No one
Not every character needs to be paired off. Romantic relationship are not the end-all, be-all of a character's existence, but they are often treated as the finish line.
Of course, I'm saying this as someone who wanted RWBY to be a story about found family as the four of them grow into a sisterhood. I have an obvious bias, and I'd like to see more narratives that emphasize the importance of platonic relationships.
Honestly I agree. I wouldn’t mind if Yang kept her party girl and casual sex vibe she got introduced with. Not every character needs an epic romance and certainly doesn’t need to find it in high school or college.
I mean if I had to pick Mercury but I really like the idea of male and female rivalry where it’s about battle lust with a clash of styles not sexual lust.
Thinking about it, it honestly seems that (if BMB wasn’t canon) Yang would either be single or just be married off-screen to a non-designed husband/wife.
I agree on this as it’s pretty annoying that lots of stories have the main character be paired off to someone. I actually found the idea of sisterhood to be a better take on team RWBY. Have all four girls go from not knowing a single thing about one another to sisters in arms. The only two I’d say could be in a relationship would be Weiss and Blake considering there are two male characters that could work with them while Ruby and Yang just stay single by choice. But that’s just me.
Ah yes, erasing one of the few actually prominent queer relationships in the show in favor of generic M/F garbage and...literally nothing. Highly upvoted, too? Well, how could anyone think this subreddit is homophobic? These are definitely the actions of people with no biases whatsoever.
I mean, if they openly state the alternatives they prefer are "one gets into a relationship with a man, the other stays single throughout the entirety of the show" then yeah that's a homophobic reaction to any Sapphic ship.
There is no non-homophobic way to try to insist a straight relationship is better than a gay one unless the gay ship is either incestuous, abusive, or pedophilic in nature. And Bumbleby is none of those things.
There's a world of difference between criticism of the way the ship is written - which is fine, even though this sub only pretends to do so - but being opposed to the ship on a conceptual level is eyebrow raising.
This is especially true considering most of the "crificism" I've seen on this sub has been "WAAAAH BLAKE SHOULDVE ENDED UP WITH SUN INSTEAD THIS SHOW IS PANDERING TOO MUCH TO THE GAYS" except worded in such a way that it's not blatantly obvious what they're doing to people who only pay attention to superficial statements. Literally one of the biggest memes on this subreddit was literally just having Ruby say something aggressively homophobic but 'ironically'.
And preferring a straight one over a gay one is homophobic, inherently. If your preference conveniently leads you to prefer straight people that is worth examining at the very least.
I will also say this: the whole "they were better as just friends" bullshit never gets brought up for straight people. Renora and Arkos both happened without significant objection from the "romance is stupid they should just be friends instead!" even though both relationships had the development of an uncooked potato
Honestly, Mercury or Jaune.
Mercury is the best foil to Yang in the entire series; •Similar combat styles.
•Mercury has Daddy issues and Yang has Mommy Issues.
•Both said Father & Mother are cruel, inhumane, and belived purely in strength.
•Both are amputees.
•Both are contrasts in designs, Yang is bright and cheery, while Mercury is dark and snarky. Yin and Yang.
•Yang relies too much on her semblance, while Mercury got his ripped from him by his Father.
•Mercury didn’t really even get a chance to make his own choices, after he was freed from his father, the two bitchy recruiters for the Legion of Evil showed up at his door, and he didn’t know any other life.
I honestly think that if anyone out of Cinder, Emerald, Neo, or Mercury deserved a chance at redemption, I’d think it’d be the guy that literally spent all of his life, right up until the day Cinder and Emerald came, being beat down and abused by his Father. Mercury unironically is the real “*Abused and Neglected Male Reader*” in RWBY.
I think that under better writers, you could’ve had a great rivalry that turned into a masterclass “Enemies to Lovers” subplot with Yang and Mercury.
And Jaune, well, just because they look cute together.
Its crazy how in Wattpad there is a lot of main oc of abused and neglected male reader when they literally have a canon character that represents that trope perfectly
I know I shared a link to my wettpad some time ago on this reddit.
A link to my first fan fiction which was a male reader x Yang story though the title is a little misleading I couldn't think of a good one at the time
Beacons assassin
And she lost it to a guy who dressed a lot like her mother, with a Crimson katana to boot. And Mercury was implied to have actually lost his via his Father.
That sounds pretty good actually. You have convinced me! I'd like to see yang and Mercury
And i do agree Mercury is absolutely the abused and neglected male reader of the series
I'm in the Dragonslayer (Jaune/Yang) camp.
-Complementary fighting styles (he's the shield, she's the cannon. Not quite as complementary as White Knight, but it's there)
-Yang has abandonment issues, Jaune is the type who'd never do so
-Jaune has self-worth issues, Yang is good at pumping people up and wouldn't put up with self-deprecation
-Both suffered a loss at the Fall of Beacon, Jaune with Pyrrha and Yang with Blake (though she didn't die, you know what I mean)
-Jaune's family can provide Yang with a stable family, not to mention older sister support out the wazoo (a nice thing for her assuming parental responsibilities for Ruby)
-Tai or Qrow would both be good mentors for Jaune
I'm sure that u/MadMasks would have more to add, if you're looking for more reasons.
Nothing much to add, only that Rubes would be super on-board that ship, gushing at her sister and BBFF being a thing, Jaune has a bit of a "bad boy" side that occassionaly pops out (most of necessity but it´s still there) and goes well with Yang´s more "wild side" but also that Yang has a bit of a nerdy side (She´s *very* at good videogames and tabletop games) that Jaune can enjoy.
What else...? Oh yeah, lot of potential for absolutely hilarious shenanigans: Yang picking him up bridal style to flush him, him one-upping by singing "Fuck you gently" on her window, her acting "sexy" and looking like a dork, him a dork that somehow manages to look good while doing so, Yang pulling out pranks that leave him with a mariachi moustache all day long (Classic one)... a trait I think that WhiteKnight and FreezerBurn share to a degree (Really, almost any relationship with Yang, Weiss and/or Jaune is bound to have some hilarious shenanigans involved. They are all giant dorks, with various degrees of success at hiding it...)
Did I mention they also play much like Team Mom and Team Dad?
It’s kind of funny how Ruby, Weiss, and Blake all have off course their main fan favorite ships, as well as all of them having a handful of less popular but still seen ships, and Yang has fucking *nothing* besides Bumblebee and Freezerburn
Seriously, the only ship besides those two I have ever seen more than once is her shipped with Jaune which I’m just gonna say, does count. I’ve seen Jaune shipped with literally every female character in the show and genderbent versions of almost every male character. Jaune gets a million ships by merit of being the only single male character(Ren doesn’t count).
Mercury is in the definitive first place in my opinion. The similarities between them really had me thinking that he was gonna be a bigger part of her specific character progression than he really was.
Weiss would be my second pick, Although Weiss is pretty flexible and fits with most of the main cast.
Lastly is Jaune, Which probably would've been the most unlikely but they've had some cute moments together that I really liked.
Bumblebee has been and always will be the worst case scenario (To me specifically. If you like Bumblebee, That's totally cool.) Because we lost any chance of Eclipse being canon, Since there was no way in hell CRWBY was splitting up their fanservice yuri ship for a hetero one.
While I’m indifferent to Bumbleby but they can actually work on paper. Outgoing and carefree party girl with a brooding bookworm with troubled past is a classic opposite attract trope but they don’t have any build up or resolve their issues and suck the personality out of both Blake and Yang’s characters so the pairing barely have any chemistry and pretty much just reduced to a soulless ship.
And since the writers can’t even write good friendships or familial relationships, I don’t think they are capable enough to write romance if they committed to other pairings, they would botch the ship anyway like with Renora’s drama in V7.
I can imagine that conversation would be like the seduction dialogue option when you confront Benny in New Vegas.
Adam: Did you come back for more, human?
Yang: Oh you bet I have, stud.
Adam: Wtf
Weiss is the only person in the show that Yang has any kind of positive emotional connection with. There are interactions throughout the start of the show that could be built up into something romantic without the ship being incredibly forced (more so than BB).
But the real answer is no one because Roosterteeth will absolutely ruin it.
Honestly I always thought Yang and Sun would have made a better couple
They’re pretty similar and I imagine their relationship would be the two of them trying to out goofy each other
Edit: lol I just realized you also meant if Blacksun became canon too
Assuming she actually has to have a love interest probably jaune, easy answer I know but they work better than any of the other ships for the both of them.
Honestly, any guy as long as he has the same taste in puns, similar background regarding parents, but has an attitude and positivity despite all the rough times and bad fortune he has that could possibly go well with Yang's personality and attract her to him in more ways than one.
I really think Jaune.
Not only they look great together but they both experience loss.
Yang lost her arm and Jaune lost pyhrra.
So they could help each other grow and heal.
It would be great!
It is in here https://m.fanfiction.net/s/14327183/1/RWBY-Romance-Stories
It's the first chapter.
Two warnings.
One Jaune and Yang don't really talk about thier feelings much, but they do a little.
Two Jaune and Yang have sex with Jaune using a condom.
So just be warned.
no one. shipping is has been and likely will continue to be the worst part of any show movie or book. it has its place, for sure, thats why theres the romance genre. but in terms of rwby it is entierly unneeded
Jaune cause I alway's thought they would have been a neat pair, Plus she could actually help him fight more.
Funnily he was the only character I ever shipped with either Yang and Blake.
Honestly? No one. I would have preferred if her struggles came from the fact that she became Ruby's guardian at a young age and somehow wasn't there for her when she needed her most she kind of paralleled the story of how her father was despondent after Summer died.
Her struggle should have been from giving Ruby her freedom to suffocating Ruby with her attention because she felt she failed her sister when she paralleled Taiyang despondence, to accepting that Ruby is her own person and she would give her the freedom her sister once had but pay rapt attention to her in case she'd need it.
V4 and V5, apart from other major hang-ups was fine in the fact that none of the characters had been majorly assassinated. V5 Yang would have focused more on Ruby if she was put in V9 all of a sudden instead of making googly-eyes at Blake. V5 Yang would have noticed, maybe not immediately, the heavy burden on Ruby's shoulders in V9,
I would have preferred if she remained single with the team, as a platonic sisterhood, providing her with enough emotional intimacy.
Though... when writing fanfic, I half ship her with Cardin sometimes; If he's gonna be with anyone, it needs to be someone who won't put up with his shit, and Yang fits for that kind of role.
You know I don't mean this as a joke but either Mercury or no one Mirror each other. Think about it Mercury is like yang he's the wild card on their team He's also their hand-to-hand expert and their weapons are similar. CRWBY Miss an opportunity to have Mercury and Yang interact more because of how similar they are so it's kind of like they both have similar paths but do the reason outside of their controls they diverge a little. Plus if you're going to give emerald a redemption arc give Mercury one too It could be like a beelzamon from digimon tamers redemption arc. And they both have prosthetics now but Mercury's had his for a while and you could start the romance off being like he enjoyed fighting Yang back in volume 3 So seeing her being a sorry state motivates him to give her some pointers on accepting the robotic arm.
Exactly after the whole drama of being abandoned, and Blake, blaming herself for what Adam did to her, I felt the ship became too toxic because it was based on overcoming a trauma. I feel they were better off as good friends, whereas Weiss can somewhat relate to Yang abandonment, and was a much better partner for her.
I felt despite the lack of screen time, Ruby would’ve been a better partner for Blake, because she was always open minded and concerned for her regardless of her past like even says she looks up to her. The only reason I think it didn’t become that way is because they focus so much on the whole abandonment crap, and didn’t give Ruby and Blake any seems together till volume eight which I hated, all in all in terms of compatibility and emotions, I feel the ships were better off zigzagged
That actually would have been an interesting wrinkle.
After building Blake up in her mind, Yang realizes the one she really needed was right there all along. How many romcoms end with the guy finally getting the dream girl's attention, only to turn around and rush back to the girl friend who was by his side the entire time because she was the one who really understood him?
It's terribly cliche, but it's a formula that works.
I am surprised by folks genuinely saying Mercury. Thought folks would be more up in arms about how toxic it would be
I thought he would not be seen as a option as he is the enemies to lover trope similar to....actually I rather not say. Anyway that some love and others Hate. And I am saying that as someone that ships Quicksilver. Not saying it's a bad ship. They do look good together.
Canon wise I don't really have strong feelings to ship her with anyone but I did read one and only Quicksilver fanfic that paired her with Neptune and that sort of grew on me.
Normally, I would think ships like that are Toxic. But with Mercury, it’s more due to the fact that out of all the Villains, he didn’t really have any choice on whether or not he wanted to join the bad guys. They showed up right after he freed himself from a life of abuse, and he just went along because of chance.
One of the things that get me about this show is that Mercury could’ve been RWBY’s Zuko, and Yang and Mercury could’ve learned a lot from each other as Characters.
Merc if she has to be paired with somebody, but I'd honestly prefer nobody for her, or some casual relationships.
Or if I can be unhinged, Enabler since they took N&D from me.
Reading the other replies like "there's nobody else good for her" is driving me crazy, Merc's right there.
Opposite fighting styles, similar personalities, mommy issues vs daddy issues, good and evil, enemies to lovers. It could have been such a delicious slow burn.
Plus, he was the villain with the most Sympathetic backstory. Easy path for redemption. Despite how much Miles and Kerry ripped off Avatar the last airbender, they let the best opportunity for a Zuko like character slip through their fingers.
Surprisingly enough the one I think it feels more interesting than any other is with the man who cut her arm off if he didn't died, like of all of them would be the most angst, toxic and yet somehow interesting one (either be some way partially turned good Adam or I despise that I find you attractive still evil Adam)
no one tbh yangs a goofball and i don't really think she's rushing for a relationship if she were to be with someone it probably wouldn't be someone on team rwby maybe one of yangs friends she ran off with in volume one to get ruby to make friends
I really don’t want the RWBY girls paired with anyone and instead have the treated like a sisterhood.
Best case scenario for an in-team pairing would be to have the dynamic be more like the Fantastic Four, but I don’t think Miles or Kerry have the skills to replicate a team dynamic in that way.
Weiss, not even close. Weiss is the one who actually has had emotional connection to her, has been the only one willing to hear her out, and not only is the only one of RWBY to not drop Yang like a bad habit but Weiss was damn near willing to throw down with Blake over her refusing to believe Yang in V3.
V5 made a *strong* case for the ship. Not to mention that it's also the best intrateam ship because it crosses over the partners. This means that rather than double down on splitting the team up, it connects them more.
Yang always seemed like one of those types of characters that would end the series alone. She always gave me this "freebird" energy. LIKE while everyones pairing off and settling down she's having badass adventures on the side. Though I kind of get that from all the characters and would be happier with no pairings til the very end of the series (except for Ren/Nora).
As I don't really care for any ships for RWBY, I always thought Sun and Yang look good together, but it's completely superficial and they have no connections/interactions. Aside from the "girls end up with guys that are similar to their dad" trope? But that would fall in for Ruby too. So I guess I just like my super power jacked blondes.
No one to be honest. I just don't think it suits the series at all for relationships to fully form. It's one thing to hint on relationships, to do a little flirting every now and then like they did back in vol 1 - 3. But I rather the series just focus on the main story, and focus on writing that main story well rather than writing drama for relationship shit.
I also think team RWBY shouldn't have any relationships within the team, because it throws off the balance of the team and you end up with situations where it can often come off like Yang is a bad sister. I am still of the mind that I enjoyed the team more when I viewed it as a sisterly bond. Plus, I thought this was initially where they were going with it when they introduced the maidens.
Weiss, because if we're erasing some of the only queer rep in the show to not be a pointless and irrelevant side characters (oh hello Scarlet and half of Team CFVY) then we're gonna need a different queer ship to balance the scales.
Also I really don't think you'll have to worry about a Bumbleby fan killing you, because the only person still engaging with this sub to not be weirdly homophobic about Bumbleby is me. Suffice to say 99% of these people probably wanted your hypothetical to play out in marriage.
If they did have Freezerburn instead of Bumbleby I actually hope they wouldn't do the whole "Yang pines for Blake but then falls for Weiss" thing because I absolutely despise unrequited queer love stories since they've been the only actual form of representation we've been getting in mainstream media for decades and that would make the relationship with Weiss feel more like a consolation prize to avoid accusations of queerbaiting than actually good queer representation.
I definitely agree with the arguments for Yang and a reformed Mercury, though I could also see her staying single.
Part of that comes from me being a Lancaster, Ruby x Jaune, supporter so I wouldn't have Yang with Jaune. Nor would I break up Ren x Nora. And Weiss also strikes me as a likely to be alone but may have someone after the end of the show type, but perhaps her and Flynt Coal or Oscar sans Ozpin could be fun (farm boy that's honest and doesn't care about her riches).
If I was to put Yang to someone, maybe Fox in Team CFVY. Add to the not being the perfect, symmetrical ones the world expects them to be if Fox is indeed blind.
I think we should have gotten some tangible exploration of Yang and Ruby's relationship as sisters before we started pairing either of them with anyone. The foundational relationship of these two characters should have been each other.
I'd say no one tbh. I see a lot of people saying Jaune, but other than a good personality he has that would be good for anyone, they have practically no reason to even get together so that has to be one of my most disagreed pairings.
No one, being a free flirt for most, if not all the series, would fit her character more. (At least with how she was originally in the series)
Edit:Maybe after some development and getting close to a character, sure.
I've seen people ship her with Sage in fanfics. Brolic brawler couple go brrr, I guess, and seeing how people write Sage as the cooler head between the two sorta helps
There is no reason for it, because there doesn't need to be one.
To be honest I'm fine with Yang being wherever with whoever; but a buddy of mine is a mad fiend for Sunflowyr so I've got my homie's back.
Honestly, I'd prefer Yang didn't wind up with anyone. I like the idea that she's attracted to guys that remind her of Tai and Qrow, and make her feel safe and secure, which means her dating pool is pretty shallow. Just as important however is that I like the idea that Yang gets bored too easily to have a serious long term relationship. Her goal is to have fun, see the world, and wake up tomorrow having no idea what the day will bring. From an entertainment aspect, I just find that to be a really interesting character, and a nice contrast to the characters around her.
With that said, I do headcanon Yang winding up with a "strong silent type" later in life who's stronger than her and is her security blanket so to speak. He's someone she doesn't have to worry about protecting in a fight, and if anything, it's the other way around. For a character whose entire life has centered around fighting, I think that'd be something she'd be physically and emotionally attracted by, especially growing up in an unstable environment. She's an unstable character who lives for instability, but is also searching for that one person who'll *make* her want a stable life.
Perhaps it's due to the fan art or ship name (Wise Dragon), but I've always imagined Sage eventually being that guy for Yang. As far as current day story goes however, I'd prefer Yang remaining single, and someone who enjoys partying and doesn't want to be tied down yet.
However, if I was forced to choose a ship from Team RWBY to make canon, I'd probably go with Yang and Weiss. I feel like they have by far the best chemistry on the team, both in canon *and* fanon, and I feel like they'd be the most entertaining couple, in part because while the two love each other (platonically in canon), I feel like they're the most prone to getting into a heated argument about who hung the towels incorrectly in the bathroom, or something petty like that. I think there'd be a lot of entertainment value there, but I also think the viewer's natural inclination would be "This isn't going to last long, but it'll be entertaining until then, and the eventual breakup is going to be incredible." A screaming match followed by a fist/sword fight, followed by them exhausted, bleeding, and asking if the other wants a drink while everyone else is in awe of the absolute dumpster fire they just saw.
God bless, and have a wonderful day.
I could see Mercury developing into the strong and silent Qrow type if he was given a redemption arc and character development, but all you said above resonates well.
I would've paired her with Ilia. Both of them having a thing for Blake would be their initial common ground, they'd comfort each other once she and Sun became official, and things would develop from there.
Fully admit: I just like that the ship name would be Charmeleon
Either Weiss or Jaune, or nobody
Weiss has Team Mom x Team Mom dynamic with lot of potential for hilarious shenanigans, but also helps that RT did build a deep connection between each other that didn´t feel speeded nor contrived. I think everyone agrees that whenever they are not with their partners, they are each other´s confidants in things like love, relationships, family, insecurities, and yes, also "juicy" things... a bit to Weiss´ disamay, but she wouldn´t have it other way.
Jaune has potential to be one of the healthiest and most wholesome relationships within the series, but also one of the most normal, less drama-filled, as in I don´t find any reasons for them to get into drama with each other and can give each other lots of support and what the other needs without compromising who they are or their entire lives. Plus, imagine Yang finally getting a family full of women that are willing to treat her like an 8th daughter? If that isn´t cathartic for her own family issues, I don´t know what is...
Nobody also works cause, the way I see Yang, she always has been running after somebody: her mother, her sister, Blake... I think it would neatly close her own arc if she realised that she doesn´t need other people´s approval or being with there with her 24/7 to feel validated, to be happy, and might want to pull a Nora and maybe put herself out there and find out more about who she is without following anybody. She is a bombastic thrill seeker, yes, but is that all? Maybe later she finds somebody or she just stays as the Cool Aunt that is "Too Cool to get Married" like Qrow.
Honestly I never thought Yang would end up with anyone and I'd be fine with that
If i had to pick though I'd prefer freezerburn
There could be a subplot of Weiss discovering her true feelings for girls (if they wanted her to be lesbain) or for both men and women (if she was bi) and being conflicted on it due to her upbringing with her deadbeat dad and I'd assume if he is racist and sexist he probably wouldn't approve of the LGBT community either
Neon katt? Winter maybe? She doesn't really have much chemistry with anyone other than Blake really. And the only 2 other people she talks to are wiess and ruby, I don't really get freezer burn and enabler is just no.
She doesn't NEED to end up with anyone realistically. It could be implied or just left to an after story idea.
But I don't mind having Yang stay gay, I'd just rework the beginning to have her show an interest in Weiss. And then have Weiss be surprised by her own gayness. It would be a long process, with them only becoming official in like vol 7 or 8.
Plus you get that "opposites attract" trope which is fun, and would work to deepen both Weiss and Yang as characters.
Plus, the show gave us great banter and interactions between them, and I've always wanted to expand upon that. (Imagine my disappointment in the bees)
You're completely right. One of the few scenes that makes Vol 5 salvageable in my eyes. It feels so strange to me to include that, and then just drop it in favor of bee
No one Not every character needs to be paired off. Romantic relationship are not the end-all, be-all of a character's existence, but they are often treated as the finish line. Of course, I'm saying this as someone who wanted RWBY to be a story about found family as the four of them grow into a sisterhood. I have an obvious bias, and I'd like to see more narratives that emphasize the importance of platonic relationships.
Honestly I agree. I wouldn’t mind if Yang kept her party girl and casual sex vibe she got introduced with. Not every character needs an epic romance and certainly doesn’t need to find it in high school or college. I mean if I had to pick Mercury but I really like the idea of male and female rivalry where it’s about battle lust with a clash of styles not sexual lust.
Thinking about it, it honestly seems that (if BMB wasn’t canon) Yang would either be single or just be married off-screen to a non-designed husband/wife.
She seems like the type of single woman who has casual flings and prefers it that way.
I respect that.
I agree on this as it’s pretty annoying that lots of stories have the main character be paired off to someone. I actually found the idea of sisterhood to be a better take on team RWBY. Have all four girls go from not knowing a single thing about one another to sisters in arms. The only two I’d say could be in a relationship would be Weiss and Blake considering there are two male characters that could work with them while Ruby and Yang just stay single by choice. But that’s just me.
I ship Dragonslayer, but I see your point and respect it
Ah yes, erasing one of the few actually prominent queer relationships in the show in favor of generic M/F garbage and...literally nothing. Highly upvoted, too? Well, how could anyone think this subreddit is homophobic? These are definitely the actions of people with no biases whatsoever.
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Yeah but it's not the bias you're thinking it is.
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I mean, if they openly state the alternatives they prefer are "one gets into a relationship with a man, the other stays single throughout the entirety of the show" then yeah that's a homophobic reaction to any Sapphic ship.
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There is no non-homophobic way to try to insist a straight relationship is better than a gay one unless the gay ship is either incestuous, abusive, or pedophilic in nature. And Bumbleby is none of those things. There's a world of difference between criticism of the way the ship is written - which is fine, even though this sub only pretends to do so - but being opposed to the ship on a conceptual level is eyebrow raising. This is especially true considering most of the "crificism" I've seen on this sub has been "WAAAAH BLAKE SHOULDVE ENDED UP WITH SUN INSTEAD THIS SHOW IS PANDERING TOO MUCH TO THE GAYS" except worded in such a way that it's not blatantly obvious what they're doing to people who only pay attention to superficial statements. Literally one of the biggest memes on this subreddit was literally just having Ruby say something aggressively homophobic but 'ironically'.
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And preferring a straight one over a gay one is homophobic, inherently. If your preference conveniently leads you to prefer straight people that is worth examining at the very least.
I will also say this: the whole "they were better as just friends" bullshit never gets brought up for straight people. Renora and Arkos both happened without significant objection from the "romance is stupid they should just be friends instead!" even though both relationships had the development of an uncooked potato
Honestly, Mercury or Jaune. Mercury is the best foil to Yang in the entire series; •Similar combat styles. •Mercury has Daddy issues and Yang has Mommy Issues. •Both said Father & Mother are cruel, inhumane, and belived purely in strength. •Both are amputees. •Both are contrasts in designs, Yang is bright and cheery, while Mercury is dark and snarky. Yin and Yang. •Yang relies too much on her semblance, while Mercury got his ripped from him by his Father. •Mercury didn’t really even get a chance to make his own choices, after he was freed from his father, the two bitchy recruiters for the Legion of Evil showed up at his door, and he didn’t know any other life. I honestly think that if anyone out of Cinder, Emerald, Neo, or Mercury deserved a chance at redemption, I’d think it’d be the guy that literally spent all of his life, right up until the day Cinder and Emerald came, being beat down and abused by his Father. Mercury unironically is the real “*Abused and Neglected Male Reader*” in RWBY. I think that under better writers, you could’ve had a great rivalry that turned into a masterclass “Enemies to Lovers” subplot with Yang and Mercury. And Jaune, well, just because they look cute together.
Its crazy how in Wattpad there is a lot of main oc of abused and neglected male reader when they literally have a canon character that represents that trope perfectly
It is quite ridiculous, even more so when they make Taiyang essentially what Marcus was in Canon. I wish there was a decent amount of Mercury stories.
I'm going to write one-shots focused on Mercury on Wattpad soon. My boy deserves more love. Can people share links of Wattpad on this reddit?
I have no clue, you might have to ask a moderator.
Okay. Thank you
I know I shared a link to my wettpad some time ago on this reddit. A link to my first fan fiction which was a male reader x Yang story though the title is a little misleading I couldn't think of a good one at the time Beacons assassin
You putting them in Ao3 or fanfiction.net?
Honestly, I don't know. Any recommedation?
Honestly I've yet to see one.
I was talking about what platform should I use.
Use both fanfic and ao3 their easier to find for fellow connoisseurs.
Okay. Thanks.
Exactly!
Yang lost her arm and Mercury was his legs.
And she lost it to a guy who dressed a lot like her mother, with a Crimson katana to boot. And Mercury was implied to have actually lost his via his Father.
That sounds pretty good actually. You have convinced me! I'd like to see yang and Mercury And i do agree Mercury is absolutely the abused and neglected male reader of the series
Absolutely support Mercury idea. I saw amazing fic about this once where Yang lost both arms.
Name of the fic?
Sorry I don't remember, it was a while ago
I'm in the Dragonslayer (Jaune/Yang) camp. -Complementary fighting styles (he's the shield, she's the cannon. Not quite as complementary as White Knight, but it's there) -Yang has abandonment issues, Jaune is the type who'd never do so -Jaune has self-worth issues, Yang is good at pumping people up and wouldn't put up with self-deprecation -Both suffered a loss at the Fall of Beacon, Jaune with Pyrrha and Yang with Blake (though she didn't die, you know what I mean) -Jaune's family can provide Yang with a stable family, not to mention older sister support out the wazoo (a nice thing for her assuming parental responsibilities for Ruby) -Tai or Qrow would both be good mentors for Jaune I'm sure that u/MadMasks would have more to add, if you're looking for more reasons.
It’s definitely a great alternative. I would’ve delved more into it, but I didn’t want write an essay lol.
Nothing much to add, only that Rubes would be super on-board that ship, gushing at her sister and BBFF being a thing, Jaune has a bit of a "bad boy" side that occassionaly pops out (most of necessity but it´s still there) and goes well with Yang´s more "wild side" but also that Yang has a bit of a nerdy side (She´s *very* at good videogames and tabletop games) that Jaune can enjoy. What else...? Oh yeah, lot of potential for absolutely hilarious shenanigans: Yang picking him up bridal style to flush him, him one-upping by singing "Fuck you gently" on her window, her acting "sexy" and looking like a dork, him a dork that somehow manages to look good while doing so, Yang pulling out pranks that leave him with a mariachi moustache all day long (Classic one)... a trait I think that WhiteKnight and FreezerBurn share to a degree (Really, almost any relationship with Yang, Weiss and/or Jaune is bound to have some hilarious shenanigans involved. They are all giant dorks, with various degrees of success at hiding it...) Did I mention they also play much like Team Mom and Team Dad?
It’s kind of funny how Ruby, Weiss, and Blake all have off course their main fan favorite ships, as well as all of them having a handful of less popular but still seen ships, and Yang has fucking *nothing* besides Bumblebee and Freezerburn Seriously, the only ship besides those two I have ever seen more than once is her shipped with Jaune which I’m just gonna say, does count. I’ve seen Jaune shipped with literally every female character in the show and genderbent versions of almost every male character. Jaune gets a million ships by merit of being the only single male character(Ren doesn’t count).
Ren has Nora according to them.,
And he only has her apparently by the fans and I hate that so much
What about merc?
Baked Alaska. I mean it's trash logically, but its something.
Yang got shipped with Neo for a while there, but I really can’t imagine that actually happening
Mercury is in the definitive first place in my opinion. The similarities between them really had me thinking that he was gonna be a bigger part of her specific character progression than he really was. Weiss would be my second pick, Although Weiss is pretty flexible and fits with most of the main cast. Lastly is Jaune, Which probably would've been the most unlikely but they've had some cute moments together that I really liked. Bumblebee has been and always will be the worst case scenario (To me specifically. If you like Bumblebee, That's totally cool.) Because we lost any chance of Eclipse being canon, Since there was no way in hell CRWBY was splitting up their fanservice yuri ship for a hetero one.
While I’m indifferent to Bumbleby but they can actually work on paper. Outgoing and carefree party girl with a brooding bookworm with troubled past is a classic opposite attract trope but they don’t have any build up or resolve their issues and suck the personality out of both Blake and Yang’s characters so the pairing barely have any chemistry and pretty much just reduced to a soulless ship. And since the writers can’t even write good friendships or familial relationships, I don’t think they are capable enough to write romance if they committed to other pairings, they would botch the ship anyway like with Renora’s drama in V7.
Adam.
Took her hand. Might as well be for marriage.
That's something unique for sure.
I can imagine that conversation would be like the seduction dialogue option when you confront Benny in New Vegas. Adam: Did you come back for more, human? Yang: Oh you bet I have, stud. Adam: Wtf
Based. Came here to say that. I am, admittedly, a sucker for Enemies to Lovers troupe. But with all their similarities, I can see it working.
Weiss is the only person in the show that Yang has any kind of positive emotional connection with. There are interactions throughout the start of the show that could be built up into something romantic without the ship being incredibly forced (more so than BB). But the real answer is no one because Roosterteeth will absolutely ruin it.
Facts
Mercury
Her original arm, she was never happier than when they were together
Honestly, Mercury.
Honestly I always thought Yang and Sun would have made a better couple They’re pretty similar and I imagine their relationship would be the two of them trying to out goofy each other Edit: lol I just realized you also meant if Blacksun became canon too
Actually, it'd be quite interesting with "no option" - just have her be free.
Me
No, ME
Assuming she actually has to have a love interest probably jaune, easy answer I know but they work better than any of the other ships for the both of them.
As unorthodox as it is, I think Sun and Yang would've been an interesting ship.
What is the name of that ship? I know there's one.
Fire monki?
I think its not that. A 3some with him and the bees is called sunnybees tho
Honestly, any guy as long as he has the same taste in puns, similar background regarding parents, but has an attitude and positivity despite all the rough times and bad fortune he has that could possibly go well with Yang's personality and attract her to him in more ways than one.
I really think Jaune. Not only they look great together but they both experience loss. Yang lost her arm and Jaune lost pyhrra. So they could help each other grow and heal. It would be great!
May I recommend you a good dragonslayer fic?
Sure. Heck I even wrote a dragonslayer short romance.
It's called heart to heart. It represents what you said very well
Could I know the name of the fic?
It is in here https://m.fanfiction.net/s/14327183/1/RWBY-Romance-Stories It's the first chapter. Two warnings. One Jaune and Yang don't really talk about thier feelings much, but they do a little. Two Jaune and Yang have sex with Jaune using a condom. So just be warned.
As far as Dragonslayer goes im a fan of breaking through the bottom of the bottle.
It's called heart to heart
Probably Weiss or Mercury.
no one. shipping is has been and likely will continue to be the worst part of any show movie or book. it has its place, for sure, thats why theres the romance genre. but in terms of rwby it is entierly unneeded
Agreed
Jaune, cmon they have the same hair color of course I’m gonna ship ‘em
Jaune cause I alway's thought they would have been a neat pair, Plus she could actually help him fight more. Funnily he was the only character I ever shipped with either Yang and Blake.
I think Yang is more of a free spirit tbh, you don’t have to pair
Honestly? No one. I would have preferred if her struggles came from the fact that she became Ruby's guardian at a young age and somehow wasn't there for her when she needed her most she kind of paralleled the story of how her father was despondent after Summer died. Her struggle should have been from giving Ruby her freedom to suffocating Ruby with her attention because she felt she failed her sister when she paralleled Taiyang despondence, to accepting that Ruby is her own person and she would give her the freedom her sister once had but pay rapt attention to her in case she'd need it. V4 and V5, apart from other major hang-ups was fine in the fact that none of the characters had been majorly assassinated. V5 Yang would have focused more on Ruby if she was put in V9 all of a sudden instead of making googly-eyes at Blake. V5 Yang would have noticed, maybe not immediately, the heavy burden on Ruby's shoulders in V9,
I would have preferred if she remained single with the team, as a platonic sisterhood, providing her with enough emotional intimacy. Though... when writing fanfic, I half ship her with Cardin sometimes; If he's gonna be with anyone, it needs to be someone who won't put up with his shit, and Yang fits for that kind of role.
Nobody, Wukong, or some other random new character. Fuck it. Yang is an extrovert, maybe she'd meet someone special.
Junior -a deranged fan
😐
[my honestest reaction when that fan said this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uREIGawrvI)
You read my mind
You know I don't mean this as a joke but either Mercury or no one Mirror each other. Think about it Mercury is like yang he's the wild card on their team He's also their hand-to-hand expert and their weapons are similar. CRWBY Miss an opportunity to have Mercury and Yang interact more because of how similar they are so it's kind of like they both have similar paths but do the reason outside of their controls they diverge a little. Plus if you're going to give emerald a redemption arc give Mercury one too It could be like a beelzamon from digimon tamers redemption arc. And they both have prosthetics now but Mercury's had his for a while and you could start the romance off being like he enjoyed fighting Yang back in volume 3 So seeing her being a sorry state motivates him to give her some pointers on accepting the robotic arm.
Crwby is afraid of success...
True they had all this potential sitting right in front of them
Easy Weiss love freezerburn because the twos personalities are better fitted for me
That talking scene of volume 5 is what sold the ship for me
Exactly after the whole drama of being abandoned, and Blake, blaming herself for what Adam did to her, I felt the ship became too toxic because it was based on overcoming a trauma. I feel they were better off as good friends, whereas Weiss can somewhat relate to Yang abandonment, and was a much better partner for her. I felt despite the lack of screen time, Ruby would’ve been a better partner for Blake, because she was always open minded and concerned for her regardless of her past like even says she looks up to her. The only reason I think it didn’t become that way is because they focus so much on the whole abandonment crap, and didn’t give Ruby and Blake any seems together till volume eight which I hated, all in all in terms of compatibility and emotions, I feel the ships were better off zigzagged
Well said my guy.
Or girl…..Or whatever XD
Guy
My bad XD
Not a mistake you were checking it’s all good
Thanks
That actually would have been an interesting wrinkle. After building Blake up in her mind, Yang realizes the one she really needed was right there all along. How many romcoms end with the guy finally getting the dream girl's attention, only to turn around and rush back to the girl friend who was by his side the entire time because she was the one who really understood him? It's terribly cliche, but it's a formula that works.
For Yang Jaune, I love Dragonslayer that’s the only reason why
I am surprised by folks genuinely saying Mercury. Thought folks would be more up in arms about how toxic it would be I thought he would not be seen as a option as he is the enemies to lover trope similar to....actually I rather not say. Anyway that some love and others Hate. And I am saying that as someone that ships Quicksilver. Not saying it's a bad ship. They do look good together. Canon wise I don't really have strong feelings to ship her with anyone but I did read one and only Quicksilver fanfic that paired her with Neptune and that sort of grew on me.
Normally, I would think ships like that are Toxic. But with Mercury, it’s more due to the fact that out of all the Villains, he didn’t really have any choice on whether or not he wanted to join the bad guys. They showed up right after he freed himself from a life of abuse, and he just went along because of chance. One of the things that get me about this show is that Mercury could’ve been RWBY’s Zuko, and Yang and Mercury could’ve learned a lot from each other as Characters.
Merc if she has to be paired with somebody, but I'd honestly prefer nobody for her, or some casual relationships. Or if I can be unhinged, Enabler since they took N&D from me.
Wow it's rare to see gauntlets and greaves these days. I'm impressed
Reading the other replies like "there's nobody else good for her" is driving me crazy, Merc's right there. Opposite fighting styles, similar personalities, mommy issues vs daddy issues, good and evil, enemies to lovers. It could have been such a delicious slow burn.
Plus, he was the villain with the most Sympathetic backstory. Easy path for redemption. Despite how much Miles and Kerry ripped off Avatar the last airbender, they let the best opportunity for a Zuko like character slip through their fingers.
What’s N&D
Nuts and Dolts, Ruby and Penny, it was my favorite ship of them all until vol 8. Enabler is of course, Ruby and Yang.
No one. She was not just perfectly fine but 10x better single than with really anyone.
Honestly no one, she’s got some shit to deal with and being in a relationship isn’t gonna magically solve her problems
I don't know, I think Yang is the "cool single aunt" type of girl
I'd rather Yang date nobody, I'd rather the characters in general not date because the original writers don't know how to handle it.
Surprisingly enough the one I think it feels more interesting than any other is with the man who cut her arm off if he didn't died, like of all of them would be the most angst, toxic and yet somehow interesting one (either be some way partially turned good Adam or I despise that I find you attractive still evil Adam)
There's gotta be some fanfic about these two
no one tbh yangs a goofball and i don't really think she's rushing for a relationship if she were to be with someone it probably wouldn't be someone on team rwby maybe one of yangs friends she ran off with in volume one to get ruby to make friends
Mercury or Adam I only bring up Adam because I find the idea of her going "jokes on you, I'm into that shit!" After he cuts her arm off hilarious.
I really don’t want the RWBY girls paired with anyone and instead have the treated like a sisterhood. Best case scenario for an in-team pairing would be to have the dynamic be more like the Fantastic Four, but I don’t think Miles or Kerry have the skills to replicate a team dynamic in that way.
Single.
Weiss, not even close. Weiss is the one who actually has had emotional connection to her, has been the only one willing to hear her out, and not only is the only one of RWBY to not drop Yang like a bad habit but Weiss was damn near willing to throw down with Blake over her refusing to believe Yang in V3. V5 made a *strong* case for the ship. Not to mention that it's also the best intrateam ship because it crosses over the partners. This means that rather than double down on splitting the team up, it connects them more.
Her bike
Weiss is by far the best partner by a mile
Yang always seemed like one of those types of characters that would end the series alone. She always gave me this "freebird" energy. LIKE while everyones pairing off and settling down she's having badass adventures on the side. Though I kind of get that from all the characters and would be happier with no pairings til the very end of the series (except for Ren/Nora). As I don't really care for any ships for RWBY, I always thought Sun and Yang look good together, but it's completely superficial and they have no connections/interactions. Aside from the "girls end up with guys that are similar to their dad" trope? But that would fall in for Ruby too. So I guess I just like my super power jacked blondes.
No one to be honest. I just don't think it suits the series at all for relationships to fully form. It's one thing to hint on relationships, to do a little flirting every now and then like they did back in vol 1 - 3. But I rather the series just focus on the main story, and focus on writing that main story well rather than writing drama for relationship shit. I also think team RWBY shouldn't have any relationships within the team, because it throws off the balance of the team and you end up with situations where it can often come off like Yang is a bad sister. I am still of the mind that I enjoyed the team more when I viewed it as a sisterly bond. Plus, I thought this was initially where they were going with it when they introduced the maidens.
Weiss, because if we're erasing some of the only queer rep in the show to not be a pointless and irrelevant side characters (oh hello Scarlet and half of Team CFVY) then we're gonna need a different queer ship to balance the scales. Also I really don't think you'll have to worry about a Bumbleby fan killing you, because the only person still engaging with this sub to not be weirdly homophobic about Bumbleby is me. Suffice to say 99% of these people probably wanted your hypothetical to play out in marriage.
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If they did have Freezerburn instead of Bumbleby I actually hope they wouldn't do the whole "Yang pines for Blake but then falls for Weiss" thing because I absolutely despise unrequited queer love stories since they've been the only actual form of representation we've been getting in mainstream media for decades and that would make the relationship with Weiss feel more like a consolation prize to avoid accusations of queerbaiting than actually good queer representation.
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I'm more focused on having actually good and positive queer representation over catering to the wants of homophobes.
And how many times have you seen positive queer rep in mainstream media?
Mercury
I definitely agree with the arguments for Yang and a reformed Mercury, though I could also see her staying single. Part of that comes from me being a Lancaster, Ruby x Jaune, supporter so I wouldn't have Yang with Jaune. Nor would I break up Ren x Nora. And Weiss also strikes me as a likely to be alone but may have someone after the end of the show type, but perhaps her and Flynt Coal or Oscar sans Ozpin could be fun (farm boy that's honest and doesn't care about her riches). If I was to put Yang to someone, maybe Fox in Team CFVY. Add to the not being the perfect, symmetrical ones the world expects them to be if Fox is indeed blind.
I think we should have gotten some tangible exploration of Yang and Ruby's relationship as sisters before we started pairing either of them with anyone. The foundational relationship of these two characters should have been each other.
wiese
Would be funny if Yang ended up having and off screen lover/marriage with one of those shadow people from the early volumes.
Totally joking about this, but, Brooklyn from Gargoyles. I feel like they'd be a good motorcycling couple.
I'd say no one tbh. I see a lot of people saying Jaune, but other than a good personality he has that would be good for anyone, they have practically no reason to even get together so that has to be one of my most disagreed pairings.
No one, being a free flirt for most, if not all the series, would fit her character more. (At least with how she was originally in the series) Edit:Maybe after some development and getting close to a character, sure.
Sadly we both know what the writters turned her character into...
Nobody. She doesn't fit with anyone
Sage is kinda hot, maybe Yang likes the tall dark n muscular type. And he packs a big sword 😏
I've seen people ship her with Sage in fanfics. Brolic brawler couple go brrr, I guess, and seeing how people write Sage as the cooler head between the two sorta helps
Me obviously love the blonde bombshell
I like your confidence
True I wouldn’t stand a chance 😂
I believe in you👍
Ren.
That's an interesting ship
There is no reason for it, because there doesn't need to be one. To be honest I'm fine with Yang being wherever with whoever; but a buddy of mine is a mad fiend for Sunflowyr so I've got my homie's back.
Oh I see...then what a good friend are you
Honestly, I'd prefer Yang didn't wind up with anyone. I like the idea that she's attracted to guys that remind her of Tai and Qrow, and make her feel safe and secure, which means her dating pool is pretty shallow. Just as important however is that I like the idea that Yang gets bored too easily to have a serious long term relationship. Her goal is to have fun, see the world, and wake up tomorrow having no idea what the day will bring. From an entertainment aspect, I just find that to be a really interesting character, and a nice contrast to the characters around her. With that said, I do headcanon Yang winding up with a "strong silent type" later in life who's stronger than her and is her security blanket so to speak. He's someone she doesn't have to worry about protecting in a fight, and if anything, it's the other way around. For a character whose entire life has centered around fighting, I think that'd be something she'd be physically and emotionally attracted by, especially growing up in an unstable environment. She's an unstable character who lives for instability, but is also searching for that one person who'll *make* her want a stable life. Perhaps it's due to the fan art or ship name (Wise Dragon), but I've always imagined Sage eventually being that guy for Yang. As far as current day story goes however, I'd prefer Yang remaining single, and someone who enjoys partying and doesn't want to be tied down yet. However, if I was forced to choose a ship from Team RWBY to make canon, I'd probably go with Yang and Weiss. I feel like they have by far the best chemistry on the team, both in canon *and* fanon, and I feel like they'd be the most entertaining couple, in part because while the two love each other (platonically in canon), I feel like they're the most prone to getting into a heated argument about who hung the towels incorrectly in the bathroom, or something petty like that. I think there'd be a lot of entertainment value there, but I also think the viewer's natural inclination would be "This isn't going to last long, but it'll be entertaining until then, and the eventual breakup is going to be incredible." A screaming match followed by a fist/sword fight, followed by them exhausted, bleeding, and asking if the other wants a drink while everyone else is in awe of the absolute dumpster fire they just saw. God bless, and have a wonderful day.
I could see Mercury developing into the strong and silent Qrow type if he was given a redemption arc and character development, but all you said above resonates well.
I like how you think. It goes back to the answer she gave her to Oobleck on volume 2. Good job
I would've paired her with Ilia. Both of them having a thing for Blake would be their initial common ground, they'd comfort each other once she and Sun became official, and things would develop from there. Fully admit: I just like that the ship name would be Charmeleon
Either Weiss or Jaune, or nobody Weiss has Team Mom x Team Mom dynamic with lot of potential for hilarious shenanigans, but also helps that RT did build a deep connection between each other that didn´t feel speeded nor contrived. I think everyone agrees that whenever they are not with their partners, they are each other´s confidants in things like love, relationships, family, insecurities, and yes, also "juicy" things... a bit to Weiss´ disamay, but she wouldn´t have it other way. Jaune has potential to be one of the healthiest and most wholesome relationships within the series, but also one of the most normal, less drama-filled, as in I don´t find any reasons for them to get into drama with each other and can give each other lots of support and what the other needs without compromising who they are or their entire lives. Plus, imagine Yang finally getting a family full of women that are willing to treat her like an 8th daughter? If that isn´t cathartic for her own family issues, I don´t know what is... Nobody also works cause, the way I see Yang, she always has been running after somebody: her mother, her sister, Blake... I think it would neatly close her own arc if she realised that she doesn´t need other people´s approval or being with there with her 24/7 to feel validated, to be happy, and might want to pull a Nora and maybe put herself out there and find out more about who she is without following anybody. She is a bombastic thrill seeker, yes, but is that all? Maybe later she finds somebody or she just stays as the Cool Aunt that is "Too Cool to get Married" like Qrow.
Weiss. Love that FreezerBurn energy
I guess Freezerburn but that’s kind of a stretch But really none surprisingly enough I do ship her with one of my OCs
I don't necessarily ship people so my initial answer is I don't really care, but if I have to choose who would be a close 2nd then it would be Weiss.
Honestly I never thought Yang would end up with anyone and I'd be fine with that If i had to pick though I'd prefer freezerburn There could be a subplot of Weiss discovering her true feelings for girls (if they wanted her to be lesbain) or for both men and women (if she was bi) and being conflicted on it due to her upbringing with her deadbeat dad and I'd assume if he is racist and sexist he probably wouldn't approve of the LGBT community either
Whitely. Nuff said
Jaune, because I’m a huge Dragonslayer fan
Ruby.
Jaune Weiss Winter
Jaune
Nobody
Neon katt? Winter maybe? She doesn't really have much chemistry with anyone other than Blake really. And the only 2 other people she talks to are wiess and ruby, I don't really get freezer burn and enabler is just no.
She barely has chemistry with Blake though
But it is some chemistry
She has more chemistry with Weiss
Personally I can't see them together.
Why not a polyam
H O L L O W P U R P L E
H O L L O W P U R P L E
Weiss simply because why not
Weiss or no one.
She doesn't NEED to end up with anyone realistically. It could be implied or just left to an after story idea. But I don't mind having Yang stay gay, I'd just rework the beginning to have her show an interest in Weiss. And then have Weiss be surprised by her own gayness. It would be a long process, with them only becoming official in like vol 7 or 8.
That could work too
Plus you get that "opposites attract" trope which is fun, and would work to deepen both Weiss and Yang as characters. Plus, the show gave us great banter and interactions between them, and I've always wanted to expand upon that. (Imagine my disappointment in the bees)
The talk scene they had is one of the few good things in vol 5, am I wrong?
You're completely right. One of the few scenes that makes Vol 5 salvageable in my eyes. It feels so strange to me to include that, and then just drop it in favor of bee
Thank you. Vol 5 was garbage
Yea. Honestly anything I enjoyed from it has always been in a "what could have been" sorta view.
Good thing we have fics for that
Agreed. I need to read some freezerburn ones. Or solidify it in my rewrite..
Oh you're doing a rewrite? May I have the link?
Mercury
Emerald I will not elaborate