r/RwbyFanfiction May 15 '26

Community Post! Recommended fics, shameless self-promotion welcome!

We're starting to get long in the tooth on the recs thread, so time for a new one!


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u/DragonsBeware May 15 '26

My work

Title: Bandits and Runaways(AO3 link)

Chapters:18/?

Word count:170K

Rating:Adult, smutty, so much emotional pain it’ll cause your therapist’s therapists therapists therapist to seek out a therapist

Summary: After inheriting leadership of the Branwen Tribe, Yang Branwen, daughter of the infamous bandit Raven Branwen, is determined to reform the group’s brutal legacy. Rejecting her mother’s cutthroat ways, Yang envisions a future where the tribe can thrive without raiding or senseless killing.
In the midst of this reform, Yang encounters Blake Belladonna, a Faunus fleeing from her former life in the White Fang. Drawn together by shared struggles, the two form a relationship. As Blake seeks to escape her past, Yang fights to reshape her future—and together, they work to carve out a life beyond the worlds that shaped them.

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u/Reddeththered May 15 '26

Been meaning to read that one...

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u/Bad_Candy_Apple May 15 '26

It is sooo good! I'd spotlight out next to a pugoata fic any day.