Disclaimer: So, first off all a huge thanks to anyone who expressed there interest in doing the challenge. I look forward to read what you come up with! Have fun writing you all!
Now to the next point. To anybody who reads my stuff and doesn't know what RWBY is (Glancing at Kaizo ;) ) RWBY is an Anime inspired Internet Show about a Team of Huntresses named Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang who train to protect the World from Grimm and other evil. It is heavily inspired by well-known Fairy Tails like little red riding hood for Ruby. That's all I want to say without spoiling anything, but I can tell you, it is worth to give it a shot. The Episodes are pretty short and can be found quit easily on Youtube or the Internet in general. You can see the Trailers as well if you want to start of with that. I highly recommend watching it. If you like Anime you are probably going to like RWBY as well. Just… take a little Vacation once you watched V3 until the end kay?
Now to the actual reason im Updating this Challenge. A friend of mine was telling me her opinion about the Challenge. She liked it but said it would be difficult to find something like an Intro for the Team. I thought about that and she has a point. One of the hardest Parts to do is the Beginning and making all these different Characters connect with each other. If you want to do the challenge, I have here some ideas for you if you have troubles with the beginning.
Ways of Introducing the Team:
Trailer
Just like in the Original show, you could dedicate one trailer for each of the Team Members. A little chapter showing how the Characters get into contact with the God of Remnant. These would lend the pressure of having to introduce all characters at once and as a team so that they already know what is asked for them and then can immediately start through once they meet each other in Remnant. Here an example:
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Guts: Bloodshed Trailer
Raiden: Ripper Trailer
Ike: Emblem Trailer
Tony: Arc Trailer
Big Meeting
The most obvious way to make the characters connect with each other and the God of your Choice. Just throw them all into a void, give them some minutes to get to know each other and then introduce the God himself/herself. Example:
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Delsin, Eren, Faith and Natsu wake up in a dark Void. They question how they got here and question each other to their identity. Then the Presence arrives and explains. (I was actually too lazy to come up with an actual Conversation for these guys so…sorry)
Flashbacks
This one is actually self explanatory. You introduce the Team already formed and tell the past through Flashbacks and maybe introduce them fighting off a Grimm. That way you can show how these guys work together early on and can leave some suspense for the readers with later showing just how they were at there first meeting. Another Example:
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The Story starts with a young Ruby being attacked by a Grimm. Before the Grimm can however harm her, she gets saved by Sans who then brings her home and tells her on the way some puns about how her small size reminds him of one of his Team members (hint Flashback: first meeting of Sans and Tatsumaki) who are currently still sleeping in.
By the way, I'm not the only one who things Yang and Sans would become best friends in like the first seconds they met or am i? Probably not.
Anyway that were just some of the ways you could make an Intro. Feel free to do it in whatever way you like, I only wanted to give you some advice.
As a last thing, this is how the first meeting between the Characters and the Presence could look like:
-presence appears in form of a person the Character knows well and feels connected to in a good way (Papyrus for Sans, Luffy for Zorro, and so on)
-Character questions what presence wants. Presence explains the need of saviours and shows them pictures of the end of Volume 3 (You know what for Pictures I mean) in order to raise a emotion in the character (Raiden: Flashback of his own war filled past, Guts: Rage at Adam for leading so many monsters and destruction into a peaceful world (like Griffith to his) and… you know… arm and girlfriend like things)
- Character expresses sympathy. God guarantees a reward the character wants the most, by showing them there deepest desire (Eren: Titan free World, Delsin: Reggie back to life etc.)
- Character says that he/she will do it. Presence smiles and gives them there new form and abilities
Some other more clear examples for some of these new forms. I addressed this topic before but I just wanted to give some more clear examples:
( Amy: Hedgehog Faunus with a Piko Piko Hammer (modified with a rocket launcher), Aura and Semblance (maybe something like Rubys
Tony: weapon (two handed longsword with a Railgun, Man at Arms actually made something like this check it out!) and Semblance (energy manipulation from the Arc Reactor in his Chest)
Sans: Humanized Version of himself, albino like with White hair with very bright blue eyes, Weapon (Bone Staff with an Gaster Blaster on one end for range attacks), Semblance (A extended Version of Karmic Retribution, aside from having a heavy effect on evil doers, those without evil will get healed by simply being near Sans)
Side Note: I know that Sans doesn't count as a Planet Buster, but because of the sheer amount of abilities he has, Telekinesis, bone creation, teleportation, etc. it might be appropriate to nerf him just a little, not necessarily but it could help the story itself to nerf Characters with so many abilities)
So this pretty much sums up my attempt at helping some of you with the beginning and general Character creation. If you just happen to have more questions regarding the story, don't hesitate to PM me.
Until then!
