#but for real Poly STR is so fucking good

[honeyby]

Reject Rosebird, embrace Poly STR

#rwby spoilers #rwby9 #not really but like #kinda #but for real Poly STR is so fucking good #especially after all of this

[tequiilasunriise]

"Blake, are your parents dating my mom?"

"...Meow."

@min3nc's post about Snowleopard ripped open the Pandora Box that is some of my headcanons about this throuple (and the subsequent Bellaschneeblings interactions in my post here) so sit tight y'all this list is gonna be long because I absolutely adore this healthy bi4bi4bi poly pilf couple that foils whatever the fuck Divorce Mcgees Summer, Raven, n Tai had going on (don't get me wrong, I adore str-crossed lovers, especially whatever the fuck Rosebird had, but cmon you could power a small nation off of their Divorce Energy alone)

-They have zero in-canon interactions but the thought of Willow slowly healing and learning to love again from two characters shown to be incredibly sweet and patient and understanding and oh so gentle and tender and earnest? Guys this alone should sell you on the ship like!! LIKE!!!

-WILLOW HEALING FROM HER ABUSIVE MARRIAGE TRAUMA WITH THE HEALTHIEST COUPLE!! GHIRA AND KALI TAG TEAMING TO VALIDATE AND SMOTHER THE SHIT OUTTA THIS ENDEARING MILF WITH SO MUCH LOVE AND SUPPORT!!!

-Takes a deep breath. Wowie. Do y'all get it though do y'all understand the vision?

-I need me vulnerable Willow asking the Pilfadonnas fer parenting advice and the pair to be more than happy to help their girlfriend just so eager to help!! They're so reassuring and tender with her, making sure she doesn't feel like a terrible shit fer asking fer help about this like, "Oh, oh sweetheart. You've been through so much, and it's a good thing you're fighting fer your second chance to be the mother your children need and deserve. It's alright, darling, we're right here with you."

-Furthermore, Willow would feel so much guilt eating at her for her ex-husband's crimes against the Faunus as a whole and the Pilfadonnas, the leaders of the Faunus themselves, would help talk through her guilt and affirm that Willow is not to blame fer bullshit Jacques pulled and help her with the process of finding a good therapist like like like!!! There's so much shit here guys!!!

-"It was by marrying me that Jacques gained access to the resources tied to the Schnee name and carved out the world. I didn't do anything to stand up to him and stop him from ruining my family's name, and so by doing nothing I'm a part of his sins."

"....Babygirl we love you so much but there's SO MUCH wrong to unpack here."

-Also Willow deserves to be bisexually panicked by two hot cat people bc I said so she just deserves okay trust trust trust

-Anyways, the Schneeblings are mad sus of the Pilfadonnas at first because they ALLLLL know what kinda abusive bullcrap their mom went through in her dead marriage with Jackass Schnee but all eventually coming around to really love Ghira's and Kali's seemingly endless unconditional love (Weiss was the quickest to adapt, then Winter, and finally little Whitley)

-The Pilfadonnas are so sweet and loving to their new kids and see 'em as their own straight up but don't pressure any typa connection and respect the Schneeblings so much like, "I would prefer just Kali, but if calling me Ms. Belladonna makes you more comfortable then go right ahead sweetheart" LIKE THEYRE JUST THE BEST STEPARENTS EVER SO MUCH VALIDATION AND PATIENCE AND SWEETNESS!!!

-"Chieftain Ghira, sir, it's good to see you."

"Winter, while I won't stop you from calling me by that title if that's what makes you the most comfortable, you don't have to be so strict with yourself. There's no need to address me like you're a military subordinate, sweetheart."

"...I would die for you, sir."

"Oh! Um! I'm very grateful for that, but, uh, let's also not huh? Wouldn't want you dying anytime soon ahahahaaa."

"You're right, sir, the Maiden powers should not be so carelessly tossed around."

".....Alright so we're going to go find you a good therapist and start working on your sense of personhood-"

-The Pilfadonnas introduce the concept of therapy and healthier coping mechanisms to all of the Schnees REALNESS

-"But OP wouldn't Weiss already have learned that from her super supportive friends?" Weiss' found family is incredible but healthy coping mechanisms are NOT part of that package deal holy shit hypertraumatized child soldiers left and righttt baby

-Anyways, one time Whitley slipped and accidentally called Ghira "Hey dad-" and everyone FROZE before Whitley rushed his question and then ran the f u c k off as Ghira started wiping tears with Kali holding him close and Willow being so emotional at the her son finally has a solid, good father figure in his life oMG HES STARTING TO ACCEPT THE PILFADONNAS!!!

-Eventually, the Schneeblings graduate to calling the Pilfadonnas just Kali and Ghira (and Blake calling Willow by her first name was already established back when she was crashing Schnee Manor in V8 so we chilling) but Whitley, oh my heart, sometimes slips with a 'mama' or 'dad' to his stepparents and down the line he even stops getting embarrassed over it and GOSH does it melt the Pilfadonnas' hearts everytime he calls 'em that it doesn't matter if it's the tenth or the hundredth time they're sosossooo soft

-One time Weiss was practicing her fencing stances and didn't realize the Pilfadonnas were watching her, and then when they started to praise how amazing her swordsmanship is? Babygirl actually starts to cry a little because it was always, "You need to be faster, Schnees aren't supposed to be so slow" and "What would your grandfather say if he saw such sloppy forms? Again!" and never, "Oh, Weiss, honey, you were wonderful out there! You must have trained very hard to be so good!"

-If you give any of the Schneeblings a fucken shred of unconditional praise they will crumple faster than a stale cookie. On a daily basis, Weiss jokes and asks Blake how the FUCK did she not end up more well-adjusted (she knows about the bullshit with Adam but Weiss also knows that Blake is aware she's just messing around)

-So we've established some headcanons of the Schneelings interacting with the Pilfadonnas, but hear me out awkward as fuck Blake and Willow interactions bc Willow has NO IDEA how to interact with her daughter's teammate turned stepdaughter???

-Because, you know, "Oh uh hey my ex-husband exploited and abused the shit out the Faunus for years on end and you were one of the people heavily affected to the point where you, as a literal child, turned to a life of vigilante terrorist justice as a form of fighting back for your own basic rights"

-Blake, like her parents, completely understand that Willow had nothing to with Jackass' cruelty and instead gives her new stepmom an easy smile and starts talking small talk about Weiss' adventures with Team RWBY and!! Yeah!! Willow genuinely wants to know what's been going on in her daughter's life since she was so absent from it during her alcoholic days

-The pair bond over a shared loved of Weiss, and at one point Willow says, "If it isn't overstepping, can I just say I am truly fortunate that Weiss has someone like you in her life to support her" and Blake chuckles softly and replies, "It wasn't easy at first, but yeah, I'm glad she's in my life too" AND ARGAGRGRHRH THE BONDINGGGG

-Speaking of bonding, imagine the Pilfadonnas vibing with Klein and bonding over tea together, and seeing their adoptive dad figure Klein vibe with their new steparents may or may not have sped up Whitley and Winter warming up to the Pilfadonnas justttt a litttttlleee

-When Kali and Ghira see their stepkids flinch at loud voices or innocently raised hands, when they notice the low self-esteem Winter still carries or Whitley's facade of maturity so that adult figures actually acknowledge him, in front of the kids they're very respectful and apologetic of accidental triggers without being patronizing, but when they're alone? Straight fucking murder in their eyes. The Pilfadonnas are fucken e n r a g e d they're fucken seething because how dare Jackass Schnee hurt these sweet kids so fucking much

-They make sure neither the Schneeblings nor Willow are around when they let out their furious vents to each other absolutely slandering Jackass' name with clenched fists and bared fangs because they don't want their anger to trigger anyone but yeahhhh. Yeah, if Jacques is still out there we're adding two bisexual cat pilfs to the waiting list fer ripping his head off

-ANYWAYS, on a lighter note, can y'all imagine the Belladonnas are vibing and purring together all comfy and shit and the Schnees see them and are like, "Shit man they're so HEALTHY and FUNCTIONAL what the HECK??"

-Blake groaning, "Dadddddd!!" when her dad pulls up with family albums to talk about his precious daughter's childhood and, "Not you too mom!!!" when Kali excitedly joins in. As Blake is play wrestling with her parents to get the photobooks away, the Schnees are just witnessing this in various levels of amused but also kinda like, "Damn wow is this what a healthy family's supposed to look like dannggg that's crazzzzzyyyyyyyy"

-Vacations to Menagerie where the Belladonnas playfully make fun of their sunburnt as all hell white family members, and even though some Faunus are wary of the visiting Schnees, others are more open to giving these guys a chance and hey!! Turns out the SDC is actually going to be a good company after the shit Jacques Schnee pulled. Imagine the healing between Faunus relations and the Schnee family name when Willow and her kids pull up to help wherever and however they can

-I'm just saying family dinners would be so healthy and healing fer Willow and her kids after years filled with so many isolated, lonely, suffocating as hell dinners when Jacques still walked these halls. Instead of stiff etiquette and barbed questions throw their way by a spiteful bitchass with a clip-on tie, there's warm laughter and jovial banter thrown about; genuine inquires about their day/interests that lead to invested conversation and freely given praise; large, beaming smiles from three dark color-schemed people who radiantly glow like the sun. It's like the Belladonnas breathed back life into the hollowed out Schnees who barely survived all the different ways jackass had hurt them, and that's just so fucken lovely to think about

#please go check out part two with the bellaschneeblings interactions shit was SO FUN to write #also!! yall feel free to reblog with ur own hcs!! the more the merrier #snowleopard came outta nowhere and absolutely rotted my brain like theyre actually so good??? #crwby u cowards give me the healthy old ppl polycule they would be so fucken good #Qrow n Willow would be recovering alcoholic bros- much to Winter's chagrin- but its to these two loving cat ppl that Willow comes home to #rebuilding vauco through the power of good parental figures therapy and bisexuality #rwby #rwby snow leopard #kali belladonna #ghira belladonna #willow schnee #pilfadonnas #schneeblings #winter schnee #weiss schnee #whitley schnee #blake belladonna #rwby snowleopard

[flightofaqrow]

Raven x Tai x Summer

grade the ship ** accepting

B+ I enjoy it, it’s really cute

I will take all and any combination of STR that leaves the Q the heck out of it. I love the inner turmoil and self-fulfilling prophecy of qrow doing his own thing at beacon, doing his own thing with the drinking, falling into the habit of forcing himself to the outside looking in because of his work and his semblance, even when people do start wanting him around. This is how his life goes. Of course they all hook up and leave him behind. That’s how it should be. I like this angst for him.

Also, particularly for my muse, his grayromantic tendencies have him scratching his head through all the hormones and crushes and dating world that beacon brings, and he is more than happy to sit on the sidelines and watch his dearest ones be happy with all of that without fucking it up even worse than his semblance does by trying to make anything more or deeper than it already is. he has his found family and a place to be, no more no less, and he has his job that lets him fly around the world being a single, cool guy, huntsman-spy doing whatever the hell he wants. he’s GOOD. i’m alone in this crowd, but i can’t see it any other way. 

Also, whyyyyy does no one talk about qrow possibly being “uncle qrow” to Ruby because Raven and Summer were a thing at some point and Ruby’s kind of her daughter too, so that’s what he would actually be??? or even more likely because qrow and Summer were like brother and sister but that’s not relevant at the moment. AND if Ruby is Tai’s daughter, and qrow is still Tai’s brother-in-law, then like, it also checks.

Anyway, on to the actual ship.

Poly STR sure beats the hell out of a love triangle, or the people that cry out about Tai x Summer not even being possible because “it’s too soon” after Raven left. Have you met actual real people? Especially hurting people with pre-established comfort with others?

Raven and Tai are canon and I can see that and I have 1000 ways of picturing how it happened and this dynamic and they’re all good and I really hope we learn more eventually. I don’t think Raven was used to any kindness from boys other than her brother and it just knocked her for a loop and she couldn’t handle it. Likewise, Tai probably never met anyone like Raven before; he canonly has clear admiration for her. Sunshine Jock and Edgy Goth get married. Good for them!!! Raven probably also never met someone like Summer. Someone I picture being an equal amount kind and hardass. Also equally difficult for Raven to fathom and even harder to accept the way she somehow overcomes her rebellious nature with that firm, guiding hand. We don’t know enough to know how Raven might effect Summer, but I imagine she could equally benefit from simply all that tenacity. Maybe Summer was a little too humble or a little soft or a little too scattered. She probably helped her, possible even forced her to focus. Some sexual tension there that turned to more? I can see it. Summer and Tai. The most wholesome. Just. Classic Romcom. I don’t know how and I don’t know why, but I’m pretty sure we can all feel the feelings and the deep love there, just by looking at what’s left of the family. I picture Summer having a quiet depth to her that drew in all the members of STRQ in varying ways. Tai probably fell into it the hardest of all.

#anonymous #* hey i got a tip for ya = meme response * #* behind closed doors = ooc * #i'm sorry i ranted about qrow that wasn't part of the question #but it was a good chance to talk about it #poly STR is v good though yes #honestly it's probably what my imaginings default to #with occasional smatterings of summer holding a torch for tai for a very long time but only acting on it after raven left #strq dynamics are so fun to think about

[rubyneo]

anyway here's some basic information from arc 1/little bit of arc 2 of partner swap au

blake + ruby, yang + weiss, pyrrha + nora, jaune + ren are the main partner pairs

all of team jnpr knows about the maiden power transfer, jaune volunteers to go with pyrrha because nora is worried about yang and ren is worried about nora (sweet sweet best friends)

jaune and ren WILL kiss before jaune goes with pyrrha and ozpin 😌

endgame ships as of now are ladybug, schneekos, and nora/yang

ruby gets framed for 'injuring' neo (she thinks neo is rushing her so ruby uses her semblance to speed neo off the edge of the platform 'breaking' her leg)

yang and mercury face off in the tunnels

ruby actually asks blake to the beacon ball

romantic ladybug starts developing earlier on

adam very nearly cuts out ruby's eye. he narrowly misses and slices open her cheek instead

when RRVN leaves, pyrrha leaves her old sanctum jacket with yang because she wasnt able to give weiss anything before her father took her away

schneekos!!!! dance!!!!!!

neptune is gay and trans

so is sun

sun/sage and neptune/scarlet are the team sssn partner pairs

ruby + blake are in the doubles round against an oc team

sage and scarlet will get to be actual characters in the au. theyre not super important but yeah

sun catches up to blake earlier on! they have a long talk about where blake is going, her actual reasons for leaving, and her feelings regarding team rwby and especially ruby herself

blake also talks to ghira and kali about these things!

dc comics canon will be liberally sprinkled in as i please (i.e the ring)

blake and yang are in fact best friends and did do shit like go out to eat and stuff. im not erasing these two's relationship its just not gonna be romantic!

pyrrha gets about half of the maiden powers

when cinder attacks, jaune calls nora and ren. the three of them follow pyrrha when she goes to fight cinder and defend her until team rwby can arrive. jaune dies (i love him and this rly isnt like a kill jaune to get him out of the way he literally goes out protecting his team)

qrow's shapeshifting comes out earlier bc he flies to the top of the tower to find the kids. he helps bring jaune's body down and at the bottom they find ruby and blake in the courtyard, surrounded by petrified grimm, with blake cradling ruby's head in her lap and sobbing apologies (yknow while she also has a gaping hole in her stomach)

raven helps get them all to taiyang's house (she was watching the vytal festival on a tv in a mistral bar when everything started to go down)

raven isnt necessarily a good person but i do lean her towards the better side of morally grey. she sees no real problems with cutting down a teenager when it feels like theres a huge target on her back but also yang and ruby are her kids babey.

poly str CANON and u find that out early on.

also in the vein of poly str, tai and raven split after summer goes missing. she comes around to see the girls in bird form but she avoids tai ad much as possible. they both blame each other for what happened to summer

qrow still tries to keep his distance from the kids but theyre more or less aware he's following

when the brantwins get hurt they revert to bird form to make it easier to transfer them around. so injured qrow is a little crow being carted around in his niece's hood

qrow + raven have a tense relationship. like theyd die for each other honestly but also? theyre so fucking mean to one another

okay this is getting long so ill end this here

#partner swap au #cj.txt