YMMV / I Rewrote RWBY Volume 8

• Complete Monster: Dr. Arthur Watts, in addition to his canon crimes, has proven himself to be a spiteful and sadistic individual who will cross any line to hurt those he feels have wronged him. When James Ironwood sincerely apologizes to Watts for making him feel like he overlooked his research and hard work, he offers a chance to fix their old friendship if he helps save Atlas by removing the virus and restoring Mantle's heating grid. Instead, Watts manipulates Ironwood by secretly going though Pietro's files from the Penny project in order to hack into Penny, planning to use her to get the Staff of Creation and kill everyone present. Once Watts controls Penny, he has her attack Cinder Fall for going against Salem's orders, having her blast Cinder off Amity and to the mountains; hoping Penny will serve as a better replacement for Cinder as the vessel for the Maiden's power. When confronted by Winter and Ciel in the dust mines, Watts has Penny try to kill them by deactivating the Amity Tower's gravity system, hoping to crash into them. Watts goes against Salem's orders in order to steal the Staff and kill Ironwood along with everyone else.
• Jerkass Woobie: Hazel Rainart spends a good chunk of the rewrite being horrified at what he's doing and what he's a part of, as the full genocidal scope of Salem's campaign sinks in during the siege of Atlas and Mantle and Hazel realizes what he's truly signed up for. And then he finds out the horrific truth about his sister's fate.

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