RWBY Fanfiction
Rooster Teeth's anime-inspired web series about huntress teams battling Grimm in the kingdom of Remnant, carried for a decade by one of web animation's most prolific fandoms. Bumbleby — Blake and Yang's canonized slow burn — is the flagship, with Whiterose, Renora and the Beacon-days ensemble close behind. The fandom's fic culture is famously transformative: massive canon-rewrite projects, Ironwood and Adam discourse relitigated in fiction, and volume-gap fic sustaining the story through hiatuses and the studio's collapse.
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What is RWBY fanfiction?
RWBY fanfiction is fan-created stories set in the RWBY universe. With over 50,000 works on Archive of Our Own, RWBY is one of the most popular fandoms in the fanfiction community.
These stories explore beloved characters like Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long, and many more. Writers create everything from short one-shots to epic novel-length adventures, exploring relationships, alternate universes, and "what if" scenarios.
Most Popular RWBY Fanfics
These are the highest-rated RWBY stories on AO3, ranked by kudos from readers.
RWBY Kink Fics
by Selene_Sokal
A collection of one-shots mostly featuring Jaune and the various girls of RWBY in kinky situations.Admittedly, fairly Arkos heavy, but taking reader suggestions for pairings and kinks to try out!
Fiction Ficlets
by WestOrEast
A collection of prompts from readers, for Worm, The Owl House, PMMM, Kill la Kill, Ranma 1/2, Sailor Moon, ATLA/LOK, NGE and RWBY, but not for Magia Record. Send in your own prompts as well, and you may get a ~500 word ficlet out of it.
A Dose Of Rwby
by Raziel12
A collection of RWBY drabbles covering different themes and styles. Chapter 244: What do you get for the dragon who has everything? Blake the Wise has some very... peculiar requirements.
lulu's ramblings
by lulu_lisbon
A collection of chapters (long and short) that contain abandoned fic ideas and more. My graveyard of prose (and me just clearing out my unfinished drafts in google drive). Contains self-insert OC ideas and crossovers between fandoms. Mostly SI-OCs!!! Comment at the bottom if you want to see one of t
Craving the Sky
by najio
If it weren't for her grandfather, Weiss would have lost her wings at birth. If it weren't for her mother, she would have lost them as a toddler, when she was still too young to remember them. If it weren't for her sister, she would have lost them as a child, the moment she was old enough to be afra
A Semblance of Emotion
by erisedfiction
After an attack that nearly kills his family, all Jaune ever wants to do is become a Huntsman. Armed with his aura, semblance and trained by a wandering Huntsman, he arrives at Beacon ready to take on the world. But the so-called era of peace is at an end, and soon Jaune and his new friends find the
The Foxtrot
by SimplyKorra
Years after the fallout of the war with Salem separated them, Ruby and Weiss' lives have taken very different paths. Weiss runs the Schnee Dust Company as it continues to thrive throughout Remnant. Meanwhile, Ruby lives alone in Patch and continues to work as a huntress. They haven't spoken in years
Shelter
by pugoata
AU: Escaping an abusive boyfriend, Blake finds herself hiding out in a hayloft during a storm. The next morning, the farmer finds her. Working on the farm may be the solution for Blake's current homelessness and for the farmer's loneliness. TW: A few descriptions of domestic abuse.This may take plac
Black Rose Blooms Silver
by CyberQueen_Jolyne
Yang's trip into the forest with Ruby ends differently- Qrow is just a minute late. One minute changes a lot of things when it's a pack of Beowolves against two tiny children.Yang is scarred, Ruby is transformed.Somehow, this is... a good thing?A Hound!Ruby fic featuring puppy cuddles, adopted sibli
Supernatural Affairs: Nine Cases
by brokenmimir
When Weiss Schnee was recruited into Vale PD's Bureau of Supernatural Affairs by Inspector Ozpin she had no idea what she was getting into. She certainly wasn't expecting to have such a dolt for a partner. Or for someone to try to usher in the apocalypse.
RWBY: The Great Temporal Step-Sibling War!
by AndrewJTalon
So you've found yourself in the past and now you need to make sure your dad marries your mom, easy right? But what do you do when your paradox half-siblings are trying to get your dad to marry their moms? Peace was never an option. Now being updated every two weeks! Now with a TV Tropes page! https:
Marriage Law Rejection Letters
by sakura_lisel
When the Ministry of Magic enacts a Marriage Law some time after the final battle against Voldemort, this is the reaction from most of the population who’s against the idea.(The Marriage Law Rejection Letters can also be found over at fanfiction.net under the author name Sakura Lisel.)Taking submiss
Surrender
by SimplyKorra
Newly graduated and given their first assignment, team RWBY are sent to a beach resort near Menagerie to find and kill a Grimm that has been terrorizing the island. It's an ideal first mission, except Yang is in love with Blake - who she last saw kissing Sun. Made worse since new couple Weiss and Ru
The Temptation
by erisedfiction
After a mission gone wrong, Jaune Arc has difficulty remembering what happened to him down in that Schnee Dust mine. Grateful with being alive, he finds that his luck takes a turn for the better when he starts having steamy encounters with many of the women in his life. If only the peace between Man
Footprints on the Shore
by blightsongtheold
Yang falls into the void. Then Ruby. Then Blake. Fighting alone against Cinder, the last living member of Team RWBY puts every ounce of Dust and Aura she has into a Time Dilation glyph. But instead of going out in a blaze of glory like she expects, Weiss finds herself on the airship to Beacon, back
let you see my wilder side (if i can see your bones)
by explosivesky
Yang's untouchable; Blake's anything but. The first time they meet can't be the first at all, not with Yang lighting up every billboard on the Sunset Strip and Blake's voice crooning through the radio regardless of the station, not when every motion of Yang's is achingly familiar and every turn of B
Cuts of RWBY
by AndrewJTalon
Random ideas, snippets, and plot bunnies for RWBY stories. Enjoy and take for your own if you are so inspired!
Fang Bus
by CyanideSins
He was definitely not going to get a job now. He'd bombed it so hard that he'd never really be able to crawl out of that hole. On a dark and stormy night, Jaune Arc so happened to be waiting at a bus stop, for a ride that would never come. A sudden opportunity, and he's flung into the world of adult
Linked in Life and Love - Act IV: Menagerie of Mad Maidens
by l_OmegaInfinity_l
Taurus and Cinder have been captured, the White Fang in Vale have been disbanded... but not without cost.As Team RWBY work to recover from the wounds dealt by Adam Taurus, new problems continue to arise. Jacques Schnee becomes aware of his daughter's relationship, Salem's forces move to correct Cind
Premium Well Redux
by DinasEmrys
After a long mission, Yang decides she needs to get her teammates to socialize outside of other hunter teams, accidentally causing the girls to admit their feelings to each other. Unfortunately, Weiss' family and enemies both old and new may have other plans for the four young women.Classic Fluff an
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Best RWBY Fanfic Rec Lists
Popular RWBY Ships
Bumbleby
Blake Belladonna/Yang Xiao Long
Partners since Beacon's initiation, the runaway Faunus and the sunny brawler are bound by the night Yang lost her arm defending Blake from Adam — and the years of guilt, flight, and return that followed. Volume 9 finally canonized the romance with a confession and kiss. Bumbleby is RWBY's flagship ship and one of western animation's biggest slow burns.
11,000 works →
White Rose
Ruby Rose/Weiss Schnee
The scythe-wielding prodigy who skipped two years and the Schnee heiress who resented being partnered with a child grow into RWBY's most devoted partnership — Weiss's icy perfectionism melting into fierce belief in her leader. Their arc from bickering to 'I trust Ruby with my life' underpins the team itself. White Rose has been Bumbleby's sister ship since the series began.
6,000 works →
Renora
Lie Ren/Nora Valkyrie
Orphaned together as children, Ren and Nora spent their whole lives 'together-together but not together-together' until RWBY finally let Nora kiss him mid-apocalypse. The quiet boy who suppresses emotion and the hammer-swinging girl who feels everything are each other's entire family. Their canon arc even pauses the romance so Nora can learn who she is alone — and fandom loved them more for it.
3,000 works →
Arkos
Jaune Arc/Pyrrha Nikos
The celebrated champion chose the hopeless transcript-forger as her partner because he was the first person who didn't worship her — then trained him on a rooftop, loved him quietly, and kissed him once before walking to her death at Beacon's fall. Pyrrha's sacrifice turned Arkos into RWBY's defining tragedy. Fix-it fic has kept her alive ever since.
3,500 works →
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many RWBY fanfics are on AO3?
There are over 50,000 RWBY fanfiction works on Archive of Our Own, making it one of the platform's largest fandoms.
What are the best RWBY ships?
Popular RWBY pairings include Bumbleby, White Rose, Renora. Each ship has thousands of dedicated stories exploring their relationship.
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