Knox: We're backk baby~!
King: Good to be.
Knox: You know the drill by now. This one is Yang. Now, I did get some ideas sent in, but oddly few for Yang and most of those would be miscs, not hats. Either way, I appeciate what you sent in for the group after. Anyway, let's do this! Hat Stereotypes for Yang! Hit it!
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Yang stretched her back and sighed with a grin, "Alright! Time to see what you all picked for me."
The scene opened to Yang dancing down the same tracks as the others. She had a cloth military hat set to the right side of her head.
"Yang Xiao Long, the Golden, Pun-fueled, Rocket Jockey."
Yang rolled her eyes, "Alright. Good thing I went through the weapons too, or I'd be lost."
"The most common main in the entire game."
Yang felt a certain pride knowing she was so popular to the players.
"And it's not surprising. She's fun to play and her skill ceiling is pretty high. She's probably my most played character behind Coco."
Coco raised an eyebrow, a slight grin on her face, "Oh yeah? So, I'm his favorite?"
"But… that's because I like to punch people with these."
The screen showed a pair of dark gold gauntlets with bright yellow comets on the back of the metal and up her arm with the name and stats below the picture, [Draco Meteor]. The stats in blue text read, [Critical hits while Rocket Jumping] and [Increased Critical Hit damage]. The stats in red read, [Does not receive Random Critical Hits] and [20% slower swing speed].
"A… a lot."
The screen zoomed in on a kill count of 7,538.
Yang let out an impressed whistle. "Damn. That's a heck of a count for second place. Does this guy have a life?"
Nora, however, saw something else in that moment, "What's a rocket jump?" She bounced in her seat a bit, excited at the sound.
"Anyway, let's get back into it. Let's kick this off!"
The first hat to appear was a muted green garrison cap set to the right side of her head, a pin with a flying Long dragon, [Don't Call Me Shirley].
Nora's hand shot up, "Mine!"
Yang's head tilted, "I feel like this is a reference I don't get."
Coco's eyebrow raised with a smirk. "And it seems to be the pick of our narrator."
Something different this time was an extra little lettering near the bottom, [Ft. Chaos Lord Roscoso].
"He got help?" Blake surmised.
The voice that followed this time sounded totally different, a giggling mess of a man, "Okay! The DCMS, also known as the go to hat for every Yangster main~"
Yang stopped a moment, "A what main?"
"It's a 'high'-class hat~ But I'm not supposed to drag-on~ Eh?"
Yang chuckled. Everyone else did not.
They could hear Knox in the distant background, "Get to the stereotype!"
"Fine… Okay. Again, this is the common Yangster hat, a Yang Prankster you see. So, expect her to jump in out of nowhere and smack you into the ground with her fist. She'll obviously be using the Draco Meteor and usually the Rocket Jumper, but sometimes they use normal launchers. But one thing is for sure; she's just having fun. Jumping around the map and just having a good time."
Nora laughed happily, "Yes! I like that one!"
Yang sighed with a smirk, "I almost regret not picking that one."
The hats swapped to show Yang with her hair cut short, almost resembling the style worn by Mercury, [Closest to the Sun].
Yang had a mini heart attack at the sight, falling out of her chair and foaming at the mouth.
Blake smirked, "Worth it to pick this one."
Yang was up again, her eyes red, "You picked what?!"
"Calm down Yang. It's just a game."
Knox returned to the mic, "The Closest to the Sun Yangs think they're hot shit with the Fire Launcher."
Yang chuckled a bit at that one.
"But one thing's for sure, she's definitely wearing the full Mercury set. You know. This, Fight Night…"
As he spoke, the model of Yang swapped to wearing a partial zip up jacket, in yellow and black, with armor on both arms.
"… and Bring the Noise."
The Yang now wore a pair of black pants with her usual belt flair over her side.
Coco nodded, "I admit, it's not a terrible look. The guy himself is an ass, but the style looks good on Yang."
"No!" Yang slammed her hands, "Not with hair that short!"
Coco rolled her eyes at Yang's outburst.
Nora jumped up to look toward Blake, "Did you do that? Pick the set?"
Blake shook her head. "No. I just picked the first short haired thing I could find."
Yang was still having her breakdown, "Why?! You all know how important my hair is to me!"
"That's it really. Next hat!"
The next hat to appear had Yang wearing a green military cap with a dragon pin on the front of the canvas headwear, [Top Gun].
Sun's hand shot up, "Mine!"
Coco was more relaxed as her hand raised, "Same here."
"This is the Yang that has mastered rocket jumping, made it an artform."
Sun pumped his fist in excitement, "Yes!"
Coco just shrugged.
"Problem is, she's not as good at deathmatching. She'll drop in, get in a bit of damage, but she'll rarely get the kill. And when you finally turn to fight back, she's halfway across the map again."
Sun's excitement died a bit, be he still smiled. "Eh. I can live with that."
The hat to follow showed Yang with a pilot's helmet, complete with a visor over her eyes. A Long dragon adorned either side, snaking around the helmet, [Fei Long].
Neptune's hand raised slightly, "I got this one."
"This one is like the Top Gun in that she's mastered the art of rocket jumping, but she's also really good at deathmatching. So, expect to get bombed out of nowhere and killed before you ever see her land."
Neptune grinned, "Nice!"
Sun groaned a bit, but it passed pretty quickly.
"Alright! What's next?"
The hat that appeared was a bizarre sort. For one thing, it was a standard yellow cap, but it blended into her actual hair. Same color and everything. It was hard to tell where hat ended, and hair started, [Star Gold].
Yang's hand shot up, "Mine~! I remembered the version we saw earlier with those Stand things. The Jaune in that one had a hat like that."
"Is that a JoJo…"
"Yes. Moving on."
Jaune paused a moment. "You… you don't think that's the JoJo series… do you?"
Everyone was confused for a moment, but then they thought about it. For one thing, they were fictional in the 'world' on screen, maybe the JoJo series thing followed a similar idea.
"I'm just going to save time from now on. When it's a JoJo reference, I'll start by saying JoJo. This means you'll get fans using it. Then, I'll go over important stereotypes. Problem is, the Star Gold is the most JoJo of all the JoJo hats. The Yang with Star Gold will pretty much always be running around trying to punch things."
Weiss nodded, "Yang to a T."
Yang just shrugged and accepted it. It wasn't actually wrong.
"And I'm going to accept…" the screen changed to show a video thumbnail of Yang, posing like a JoJo character then it showed the view count of over 100,000, "Yeah… This is at least partially my fault."
Yang chuckled a bit. "What's with the posing?"
Ren shrugged, "Likely something within this JoJo series."
"Speaking of…"
The hats swapped over to show Yang's hair swapped over with her bangs curled into a set of three over her forehead. The hair behind her was tied into a braid with a small ring of hair at the bottom, [Golden Experience].
Yang's chuckling turned into a small coughing fit with a laugh sprinkled in, "What is that?!"
Ruby's hand shot up, "I picked that one. It looks funny."
Yang was still laughing a little, "It does~ It really does."
"JoJo. This is the Yang that could be considered the team leader. She comes up with strategies and tries to get her team to consider them. Whether they listen or not is up in the air, but she's usually right so…"
Ruby celebrated internally. After the last two, she needed a good stereotype for her choice.
The next hat popping up showed Yang's long hair under control for once, tied back into a ponytail where the control fell away into a set of nine frayed sections from the tie, [Kyuubiko].
Yang blinked in surprise, but with a certain admiration, "That looks pretty cool. I wonder if I could figure out how to do that…"
Ren's hand raised slightly, "I selected this one."
"The Kyuubiko is also known by its translation, Nine Tailed Fox."
Yang grinned again, "Oh? So Ren thinks I'm foxy, huh?"
Ren was calm, letting Yang's statement pass. His lack of reaction was the only thing keep Nora from fuming. That and she knew Yang wasn't actually interested in Ren, for whatever reason. Nora saw her flirt with some of the guys at Beacon, but never actually seemed interested in Ren.
"Nine Tailed Yangs are the pretty aggressive, more likely to rush the objective. And while its great that they play the objective for once, they usually get killed quickly because they don't wait for their team."
Ren sighed, but let it pass over him. It was just a silly video after all.
The next hat to pop onto the screen showed Yang with her hair parted into three larger strands: a large grouping down her back while two groups framed her face and over her chest, [Dragon's Mane].
Pyrrha and Velvet both rose their hands. They glanced toward one another but said nothing for a moment. Finally, Pyrrha spoke, "I suppose we both picked this one."
Velvet nodded, "Yeah. I guess we did."
"These Yangs are the best at one thing. Air shots. If you're in the air, you're a dead man. That said, she'll struggle against more mobile ground targets."
Both Pyrrha and Velvet were happy enough their stereotype wasn't that bad.
The next to pop up showed Yang with her hair tied back into a large red bead at the base of her back, a tuft of hair extending the orb, [Shadow Dragon].
No one raised a hand. Seems none of them picked this one.
"Okay, I bet you're thinking this is the edgy hat. Well, no. I have a better one for that. But I get the confusion with a name like that. Truth be told, I've only ever seen one guy wear it and that's King."
The loadout changed to show Yang wearing the 'hat,' a gold-leather jacket that showed off her midriff, and dark jeans with black boots. A picture of a purple fire with a golden crown appeared in the upper left section of the screen, likely a profile picture.
"So… there's that. Moving on, I guess."
Yang looked over the full design and tilted her head slightly. She had to admit she liked the look. Truth be told, it looked more like a more conservative version of what she was wearing now, so it wasn't that crazy to think about. That said, she did like the idea of adding a bit more gold to her look.
The next hat appearing on the screen showed Yang with her hair tied back into a standard ponytail, [Dragon's Tail].
Weiss tapped her heel against the floor with her arms crossed, "I picked this one."
"The Yang that picks this is likely a neat freak. She wanted everything in her life to be clean, prim, and properly designed. She has all the streamlined and clean cosmetics. So, naturally, she had to get Yang's hair under control."
Weiss shrugged, "I'm not against the stereotype. Yang would do well to get her hair under control."
Yang turned toward the heiress, "You got a problem with my hair?"
Weiss rolled her eyes, "Yang, you might be proud of your hair, but it's a mess. Not to mention how long it is. You get mad when it gets damaged in a fight, but what else did you think would happen?"
"Your hair is long too!"
"And in a ponytail on the side of my head, where it's easier to keep track of and control. Pyrrha does the same thing, tied back and under control."
The two glared at one another but the rest just sighed and let it pass. Those two were diametrically opposed to each other on a lot of things, but they always managed to get it together after some time.
The hats swapped again to show Yang with her hair pulled into a braid tied back around a ring at the base, [Frost Dragon].
Jaune's hand went up ever so slightly, "Mine."
"Frost Yangs are more known to be among the lower end of the skill level. You see this, and there's a good chance she's a newer player that'll try her hardest, but it'll be pretty basic stuff. That said, there's also the rare god-tier Yangs that stomp servers. The ratio pretty vast, but just enough to make you flinch when you first see them."
Jaune sighed, not exactly happy about that one. He knew he wasn't in the higher tier in… anything. His friends always told him he was better than he gave himself credit for, and that might be true, but he was still far behind the rest of them. The only things he had going for him was being a team leader and maybe a few class grades.
The next popping up showed a dragon-based helmet with a long yellow tassel down the back, [Heavenly Golden Dragon].
Everyone had already had their picks shown, so everyone was just interested to see where this was going.
"This one is like the War Pig for Blake, it's a Yang that gives herself a little too much credit. You know, good thinks they're godly, okay thinks they can solo a full team. That kind of thing. You know… There's a lot of hats like that out there. I'm going to call them all War Pigs from now on."
Blake nodded, "Okay, that's understandable. It was to set up a new phrase for the series."
They could hear Knox shifting through something, "Okay. Edgy hat. Ready? Set?"
The hat changed to show Yang with a hair cut straight out of the apocalypse, hair shaved on the sides of her head and her remaining hair forming a long mohawk, [End Times].
Yang fell out of her seat and to the floor, foaming at the mouth. That look was disgusting to her. The short hair looks didn't fit her style and she loved her hair too much to ever let that happen to her. But that? That was her embodiment of evil!
The screen flashed 3, 2, 1… Cue the edgy music and shaking screen. It only lasted a moment, but it was enough to get the joke across.
The screen went black again before returning to the Yang dancing from the beginning, "And that's it! Team RWBY down. Next week is Jaune, so look forward to that. See you all next time."
Yang laughed a bit to herself, "That was interesting. Well… until that last one."