RWBY/YMMV


 * Complete Monster:


 * Salem is the Ultimate Big Bad of the series. Once a sympathetic character who merely wanted her lover Ozma back, she would willingly throw away her redeeming qualities out of selfishness and a refusal to learn from her mistakes, she would then begin an empire with Ozma, waging war against those that don't worship them, after Ozma left her she would battle him, killing their daughters in the process. For centuries she would kill thousands with the Grimm, and would have her forces commit Genocide on the Silver Eyed warriors. A master Chessmaster she would set up the Fall of Beacon, arranging for a Grimm attack on the Academy. Her ultimate goal to divide the world against each other and tear down human society, so she can rule over the remains.


 * Cinder fall is Salems mysterious apprentice. Defined by her lust for power and hurting those beneath her, she would arrange for Phyrra Nykos to be tricked into killing the robotic Penny Polendia resulting in her being ripped apart. She would then instigate "The Fall of Beacon", a terrroist attack wich resulted in a massive Grimm invasion of the city of Vale, and convincing remnant war was coming. Later on she would murder every single hunstman and huntress in Mistral.


 * Adam Tauras was once a well intentioned Freedom Fighter, but became worse and worse, by the time the show starts being a narcisist desiring to subjecate humanity . Commiting numerous needless acts of terrorism. He was also hideosly abusive to his lover Blake til she left him, resulting in him declaring vengence upon her and vowing to kill everyone she loved. He would cut off her partner Yang Xio Longs arm, and later order her family murdered. He planned to launch an attack on Haven acadamy, trying to blow himself up with all his men and the surrounding people when he failed. He would murder a bunch of white fang soldiers when they disowned him as leader, before chasing Blake down the continent as revenge.


 * Arthur Watts id a sociopathic Scientist who joined salems faction for the Fame and Reverance hed get in Salems new world order. He was the Mastermind behind the "Black Queen Virus", wich resulted in Atlas military machines turning on and killing innocent people, he'd later go to Atlas where he would have Tyrian murder Ironwoods critics to make him look even more like a tyrant, and cause a massacre and Frame Penny polendia, the "Protector of Mantle" for it. He would then turn off the heat in mantle intending to let most of the populace freeze to death and cause a mass grimm invasion of the city.

"And thanks to you, I've made friendships that will last a lifetime."
 * Genius Bonus: In V3E1, as Emerald says her teammates are "socially awkward", we get a closeup on Mercury sniffing the inside of a boot from a vendor at the fairgrounds.  The implication is that he's a little weird, and that's how Team RWBY takes it.  But actually, the smell of the leather of which they're made is an indicator of the quality of a pair of boots, so Mercury is actually doing something appropriate if he's seriously considering buying them.
 * Harsher in Hindsight: Pyrrha says to Jaune in V2E7:


 * It's a sobering moment when you realize,.


 * The Scrappy: Cinder Fall. Sure, she's nightmarishly evil, but there are RWBY fans who want her to leave the show instead of simply getting her comeuppance. It doesn't help that she has what one would call a "power fetish", which isn't exactly uncommon among villains. Volume 6 has given her character development, but only to a small extent.


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