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What is the "Atlas republic project"? (RWBY)

Welcome.

The Atlas Republic Project is an AU/fanfic project for the RWBY series. My intention with this is to create content related to this AU. Obviously, as with any AU, it all starts with the question, "What would have happened if things had gone differently?"

Well, here are a series of points I plan to address in the fanfic.

What if Adam had fought alongside the White Fang on Argus in a final battle?

I've already created a fanfic about that within the AU: "The Last Battle of the White Fang." I posted it on Reddit and Facebook. Perhaps I'll move it to this Tumblr account eventually.

There are certain changes that allowed things to be different.

In that fanfic, for example, Adam wasn't Blake's ex-boyfriend. Adam maintained the loyalty of a faction of the White Fang and managed to get them to participate in a final assault against Argus. The plan was for them to destroy Blake and her friends as revenge for what happened in Haven. They would also try to defeat the Atlas military on Argus and steal as much as possible from the city.

Obviously, Adam died, and the White Fang was defeated. In short, it's more or less how I would have liked the last battle between Adam and the White Fang to have gone.

Changes in Atlas?

Besides the changes related to the White Fang, things happened in Atlas before Ruby and her friends arrived.

Members of the White Fang in Atlas, along with the Hana Guild (led by Vermillion Raddock), attempted a rebellion against Atlas.

They involved politicians and assassinated the Atlas council.

During this rebellion, they even tried to get the Grimm to attack the capital to weaken the military forces.

However, the Atlas military and the Huntsmen present managed to defeat the threats. Only a small detachment of the White Fang survived, and Vermillion Raddock is in hiding, planning his next move.

What did Ironwood do?

Due to the national threat, James declared martial law. However, he did so to reform the kingdom's politics. Pietro pointed out to Ironwood that if he tried to cling to power, a civil war was likely.

Ironwood called for a constituent assembly elected by the nation and held general elections for a new president and parliament.

That's right, instead of being governed by a council, Atlas would now be governed by a president with a parliament holding legislative power.

Hence the name of the new regime: the Republic of Atlas.

What did Robyn Hill do?

I plan to keep things under wraps until later (I won't give spoilers yet). But let's just say she allied herself with Ironwood to save Atlas and Mantle from catastrophe. She also influenced James to initiate the elections.

She served as president of the constituent assembly, influencing the adoption of a more liberal constitution.

Beyond that, she now leads a civilian self-defense militia of the people of Mantle to fight against Grimm and other threats.

She is running in the Atlas elections to become the next president. Her competition is Jacques Schnee.

What did Jacques Schnee do?

In this case, he supported the Ironwood "revolution" and all that.

Trying to avoid clashes with the Atlas elite, James granted certain concessions to the kingdom's large corporations. For example, allowing the creation of private militias.

Jacques is currently trying to become president in order to abolish the embargo, close the borders, and implement measures that benefit his company and those of his allies.

Jacques allied himself with Silver Bullet and Fort Lee. Fort Lee and his group will participate in the parliamentary elections in order to push an anti-White Fang agenda.

Obviously, Fort Lee is trying to stay out of anti-faunus measures for now. But once in power, he'll try to subdue the faunus.

Any ideas?

That would be an introduction to the AU. In this scenario, things are somewhat different from canon. Many characters have influenced others to make different decisions. Also, there are some whose attitudes I've changed for narrative reasons.

But who knows what the future holds for them?

Thank you for your attention.

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Someone should make a fanart of Weiss punching Adam (RWBY)

Like this, I mean.

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Isn't it strange that no character mentions the OBVIOUS problem with Ironwood's plan? (RWBY)

I mean, it's obvious that if Atlas is lifted all the way up into the atmosphere, eventually the resources will run out and everyone will die.

There's also the fact that the idea isn't to lift Atlas into space, but to a point where Dust can function (since if it's lifted into space, Dust would stop working). But if that's true, it's only a matter of time before Salem gets the technology to reach that point.

These are obvious problems that even we (the audience) can see.

But, for some reason, the other characters can't.

Okay, Ironwood and the Ace Ops, it's normal that they can't see it, I suppose. They're too blinded by their paranoia and this whole thing about following orders.

But what about the others? I mean, Winter is intelligent, why didn't she ever realize that? She's not blinded by fanaticism; she eventually deserts Ironwood's side. Even so, she never mentions these problems.

And Marrow is the one who has had doubts about his actions and those of his comrades ever since Ironwood concluded that the best course of action was to raise Atlas.

What's worse is that no one from Ruby and her friends' group has mentioned this despite its obviousness. When they were arguing with Ironwood in Gravity, they could have mentioned the problems with the plan. But they only mention the moral aspect: It would let innocent people from Mantle die. Also in the brief encounter with the Ace Ops in volume 8, or when Yang was talking with Ren. I mean, there the characters could have pointed out why Ironwood's plan doesn't make sense.

It's just that the series could have explored how the military was so consumed by paranoia that they followed irrational plans. But, the series always criticizes Ironwood's actions and those of the others from a moral standpoint. (From the point that it lets Mantle die).

If the show portrayed Ironwood's plan for what it is—madness—then I feel it would be a more interesting discussion.

Another thing, some will say that it was never established that James planned to stay up there indefinitely. But it's not like it was ever stated that Ironwood planned to come down eventually either. There are vague dialogues about his long-term plan. We could assume that James planned to stay up there, thinking it was best for Remnant.

I don't know, I say what I say based on what the show gives us. At least I'm open to discussion and I acknowledge that what I'm thinking MAY BE wrong. That is, I recognize that what I'm saying is possible, not necessarily the truth.

There are people who claim that Ironwood planned to come down eventually as if it were 100% confirmed canon, and they get angry when you contradict them.

Thank you for your attention.

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I have to defend myself. Why did I write that about Ghira Belladonna on Reddit? (RWBY)

I didn't know how to title this post. The point is, I want to clarify a few things about a post I made on Reddit.

Look, basically what I said was a personal headcanon/fanfiction.

In it, I mentioned two important things. Ghira and James Ironwood met during the Faunus War after James disobeyed General Lagune's orders (regarding attacking at night, etc. You know, the Battle of Fort Castle).

That, and I also mentioned that part of the reason Ghira became disillusioned with violence was because during the war, the Faunus committed acts of terrorism against the kingdoms. And that SUPPOSEDLY further motivated their campaign against the Faunus.

Now, I can understand why my words were misinterpreted. People were saying that I was comparing "the attempted genocide made by humanity" with "Faunus doing terrorism." That's not actually the case. I simply wanted to present Faunus terrorism as a reason why Ghira would become disillusioned with violent methods of achieving liberation.

It was never my intention to draw an equivalence.

Look, for me, Ghira's methods are wrong in canon. I find pacifism suicidal in a world of death and destruction.

But I wanted Ghira's foolish decisions to have an explanation, and that's what I included.

From Ghira's perspective, it was Faunus terrorism that prolonged the war.

You know, that would motivate human supremacist politicians to say, "We have to defeat the Faunus and send them all to Menagerie."

Of course, even without Faunus terrorism, humans would still try to force the Faunus to go to Menagerie.

But that's obvious to us, not to Ghira.

Some say that the reason Ghira is a pacifist is because he's a privileged person who didn't see the harshness of life for ordinary faunus.

But I prefer to see it differently. I prefer to see him as someone so wounded by battle that he wouldn't wish it on anyone else. Uh, also kind of a follower of "Respectability politics."

I was also criticized for supposedly saying that terrorism as a defense of genocide was wrong.

Well, I never said that killing human supremacist politicians, attacking government buildings, or killing enemy soldiers was wrong.

When I tried to portray terrorism as negative, I was referring to putting a car bomb in the middle of a street and killing innocent people, civilians. That kind of terrorism.

And I think that is wrong. I mean, killing innocent people is never justifiable.

Another thing. I was accused of being part of the FNDM. Which isn't the case. I'm part of the RWDE. But hey, it's typical of the RWDE to accuse others of being "the enemy" just for thinking differently.

Thank you for your attention.

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What if: Jacques Schnee had won the election legally? (RWBY)

My first Tumblr post!

A friend of mine who also has a Tumblr account recommended this space to share my opinions. So I wanted to share this with you all.

I already have a Reddit account called "ConquerorOfSpace," so why am I number 2 here? Because someone already has that name on Tumblr.

Okay, as we know, Jacques won the Atlas council election with Watts' help. But what if it hadn't been that way?

Let's suppose the deal between Jacques and Arthur had been different. Jacques would take power and put James on trial with the council's support.

In exchange, Arthur would improve the SDC's security network to prevent Ironwood from hacking it to access his private army of robots. How would Jacques win in this case?

This is a topic not explored much in the series, but: Why did the humans of Mantle vote for Robyn considering she's progressive and Atlas is a racist kingdom? I'm not saying Jacques is a better option for humans. But at that time, Jacques was allowing them to keep their jobs in exchange for their votes. In this case, Jacques would continue to keep them in their jobs. And furthermore, he would promise to repair the Mantle wall with state funds once he becomes a councilman.

Added to an alliance with the rest of the Atlas bourgeoisie, he would secure a major propaganda campaign, allowing him to narrowly defeat Robyn.

Now what? Very well, now, in secret, Jacques and Watts would meet in a more private location so that Jacques could grant Watts access to Atlas's security network. Why? To prevent Ironwood from attempting a coup by seizing control of Atlas's robots.

In this case, supposedly, Watts would grant Jacques control of that technology.

Remember what Ironwood said. Given time, Watts would be able to control everything in Atlas.

In this scenario, the Mantle massacre would still occur, and Ironwood would be brought to trial. However, Weiss wouldn't be able to prove James's guilt. So, what would happen?

James would refuse to take Robyn's hand, even despite Sleet and Camilla's insistence. The public would be informed that the heating had been cut off.

Ironwood would withdraw from the scene, and the trial would be postponed. The priority now is defeating the Grimm army in the streets.

Clover, in canon, suggested ground support. So I think that's what Ironwood would provide.

In this scenario, without a clear culprit, Robyn wouldn't fully trust Ironwood. And James wouldn't be as aware of the "mysterious hacker" threat as in the canon, so he wouldn't consider telling the truth.

Ruby and Oscar wouldn't fully trust James. So, he wouldn't know that Salem is immortal.

Without an evacuation plan, many people in Mantle would die, and the army wouldn't be able to repel the invasion in time.

However, James wouldn't focus entirely on Mantle and would also put some of his attention to Atlas Academy.

Cinder wouldn't think about taking the relic since she wouldn't know about Tyrian and Watts yet. She's in no hurry.

Eventually, Ironwood would learn that Salem is approaching, but it would be too late. Many of Atlas's machines would be hacked, and Ironwood's robot army would turn against them.

James would still try to destroy Salem. But at that moment, Ruby would tell him the truth. Ironwood, furious, would still calm down after Ozpin, backed into a corner, also tried to be honest with Ironwood.

In the end, the council would give James martial law authority, and they would prepare for battle. Since they can't escape because Atlas's machinery is hacked and has entered the city, and the SDC's technology is under Watts's control, Ironwood would order the use of Atlas's ships to evacuate all the citizens of Atlas, Mantle, and their respective resources to Vacuo.

That includes Amity Tower. Before that, either using the bomb or Ozpin's staff, they would manage to kill Monstra and momentarily defeat Salem.

Ironwood, with the help of Pietro and others, would use Amity Tower to deliver a message with Robyn's help (having been convinced to tell the truth), where he reveals Salem and asks for help to defeat her.

Atlas would eventually evacuate to Vacuo, and there the anti-Salem alliance would be formed.

But that's just my opinion. I think that given the circumstances, things would have turned out better for our heroes. Atlas would still be destroyed, but now our heroes have the relics safe.