What would you want to see from a Absolute Version of the RWBY universe?
I added the pictures purely because reddit filters where being mean
For those that are familiar with DC’s Absolute Universe, what do you think of an Absolute RWBY Universe?
The Absolute Universe is built on the idea of characters losing one of their defining core traits or connections. For example, Batman without his wealth WW was raised in the underworld. Applying this to RWBY here's what I got so far:
- Yang without courage: This could mean Raven actually takes Yang with her to the tribe having her grow up to be a bandit.
- Blake without contradiction: She either never joins the White Fang at all, or she never leaves them..
- Weiss without her means: Instead of being an heiress, she could be broke possibly an illegitimate child instead of a Schnee.
- Ruby without her heart: This one is tricky. It sounds like the “depressed Ruby” meme. but this one is the easiest to see. Summer dies, her father falls apart /dies and this time there no Yang to hold everything together. This causes Ruby to have to raise herself. Qrow could still be around, but he’d be completely unfit to raise a child. This version of Ruby grows up without that spark of innocence she had through out the first couple volumes For Ren and Nora, the first thought is to remove their bond, but that seem to cheap. So instead it’s a role reversal: Nora has a family, and her family adopts Ren after he’s orphaned. This would make Ren far more emotional and vulnerable, while Nora would be more grounded and responsible.
Pyrrha is interesting. Her one foil beside Jaune was her fame so its clear that is what has to go. so at first I thought about making her a normal person but I decided to go further. What if Pyrrha is hated like truly loathed by the arena fan she wears a mask to keep her identify secrete but when she steps into the ring people are already booing her. Not because she bad or weak she is still the strongest and the champion but she uses her semblance and the fans hate it seeing it as cheating since almost all weapons are metal Pyrrha could be like the undertaker from WWE or something like that .
Jaune is harder. You could strip away his family, his dream, or his ancestry. Since his desire to become a huntsman comes from a long line of warriors, making him an orphan without that legacy could push him in a completely different direction.
Mercury was a simple one Abuse from his dad is the only real pillar of his personality we know remove that and you get a different character. Instead of being raised by an abusive father, imagine he was brought up in a loving assassin family. That change alone could alter his entire worldview.
Emerald would have a similar past, Her biggest traits are being an orphan street rat and liking cinder and the later is because cinder took her off the street.an emerald with a normal family or even a lowing criminal family would be interesting to see and its fits since I'm pretty sure she based on Aladdin who father was the king of theirs so it be a nice call out
Cardin is tricky because all we know of him if his racism and his humanity …I guess you could give him a faunas parent making him a half breed and having to deal with that
What is something you would like to see in this Hypothetical RWBY universe what absolute character would you want to see. What do you think this character Would of lost in the Hypothetical Absolute universe
Posted Oct 1, 2025, 9:05 PM UTC