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Thank you mac! <3333 May contain less peril than intended

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"The good news is: we're in danger!" Ozpin said brightly.

Qrow glanced over at him in dismay. "I'm glad the tutorial's over too, but we're both gonna die if we can't figure out how combat works," he pointed out, and Ozpin hummed dismissively.

"Sometimes experience is the best teacher," he replied, eyes glued to the screen as he tapped rapidly at his scroll. "Goodness knows the tutorial wasn't clear about it," he added, and Qrow was beginning to wonder whether suggesting a MMO for date night had been an unexpectedly great idea or a terrible one.

It wasn't that he was tired of chess.

It wasn't completely that he was tired of chess.

But Yang and Ruby had been gushing about that damn game for weeks, and the thing had the longest, most incomprehensible tutorial on Remnant, and he'd gotten tired of trying to tackle it alone.

Oz humoring him hadn't been a surprise. But the enthusiasm had.

"I gotta say, I didn't expect you to get so into this," Qrow admitted, and Ozpin tore his eyes away from where his mage was mowing down goblins while taking an absurd amount of damage because they hadn't figured out how to dodge yet to glance at him in surprise.

"Why wouldn't I? I get to share it with you," Oz said with a soft smile, and as he pressed a softer kiss to Qrow's cheek he couldn't help a smile of his own in return.

"But also I'd like to figure out how to defeat the Defiler Queen by midnight."

<3333 Oh man the “set to kill” focus on this selection XD

5. Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?

Ironically usually the more popular ones. It’s easier to brush off the hate with a disliked ship or at least label it someone else’s opinion, but blind worship and bullying of the haters for a well-loved ship go a long way to sour me towards it, especially if there’s problems with the canon execution that those fans go out of their way to laud or ignore to the point of, again, attacking anyone who disagrees.

...The bees come to mind as an example.

7. Is there anything you used to like but can’t stand now?

Oh, plenty, especially if I started out with a mixed opinion and watched anyone with a negative opinion get shamed for it.

My relationship with RWBY is pretty complicated right now; it’s still where my head’s at creatively but my opinions towards the writing quality seem to have run pretty counter to the popular ones ever since v4. I still love what I think it could’ve been, but I’m not too happy with what it’s become and I know I’m in the minority there. Which doesn’t give it much incentive to change course from the direction it’s taken, unfortunately.

Don’t talk to me about Thor Ragnarok either. And on an even older note we all know how well Stephen Moffat’s writing aged.

12. Is there an unpopular arc that you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why?

...I actually have a real soft spot in my heart for v5, despite its problems. It still did pretty well with emotional consistency, even if that ended up expressed in silly ways. Blake letting Adam go was completely wince-worthy in execution for a number of reasons, but it was symbolic of her letting go of her fear of him and turning the tables in the control of their relationship, he the runner and she the leader. Ilia’s arc had a lot of pacing problems and easy forgiveness going on but she did get the distinction of being the first complex villain to get redemption instead of death. Mercury resorting to an arm grab while Emerald lost all sense of coordination catching Yang was...yeah, but that was the last season to really put a spotlight on Yang making a personal, independent effort at letting go of her anger and impulsiveness, and I loved her personally calling out Raven.

Birdgate has been talked about a lot, as well it should, but that aside I love that they made the conscious effort to put Yang and Weiss together because they hadn’t had the chance for much interaction and their dynamic was fantastic while it lasted. Weiss trying to talk Yang down because she’s put in more time with the manipulative trashbag parent routine? Sympathizing with her anger towards Blake while empathizing with Blake’s likely mindset? Here for it.

Also, Raven in general. Not here to defend her, she doesn’t deserve it, but she’s the kind of horrible that is my jam and I was happy to see her get some focus. Shine on you craven Raven, wherever the hell you ended up for the past 2+ volumes. And while the fight itself got a little bit anime how funny would it have been if Cinder just got ganked by a fellow stone-cold bitch with a decade’s more experience at both the backstabbing and Maiden powers? I could dream for a solid few months.

And you will pry Qrow’s drunken, euphoric “I found hiiiim” from my cold, dead hands

16. If you could change anything in the show, what would you change?

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I talked about Thor fix it here! I wish I could say “hey here is more stuff from it~” but even years later it’s still too fragmented @_@

Bakery is...also too fragmented for excerpts but I can at least give a rundown of the plot XD

It’s an ozqrow (of course) fic with an outsider OC pov featuring Magenta Sidhe, owner and proprietor of what would be an obscure little bakery if it hadn’t been the frequent haunt of a troubled, homesick Beacon student long before his meteoric rise from prodigy to headmaster. Over the years Maggie develops a close bond and protective streak towards her favorite regular, resulting in the lifelong ban of a certain pair of rude, sardonic twins looking to cause trouble for Ozpin in her shop. Still, she worries about how little a personal life Ozpin seems to have, until a surprisingly well trained crow starts showing up at her bakery, clearly sent by someone with an earnest interest in romancing the headmaster.

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment?

By the time I got to college there were some fun ones, the one that comes to mind first is a play called The Knight of the Burning Pestle, where the audience tries to take over the play by inserting their own OC. It’s pretty fun.

28. five songs to describe you?

Oh, that’s hard. Uhhh...

Anything But Ordinary (Avril Lavigne)

High Hopes (Panic! At the Disco)

I’m Alive (BECCA)

Ain’t It Fun (Paramore)

Red Cup (Katy Tiz)

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names?

There’s a short plaid skirt/black shirt/leggings/combat boots combo I put together back in like...that high school, college Hot Topic phase that I’m still very fond of.

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head?

That stupid kazoo one, which I recently finally learned was Facebook. Figures.

53. what is the current state of your hands?

Kinda dry from overwashing. I need to get better at moisturizing...

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

Four entire talents??? Oh man...

Heh. Thank you! I’m sure this says something about me, but I’m too tired to be poignant tonight. ^_^;;

14. What’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever come across?

“Said is dead” is kind of a pet peeve of mine. Like it’s not something you should use exclusively or anything but it is so, so useful for flow. Don’t kill said. Not if that will kill your narrative. Please. On a more tongue-in-cheek, fun note there is a lovely book called How NOT to Write a Novel that gives glorious examples of ways not to do it while giving practical writing advice and I like it a lot.

17. Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?

I mean. Allegedly I write it in order, which may or may not be part of the problem, especially when I get stuck, but I have been known to write That Scene I Really Wanted to Write completely without context from time to time.

20. Describe your perfect writing conditions.

I do it. XD It varies, really. Probably obvious but comfort is a plus, keyboard is preferable, without internet is probably better (not that I am great about adhering to that at all ever), music just in case (usually instrumental), and just a boatload of inspiration.

hello, @macnoodle !!!! I was your OzQrow secret Santa :-DDD !!! Qrow steals gets Oz a nondescript winter holiday gift! 

! Thank you~ <333

6. Name one item on your bucket list.

I have meant to go to Japan 5ever and it just keeps not happening. Someday...

57. Do you like roller coasters?

Objectively, yes! But my stomach is occasionally garbage so my enjoyment rate is not 100%, alas.

109. Any movie(s) you can watch over and over and over again and enjoy just as much each time?

I am a creature of exhaustive repetition so any movie I enjoyed counts, really. Thor, Pacific Rim, and the Lord of the Rings movies come to mind first, though.

122. Favorite Disney song?