RWBY/Alice In Wonderland Crossover: Mad Hatter! Ironwood AU
"Trust can be a crazy thing to hold. Sharing it with someone can be event crazier. The craziest thing with trust is when it’s broken. That’s what ignites the path into madness."
(Not Pictured: A silver pocket watch necklace that has the atlas logo on the cover. Either worn around his neck or wrapped around his hand)
(Note: I’m open to suggestions if anyone finds a song that fits him!)
(Special thanks for @anirondaddystan for helping me with these headcanons. It wouldn’t be the same without you!)
The BIGGEST Tea/Coffee addict you’ll ever meet!
He’s very elegant, cunning, and eccentric.
His favorite tea is earl grey. However, he does like to spice it up when he feels like it.
As for what he uses is for him to know and you to find out. ;)
Looks like he could kill you but is actually a cinnamon roll.
But at the same time, he can and will kill you if you get on his bad side.
He’s also very skilled with combat due to . . . . reasons.
He does have a popular rhyme about himself that leaves people confused about him.
However, if you listen closely and know a bit more about him, you may uncover a secret or two. ;)
When you first meet him, expect him to be cold and lifeless around you.
Due to his past, he has a hard time trusting people and letting them in.
However, there are two ways he can earn your trust.
Either A) you preform a task that convinces him that you are worthy of his trust or B) he invites you to a small tea party that ends up with you waking up, tied up on a chair and asks a couple of questions that determines wether or not, he can trust you. There’s no inbetween.
He does have a rare/uncommon gene with his eyes that it changes shades based on his emotions.
Light shade when he’s sad, a darker shade or black when he’s angry, and a bright shade when he’s happy (or when he trusts you.)
He doesn’t admit it but he does have a sweet tooth.
His favorite type of candy is basically anything with chocolate.
Don’t be surprised if any chocolate that is left around the area 'disappears'.
“I see chocolate. I eat it. End of story."
His usual routine in his day to day life consists of five things.
Wake up, Eat, Survive, Sleep, Repeat.
He would often hang around the village for more supplies for the week or possibly spy on you.
If not, he would be at his home that’s deep within the woods.
The only way you would find his home is either a) you wandered far enough into the forest that you just so happen to find a house in the middle of nowhere or b) he gives you directions to his place because of the level of trust he has in you.
Low key, James can sing and dance. He keeps the fact unknown because he doesn’t want to draw attention towards himself. That and he hates it when people bug him about it.
He doesn’t do it often anyways. It’s due to . . . . reasons he doesn’t want to talk about. It’s rare to find him doing either one. More so if it’s both!
If you find him doing either or both (and he trusts you), he’ll pretend that he doesn’t see you and keeps on at it. If he doesn’t, I highly reccomend you make a run for it.
The only time he ever sings is when he’s alone or just bored. As for dance, that would be at the rarest moment you find for him. (Once in a blue moon kind of rare.)
If I had to describe him in musical lyrics, "Sorry, not sorry about what I said. I’m just having some fun. Don’t worry, Don’t worry. Don’t lose your head! I didn’t mean to hurt anyone." That or, "Don’t be bitter. Cuz I’m fitter.”
(Kudos if anyone gets the reference)
Back into the whole 'Trust' scenario with James; The more he trusts you, the more crazier he becomes around you. It’s his way of being more comfortable.
Along with that, he gets attached to people that are deep within his trust and protective as well.
Like if he sees you hurt, you can bet anything that he would be there for you.
And if he finds out that someone hurt you (and you allow him), he’ll make sure that it will never happen again.
After that, cuddles and sweets for the day/night!
Aside from that, James is really into astronomy.
Every night that he’s alone and can’t sleep, he would go to the roof and look up at the stars.
He would count every star that he sees and comet that comes across the sky.
He also has a stargazing journal to keep track of his sightings.
He swears that he saw a shooting star, one night and will not forget it.
Onto the next headcanon (and probably the most obvious one), he does throw some tea parties. However, he doesn’t have anyone to spend tea time with due to his trust issues and him being anti social.
So most of the time, it’s just him. Alone at a table, outside of his home. He doesn’t mind the silence but it can get boring sometimes.
If he does have the urge to find someone to spend some time and tea with (or he’s just bored out of his mind), he would invite someone he could trust. The last time he invited someone he knew and didn’t trust . . . . He rather not talk about it. >_<
He may not look like but he takes tea time very seriously. Like he’s either starting tea time early or right on time, EXACTLY!
The same goes for his guest(s) If he ever invites any. He expects them to either come on time or early. Otherwise, he’ll just get annoyed and that’ll put him off his tea.
And trust me, he doesn’t like being off his tea and annoyed. However if you want to cure that, give him a riddle. He’ll be interested and occupied, if it’s good enough for his interest to be peeked.
Speaking of riddles, he does love to confuse people with his words. Their reactions brings amusement for him and he loves it when people can’t find sense in his words.
If someone were to figure out his words of nonsense, he’ll reward them with a little secret. ;)
Speaking of secrets, James knows a lot of the secrets and half-truths of his world. He knows who’s hiding what and why. How does he know? Why, the cards told him so.
He’s into tarot cards, playing deck, and zodiac signs. The reason why he does is because he likes to discover things that people would say behind closed doors. It gives him a sense of power, just by knowing alone.
Not only that, his cards can even give a glimpse of what has been and what’s to come for the people around him. It gives him a better description of who the people around him REALLY ARE than what they let on to be. Not only that, he knows bits and pieces of what will happen to them. Wether that is good or bad, he’ll let you know if he wants to.
Creating a mysterious side, he has secrets of his own. No one knows who james once was or how he came to be. He just came into town as the man he is now, one day. But if you listen closely and follow the right path, you may find a hint or two of him. Just don’t let him catch you. If he does, it was nice knowing you.
He is as mysterious as he is a trickster. He loves to trick people as much as he can confuse him. It’s one of his favorite past times besides reading and just wandering around in the forest alone.
There was this one time that he put a little something extra into a villager’s drink and since then, he’s been avoiding the village so that way he wouldn’t get attacked.
Adding more into it, he does have a set of potions that he uses for a number of reasons. One of them is pranking people.
As for what those potions can do, they make you act like stuff and basically make you go crazy for a little bit.
He uses the potions for three reasons. The first being for pranks. The second is to cheer up/confort the people that he trusts, and the third reason is a bit angsty.
There are times that he gets stressed out to a point where he just can’t take it. He takes one of the potions so that way he doesn’t deal the stress that badly. So if you find James crying like a baby with frosting all over his face, don’t be too surprised. Also, help the poor guy out.
If/when you do find him in that state (and he trusts you), give him some comfort with a hug and give him a cookie. He’ll be fine from there. Or start to be, at least.
The guy does have a hard time dealing with stress due to personal reasons. Not only that, he’s an anti-social because of personal reasons he doesn’t want to talk about. He doesn’t like to be around big crowds as well due to personal reasons.
Along with that, that’s why he lives in the forest alone. He doesn’t like to be around people due to . . . . . reasons.
The only time he ever talks to people is when he’s interested in them, seeing that they could be trusted, or he’s off to buy some things for the week.
Speaking of people that interest him, he does have a secret interest/fondness in the outsiders that drop from the world above him. More than what he lets on, tbh.
He can also tell whether or not you’re an outsider or an 'Alice' if you want to speak it in better terms. It’s all on the body movement, eye movement, and the clothing that they wear. He has a sharp eye for details.
It’s rare for an Alice to drop in but when one does fall from above, expect James to have an interest in you.
The reasoning behind his interest in alices or outsiders is because they’re not from his world. They’re different. Just like him.
When he finds an 'Alice', he usually invites them for tea and asks all sorts of questions about them. Like, who they are, where they live, what their life is like, likes, dislikes, hopes, fears, and anything else that’s an interesting fact about them.
Aside from that, James does have a liking for scented candles. He usually lights a couple at night for two reasons. One, it helps sets the mood for nighttime tea. And two, he uses the scent as a way to calm him down.
In case anyone was wondering, his favorite scented candle is blueberry. Also, if you come into his place and smell blueberries, that is why.
His perfect night-time event is having tea, outside in the stars. Especially if it’s on a summer’s night.
He would light up the table with scented candles and have some tea close to him. That plus a couple slices of cake or possibly some cupcakes nearby. He would also decorate the table with some blue and black rose petals for the aesthetic.
From there, he would just drink tea and gaze into the stars at night. That would be the best time for him to truly relax and finally feel free.
After some time, he falls asleep at the table and if he moves unconsciously, he might get some sweets on him. Like seriously, he woke up, using cake as a pillow and has no idea how he fell asleep in the first place.
Ironwood’s favorite season in wonderland is winter. He has a varity of reasons why but the two main reasons why is because the atomsphere and aesthetic of the enviroment.
Taking walks during the winter season are also a favorite thing he loves to do during the winter season. That also connects with his fondness of the winter atomsphere.
Along with that, he can not confirm or deny the fact that he may or may not like to play in the snow. He will not say anything on that matter or at the least, not publically.
That’s also the reason why he doesn’t have many tea parties during the winter season. He would rather spend the time during the winter season with his casual walks which helps him calm down in certain scenairos.
With that, he also likes the cold and crisp air that the winter weather has. Not only that, he likes it when the hot tea that he makes warms him up from the cold weather.
Back to the fact that he has a fondness for ‘outsiders’, James can tell wether a that person came into wonderland from a dream state or not. If they’re troubled from a nightmare or not, he would take them under his wing with a cup of tea for a bit.
James would give them an item that they would find when they wake up as a sign to say like, “Hey, that wasn’t a dream. Don’t worry about the problems of the past. Just know that you’re not alone. In the realm of dreams, I’ll be here for you.”
Secretly, he does take care of people in the dark. He has a huge sense of sympathy to the people that have been ‘abused by the world’.
He does this as small things such as leaving coins, food, clothing, and important items for them to use. He knows the world is a messed up and broken place. He’ll do what he can to help the lost people in the world.
This also applies for any outsiders that he finds in wonderland as well. This is mainly due to his past experiences that he doesn’t talk about. As for why, he won’t say.
He has seen the harshness in his world and from that, he would make sure that no one has to suffer anymore than what he went through.
If he were to find out that one’s suffering came from a person, he would have a ‘talk’ to that person and after that, comfort the people that were hurt by them.
He knows the light and dark of the world and he would do anything to make sure that the light will never get hurt and fall into the dark.
He may be crazy but hurt the people he trusts and you’ll regret it. He doesn’t take dark and evil people, lightly.
He does have a secret hero side to himself that only few see. When they do, it’s really a sight to behold. His weapon is two pistol guns; blue that’s laced with silver.
He always has them hidden under his jacket in case he needs then, which is pretty rare. That’s also why he doesn’t let anyone touch him. Doesn’t want to accidently shoot his foot. He had that almost happen once. He doesn’t want that to happen again.
Lastly, he’s also skilled in hand to hand combat. To the few that have seen James fight, they wonder how he became so skilled. He usually responds by saying something about the past that leaves people curious about him.
~Things James Said At Some Point~
"Why am I surrounded by idiots?”
"Believe me when I say, you don’t want to know what goes on in my mind."
"Sh*t! It’s going to be tea time."
"Yes, I care about tea time. What’s your concern?"
"Why is my life like this?"
" . . . Do trees have emotions?"
"You must take a seat. Having tea alone can be quite a bore, sometimes.”
"The pain and misery of betrayal can leave more scars on you than you think it can leave."
"Don’t flatter yourself, child. You’re not impressing anyone."
"Sometimes, giving trust can be the bravest task anyone can do."
"I wonder if I could reach to the stars. It would make a very good night light."
"What you see before you is just fantasy. Reality can be . . Harsher to survive and far more brutal to live in."
"Craziness is only bad if you think of it to be."
"As you can tell, I’m not exactly . . . . Normal, so to speak."
"Look I know you must be scared right now but I can assure you, it’s for the best if you listen to me."
"What if I told you that I could tell you what happens next?"
"Do you want to hear a secret?"
"I’ll share a secret with you if you have the right price."
"If you’re looking for people that are normal, I’m afraid that you won’t find that around here."
"Everyone is crazy. Some are just better at hiding while it becomes apart of others, one way or another."
"In a world filled with nonsense, why would you want make sense of who you are?"
"I don’t know who or what you are but you do interest me. Care for a cup of tea?"
"Child, don’t be afraid. I’ll be your light in the darkness of my world."
"Now, why would you want that?"
"The world can be a brutal place. The people that live here? They can be worse.”
“It’s your luck that my licence to cause havoc just expired.”
“Then again, when did I ever let anything stop me from stopping the filthy people like you from hurting the innocents and purity of this world?”
“The past can teach you as much it can leave scars. It all depends on how you move on from it.”
“There’s many ways to say that you’re different. People just tend to say it negatively.”
“There’s nothing wrong with you. There is nothing wrong with not being like everyone else.”
“My lady, can’t you see that you’re perfect? Just the way that you are. People just don’t see prefection when they see it, sometimes.”
“You have a spark that can ignite change in this world. Don’t let anyone blow it out.”
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