I have an intense hatred of betrayal fics, so allow me to share with you a deconstruction of this familiar fic trope...
Betrayal fic deconstruction
The story starts out as any normal betrayal fic starts out: Character gets betrayed, sentient Grimm finds them, and helps them to heal and get stronger. Character learns about their betrayal and declares their want for revenge, and is filled with anger and rage at this betrayal against them, and thus, the story begins.
In this story, that person is Ruby, and the story begins with, of course, as in per the usual, Weiss, Pyrrha, and Team CRDL stabbing her in the back, and leaving her for dead in the middle of the wilderness, where she is then found by a sentient and benevolent Spider Grimm by the name of Charlie, who then begins to guide her on the path of righteous vengeance against her enemies, as she slowly gathers allies to her cause, and is slowly filled with more and more anger at the thought of letting those whom did her wrong escape justice.
However, slowly but surely, it becomes clear that something is terribly wrong with all of this. Ruby is continuously having flashes to times and events that never happened, and conversations that never took place, and now, she is beginning to work with Cinder Fall, Adam Taurus, and Roman Torchwick in order to get what she wants.
And then, when she kills people in vengeance and lust for blood, unlike other betrayal fics where it is portrayed as a good thing, here, rightfully so, it is portrayed as horrible and monstrous, as she slowly begins to fall into the path of a monster, and genuinely becomes guilty of the crimes that she is committing, as she becomes more blood addled than before, and begins to walk down the path to villainy, ala Coeur Al'Aran's Null.
And to top it all off, the typical character switch from original personality to unstoppable warrior of vengeance in betrayal fics isn't portrayed as normal, but deeply disturbing, even by the villains themselves, like Emerald and Roman, as they observed Ruby, and find the massive shift in character to be incredibly disturbing, and something that isn't realistically natural.
Meanwhile, in Beacon, we are continuously introduced to all sorts of outside perspectives, like Neon, and Velvet, and others, as they offer us their own perspectives and ideas as to what's going on, as well as all of the rumours that are continuously floating around. We are never once given the perspectives of the main players in this betrayal, or anyone else from Team RWBY and JNPR, or even Ozpin's inner circle, and we are continuously left guessing as to what is going on.
Soon, things come to a head at the Vytal Festival, and the Battle of Beacon begins, as Ruby and her new allies slaughter their way through Beacon's halls, only to finally come across Teams RWBY and JNPR, and-
The memories finally flood back to her- The real memories- And we finally learn the truth.
Weiss, Pyrrha, and Team CRDL didn't betray Ruby; They were trying to save her.
And Charlie, isn't really called Charlie.
It's Salem.
Salem, as it turned out, has been using magic and her connection with Ruby Rose though the spider Grimm to manipulate and control the silver eyed girl, changing her memories and amplifying the worst aspects of her personality in order to get her to do her bidding, and turn her against Ozpin.
And then, we finally see from the perspective of Teams RWBY and JNPR, to reveal that they had been doing nothing but searching for Ruby ever since she went missing, and had been her biggest advocates to bring her in alive and safe when the reality of her crimes is brought to light.
Ruby is distraught by all of this, and finally breaks down, going insane, and unleashing herself upon friend and foe alike, going madder and madder still, until-
Someone from Team RWBY or JNPR is forced to shoot her in the back and bring her down. Whomever it is isn't decided upon, but just that rough area might do.
The Battle of Beacon is won, and Salem and Cinder's forces are forced to retreat, but it comes at a cost: Beacon has been completely destroyed, more people have died here than in canon, and now Ruby is to be arrested for all of the terrible things that she has done, and possibly locked away in a mental hospital for all of her life.
The end.
This is a story that does not have a happy ending. This is one of those dark stories that fill you with dread and disgust.
But if that's what you want to do with it, then by all means. As I always say in this 'Fic', just PM me and let me know that you're writing it, and have fun with it.
But, as always, I shall be seeing you all next time!
Titanmaster117 out!