#abuse bracket

FALLEN PETALS

"can't call this one abusive yet specifically but it totally would be but it would also be fun. Literally that 'lets just add some hatred- oh, no, that's obsession, whoops' meme. The red/black/gold colour scheme vs red/black/silver, magic vs antimagic, (if you really wanted you could do a dark fairytale aesthetic: girl lost in the woods vs monster in the woods), this could truly be so deep and you know that if Cinder got her hands on Ruby she'd break her mind into shards goddamn, can't get more fun then that."

"Cinder would think death is too good for Ruby and would try to mentally break her."

"The OG hero/villain toxic doomed yuri of RWBY—what’s better than Cinder becoming violently passionately obsessed with a teen girl who doesn’t care that she exists? Wanting revenge in any way she can get it, desperately trying to possess the evidence of her failures… while Ruby doesn’t know what’s going on but can’t tolerate Cinder’s crimes—it’s juicy <3"

IRONDEATH

FALLEN PETALS

"can't call this one abusive yet specifically but it totally would be but it would also be fun. Literally that 'lets just add some hatred- oh, no, that's obsession, whoops' meme. The red/black/gold colour scheme vs red/black/silver, magic vs antimagic, (if you really wanted you could do a dark fairytale aesthetic: girl lost in the woods vs monster in the woods), this could truly be so deep and you know that if Cinder got her hands on Ruby she'd break her mind into shards goddamn, can't get more fun then that."

"Cinder would think death is too good for Ruby and would try to mentally break her."

"The OG hero/villain toxic doomed yuri of RWBY—what’s better than Cinder becoming violently passionately obsessed with a teen girl who doesn’t care that she exists? Wanting revenge in any way she can get it, desperately trying to possess the evidence of her failures… while Ruby doesn’t know what’s going on but can’t tolerate Cinder’s crimes—it’s juicy <3"

KNIGHTFALL

ROSEWICK

"Roman “canonically hits on teenagers” Torchwick and Ruby “Little Red looking for her Big Bad Wolf” Rose—did you know that beta!Torchwick was around Ruby’s age (or a little younger)? Yeah. Anyway these two have fantastic hero/villain banter and I think it’s sexy."

FALLENDINA

HOLYBUN

"Their colors match and compliment each other so well, the browns and golds and bits of grey give it a cozy Fall day vibe to them. Also the depth of a Cardin redemption to Velvet forgiving him type story is wild. Truly the abuser to lover story just hits right."

EMERALD LAIR

EMBERALD

"The og mommy issues pairing! The mutual desperation, the mimicking of old trauma, the deep desire to be loved x the sheer refusal to give it, seeing her old self in Emerald’s eyes, mwah mwah"

"literally femslash tauradonna like oh my god this is so toxic in a million ways, like Emerald's mommy issues and electra complex from chibi, cinder slapping her and ordering her around  like a slave (!!!!!) what was that 'don't think obey' line (!!!!! WTF !!!!!) but ask around enough and you'll find 'can't wait for emerald to redeem cinder' headcanons but when I, cain, make tauradonna headcanons-"

KNIGHTFALL

TAURADONNA

"Its hot. Mentor-mentee unhealthy codependant relationship. Blake was the only one who saw under his mask. They could have been a power couple that broke up over ideological differences but hate fucked every once in a while but noooooo. Blake waffling between adams way and finding her own. They could have been foils your honor. They could have been annabeth and luke coded. They could have been everything."

"Og problematic pairing!! They’re canon, they have history, she canonically maintained a crush on him and even doodled him in her notebook, and they look so damn good together."

FALLKOS

NEOROSE

"Neo might think death is too good for Ruby and try to mentally break her."

QUEEN'S MAIDEN