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Scipio Smith


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  • 59 weeks
    SAPR Rewrite Volume 3 Cover by MRK50

    In another sign of how overly optimistic I once was about how long it would take me to get through this rewrite, back in January 2021 I had a cover for Volume 3 done by MRK50, whose absence from the fandom since then is much lamented. With the new phase of the story due to start on Monday, I can finally share it with you all:

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  • 64 weeks
    Shameless shilling of my non-MLP fics

    Those of you who enjoy SAPR, but who possibly find it a bit too big, a bit too slow, or those of who you don't have any problems with it at all but would like to read more RWBY fics from me may be interested in a couple of new fics that I've started fairly recently without any MLP elements.

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  • 79 weeks
    Team SAPR and Fluffy by Tianshiko

    A little over a year ago I commissioned this artwork of Team SAPR, the stuffed beowolf and mascot of Benni Havens'; the artist, the very talented Tianshiko, had some health issues and wasn't able to work on it for a long time, but now they've finished it and I hope you'll all agree that it was worth the wait.

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  • 107 weeks
    On the future of SAPR

    So... when I first started rewriting SAPR I told everyone that it would not impede the forward movement of the story. I never kept that promise exactly as I intended it at the time that I made it, but I never exactly broke it either.

    Until now.

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  • 111 weeks
    Signal Boost for Clockwork2003 - Urgent Help needed

    So, I was contacted by another author today, Clockwork2003, who find himself in a position that we, unfortunately, may all find ourselves in at some point in our lives: getting the dreaded cancer diagnosis.

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Aug
15th
2020

SAPR - Rewrite Progress · 7:52am Aug 15th, 2020

The SAPR Rewrite has now covered off the entirety of the first two arcs, Sunset's rivalry with Pyrrha and the Jaunedice storyline. Some important differences from the original:

Sunset first meets Ruby at the dust shop where they both fight Torchwick. Sunset battles the man himself while Ruby deals with his goons; thanks to the intervention of Neo, Torchwick escapes.

In spite of Sunset being Sunset, Ruby continues to make efforts to befriend her on the flight to Beacon; however it is Pyrrha and Jaune who come to her aid and rescue Ruby from Weiss. The teams assemble in Initiation, but Weiss' team is now known as WWSR, although it retains the pronunciation 'Wisteria'. Dove has come to Beacon looking for his old friend Amber, while Bon Bon - real name Sweetie Drops - is a spy for a mysterious individual based in Mistral.

Ruby is able to get closer to Sunset than anyone else, and Sunset is nicer to Ruby than she is to anyone else, most notably when she spots Ruby's discomfort in the mixed-sex locker room and arranges for Ruby to special treatment away from all the older boys. As before, Sunset gets into a fight with Pyrrha, culminating in an actual fight with Pyrrha after which the two begin to respect each other a lot more.

The first year team leaders are sent out on an exercise against a small horde of grimm. Sunset, Weiss, Yang and Blake work together to shatter the horde by killing its leader, but need to be rescued by Professor Goodwitch from all the angry grimm around them. They are awarded 10/10 for courage, 5/10 for sense and that's probably being generous.

Jaune has been training obsessively to rectify his deficiencies. Unfortunately he's training by himself and isn't very good at it. Pyrrha finds out about this and offers to help him, but Jaune is too proud to accept and refuses, spilling his secret in the process. Cardin hears everything.

Sunset learns Jaune's secret, and challenges him to decide what he wants to be. She steals his fake transcripts but does not tell him she has done so. Jaune considers his position, and after some advice from Professor Ozpin stands up to Cardin. With the transcripts gone, Jaune's forgery cannot be proved and he is not expelled.

Sunset has her epiphany in the Forever Fall against Cardin, and the team goes to nearby hangout Benni Haven's for dinner after the mission. They pose for a picture with a fake stuffed beowolf named Fluffy. Pyrrha and Jaune train, while Sunset gives Ruby her mother's diary. Sunset sings Ruby to sleep, and then writes an apology to Princess Celestia in the magical journal.

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Comments ( 6 )

Does the confrontation with torchwick and the white fang have been removed of just moved somewhere later?

And also, do the old chapters can be seen somewhere? It could be nice to compare with the new or if (sorry but it can happen) we like an old version better.

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The fight at the dust shop has been removed.

The old version can still be found at Fanfiction.net.

Congrats on all the rewrites. I'm looking forward to diving back in from the beginning, and hopefully it will inspire me to actually write again. I need that quality kick-in-the-plot.

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regarding 5336139, will the FF.net be updated past the point of the riraitos?

Does this mean that you are fully finished with the rewrite? I've been reading the new chapters but holding off on re-reading the story until the rewrite was finished

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