her army that killed Gretchen in the first place. Participating in the Battles of Beacon and Haven, Hazel comes up with the plan to steal the Relic of Creation, knowing that it would cause Atlas to crash into Mantle and kill millions of people. [[spoiler:When Salem actually agrees to peace with humanity following the siege of Vale, Hazel goes completely mad, attempting to bring the Relics together himself--knowing full well that it will destroy Remnant completely--just to put Ozpin down for good. Before attempting to kill Oscar, he [[RedemptionRejection sadistically laughs at Ozpin's attempts to redeem or talk him down]], gloating about the power of the Relics he wields]]. Despite claiming to be against unnecessary casualties, Hazel proves there's no line he's unwilling to cross for the sake of his [[MisplacedRetribution misplaced vengeance]].

* MagnificentBastard: [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Professor Jaune Arc]], through a mountain of lies and the power of his reputation, gradually proves himself as a genuine manipulator and strategist as time goes on. Coming into his own by forcing Roman Torchwick and Neopolitan to obey him, Jaune grows exponentially upon becoming Headmaster, managing to defeat [[Characters/RWBYCinderFall Cinder Fall]] and place her powers into Pyrrha. Later pulling a similar gambit to defeat [[Characters/RWBYAdamTaurus Adam Taurus]] by exploiting his rage, Jaune even gives the go-ahead for Cinder to steal the Winter Maiden powers, putting her under his control in the process. When Salem then tries to advance on Vale, Jaune manages to bluff her into a complete retreat with [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu only a broom and a box of cigarettes]], simultaneously tricking Cinder into compliance through [[CrazyPrepared a mountain of pre-written letters predicting her actions]]. After pulling a series of gambits to get Salem inside and convince her to spare humanity, Jaune later combats Hazel Rainart's usage of the Relics with his own, destroying him and saving all of humanity.

* RonTheDeathEater: Coeur has made it no secret he finds Hazel and his motivations to be absolutely stupid, often deriding him as suffering InsaneTrollLogic that even ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards Salem]]'' is disgusted by. Numerous characters are given the opportunity to mock him for his motives, and he's depicted like a raving lunatic regardless of whether Ozpin is in the vicinity, taken to it's logical conclusion where [[spoiler:he takes the position of BigBad from Salem and tries to summon the gods back to Remnant ''just'' to finally get rid of Ozma after Salem gives up.]]

** [[AxCrazy Adam Taurus]] is the psychotic leader of the [[Characters/RWBYWhiteFang White Fang]] who [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist seeks Faunus supremacy over humankind]]. Leading his forces during the Battle of Beacon, Adam slaughters countless students and innocents while leaving his own forces to die with the Grimm, luring Blake to a confrontation in which he blames Jaune for "stealing" her and attempts to murder his family. Believing Sienna to be weak for not supporting his invasion, Adam [[AssassinationAttempt plots her assassination]] via his security team, and when that fails, he schemes with Tyrian Callows to kill Jaune on a mission. [[spoiler:Driven to a mad rage by Jaune's continued survival, Adam attacks the Schnee family manor to draw him out, taking dozens of people hostage and threatening to kill all of them if he doesn't arrive. Spiteful to his last breath, Adam [[RedemptionRejection rejects Jaune's attempts to reach out to him]] and dies believing that Jaune will prove him right.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[AxCrazy Adam Taurus]] is the psychotic leader of the [[Characters/RWBYWhiteFang White Fang]] who [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist seeks Faunus supremacy over humankind]]. Leading his forces during the Battle of Beacon, Adam slaughters countless students and innocents while leaving his own forces to die with the Grimm, luring Blake to a confrontation in which he blames Jaune for "stealing" her and attempts to murder his family. Believing Sienna to be weak for not supporting his invasion, Adam [[AssassinationAttempt plots her assassination]] via his security team, and when that fails, he schemes with Tyrian Callows to kill Jaune on a mission. [[spoiler:Driven to a mad rage by Jaune's continued survival, Adam attacks the Schnee family manor to draw him out, taking dozens of people hostage and threatening to kill all of them if he doesn't arrive. Spiteful to his last breath, Adam [[RedemptionRejection rejects Jaune's attempts to reach out to him]] and dies believing that Jaune will prove him right.]]

* CompleteMonster:
** [[AxCrazy Adam Taurus]] is the psychotic leader of the [[Characters/RWBYWhiteFang White Fang]] who [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist seeks Faunus supremacy over humankind]]. Leading his forces during the Battle of Beacon, Adam slaughters countless students and innocents while leaving his own forces to die with the Grimm, luring Blake to a confrontation in which he blames Jaune for "stealing" her and attempts to murder his family. Believing Sienna to be weak for not supporting his invasion, Adam [[AssassinationAttempt plots her assassination]] via his security team, and when that fails, he schemes with Tyrian Callows to kill Jaune on a mission. [[spoiler:Driven to a mad rage by Jaune's continued survival, Adam attacks the Schnee family manor to draw him out, taking dozens of people hostage and threatening to kill all of them if he doesn't arrive. Spiteful to his last breath, Adam [[RedemptionRejection rejects Jaune's attempts to reach out to him]] and dies believing that Jaune will prove him right.]]
** [[RevengeBeforeReason Hazel Rainart]], [[AdaptationalVillainy far more ruthless than his canon counterpart]], is [[Characters/RWBYSalemsFaction one of Salem's lieutenants]]. Blaming Ozpin for the death of his sister at the hands of the Grimm, Hazel joined Salem's cause when she promised to kill him, disregarding that it was her army that killed Gretchen in the first place. Participating in the Battles of Beacon and Haven, Hazel comes up with the plan to steal the Relic of Creation, knowing that it would cause Atlas to crash into Mantle and kill millions of people. [[spoiler:When Salem actually agrees to peace with humanity following the siege of Vale, Hazel goes completely mad, attempting to bring the Relics together himself--knowing full well that it will destroy Remnant completely--just to put Ozpin down for good. Before attempting to kill Oscar, he [[RedemptionRejection sadistically laughs at Ozpin's attempts to redeem or talk him down]], gloating about the power of the Relics he wields]]. Despite claiming to be against unnecessary casualties, Hazel proves there's no line he's unwilling to cross for the sake of his [[MisplacedRetribution misplaced vengeance]].