Line #10 Fanfic/FightingForTheFuture


1	->"The world of Remnant knows Weiss Schnee as a family disgrace, hidden away in a mental institution in Atlas. Only she remembers what might have been."
2	-->Summary of ''Fighting for the Future''
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4	''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/fighting-for-the-future-rwby-time-travel-fic.822176/ Fighting for the Future]]'' (found [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25549585/chapters/61996048 here]] on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn) is a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' PeggySue fanfic written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/GladsomePraetorian/pseuds/GladsomePraetorian Gladsome Praetorian]] and is available on Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom. The story follows Weiss Schnee who, after escaping from a mental asylum, seeks to ensure that the future she remembers does not come to pass.
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8	!!''Fighting for the Future'' provides examples of:
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10	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Weiss asks Blake one when she's captured by the White Fang [[spoiler:after their attack on Beacon Academy]].
11	-->'''Weiss''': Who...Who do you think this is going to help?\
12	'''Blake''': I.... ''(looks out around her)'' I don't know.
13	* BadassInDistress: In "Shadows, Part 6", Winter's transport gets shot down in combat, with her being saved by Pyrrha.
14	* BedlamHouse: A {{downplayed\|Trope}} case, but the mental institution Weiss was stuck in for six years did her few favors. She was forced to take regular Aura-suppressant drugs after several escape attempts, she talks to hallucinations of her old teammates, and when the story starts she's made a RoomFullOfCrazy. Even after escaping, it takes some time for Weiss to wean herself off the drugs, and she still sometimes has difficulty distinguishing her memories from reality.
15	* BigSisterInstinct: Winter towards Weiss. In a flashback, she got ''pissed'' when a group of Atlesians made fun of Weiss' "mental issues".
16	* BlackSheep: Weiss' "mental issues" have made her this to the Schnee family in the eyes of the public. Jacques basically disowned her and threw her into a mental asylum not to try and cure her, but simply so she couldn't embarrass him.
17	* BroughtDownToBadass: Thanks to the nature of her time travel, Weiss only has the memories of her future self and not her combat experience, so she needs to relearn how to fight effectively. She does, however, retain her glyphs and summons at the same level that they were at post-Volume 7, which she puts to good use when the White Fang attack a ship she was on. It's also stated by the doctors at the mental institution that if she weren't regularly sedated, she'd have broken out a long time ago with her Semblance alone.
18	* CanonDiscontinuity: Since Weiss' memories only account for the events she can remember up to the end of Volume 7, Volume 8 and beyond (including some of the reveals made then) aren't part of the story.
19	* CardboardPrison: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Weiss was frequently kept sedated so as to prevent her from using her Semblance while in the institution. Her previous attempts to escape ended in failure and it took years to finally succeed.
20	* CrazyCatLady: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in that she isn't really crazy, but Maria lives on her own in Mistral with only a few cats as company.
21	* DefectorFromDecadence: Blake ends up leaving the White Fang years earlier than in canon, as she sees Adam's true character due to [[spoiler:the attack on Beacon]], as well as gets a personal appeal from Weiss.
22	* EverybodysDeadDave: Weiss' nightmare in "Shadows, Part 7" implies that Salem [[spoiler:killed everyone and she was the only survivor in the previous timeline]].
23	* EveryoneHasStandards: Pretty much the whole world, [[EvenEvilHasStandards including most of the White Fang]], is appalled by [[spoiler:Adam raiding Beacon in an attempt to capture Weiss, since the Academies are responsible for training Huntsmen against the Grimm. In addition, [[PragmaticVillainy Sienna]] condemns him specifically because attacking the Huntsmen so openly united the Kingdoms against the White Fang]].
24	* EvilVsEvil: The [[spoiler:White Fang attack on Beacon]] leads to one between Adam's sect of the White Fang and the rest of the organization. To speed up Adam's capture, Sienna puts a bounty on his head which results in him and a group of his renegade White Fang fighting Roman Torchwick and Neo. [[spoiler:The latter team wins]].
25	* FightsLikeANormal: During her training with Blake, Weiss practices trying to do this since relying on her Semblance is not viable due to it being a dead give away for her identity.
26	* FixFic: Played with. While Weiss is certainly ''trying'' to prevent what happened in later volumes from coming to pass, Salem is still dangerously intelligent and planning around these differences.
27	* ForWantOfANail: Thanks to Weiss, either directly or indirectly, a lot of dominos start falling out of place.
28	** Blake ends up leaving the White Fang ahead of when she originally did.
29	** Adam is stripped of power and rank because of [[spoiler:his very public assault on Beacon Academy]].
30	** Leo steps down with Ozpin putting him into hiding.
31	** Weiss and Blake attend Signal academy under cover identities.
32	** As a result of Adam's failed [[spoiler:attack on Beacon]],the White Fang falls into a civil war, tearing itself apart and leaving it open from attack from other kingdoms.
33	** The knockoff effects from above start to affect the rest of the world. Among others, is Ren and Nora having trouble finding work, which leads to Ren [[spoiler:stealing a purse for Lien, but leaving the purse behind, and not taking anything else]].
34	* IHaveNoSon: Jacques has pretty much written Weiss off. He doesn't even refer to her as his daughter, but as "a lunatic who endangered [the] family".
35	* ItGetsEasier: This is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] after Pyrrha saves Winter from her ship crash regarding all the death and killing soldiers are involved in.
36	-->'''Pyrrha:''' Do you ever... get used to seeing things like that?\
37	'''Winter:''' It’s not something anyone should hope to get used to.
38	* MentalTimeTravel: Neither Weiss herself nor her mind are actually sent back to the past, but rather her memories from Volume 1-7 are. It's also a major [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstruction]] of this trope as the memories overwhelmed the eight-year-old Weiss, and her subsequent attempt to arrest her father got her locked up in a mental asylum. In addition, by the time the story starts she has trouble recalling some of the less important memories.
39	* TheMentor: Qrow becomes this to both Weiss and Blake, and later giving some much needed tips and advice to Amber.
40	* MythologyGag: Qrow talking to Amber in bird form is one to the comics where Raven did the same to a young Ruby.
41	* OddFriendship: The story focus on several, from Weiss and Blake (Due to wildly different circumstances), to Winter and Pyrrha later on, to Weiss, Blake and even [[spoiler:Amber]].
42	* ReluctantRetiree: Ozpin confronts Lionheart about his RegretfulTraitor status and has him publicly announce his retirement, after which he's SentIntoHiding.
43	* RetiredBadass: Maria Calavera, the former Grimm Reaper, was living quietly in Mistral, with only a few cats for company until Ozpin tracks her down and offers her a teaching position at Beacon, which she's all too happy to accept.
44	* SanitySlippage: {{Downplayed\|Trope}}. Weiss' time in the asylum didn't completely make her lose her mind, but it, combined with having all the future knowledge imposed on her, didn't do her psyche any favors.
45	* SecretIdentity: To hide their true identities while attending Signal Academy, Weiss and Blake use aliases. Weiss uses the name Eira Wynn (Welsh for "Snow White") and Blake uses the last name "Briar".
46	* StupidEvil: Once the news of Weiss being on the run spreads, Sienna Khan orders Adam to capture her, seeing a chance to strengthen the White Fang by blackmailing the SDC. However, [[spoiler:Adam's failed attempt to do so by attacking Beacon Academy ''infuriates'' Sienna, considering it heavily damaged the White Fang's reputation and mobilized the Kingdoms against them]]. Adam's utter refusal to believe it was a mistake leads to an EnemyCivilWar within the Fang.
47	* TalkingToThemself: Thanks to her years in the asylum, Weiss frequently imagines having conversations with her teammates in her head and responding to them out loud, either complimenting an idea "Ruby" came up with or calling "Yang" out on making a terrible pun.
48	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Watts and Cinder are shown to really hate having to work with each other despite working for Salem. Watts even gloats to Cinder's face that she can't do anything to him because of [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou how necessary he is to Salem's plans]].
49	* TemptingFate: At the end of "Chapter 5: Embers, Part 7", Blake decides that talking to one or two humans isn't a bad thing.
50	-->"It wasn’t like she was planning on making a habit of it."
51	* WreckedWeapon: Qrow's Harbinger gets shattered by [[spoiler:a Semblance-enhanced bullet from Adam during the White Fang attack on Beacon]]. However, between his experience and Beacon's resources, it only takes a few days for Qrow to completely repair it.
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Context Fanfic / FightingForTheFuture