#outcasts redeemer

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Fae-U ask: Does that mean Jaune takes things even more literally now? Like if some random thug sarcastically asks if he wants a piece of him will Jaune tilt his head and ask "Which piece are you offering?"

No, not really. Maybe at first, when he’s just gotten back to Remnant, but I think that’s true of canon Jaune as well. Speaking in metaphor for years will do that to you

Like I said, he’s just MORE fae, not entirely. Living for that long in a place made of stories means the Narrative starts to pay attention you, especially when you’re the only “protagonist” in a world made of NPCs

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Borrowers AU commission for @outcasts-redeemer

Cardin didn’t know the little man had that in him. Basically what’s happening here is Jaune has the same amount of Aura as he does in canon, which is proportionally WAY MORE AURA to body mass. This is what allows him to actually be on even footing with the rest of the gang, eventually at least

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Now we need a full sized Qrow pulling out a chibi Weiss and Blake from the wash to join them on the clothesline with Chibi Ruby Nora and Ren waiting their turn covered in dirt

It’s hard being the only adult

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I wonder if people who are more in-tuned with Aura and or the spiritual could detect the hints of Fea on Jaune. Like some old fortune teller seeing that Jaune if favored by fate or something like that or Ren being able to see afterimages of Jaune's time in the Everafter

Ren definitely can’t see Jaune’s time in the Ever After. His Semblance lets him read emotions, not memories or alternate timelines or anything like that. He’s not suddenly clairvoyant just because Jaune's weird now lol

That said, Jaune does read WEIRD to him. Not in a “I can see the Ever After” way, but in a “this does not behave like a normal person’s emotional state” way

His emotions don’t always line up cleanly. Calm sitting on top of exhaustion, determination without the usual spikes of fear, pain that’s present but not escalating the way it should. And when Jaune leans into one of his roles, it gets more obvious. The emotional read simplifies, almost, like everything unnecessary has been stripped away.

A fortune teller or someone working more on instinct, symbolism, or “fate” though? Yeah, they’d absolutely pick up on something.

Not specifics. Not “oh you went to the Ever After and came back changed.” More like: “you’re standing in the middle of something unfinished”. They wouldn’t see what happened to him, but they could probably see that the story hasn’t let go of him

He’d read as lucky in the worst possible way (jsut like in canon lol)

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I wonder how Art Therapy Jaune managed to return. Did the murals lead RWBY to him or did CC lead Jaune to them?

Art Therapy: A little of both, honestly

Art Therapy: I didn’t exactly leave a trail for RWBY to follow, but there were more murals around where I was most frequently

Art Therapy: Like the market and the forest surrounding the Paper Pleasers

Art Therapy: And of course the Cur- *glances at CatsVDogs* -I mean uh… THEY recognized Ruby and the others from my paintings

Art Therapy: They sent word ahead once they got RWBY to the Garden, but Weiss also said they were following the paintings anyway

Art Therapy: Said it was really weird to show up in another dimension and see your own face looking back at you

Art Therapy: You don’t know how relieved I am that they weren’t freaked out by how many portraits I did

Art Therapy: Also uh… try not to mention um… *nods towards CatsVDogs* Ya know

Art Therapy: Guy’s been through enough

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Velvet and Cardin fusion for @outcasts-redeemer

Really I should have expected this from you lol. Actually really happy with this design, they just look like someone who might actually exist in Remnant. Also any excuse to draw rabbit ears is a good one

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Fae-U ask: I wonder if the Narrative has a preference on who Jaune ends up with or if its just whoever can push the story forward.

Honestly... romance and the like never even crossed my mind. That's just not what I've been focused on with this AU

To be honest I don't think the Narrative would have a preference. It likes Jaune, he is the story's favorite. But it doesn't really... think about him in that way. The Narrative doesn’t really “ship” people. It’s not looking for an endgame romance or anything like that

It cares more about what role someone plays in the story. If a relationship pushes the story forward, deepens a theme, or creates a meaningful turning point, then yeah, the Narrative will lean into it. If it doesn’t, it just… won’t

So romance can happen, but it’s not treated as a goal in and of itself. It’s just another kind of story beat, like a rivalry, a partnership, or a betrayal

But honestly, romance wasn't even a thought that occurred to me the whole time I was writing the plot of this AU lol

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when in doubt just make a new AU where you have a new Jaune to beat up

I really should just do more of those “What Ifs” where yall send in little shifts to canon events like “What if Jaune stayed behind in the Ever After” or “What if Jaune made it PARTIALLY through the portal” or “What if Jaune got stuck on the whale WITH Oscar”

Cause then they’re related to canon, but are really just an excuse to kick his ass lol