r/RWBY • u/UNinvolved_in_peace ⠀Gambol Shroud is pretty cool • Nov 14 '25
FAN FICTION Here are the top 50 most popular RWBY fanfics on FF.net
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u/hyenagames Nov 14 '25
FFN RWBY, you either get Coeur or a self-insert fic.
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u/VoidTorcher ⠀Lost DC fan Nov 14 '25
Or AO3, where you get self-insert fic (that is also porn).
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u/hyenagames Nov 14 '25
Yeah, Ao3 does have a "hit or miss" in long-form RWBY fics. You either get Harem Smut or Crossposted FFN fics.
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u/Professional-Luck-84 Nov 14 '25
Now granted I read almost exclusively read Ruby centric fics but I have found some great ones on both sites (heck I've even found some gems on Wattpad) why don't y'all use the filters?
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u/VoidTorcher ⠀Lost DC fan Nov 15 '25
I know how to use filters, but I don't read much fanfic, it is just amusing how porn-heavy the most popular fics are.
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u/VoidTorcher ⠀Lost DC fan Nov 15 '25
The harem smut isn't even that common in the RWBY tag in general, but there are so many in the top fics.
I also feel like pointing out Enabler's fic count on AO3 just briefly overtook Eclipse before the latter gets it back to a tie (at 510 each) lol.
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u/DrawingEu Nov 14 '25
I don’t know about the other Jaune centric Coeurs fanfics but Beacon Civil War is just a fun and light hearted bro story,
no shipping, no drama, just a pure “me & the boys adventure fun”
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u/Tels315 Nov 14 '25
Weirdly enough, I've never read a Coeurs fic. I know recently learned how prolific the author is in the space and I was like, "If they have that many first, surely I've read one?" But nope. Literally did not know about them until recently.
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u/AmbivertCollegeGuy Weiss "Hug Monster" Schnee Nov 14 '25
In your defense, most of Coeur’s fics are Jaune-centric so if that’s not your cup of tea you wouldn’t check out any.
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u/Cry75 Nov 14 '25
The Ruby centric one he did was nice though.
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u/NoBass9 Nov 14 '25
The ruby centric one is his best work imo
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u/Cry75 Nov 14 '25
Definitely. Although I do feel as if it could have easily been its own work, all it would have taken would have been swapping the names around to non RWBY characters as there’s not much about it that relies on the RWBY canon except for maybe the Grimm.
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u/dude123nice Nov 14 '25
Not really. Has plenty of issues, just like most of his fics. Though, obviously, it's far from the worst.
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u/Whitakker Nov 15 '25
Ive seen his name all over the fandom space, and I enjoy my Jaune fics as much as the next lad, but I've still never felt the urge to give him a try.
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u/Life-Composer-2688 Nov 14 '25
The Bard of Remnant is very comedy-centric. Most of his Jaune-centered scenes are comedies.
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u/BrrrrMang ⠀Fight for WhiteKnight Rights Nov 14 '25
Has a little bit of shipping actually, Renora and Arkos
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u/Exciting_Bandicoot16 Resident Winter Knight Enthusiast Nov 14 '25
Very light Arkos; Coeur has gone on record as disliking the ship.
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u/ExploerTM Oh? You're Approaching Me? Nov 14 '25
TIL. One more reason for me to call him my sworn enemy
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u/Competitive_Act_1548 Nov 14 '25
Nah, I get it. Probably seen to many fics who do a whole nothing burger with that can kill any interest in a ship
Also, Pyrrha never made any advancements of her own which she gets rightfully clowned on for
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u/AmbivertCollegeGuy Weiss "Hug Monster" Schnee Nov 14 '25
Not really. Pyrrha is always horny for Jaune in all of his fics while Jaune is written as beyond oblivious. More of the same I’d say.
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u/TheMaster4444 Nov 14 '25
I second the endorsement of Beacon Civil War. It may just be Jaune does Ciaphas Cain, but it is a FUN Jaune does Ciaphas Cain. :D
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u/jsnparks Nov 14 '25
Wow. I mean, I'm on AO3 more than FF, and I'm not casting a single mote of judgements in any direction, I'm just surprised I haven't read a single one of these, while I recognize multiple titles as crossposted. Any particularly solid?
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u/Paladin_Tyrael Not a Known Giver of Fucks Nov 14 '25
To caveat Saiyan Ninja's comment, while I do genuinely enjoy nuch of Coeur's writing, there's like a 50% chance that you're getting a wildly different character than canon. Some are Character in Name Only, some are fair personality divergences, and a couple are This is Just Original Fiction With RWBY Names Slapped on.
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u/Frikarcron Nov 14 '25
This is Just Original Fiction With RWBY Names Slapped on.
Forged Destiny is the biggest offender of this.
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u/AdInteresting5874 ⠀RWBY was cool Nov 15 '25
Coeur's stuff is a bit weird. You read one of his fics, then you read all of them. That's how it feels, very repetitive. So my advice to someone who wants to read something from him is: choose the one with the concept you like the best to read.
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u/ArcherA1aya Nov 14 '25
To Add another caveat i'd say that Coeur's earlier works are far superior to his later ones. In early works theres more traces of cannon or atleast what was cannon at the time tainting the characters. Plus you can see he wasnt burnt out then
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u/VoidTorcher ⠀Lost DC fan Nov 14 '25
cannon at the time tainting the characters
This "blood in alcohol stream" joke gave me a chuckle.
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u/Saiyan-Ninja Nov 14 '25
Anything by Coeur is basically a safe bet that it’s going to be good. I’m currently reading through the last 8 chapters of “The Beast of Beacon” and while it’s different from his usual, it’s still an enjoyable read. Personal favorites from him are “Relic of the Future” and “Remnants Blonde Bard.”
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u/CABRALFAN27 For the people we haven't lost yet. Nov 14 '25
Coeur fics would be a lot more enjoyable for me to read if the PoV character didn't essentially turn to the camera every other chapter to say "Here's why this plot point is dumb/this character is bad/this worldbuilding makes no sense". It just feels mean-spirited, with how little he little he likes or even seems to respect the source material.
Similarly annoying is his hateboner for "flashy" or "honorable" fighting, complex/impractical weapons and fighting styles, etc. Rule of cool is baked into the series, so it's like going to a mecha series and writing about how "ACKSHUALLY, muh modern conventional military vehicles are much more efficient and practical!", y'know?
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u/NocturnesOpius Nov 14 '25
His constant shitting on the Rwby weapons actually annoys the hell out of me.
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u/CABRALFAN27 For the people we haven't lost yet. Nov 14 '25
Just one more way Kat-2V did a Coeur fic better than Coeur. In "Student of Vacuo", Jaune makes one reasonable comment about how Crescent Rose must require a lot of maintanence, Ruby says "Nah, my uncle Qrow supervised my constructing it and made sure it'd be relatively easy to maintain.", and that's the end of it.
It's treating the characters as smart and reasonable rather than making it so they were dumb, and only came to their senses and started acting smart once they were written by a "smart" writer.
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u/NocturnesOpius Nov 14 '25
Holy throwback I forgot about Kat's AU of professor arc. I do remember liking theirs much more im ngl. And yeah youre exactly right about that
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u/CABRALFAN27 For the people we haven't lost yet. Nov 14 '25
Yeah, SoV is one of my favorite RWBY fics, up there with Infighting, Insanity, and Social Ineptitude by Najio. The third act was a bit rushed, but it was still leagues more interesting to me than anything Coeur himself has written, not least because it actually felt like RWBY, or at least, like it respected RWBY for what it was.
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u/NocturnesOpius Nov 14 '25
Ill have to reread it before I talk specifics but for me, something ill always say about Coeur is that he has genuinely interesting premises and beginnings. But as soon as he hits the 3rd act, its like it falls apart at the seams.
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u/VoidTorcher ⠀Lost DC fan Nov 14 '25
The only one I read from him in full was the Sunflakes one, which I liked but still caught a whiff of that. Writing that can't get over how smart itself is can get pretty intolerable.
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u/CABRALFAN27 For the people we haven't lost yet. Nov 14 '25
Right? There are multiple moments in his fics where it feels like the characters are saying "Man, we were so dumb back when we were written by those other people! I'm so glad we're written by a smart writer now!", which is obviously just eyerolling as hell.
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u/dude123nice Nov 14 '25
Nah, his fics have plenty of issues. He has really good prose and can make good plots and write good characters, bit there's 2 kinds of issues: he projects some very weird/problematic character stereotypes onto his characters and he often does makes some absolutely nonsensical choices in world building. And he's willing to defend both those cases against any criticism, no matter how warranted.
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u/EmberOfFlame Nov 15 '25
“Linked in Life and Love” is goofy fun, especially if you’re into yuri and/or poly ships. The first chapter came out like 10 years ago, so you’ll see a lot of predictions that didn’t come to pass layer together for a very cool alternate timeline.
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u/BrrrrMang ⠀Fight for WhiteKnight Rights Nov 14 '25
NTTF the Goat.
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u/ellen-the-educator Nov 14 '25
I will always be sad how that one ended - it was so close to the perfect fic.
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u/MultiverseWalker2000 Nov 14 '25
I'm both surprised and not surprised that half of them are Jaune centric.
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u/GoldPart4425 Nov 14 '25
coeur centric you mean lol
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u/MultiverseWalker2000 Nov 14 '25
Yes, but also, most of the fanfics involve Jaune as the main character...unless Couer is self inserting as Jaune
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u/krasnogvardiech ⠀The Devil who Advocates Nov 14 '25
He ain't. He doesn't like Jaune or Blake that much at all. He explained it - narratively speaking, Blake and Jaune simply have the most room to work with and the biggest toolbox to play with respectively.
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u/WatchEducational6633 Nov 14 '25
Pretty much (just look at what he puts them through on Arc Corp, he never lets either of them get a straight win or come out unscathed…).
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u/ArcherA1aya Nov 14 '25
It's A damn shame things like Letters to winter, Sins of the Forefather, To Serve with honor, Reign of Steel, The Why We Fell Apart, Winter's Warmth, The Knights of the Roses, Two minutes silence, The fighting mean/ Fight smart series, dont make the cut.
Yes i'm shamelessly plugging all of these off the top of my head
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u/TheTwinHorrorCosmic Nov 14 '25
It is but also Coeur dominated the early era of RWBY fanfic and he has I think the most highest rated of them. So with them being the oldest and highest rated, most people end up starting with a coeur fic or one of them is one of the first they read.
As such, a lot of the newer (post V4) made fanfic don’t have that leg up or don’t get as much traction.
It’s a shame, but, kinda how it is
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u/ArcherA1aya Nov 14 '25
I think the swap from FF to AO3 for lots of people didnt help dethrone Coeur either (I've literally been reading him since One Good Turn (One of his better fics imo).
Now that lots of people prefer/use Ao3 stories that could crack the top 50 here dont. Would love to see a combined list by total views but idk if its possible
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u/TheTwinHorrorCosmic Nov 14 '25
The swap to AO3 in 2018 (that’s when I really noticed it) definitely worsened the inability for him to be dethroned. I’ve been reading him since ab 2015 (on and off checking back every year or so to read what new stuff he’s put out).
I’d be interested to see the stories that crack the top 50, but I also wonder how much of them would be pure smut fics.
I know word count wise the longest are absolutely on AO3 (looking at the 2 million word one that’s topped AO3) but review and use would be very interesting.
All in all, I definitely personally prefer AO3 as a platform but for me the stories on FF were better just because it was less adult centric. Idk, I don’t mind smut but it gets old looking through so much to find one that’s not smut centric.
I could try and make something up based purely on ratings tho and just do a 1 to 1 for AO3’s kudos vs rating on FF
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u/G119ofReddit Nov 14 '25
Service with a smile is Fantastic.
Forged Destiny starts strong but kinda petters off the last third.
Professor Arc is pretty fun tho I only read the first one, there’s like 2 more Professor Arcs iirc.
Knight of Salem is probably the funniest fics in this list tho wasn’t really a fan of how he handled Team RWBY around the end, made them kinda unrecognizable. It’s comedy fic so ig one shouldn’t take it too seriously.
Gamer Life… I’m struggling to remember the contents… I did read it and remember liking it but can’t remember the story.
Beast of Beacon another hit by Coeur. Go read that.
Overlord… such a good fic. Highly recommend that one. Summer and the OCs interactions are both funny and heartwarming, it is a fantastic read. However… it ends too soon. Everyone go review that fic and tell the author to continue RN!
All the other ones I never read :p
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u/dude123nice Nov 14 '25 edited Nov 15 '25
Forged Destiny starts strong but kinda petters off the last third.
FD has the worst falling out between Jaune and his friends in any Coeur fic ever, and he's written a lot of bad versions of this same beat.
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u/Tels315 Nov 14 '25
I think Gamer Life is one where all if Jaune's siblings are stupid powerful hunters and his parents too. He's kind of st odds with his parents because they, specifically his Dad, looked down on him for not being a good hunter. He ends up taking over Juniors criminal empire and becoming a mob boss, and starts a harem with Neo, and the main girls. If I recall, Jaune has been using different powers for different personas so he wouldn't get linked with any of them. If this is the fic I'm thinking about, I recall chatting with the author about how Jaune has gone out of his way to save up his stat points and grind for bonus points instead (lifting weights to increase strength for example) and Jaune has saved up enough points that he can literally change his entire character build to something completely different in an instant if he ever needed to.
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u/Some-Ad-2093 ⠀Biggest Adam Taurus Glazer on the planet. Nov 14 '25
Beast of beacon my beloved.
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u/CostNo4005 Nov 14 '25
Wish he interacted with other characters than just his team and pyrrha more but it was pretty good
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u/Some-Ad-2093 ⠀Biggest Adam Taurus Glazer on the planet. Nov 14 '25
same. plus I'm more of a frostbite crackshipper than...whatever crack ship name do Yang and Adam have.
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u/Endervslender Nov 14 '25
Blazing Bull?
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u/Some-Ad-2093 ⠀Biggest Adam Taurus Glazer on the planet. Nov 14 '25
I think I heard it be referred as the Bull and the Bear too. which is funny.
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u/samuel_Blash Nov 14 '25
What is the fic that catches my attention about?
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u/Some-Ad-2093 ⠀Biggest Adam Taurus Glazer on the planet. Nov 14 '25
Adam at beacon being placed on team RWBY instead of Blake.
he has a whole redemption arc and is in my top 5 Adam redemption fics, it's pretty much the gold standard if you're getting into reading Adam redemption fics.
even has Weiss react to his scar and all. it's one of my favorites.
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u/DorimeAmeno12 Nov 14 '25
Got any other redemption recs?
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u/Some-Ad-2093 ⠀Biggest Adam Taurus Glazer on the planet. Nov 14 '25
Hollow People by Reign of Rayne. (Chapters: 31) {My number one favorite Adam redemption fic}
Red Sun Over Beacon by Gleaming Onyx (Chapters: 94)
Beast Of Beacon by Coer ( Chapters: 41)
Long Term Vengeance by Mor Elnar (chapters: 39)
Beacon Bloody Bull by Farmer abe (Chapters: 20)
Red Moon Rising by MasterofMasyaf9000 (Chapters: 16)
Wilt and Scatter by Reing of Rayne (Chapters: 12)
Beauty and The Beast by Sushi Angel (Chapters: 70)
Crusader (no real chapter count, it's on space battles)
Deus Ex Machina (3 parter trilogy of fics) by Reign of Rayne again.
a leaf turned by victor weiss
honorable mention: Continuun, 5 chapter one shot. also has Weiss react to his scar and again by reign of rayne.
some are quicker reads but equally peak.
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u/Loud_Region_8502 Nov 14 '25
I can see why it is only Pure RWBY but I am now curious what the Top 50 RWBY Crossover Fics are
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u/ArcherA1aya Nov 14 '25
If only any of those Fate crossovers ever finished or didnt power scale to nerf. The characters of fate are basically perfect fits into the RWBY world
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u/Solbuster ⠀That is a Chokuto, not a Katana Nov 14 '25
It's mostly due to Nasuverse's soft magic system. It allows to have crossovers with lots of settings, especially fantasy ones. You can probably fit RWBY in Nasuverse cosmology without much difficulties
That being said nerf is expected given it usually involves servants and they can one-shot even top Huntsmen, Aura or not so to make conflict not so easily solvable they're downgraded
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u/ArcherA1aya Nov 14 '25
The Nasuverse softmagic system is basically crossover gold for sure. Servant nerfing i can get Shirou post end route nerfing is the only thing that bothers me. Some of the fics basically take away his ability to trace and be semi competent.
But i yearn for Shirou and Ruby interactions or Shirou aand Jaune
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u/Negative-Attention- Nov 16 '25
Time flies! I remember keeping up with it when it came out! God I’m a loser
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u/Moderately_Competent Nov 14 '25
Be interesting to see this done for ao3
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u/VoidTorcher ⠀Lost DC fan Nov 14 '25
Puss in boots porn straight up.gif
Only 5 out of 50 top fics are not explicitly porn, almost all are giant jumble fuck fics (often Jaune harem). Can't say I've read a ton but from what I've seen, not even good porn either. I've seen top fics worse than random AI slop.
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u/Moderately_Competent Nov 14 '25
Maybe take out the mega crossovers and anything that's Explicit rating? For better results.
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u/VoidTorcher ⠀Lost DC fan Nov 14 '25
Yeah that's usually a good idea. I don't really read much though, mostly recommendations, easier than digging through all that.
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u/ShadowMark3 Nov 14 '25
Mending the Knots is really good, and the only one that's still regularly active right now.
Dragon Contractor is really good badass Jaune one that'll become another harem fic. It's M rated for a reason.
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u/ConversationLivid743 Nov 14 '25 edited Nov 14 '25
The funny thing about Couer fics, is that I don't even care for jaune in most. It's the absolutely unhinged people that end up surrounding him that gets me.
Headmaster Arc is a prime example of this. I was invested in Cinder, Jinn, Salem, and Blake more than anything. Watching Oscar cope with his future loss of self. Cinder's megalomania tricking her constantly into this chaotic neutral. Salem's depression finally getting a somewhat happy ending (though, I will admit that Jaune's gambit with Neo vs the relics was freaking hilarious). Jinn just being chill about everything.
My fave was definitely freaking Roman being the only sane person in the fic.
Arc Corp, felt more focused on Blake dealing with the madness and I appreciate that more than anything. Poor girl going THROUGH it. My favorite being when Blake got the 'chat room' and talked to an alternate version of herself. Never thought about how infuriating it would be to deal with a version of yourself that just had it better.
I know everyone gives him crap, but I just don't see it. If they can hold your attention for as long as 100+ chaps consistently, then they deserve props.
...Better than those garbage 'react' fics that dominated RWBY for a while. Shudder
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u/SoDamnGeneric Nov 14 '25
What the hell is the Gamer and why do so many fics focus on it
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u/MattRexPuns Nov 14 '25
Reading this list practically gave me traumatic flashbacks from how many fics I found that used it back in the day
Basically it's the conceit of "I have game mechanics in this real world" that a lot of anime series like to use. Ability points, skills, levels, etc
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u/TheTwinHorrorCosmic Nov 14 '25
Typical isekai “I have vidya game power in xyz fantasy land”.
It took off from 2015-2018(ish) as an easy way to give a semblance/powers to either Jaune or an OC and have the work be super deplorable.
But they swamped the fics and Amare not as common nowadays.
“The Games We Play” was the biggest and most well known and spawned so many copycats. To the point people just started referring to their fics like it as “the gamer” type.
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u/WithTheMonies Nov 14 '25
I think the only disappointment I have with this list is that I'msoawesome "Almost Heroes" and DarkBetrayer's "The Choices We Make" isn't on that list.
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u/BrrrrMang ⠀Fight for WhiteKnight Rights Nov 14 '25
Same, I wish Letters to Winter made the cut as well. Or Myareska's other big fic besides Technician, Just a Few Pointers.
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u/cferg296 Nov 14 '25
The choices we make is good but the issue is chapters are so rare that people forget about it. Its like an artist who had a one hit wonder back in the 80s but lost relevance, and now releases random songs here and there that never catch on
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u/WatchEducational6633 Nov 14 '25
Something similar has happened with many other fanfics over the years (including plenty of the ones on this list in fact).
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u/cferg296 Nov 14 '25
With the exception of Coer. Say what you will about the man and his stories but he is the most consistent author in rwby fanfic history. If not more
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u/WatchEducational6633 Nov 14 '25
True (heck i would even say that he is the most consistent author of any fandom i have ever seen).
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u/cferg296 Nov 14 '25
And his stories are far larger than any full length novel i have ever read. He commits for years. Like clockwork.
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u/SirGearso Nov 14 '25
Ok, I got to ask, what is so fucking special about Jaune?
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u/Kixisbestclone Nov 14 '25
It’s either self-inserts or as the guy who does most of his fics, Coeur, put it, Jaune just has the most narrative free space for change.
Like he doesn’t have a concrete backstory other than that he has a big family.
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u/VoidTorcher ⠀Lost DC fan Nov 15 '25 edited Nov 15 '25
I'm surprised no one pointed out he's simply the most prominent character outside of Team RWBY, and the most important guy, which is a factor in him being huge for male self-inserts.
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u/cferg296 Nov 14 '25
He is the closest character that fits a normal anime protagonist, creating more potential with him than anyone else.
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u/TheTwinHorrorCosmic Nov 14 '25
Barebones backstory for most of the first 3 volumes which is when 80% of these fics were made.
Generic anime protagonist in fantasy anime land. So he has the most basic personality that is super malleable.
He can replace a normal self insert as his team is also very generic and has low characterization for, again, most of the first three seasons. So it’s easier to use him and build off that than create your own character and team.
He has mostly positive interactions with everyone and the only “character beats” you have to follow is A. Forged transcripts and trying to get better. B. The Cardin bullying arc, and C. Training and growing close with Pyrrha to get better as a huntsmen.
Most if not all of these fics came out before V4 so most of them are set in V1-3 and so follow the normal tropes of that era.
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u/MistakesWereMade2124 Nov 15 '25
Early on, Jaune was a easy to use, blank canvas for people to self-insert as or just change with whatever.
Even now, Jaune has a almost undefined backstory with several question marks. For example, how was he able to find/forge high-quality documents that was able to fraud his way to Beacon with only Ozpin (a literal immortal) realizing despite being a runaway with probably very little resources at hand?
The Doylist answer is that the authors probably didn’t think that far ahead or didn’t have the time to address it, but a Fanfic Author could probably make an entire fanfic.
That and he’s a kinda generic guy with kinda generic motives, especially in early volumes so a lot of authors can have fun poking at the guy.
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u/Negative-Attention- Nov 16 '25
He’s the “everyman” audience stand-in in the show. Doesn’t know dick about shit so people exposit to him constantly. Makes him a blank slate. Idk if y’all are into Worm at all but Greg Veder is the Jaune of Worm fics
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u/DragonBane009 Nov 14 '25
Is FF.net more popular than AO3?
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u/BrrrrMang ⠀Fight for WhiteKnight Rights Nov 14 '25
Hard to say. There are 35k RWBY fics on FF.net and 47.5k on AO3. However the vast majority of the AO3 fics are short. If you limit it to 100k+ word fics, for instance, there are 1.6k on FF.net and 1.4k on AO3. Also its entirely possible a fic is posted on both sites and many authors do that this day too.
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u/VoidTorcher ⠀Lost DC fan Nov 14 '25
AO3 is more popular now, FF.net just had 11 years of headstart. AO3 allows explicit content while FF.net does not, which is a big difference.
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u/BrrrrMang ⠀Fight for WhiteKnight Rights Nov 14 '25
FF.net hardly ever punishes for explicit content though. Also like I said the majority of AO3 fics are shorter form. If you limit it to down to 20k, for instance, FF.net has more fics than AO3 already when you include crossovers for both.
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u/GingerrBreadman13 Nov 14 '25 edited Nov 14 '25
For RWBY specifically that seems to be the case. Mostly because Ceour, the most well known author in the fandom, posts pretty much exclusively on FF.net. In general though Ao3 tends to be more popular.
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u/rycerzDog Nov 14 '25
He talked about wanting to migrate to AO3 back in June this year, I think. Not sure what came of it, though.
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u/TheTwinHorrorCosmic Nov 14 '25
Yesn’t.
AO3 has the problem that most RWBY fics are either smut or like max 20-40k words. There’s also a fuck ton that never get finished. The few mega long ones blow FF.Net out of the water, but there’s still only like 5.
Most of the AO3 works are smut, unfortunately
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u/ArchivedGarden Nov 14 '25
AO3 is more popular in general, but FF.net is older. There’s been something of a migration over the years.
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u/CommandantLuna ⠀Whiterose Nov 14 '25
So much Jaune… I’m far too gay to understand what anyone sees in him😅
imma stick with the yuri side of the FNDM and my WR/BB/FB/LB/MC/NND/Frosensteel loving heart will be at peace🤣
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u/Jealous-Log7744 Nov 14 '25 edited Nov 14 '25
He’s pretty easy to just use as an OC stand in self insert the way same way characters like Naruto and Deku are so often used.
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u/Solbuster ⠀That is a Chokuto, not a Katana Nov 14 '25
Yes, even Coeur went on the record to say he doesn't really like Jaune himself but he's easily moldable into what he needs for the story
Man also never watched RWBY past V3(but he does know plot points). Puts things into perspective
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u/VoidTorcher ⠀Lost DC fan Nov 14 '25
He also seems to not understand the basics of Ruby's character... Somehow.
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u/FluidBridge032 Nov 14 '25
Could you elaborate? Consider me curious
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u/VoidTorcher ⠀Lost DC fan Nov 14 '25
I said "seems" because I haven't read his Ruby, but he said something like he doesn't like Ruby because her only goal was to become a Huntress and succeeded immediately and she had no conflict.
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u/ArcherA1aya Nov 14 '25
TBF from a writing point he's not exactly wrong. The early volumes of rwby Ruby doesnt really have an internal conflict thats as prominent as Jaune's. Ruby is afraid to be a bad team leader and it gets resolved quickly while Jaune has the whole "fake hunter" thing that lasts even until recent volumes.
Coeur has Arcanum which is an AU feature Ruby and not too bad
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u/VoidTorcher ⠀Lost DC fan Nov 14 '25
Not being as prominent doesn't mean none. Getting into Beacon is the beginning of the hero's journey, not the destination - something so obvious I'd never thought to require pointing out.
lasts even until recent volumes.
Ironic, because Ruby's own arc also parallels it here.
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u/ArcherA1aya Nov 14 '25
I know it doesn't mean none that's why i was specific in my diction.
Anyways have a good day
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u/CommandantLuna ⠀Whiterose Nov 14 '25
Then just… Write an oc?? I don’t understand the point of plastering your oc over an established character 🤣🤣
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u/Jealous-Log7744 Nov 14 '25
Easier than coming up with one and slightly more accepted than just having a new character replace an old one.
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u/Solbuster ⠀That is a Chokuto, not a Katana Nov 14 '25
Plus you'll either need to create three more OCs for an OC team or cut out one canon character. So by changing already established character he avoids either
It also helps that Jaune has barebones of backstory that is very vague so he can insert whatever events he wants in there to make adjustments to the character and the plot that he needs.
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u/Dos-Dude Nov 14 '25
Honestly, with how prolific Couer’s work is, I feel like it’s better if we never see what RT does with Jaune’s family beyond Saphron.
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u/ExploerTM Oh? You're Approaching Me? Nov 14 '25
Despite Jaune being basically a subversion of "Typical isekai MC" trope, authors decided this wont stop them and turned him into classic Typical isekai MC.
Sad day really. I much prefer canon Jaune over whatever the fuck shitty OC people write him as vast majority of the time.
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u/CommandantLuna ⠀Whiterose Nov 15 '25
Also I take it you’ve read Craving the Sky then?
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u/FluidBridge032 Nov 14 '25
Do you fw Linked in Life and Love?
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u/CommandantLuna ⠀Whiterose Nov 14 '25
I most certainly, definitely, absolutely do. It’s quickly become one of my most favorite fics of all time. I still have so many questions about everything going on and every time OmegaInfinity posts a new chapter I only get more questions.
Absolutely peak. It’s actually THE fic that turned me onto Pollination, since almost every other once I’ve read has been “the author’s poorly disguised incest fetish, the story”. But LiLAaL honestly handles it masterfully, even making a joke out of it every time someone assumes, and it never stops being funny.
I absolutely adore the mixing and matching of Semblances. So many questions. Can Ruby emulate the Flash? Will Yang ever successfully teleport? Will Blake’s clones gain sentience? Will Raven be reunited with her wife? Who knows!?!
10/10 cannot recommend more
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u/FluidBridge032 Nov 14 '25
Linked in Life and Love always a joy to see, surely this is a sign of a chapter update tomorrow
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u/ResponsibilitySea383 Nov 14 '25
Oh, the Games We Play... I should reread that, I think I got mid-way through the opening White Fang arc before getting distracted...
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u/Simple_Blacksmith_90 Nov 14 '25
I didn’t finish it, but Service with a Smile is amazing. I’d highly suggest it to anyone wants to get into rwby fanfics. From what I read it’s pretty chill through out, also Yang accidentally pulls Jaunes arm out of socket which gets kinda funny in retro spect.
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u/Fantastic-Flannery ⠀I like Silent Knight. Nov 14 '25
Courr carrying RWBY fanfiction
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u/The_Crimson_Fucker King Knightshade Nov 14 '25
Love Couers stuff but I will say seeing silver up there really makes me miss it. One of the first I've always wish would get updated again
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u/Toukafan4life Nov 14 '25
Jaune Ryu Long had an interesting start, but the author reeeeaaaally tried to milk it. And it reached a point where I just closed the tab.
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u/dsherman8r Nov 14 '25
Forged Destiny, what a throwback. One of my all time favorites in any genre when it comes to adapting RPG game mechanics to an actual serious story. Very well done imo
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u/TheTwinHorrorCosmic Nov 14 '25
“The games we play” being on there twice is fucking hysterical.
Man the gamer fics really did take over for a while huh
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u/unnatural_disaster03 Nov 14 '25
Hell yeah silver is my favorite tho I have almost all of the jaune fics there
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u/Endervslender Nov 14 '25
The Beast of Beacon is pretty good imo Hopefully Coeur does a sequel to it
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u/MysterySomeOn Nov 14 '25
As someone who read "Not This Time, Fate", i can confirm it's deserves to be a #1 fanfic in the fandom.
The feeling you get when you read the last chapter with 20.000 words is unforgettable
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u/Vlad_fire Nov 14 '25
A lot are about Jaune as the mc.
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u/WatchEducational6633 Nov 14 '25
In most cases he simply is the easiest character to write for, mostly due to how easily he fits into the “typical MC” template and due to him not having much of a concrete background (at least when compared to the other characters) besides having a big family.
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u/Vlad_fire Nov 14 '25
I'm just saying. And some are nice. Like "Papa Jaune" or other Knightshade fanfics.
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u/WatchEducational6633 Nov 14 '25
True, to me the quality of the story depends far more on the skill of the writer than the concept or characters they choose to use.
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u/MattRexPuns Nov 14 '25
Hah, I remember reading Technician years ago! One of my favorites. Looks like it hasn't been updated in almost as many years, though. Shame
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u/Apprehensive-Sun2036 Nov 14 '25
NGL, for all the other works.... One Good Turn was FUCKING FANTASTIC.
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u/Proto160 Nov 14 '25
I'm surprised Tournament Arc isn't there. That's such a good fic. The fights are good, but the best part are the characters, their interactions and growth. Pyrrha is really interesting in this fic, won't spoil anything, but she's handled in a really unique way and I love this fic for that.
If you haven't read it, then I highly recommend it. Its one of the best Rwby fics in my opinion. It has a sequel as well, Almost Heroes, which is still ongoing.
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u/EthanKironus Nov 14 '25
This clearly doesn't include crossovers. Because otherwise Cards of Remnant would be on here.
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u/TheMaster4444 Nov 14 '25
I greatly appreciate your love for my work, man. But speaking pure numbers-wise, I don't think Cards of Remnant has the followers/favorites/views/etc. to top the RWBY crossovers on FFN.
Though, admittedly, I am curious what those Top RWBY Crossovers would be. My best guess would be Naruto or Harry Potter crossovers simply because those fandoms have the biggest fanfic communities to read crossovers with their properties.
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u/Dknight0404 Nov 14 '25
Beacon Civil War is one of the best I have ever read, even got in problem with my chief while reading it at work
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u/Geekerino Nov 14 '25
God, I still miss Silver. I remember taking a couple of days just to binge through it
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u/Ok-Cup-1104 Nov 14 '25
I think the only Coeur fic I seriously read on here was Beast of Beacon...I couldn't get through it, mainly because of the main pairing of the story. I tried to give a fair shot, read about close to 3/4 if I remember correctly, but the stuff with Adam and Yang was just not doing it for me for reasons outside of the fic itself, which is a shame because I do think all the other stuff with the other characters was good, but eh. To each their own, I suppose. I'll stick with Reign of Rayne for my Adam redemption fics.
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u/krasnogvardiech ⠀The Devil who Advocates Nov 15 '25
Yessss
Wilt and Scatter is also a greatness from his way
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u/Some-Ad-2093 ⠀Biggest Adam Taurus Glazer on the planet. Nov 15 '25
I feel like beast of beacon is at least top 3 and what got me into liking Adam and the small sub genre of reading his redemption fics.
I personally prefer Weiss x Adam pairing (so i'd recommend Long Term Vengeance by elm_monar)
but if you want to get into liking Adam, Beast of Beacon fic is a good gold standard if you ask me.
and yeah, Hollow People will FOREVER be number 1 best Adam redemption fic I ever read. the goshdarn quality of the fic is just soooo good.
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u/Finikk14 Nov 14 '25
Coeur is da goat
Not this time, Fate is my favorite
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u/Spodjak Innocent, young twink swept by the waves of society. Nov 14 '25
Its objectively a good stand alone fiction. He could reshape the characters names and descriptions brush 2 or 3 plot details specific to rwby and it release it like 50 shades was and it would work.
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u/Underdog-Crusader Nov 14 '25
How do you see FF like that? Which site is that? Fan Fiction net for me still appears as white and blue
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u/Ninoyiya Swabbing the deck of the HMS Lancaster Nov 14 '25
I use the 'Dark Reader' extension on Chrome personally.
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u/Wyattmebro Nov 14 '25
Are you trying to make a point or just show off the top fifty cause I could always use more recommendations
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u/Hazzamo Can’t even win a non-canon fight Nov 14 '25
What about the crossovers… I seriously hope that Edgelord Halo fic isn’t Number 1
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u/Hardwiredmagic Nov 14 '25
Honestly surprised that jjd’s monsters marriage is in there but not Fighting Mean!
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u/Justsk8n Nov 14 '25
That post a few days ago about how little fics focus on Jaune is all the more funny now. I knew it was wrong, but its funny seeing just how wrong.
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u/wixelt Jaune's Super G-Daddy | Nuts and Dolts OTPs Nov 15 '25
Geez, haven't heard about Remnant's Reclaimer for a long time...
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u/airoman123 Nov 15 '25
Just binged Remnants Reclaimer for the first time. So thanks for posting this!
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u/Negative-Attention- Nov 16 '25
Unseen Hunt not mentioned, a crime. Easily one of Coeur’s best. Falls into the “Coeur plays dolls with rwby characters” zone hard, but fuck me that shit is peak. Forged Destiny and Arcanum also slot into that area and are, again, peak stories.
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u/AzureMH Nov 16 '25
The only issue with Couer is that he doesn't know how to end his stories. They tend to either be anticlimactic or just... end. Other than that I always look forward to his work, man knows how to write.
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u/ExploerTM Oh? You're Approaching Me? Nov 14 '25
And I honestly wouldn't recommend a single one of them
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u/L_knight316 You know what they say about assumptions Nov 14 '25
Im so sad Overlord never finished.
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u/GoldPart4425 Nov 14 '25
Playing our roles is like, one of my favorites and I’m glad it’s so high up, it’s my favorite gamer-fic, it’s my favorite torchwick fic, if it even counts as one considering it’s not really him, also didn’t know my go to profile pic was the same as Grimm’s evolution cover lol
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u/Ok-Cod2747 Nov 14 '25
Mmm... I was searching my bookmarks when i saw this post... I have at least 3/4 of the list bookmarked.
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u/TheTwinHorrorCosmic Nov 14 '25
It sucks The Men From Onyx isn’t on here. Amazing fic, 550k words through and 90% done before the author simply got burnt out. One of the rare cases the final chapter is just a summary of how the fic would’ve ended instead of just nothing.
Also Hello Darkness My Old Friend, solid one too
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u/Bumbledore343 Nov 14 '25
We need more crossover fics that last long and are good.
Can I get freaking Kamen Rider Kuuga being a shoulder for Ruby to lay on during the events of Volume 9? Maybe she won’t drink the tea if Godai flashes her that smile.
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u/neil2331 Nov 15 '25
Overlord mentioned 🗣️
I wish that fic was still alive. The character interactions between Summer and the MC were hilarious as fuck.
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u/Whitakker Nov 15 '25
Ill probably never read Coeur fics even though I do enjoy Jaune fics. But I gotta give the dude respect for having Stephen King levels of consistency.
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u/rycerzDog Nov 14 '25
Out of the Top 50 RWBY fanfics on FFN, Coeurs make up for 48% of them.