Top 14 Epic Bumbleby Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. These are reader-favorite long-form Bumbleby fics — save them for offline reading.
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.
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
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
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
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
The Weight Around Her Neck
by Apathetic_Abstract_Apotheosis
Weiss longs to be free. But all she feels is shackled, by family, by duty and most of all by herself. Freedom may be out of reach for now, but with help perhaps broken wings won't hold her down.Set a week after Vol. 1
Fractured Ribs and Horsehair
by Spinedog
“I’d prefer if we talked this out before gettin’ into uncivil territory, ma’am.”A pair of feline ears flicked at the title, as though uncertain how to process it. Yang couldn’t imagine her being called by anything else.-A snap decision unexpectedly binds a stubborn deputy and disillusioned outlaw to
A Different Shade of RWBY
by ElectronicYarn
What if Yang was raised by Raven?What if Blake never left the White Fang?What if Weiss never decided to become a huntress?What if Ruby didn’t get into Beacon early?Welcome to a world of new solutions, where everything is the same except what really matters.
Anchor
by pugoata
AU: Blake was damaged, too damaged. Her parents had brought her along on their vacation to Maine out of pity, and Blake could only look forward to a summer of trying to find and put together all of her broken pieces. It wasn't like there was much else to do on the island of Patch. Here, there were o
When You Are Needed
by Deferonz
The Blacksmith, in all fairness, did tell them exactly what was about to happen. The problem, really, is that when five heretofore unknown figures suddenly blip into existence a good decade and a half into the past, a lot of very powerful people notice.And many of them are less than pleased.Or: Thos
Let Us Be Your Poison
by GodSaveTheKings
When Ruby was four, she saw her mother executed by the Kingdom of Atlas. In a world without Grimm, Huntsmen are mere soldiers, and Ruby is trained in secret to redeem her mom's destructive legacy. But to succeed, she'll have to survive her own teammates: an heiress born with a terrible curse, a revo
Fire and Gold
by Beatonen
After traveling all the way to Menagerie, Yang finds Blake.That's it. I just want some bumblebee.
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This list of 14epic Bumbleby fanfics spans 3,128,345 total words. Kudos range from 2,442 on the newest entries to 5,597 on the most established. 64% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Mature (6 of 14 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Fluff · Romance · Fluff and Angst · Hurt/Comfort · Time Travel.
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