Qrow only gets one major change in FRWBY, that being his alcoholism. Given how integral it is to his character it makes sense to fiddle with it, and I have a lot of mixed feelings about the results
Qrow is basically unchanged in Volumes 3 and 4 beyond some minor dialogue tweaks
Volume 5 has the investigation plot into the Branwens that I hate to keep bringing up. Qrow is the only one out of RNJRQR getting any intel but this storyline does not matter because Weiss and Yang take them to the Branwens anyway
Volume 6 is where the real changes start. Qrow is a MUCH stronger addict than canon. In canon him going blackout drunk after The Lost Fable is the tone shift going from "haha funny drunkle" to "oh shit this is serious," and that things need to change for him. Him getting blackout drunk happens nearly twice before the train to Argus even crashes in FRWBYV6
Unlike in canon, Qrow doesn't deck ROzman in the face for learning that he's been on a suicide mission this entire time and that the man he felt owed everything didn't even have a plan to beat Salem. Despite, yknow, Oz being a much worse person than canon because as a reminder the only reason he doesn't summon the gods is because he knows they'll kill Salem. Not even the threat of humanity's extinction if he fails his vague AF mission. Qrow still pins him to a tree but before things could escalate Ruby interrupts due to them being surrounded by Beowolves
After he goes blackout in Brunswick Ruby is even more furious with him than in canon. She rips him a new one about how irresponsible it is that he didn't stay up to keep the fire going since Yang and Neo have hypothermia from the Argus crash, and she loses all respect she had for him
While RWBY and Maria are in the well Qrow and Roman deal with the OC Mimic Grimm. As a reminder it can shapeshift into significant people in a human's memories, in Qrow's case Summer. Neo is the one who gets the kill btw, despite it drawing from VERY personal memories for Qrow and Roman
While at Argus Qrow is drinking himself to death. Maria has a talk to him one night about how he has to shape up because she can tell that his relationship with Ruby and Yang is on the brink of total collapse, and they open up about each of them feeling like failures in their lives. After the deal with Cordovin falls out Qrow has a talk with Ruby about how she's a better leader than she gives herself credit for, and he throws his flask to the ocean starting his sobriety
Volume 7 only really gives him three major scenes
Yang is included in the talk Qrow has with Ruby about not telling Ironwood about the lamp having one question left. Qrow follows up on the secrets talk with him having no clue what happened to Summer and his feelings on the matter, hence the Yang inclusion
One night at Mantle, Qrow and Clover have a heart to heart about how their semblances have affected them. Qrow focuses on how his semblance only ever seems to hurt him, while Clover brings up how despite his own semblance he faced a good amount of hardship in his life, but still looks at the positives where he can. They then go to...a bar. Qrow is against it but Clover pushes him into it because "he can handle it." While at said bar they see Yang trying to sort out her feelings on the Robyn situation and Blake getting distant with the team. Qrow and Clover talk her into how team RWBY should plan a day off for the solstice and that she should just go for it
During the volume's climax while they're escorting a captured Tyrian, Ruby calls Qrow and he learns that he was kept completely in the dark for RWBY's arrest warrant. Obviously not wanting them captured, Qrow tries to run to them but Clover forces his hand into a fight between them. During the fight Tyrian breaks free of his restraints similar to canon causing a three-for-all to break out. Unlike canon, Clover didn't focus on Qrow to a fault. Because of this Clover gets stabbed by Tyrian's tail but it's implied that he'll survive. Tyrian and Qrow escape their own separate ways, and that's the last we really see of Qrow until Volume 8 happens
I'm not really sure how I feel about these changes. It's obvious that Celtic's going a different direction for Qrow's alcoholism, and it's still rooted in his canon flaws, but it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth with some of the stuff he included. I guess I'd call this "the most okayest" character rewrite?
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