Eventually, Something Sparks

R u r i

I really liked the ember armor headpiece, but I wanted Link's bangs back in front of his face and then I just ended up drawing him like so. I guess he's Dragon Link now.

Just wanted to draw a cool, angry Yuzuriha.

Honestly, I like both concepts. Positive, kind, Yor-Ruby and cold, hard action flick Ruby. Who said AUs could only take one path?

But I thought about it last night, and for an RG assassin AU, I imagined it would be neat if Oscar played the role of Ruby’s navigator or provided some kind of technical support and they could have quippy banter over some kind of hidden frequency. Maybe he’d fit into the role of omni-skilled computer guy/engineer/hacker? Oscar wouldn’t be quite as jaded as Ruby, but he would be kind of world weary (and maybe a little paranoid given his profession) which would be comfortable for the jaded Ruby because she won’t have to pretend with him like she would for other people. He already knows who she is and what she does. They both like the relationship because they can play at being ‘normal together’ even though neither of them feels that way about their lives, circumstances, and occupations. A little slice of everyday solace among a life of murder and corpses.

(Tech guy Oscar definitely has some sort of anonymous rivalry/competition with mysterious underground hacker P.E.N.N.Y whose calling card is ‘Salutations.’)

Obviously, he goes by the alias ‘Oz’, a title passed down from mysterious mentor to mentee from time immemorial. I’d say Ruby’s would be ‘Silver Eye’ because well, her eyes are silver and a sniper is obviously the eyes of an operation, but that runs up against the collective consciousness of that Bond film Goldeneye and that’s a level of referential cringe I am unprepared for and I don’t want that. I’ll have to think about it.

Yeah! Absolutely a Ruby assassin AU. Though using the term ‘hired killer’ definitely put me personally in mind of those Hollywood action flicks where everyone is incredibly emotionally stunted and there’s a million explosions.

*clenches fist dramatically*

…Ruby with a leather jacket and sunglasses walking away from an explosion with her only friend in her arms, that is, her gun…

AU where Ruby’s a cold, jaded, seen-it-all hired killer.

 I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz, or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off. I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

  - Pablo Neruda, XVII (I do not love you...)  

It only took five billion years, but here’s chapter 15. It’s mostly a lot of people thinking thinky thoughts about Oscar.

If you don’t know what my fic’s about, here are the details!

Title: Lost Parallax

Fandom: RWBY

Pairings: Oscar/Ruby, (other background ships like Renora or Blake/Yang.)

Romance isn’t my primary focus, however, so it’s all pretty slow burn. But if you’re a person like me and you like relationships really very slowly built up over time, then your alley is right here.

Summary: A “probably, maybe, most likely” post-vol 7 version Oscar time travel fic where he tries to prevent the Fall of Beacon and maximize his future knowledge against Salem by attending Beacon and trying to get past-Ozpin on his side. The trouble is… he doesn’t know the key pieces for how Beacon fell in the first place and time is running out.

If you like the concept of Ozdad then this is probably the fic for you.  

Chapters: 15/???

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I started doing a series where Oscar gets a personal hug from everyone after the events of ep 4 in volume 8. It’s been a billion years, but here’s the one with Blake.

[Yang]