Character Name: Yang Xiao Long Canon: RWBY Canon Point: The end of Volume 8, Chapter 1
In-Game Tattoo Placement: Back of her left shoulder Current Health/Status: Her right arm from the elbow down is gone and she uses a robotic prosthetic that has full range of motion. Otherwise, she’s healthy. Age: 19 Species: Human
Content Warnings: PTSD, loss of a limb, mentions of death
Yang is one of those girls who is always a shoo-in to win “Most Popular” at the end of the school year. She tends to be wherever the action is, whether that’s on purpose or by total accident. Big party? She got invited by about 4 different people. Accidentally start a bar fight and be there when it explodes only seconds after winning said fight? Duh, she’s there. In either situation, Yang can be found in the thick of it with her characteristic optimism and incredibly bad puns. In the first volume of the show, she describes herself as a thrill seeker who wants to take on the major task of becoming a Huntress for the ability to travel the world, repeatedly risk her life for the simple joy of it, and kick ass at the same time. What part of the job isn’t there to like?
Yet, that’s only part of the reason she wants to become a Huntress. Yang wants a place to belong, a place that she can always come back to. Abandoned by her mother at a young age, she found herself the sole caretaker of her younger half-sister when their father had an emotional breakdown after her adoptive mother died while on a Huntress mission. Her uncle, grief-stricken and constantly away for work, was in no place to provide emotional support, either. She found herself emotionally adrift without an adult presence to guide her.
She journeys into the woods with her sister in tow during this period in an effort to find her mother. Yang goes farther and farther, carrying her sister in a wagon, from home until she can no longer remember where they are. Gripped with despair, they are attacked by a Grimm, a creature attracted to negativity, and are almost killed until they are saved in the nick of time by their uncle. It’s then that she realizes that she has a responsibility to those who depend on her. As such, Yang is fiercely loyal to her friends and family and would do anything to ensure their safety. Even if “anything” may be a little bit wild.
Before the fall of Beacon, Yang is a “sink or swim” kind of learner. In fact, she was described to her voice actresses as someone who would push someone into a pool so they learn how to swim. If there’s something or someone in her way, she’ll punch through because she is Yang Xiao Long. If she can’t then who can? That all changes when she loses her right arm at the end of Volume 3. Her weapon, her school, her friends, her partner...all gone in the blink of an eye.
Yang sinks into a depression for months, trapped in a spiral of PTSD from losing her arm and depression from losing everything dear to her. Her time spent recuperating at home eventually teaches Yang to fight smarter, not harder; think around the obstacles in her path rather than try to blaze through with abandon. She leaves to find her sister with a renewed sense of purpose and self. Where she may have desperately seeked her birth mother’s approval when they she finally meet at the beginning of volume 5, she firmly says she doesn’t need explanations or reconciliation. All she wants to do is find and protect those that she cares about most.
While Yang parts with her mother on less than ideal terms, she does take away an important lesson: always ask the right questions, especially when something seems too good to be true. She is more than happy to fight on behalf of those who can’t fight themselves, but is quicker to call bullshit where she sees it and push for the truth. If she’s meant to fight around the problem then she wants a full picture of what the problem entails. She isn’t above defying a direct order from a superior if it doesn’t fit her idea of what’s right, either. Sticking to your guns is just as important as doing the right thing.
At the end of the day, Yang is your cool older sister who knows where all the good bands are playing this weekend, but is more than happy to blow off her plans to play video games with you if you’re feeling cruddy. She’s got your back.
Abilities/Powers/Weaknesses & Warping: Aura: The manifestation of one’s soul in RWBY. It can be used for defense or offense, but it does degrade over time in a combat situation. One’s Aura naturally recharges with rest. Aura also powers an individual’s Semblance. Semblance: Each major character in RWBY has a Semblance, a special power unique to them alone once it’s activated. Yang’s Semblance Burn! allows her to store the energy she’s received while being attacked and redirect it twice as hard. Her eyes also turn red once it’s activated. Power Warping: when her Semblance is activated, whatever damage she deals, she feels the damage as if the move was done to her. Example, give a gut punch to a baddie? Feel the gut punch. She also isn’t able to tank as much damage with her Aura as she usually could.
Inventory:
Her V7 outfit which can be found here and has about the same amount of zippers as a character designed by Tetsuya Nomura. Her Scroll (it’s just another word for a cellphone) The left hand for her gauntlet, Ember Celica A crate of Dust ammo A HVB Rhino hoverbike which looks like this.
Player Name: Hermy Player Age: 31 Player Contact: hermyish on plurk or hermyish#7882 on discord
Other Characters In Game: None In-Game Tag If Accepted: Yang Xiao Long: Hermy Permissions for Character: ta-da Are you comfortable with prominent elements of fourth-walling?: Totally comfortable. Bring it on. What themes of horror/psychological thrillers do you enjoy the most?: I’m a fan of the creeping dread of horror. Horror is much more interesting when you’re left to fill in the blanks of what all the horrible things that could happen to you rather than having it laid out. Is there anything in particular you absolutely need specific content warnings for?: Extreme gore, but other than that, I’m golden. Additional Information: Surviving Deerington? Yang’s got it in the stag!
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thepunshow) wrote2020-01-09 11:43 pm
