32 More information about this fanfic + Voting at the end

Hello dear readers,

This is something that I've been wanting to write for quite a while. Since this is my first work on this platform, I think that it would be a good idea to take a chapter to better introduce myself as a writer and express my views and expectations for this fic.

This might sound like something that I probably should have done much earlier, but I only had the idea of doing this very recently, so better late than never.

This chapter will be used to express ideas, show a bit of my philosophy as a writer and address many questions and doubts that I saw many readers having when entering this fic.

Also, I will be opening a voting at the end. The first of many to come.

So without further ado, let's get to it!

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-History and pacing

As many of you might've noticed, my style of writing is a more slow and detailed one. So expect things to continue at the current pace for a while.

And the history itself along with the premise of this fic is heavily inspired by 'Mushoku tensei' with the protagonist being reborn as a baby, being very focused on the slice of life at the start, not meeting rob or being given an objective in the new world(at least at the start) and the protagonist not having any cheat outside of his knowledge. My protagonist is even better off, since he has knowledge of future events and a slight improvement to his aura capacity and semblance.

If you think about it, there's many parallels with the meeting between Jaune and Neo and the show's Rudeus and Sylvie, with it being a 'protagonist saves the person being threatened' case, with me having made various adjustments to not be just a copy. But I'm shocked that no one pointed that out yet.

Moving on from the start of the story, the rest of the story will have a heavy emphasis on the conflict that will start after the fall of Beacon. While most influential characters will be focusing on preventing this conflict and maintaining the war in the shadows Jaune would be dedicating most of his time before Beacon preparing for it since he knows that its inevitable and it can't be delayed forever.

So after I finish the 'improving yourself' part of the story, the 'preparing for the conflict' part will take center and I plan to make this area substantial and of critical importance. Afterall, what's the purpose of his knowledge if he doesn't use it to prepare himself completely rather than just becoming stronger and calling it a day?

And lastly, although this history is protagonist centered, with Jaune's perspective being the one you'll read for most of this fic, I'll still try to put in a few other character p.o.vs as well, though it will be scarce and not to the point of being confusing.

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-The protagonist

Easily in my opinion one the most important aspects of a story and one that I'll be putting a lot of attention from now on. One thing that I once heard and take it to heart is: 'If your Mc can be exchanged for any random person and your story will continue without any meaningful change, that means that you desperately need to give him some flavor since he's currently too bland.' And this has been my main philosophy while making the protagonist.

So despite early in the work he having described himself as a 'boring teenager without anything special' that's totally not the case and only his own biased view of himself, since I plan to make my plot and the protagonist dependant on each other, so his personality will be flashed-out and his unique personality traits will be shown. The decision of erasing his previous identity also serves that, as the person he is can be shown through his personality while the lack of identity can become a character building element.

So, despite my character having so far not shown any uniqueness in his behavior(except not being fussy about 'maintaining the plot') be assured that his personality will play a bigger role in his future decisions. He just needs to gain more power and confidence before he can start doing so.

The protagonist won't just be pushed around by the plot and be forced to do whatever it requires, rather he will be the one dragging the plot along as his actions and the situations he will involve himself will be of his own volition and not the result of some 'coincidence' or necessity. So Jaune will be able to act more freely and do things in accordance to his wishes.

In regards to his power, I will take the slow and steady aproach at making him strong. Don't get me wrong, I like overpowered and badass protagonist as much as the next guy, but I don't feel accomplished if the protagonist doesn't have to work for it. To me, the whole process of obtaining the power is just as important as actually using the power.

So after having given the Mc various skills as a base, expect that from now on the powers will be drip fed and the process of acquisition of it will be considerably extended.

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-Romance and harem

This is a topic that has been the worry of many people as I observed by the reviews and hopefully I will manage to shed some light and ease some of the reader's doubts in this aspect.

As it's already made obvious by the tags and synopsis, I plan for my protagonist to build a harem over the course of this fic with the final number of girls in it being no more than 5. This choice is not only due to the vast female cast that the show presents but also to explore many dynamics that the different personalities of the girls will create alongside the protagonist.

The number was originally 4 at the start, but as I saw many comments suggesting a specific character so I decided to add it, I was also already torn on which of two character would get the 4th spot, so adding a 5th worked out nicely. Though I won't be going any higher than 5, I don't want this to become a 'gotta catch em all' kind of fic.

The relationship itself will be very straightforward with the girls being in love with only Jaune and regarding each other as sisters at best and rivals at worse. There's also no netorare or netori in this fic as I prefer things remain mostly wholesome in this area.

It's also important to keep in mind that the protagonist priorities currently lie elsewhere, he won't be dense to their feelings like the original or allergic to women like some ecchi/harem works, but when there's immortals around and the fate of remnant at stake, getting girls just won't be his main focus.

In regards to how to implement the harem in order to not feel forced, out of place or make the protagonist look like a womanizing scumbag, I have come up with a few ideas that might help it fit in better into this book.

>Making polygamy a socially accepted practice, not through the whole world but within certain cultures and in different forms much like the Islamic cultures of our world, so within a few kingdoms it would be accepted while in others not. (An example would be it being accepted in Mistral but not in Atlas or Mantle)

>Then it would be having polygamy at the very start, meaning that his first romantic relationship will already be with more than one girl simultaneously, therefore not having to make the switch between monogamy to polygamy and not having to betray any of the girls expectations, they'll all know what they're getting into at the start. Afterall it's very hard to go from 1 to 2 but much easier to go from 2 to 3.

>And lastly, it must be accepted that certain heroines just won't work in a harem, be it due to their personalities or their circumstances they're just not willing or able to join in.(An example would be Weiss, her proud personality and having her own family name to uphold would make her completely unwilling to join a polygamous relationship, sorry to everyone that wanted her in but unless I make severe character changes it's just not happening).

-Enemies and power scaling

In regards to the power scaling of this fic, I will try to remain mostly faithful to the original at the start but expect it to ramp up later on as the plot progresses, otherwise there would be a lack of challenge as the protagonist aproaches his full potential(He will obviously become very strong).

In regards to enemy variety, it will be limited at the start since the protagonist needs time to grow but as the plot progresses the enemy variety will expand massively.

Not only there'll be the enemies already shown in the original but also many types of enemies other than Grimm, robots or the white fang that I hope can make things more interesting.

I will also use of the many amazing fanarts of Grimm to increase their types and flavors along with some originals of mine, afterall this is a fanfic and I have the opportunity to expand on what's been established, not making use of it would be a complete waste.

(I am not very good with names so forgive me if the new enemies don't have cool sounding names)

-Ocs and characters

In regards to the Ocs that I'm creating for this fic, they're going to have mostly a supportive role and won't be put in the forefront. I've read some fanfics that go too far in this aspect and the story devolves into just showing off the Ocs and how much stronger and more interesting they are at the expense of the original cast and I don't want that to be the case here, so all will have their chance to shine.

In regards to characters, some changes will be present as I've already established this being an alternate world based on the show as made obvious by the fact that the original Jaune died, while also the changes he already made and will make will also affect other characters and change their story.

Another thing that I want to address now is the protagonists vision on the original characters and also my portrayal of them. I've always found irritating how most protagonist think that they know all there's to know about a person just because they've watched/read about the world he's currently in or how most authors just portray them as just that.

People are very complex and is very arrogant to think that a show can tell you everything about a person, since that can only show a fraction of their lifes and couldn't allow you to understand them like living with them.

So my protagonist won't be so hasty to judge someone before he gets a chance to meet them, especially when he knows that many things will change thanks to his actions, so he will retain an open mind and try to use the information he has as rough guidelines rather than precise instructions(An example would be his use of Neo's love for ice cream in order to gain her trust)

And in regards to my own portrayal, I will try to make the characters more understandable rather than just pointing out how shallow they are, I won't promisse perfect characters but hopefully they'll be improved. Be aware that I'm not trying to make every character more likeable, just a bit more relatable. (An example would be Jaune's parents, you're free to criticize their decision to leave him unprepared in such an dangerous world and I wouldn't blame you, but I tried to make their motivations for it a bit better)

-Final thoughts

I just want to thank all those who have been supporting my book and giving me the motivation to keep on writing, this work wouldn't have come so far if it wasn't for you guys.

This work has been simultaneously one of the most stressful and one of the most rewarding activities that I'm currently doing. And to think that it all started just as a way for me to improve my English.

Feel free to use this chapter to express your opinion and I would love to have a polite discussion with my readers.

I hope I didn't disappoint anyone seeing that this isn't a normal chapter, and if I did, just know that I'm currently working on the next chapter and in a few days it will come out.

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☆Voting☆(Currently open)

Recently I've been thinking of giving Jaune a pet to act as an animal companion and team mascot later on much like team rwby had Zwei, so while thinking on the topic I decided to let you guys help me decide.

This voting will be to decide what kind of pet the protagonist will have to accompany him in the journey ahead and it will work this way:

-The votes will be made in the indicated paragraph and only those in that paragraph will be counted.

-To vote just write your suggestion, the suggestion with the highest number of likes will be taken.

-Before writing a suggestion, first see if someone hasn't already written it before and if they have just give it a like to vote, this way my work becomes much simpler.

So with that in mind, you can go for it!

(Vote on this paragraph)

Obs: it mustn't be an very large animal since it has to be able to live inside the Beacon dorms, so smaller animals will be favored.

Thank you for your time and have a good day.