#abuse bracket

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ABUSE BRACKET - FINAL RESULTS

The winner of the RWBY Abuse Bracket is Knightfall!

Thank you to every one who participated in the polls!

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ABUSE BRACKET - ROUND ONE: FALLEN PETALS VS IRONDEATH

Which ship do you prefer?

Fallen Petals (Ruby Rose x Cinder Fall)

Irondeath (James Ironwood x Salem)

Voting ended onJan 30, 2024

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FALLEN PETALS

"can't call this one abusive yet specifically but it totally would be but it would also be fun. Literally that 'lets just add some hatred- oh, no, that's obsession, whoops' meme. The red/black/gold colour scheme vs red/black/silver, magic vs antimagic, (if you really wanted you could do a dark fairytale aesthetic: girl lost in the woods vs monster in the woods), this could truly be so deep and you know that if Cinder got her hands on Ruby she'd break her mind into shards goddamn, can't get more fun then that."

"Cinder would think death is too good for Ruby and would try to mentally break her."

"The OG hero/villain toxic doomed yuri of RWBY—what’s better than Cinder becoming violently passionately obsessed with a teen girl who doesn’t care that she exists? Wanting revenge in any way she can get it, desperately trying to possess the evidence of her failures… while Ruby doesn’t know what’s going on but can’t tolerate Cinder’s crimes—it’s juicy <3"

IRONDEATH

"the chemistry was sizzling off the bone with their One Scene, could you imagine Dark Queen and King of Atlas Power Ship? Couples that commit world domination together."

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ABUSE BRACKET - FINAL ROUND: FALLEN PETALS VS KNIGHTFALL

Which ship do you prefer?

Fallen Petals (Ruby Rose x Cinder Fall)

Knightfall (Jaune Arc x Cinder Fall)

Voting ended onFeb 27, 2024

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FALLEN PETALS

"can't call this one abusive yet specifically but it totally would be but it would also be fun. Literally that 'lets just add some hatred- oh, no, that's obsession, whoops' meme. The red/black/gold colour scheme vs red/black/silver, magic vs antimagic, (if you really wanted you could do a dark fairytale aesthetic: girl lost in the woods vs monster in the woods), this could truly be so deep and you know that if Cinder got her hands on Ruby she'd break her mind into shards goddamn, can't get more fun then that."

"Cinder would think death is too good for Ruby and would try to mentally break her."

"The OG hero/villain toxic doomed yuri of RWBY—what’s better than Cinder becoming violently passionately obsessed with a teen girl who doesn’t care that she exists? Wanting revenge in any way she can get it, desperately trying to possess the evidence of her failures… while Ruby doesn’t know what’s going on but can’t tolerate Cinder’s crimes—it’s juicy <3"

KNIGHTFALL

"he's her favorite punching bag."

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ABUSE BRACKET - ROUND ONE: ROSEWICK VS FALLENDINA

Which ship do you prefer?

Rosewick (Ruby Rose x Roman Torchwick)

Fallendina (Penny Polendina x Cinder Fall)

Voting ended onJan 30, 2024

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ROSEWICK

"Roman “canonically hits on teenagers” Torchwick and Ruby “Little Red looking for her Big Bad Wolf” Rose—did you know that beta!Torchwick was around Ruby’s age (or a little younger)? Yeah. Anyway these two have fantastic hero/villain banter and I think it’s sexy."

FALLENDINA

"the upgrade from 'some toy' to 'oh Penny' was peak romantic in a Hannibal-esque way. Cinder wants to eat her soul so badly."

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ABUSE BRACKET - ROUND ONE: HOLYBUN VS EMERALD LAIR

Which ship do you prefer?

Holybun (Velvet Scarlatina x Cardin Winchester)

Emerald Lair (Salem x Emerald Sustrai)

Voting ended onJan 30, 2024

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HOLYBUN

"Their colors match and compliment each other so well, the browns and golds and bits of grey give it a cozy Fall day vibe to them. Also the depth of a Cardin redemption to Velvet forgiving him type story is wild. Truly the abuser to lover story just hits right."

EMERALD LAIR

"salem can't go five seconds without putting her hands all over Emerald, and with Cinder not wanting her Emerald needs someone to be devoted to."

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ABUSE BRACKET - ROUND TWO: EMBERALD VS KNIGHTFALL

Which ship do you prefer?

Emberald (Cinder Fall x Emerald Sustrai)

Knightfall (Jaune Arc x Cinder Fall)

Voting ended onFeb 6, 2024

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EMBERALD

"The og mommy issues pairing! The mutual desperation, the mimicking of old trauma, the deep desire to be loved x the sheer refusal to give it, seeing her old self in Emerald’s eyes, mwah mwah"

"literally femslash tauradonna like oh my god this is so toxic in a million ways, like Emerald's mommy issues and electra complex from chibi, cinder slapping her and ordering her around  like a slave (!!!!!) what was that 'don't think obey' line (!!!!! WTF !!!!!) but ask around enough and you'll find 'can't wait for emerald to redeem cinder' headcanons but when I, cain, make tauradonna headcanons-"

KNIGHTFALL

"he's her favorite punching bag."

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ABUSE BRACKET - ROUND TWO: TAURADONNA VS FALLKOS

Which ship do you prefer?

Tauradonna (Blake Belladonna x Adam Taurus)

Fallkos (Pyrrha Nikos x Cinder Fall)

Voting ended onFeb 6, 2024

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TAURADONNA

"Its hot. Mentor-mentee unhealthy codependant relationship. Blake was the only one who saw under his mask. They could have been a power couple that broke up over ideological differences but hate fucked every once in a while but noooooo. Blake waffling between adams way and finding her own. They could have been foils your honor. They could have been annabeth and luke coded. They could have been everything."

"Og problematic pairing!! They’re canon, they have history, she canonically maintained a crush on him and even doodled him in her notebook, and they look so damn good together."

FALLKOS

"Cinder was so down for Pyrrha she even keeps using her weapon to kill people. Peak Romance."

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ABUSE BRACKET - ROUND TWO: NEOROSE VS QUEEN'S MAIDEN

Which ship do you prefer?

Neorose (Ruby Rose x Neopolitan)

Queen's Maiden (Cinder Fall x Salem)

Voting ended onFeb 6, 2024

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NEOROSE

"Neo might think death is too good for Ruby and try to mentally break her."

QUEEN'S MAIDEN

"The sheer toxic desperation at play here mwah, the manipulation, the deception, Cinder’s frantic desire to be loved by her mother x Salem’s sheer apathy to Cinder’s very existence past her practical use—it’s delicious."