Coeurpedia

**Coeurpedia** is an American encyclopedia devoted to the character, content, and affiliates of Coeur Al'Aran with limited capacity for collaboration among users. The website was established on October 23, 2018; and has remained in control of the same user as of November 2021.

The main purpose of the Coeurpedia is to assist others in attaining a greater collective understanding of the rationale behind the decisions of fictional works along with the general overview and history of how they developed. Coeur happens to be one of the more "documented" people across media platforms relative to other writers, it is safe to say people are curious about him, his stories, and what motivates him to write the way he does.

The specialization of this wiki includes: literary, meta, data, and author analysis.

## Literary analysis

Literary analysis broadly encapsulates summarizations of literary texts, analysis of works for literary tools such as symbolism, metaphors, and allegory, and the characterization of dramatis personae. This type of analysis is mainly qualitative, but may feature quantitative aspects, and primarily focuses on how Coeur executes decisions in writing.

### Writing Characters

When writing for character biographies, it is useful to consider how a character describes themselves, how they are described by others, and how Coeur describes them in other sources such as Author Notes or the Professor Arc Forum. Depending on if the information derives from before or after the relevant point of divergence, it may be included either in the general biography or the character's biography in their relevant "microcanon."

#### Character Pages

Coeur includes many characters in his works, including canon and original characters. For the purpose of this wiki, characters will receive "perspective" pages if their point of view is shown at least once, whereas if their perspective is not shown, their plot journey will be summarized in a separate page. Examples of characters with perspective focus include Jaune Arc, Roman Torchwick, and Juniper Arc in *Not this Time, Fate*, while minor characters like Perry never have their perspective shown.

### Defining Canonicity

Due to the differentiation in Coeur's narratives from the *RWBY* canon and each other, one potential way to define "canon" aspects are using the "megacanon" and "microcanon."

#### "Megacanon" Theory

Earlier in Coeurpedia analyses, the "**megacanon**" encapsulated details, events, character traits, locations, and other miscellaneous information that are shared across the majority of canons in the Coeurverse. These include objects, ranks, positions, history, and character traits before relevant points of divergence to create an established "history" in the Coeurverse with minimal contradictions. The information from before relevant points of divergence may be collected into general biographies, events, and histories to provide a control sequence to base how independent variables affect narrative outcomes. The "**microcanon"** includes narratives that have diverged past the initial point of divergence and other works that take place in completely different settings such as *Forged Destiny*, *In the Kingdom's Service, The Unseen Hunt* and *Arcanum.* "Microcanon" works, details, and biographies should receive their own page to avoid confusion in general biographies.

#### Canon Progression

The "megacanon" theory presents problems *RWBY* acquires more lore and as Coeur explores new points of divergence. As *RWBY* continues, Coeur attempts to implement more details, such as artifacts, names, or motivations of other characters. One example is the introduction of Saphron Arc, which resulted in Coeur changing every instance where Sapphire was Jaune's oldest sister to Saphron in subsequent literature since *A Rabbit Among Wolves*. This now means the point of divergence would be placed at 25 BB, when Nicholas Arc named his first-born daughter, which is not useful for identifying relevant independent variables. Similar examples are likely to happen as more characters are introduced and backgrounds are fleshed out, meaning the notion of a "shared multiverse" can no longer apply. Even in Coeur's proposed multiverse, there are problems with applying megacanon theory. In *White Sheep*, the point of divergence is that Nicholas Arc married Salem instead of Juniper White in 25 BB. This means that Jaune and his sisters no longer have common shared backgrounds

## Meta Analysis

**Meta analysis** focuses on the intraconnective relationships within literary canons by Coeur to determine the inspirations, decisions, and thought process that Coeur puts into deciding how the plot should progress based on known published details, author notes, and the Professor Arc Forum. This type of analysis is primarily qualitative, as it answers why Coeur makes certain decisions within literary works.

## Data Analysis

**Data analysis** denotes the interpolation and examination of quantitative elements within a given set or sequence to determine patterns. In the context of Coeur Al'Aran, there are several means to collect data from his literary works ranging from word count to the rate in which reviews, favorites, and followers are granted. The interpolation of each piece of data is reliant on the context of the situation within the piece of literature and actions by Coeur or others across the literary landscape.

Examples may include bar graphs and pie charts to observe details such as how characters perform over time, lengthen over time, or public opinion based on archived polls. It may overlap with some aspects of literary analysis such as with graph theory.

The three most common ways to visually represent data are bar graphs, line graphs, and pie charts. All have varied functionality depending on the situation.

### Bar graphs

Bar graphs are used to visually represent a set of numerical data. An example is for the count of reviews on the first and second-day works are published. A ratio may be interpolated from the data, which allows for a general extrapolation of when the work was published. Bar graphs allow for the visualization of controversiality within literary works through the phenomenon of review spikes compared to a general average.

#### Review spikes

Review spikes are phenomena which occur frequently in the history of Coeur's publications, often taking place during climax and resolution chapters. In most situations, Coeur will have a consistent review rate amongst readers devoted enough to give their insight on a literary subject while the majority remain silent.

In other contexts, review spikes can be used to determine the relative controversiality of a chapter, author note, or other action acted or reacted by Coeur, similar to the 'ratio' on Twitter or the 'dislike' on YouTube as the 'silent majority' of readers present their distaste for a particular section or chapter which does not meet their expectation.

### Line Graphs

**Line graphs** are used to show the progression of data as it changes over time across two or more axis. While bar graphs are useful for showing sets of data, line graphs can serve to show the context of literary works independently and in aggregate, such as showing Coeur's popularity over time.

### Pie Charts

**Pie charts** are used to show raw data through a percentage of a whole, in contrast to bar graphs which present the raw numbers against each other or line graphs which show change over an interval. Pie charts may be applied to a variety of purposes directly relating to the text, such as the percentage of words found within a chapter. In other contexts, pie charts can be used to visually assess the support or detraction from certain plot elements if Coeur puts up a poll, such as the shipping situation in *Forged Destiny* or rewriting chapter 68 of *Relic of the Future*.

### Interactivity Network

**Interactivity networks** present intraconnective relationships between characters in graphical format. This would encapsulate analyzing direct dialogue between two individuals and not include group conversations. By presenting the characters that interact the most with each other, it is possible to quantify the connectivity between characters to create a network and determine the key figures within a narrative.

## Author Analysis

Author analysis focuses on Coeur as an individual outside of his writing, primarily in observing his opinions and responses to onset conditions within author notes and conversations on the Professor Arc Forum.

## Stipulations

### Rules

#### Information Collection

1. Only utilize information which is publically available without being behind paywalls or private invitations.
	1. As useful as it would be to collect in-depth information through "The Discord Lurkers", it cannot be used for the purpose of the Wiki. Discord is unreliable as a source because anyone can change the context and phrasing by editing a comment through the developer console.
2. Use "archive.is" or "WebArchive" wherever possible
	1. This is done to provide more accurate citations through high-lighting, along with having a proper archive should issues come along forcing Coeur to delete his account or if FanFiction goes down entirely, as has been an occasional concern over his writing career.

### Practice

When writing for events, it is recommended that one write a timeline containing major events both in real life and in literature. In the context of Coeurpedia, writing a timeline makes it easier to hunt down specific comments or details within the Professor Arc Forum or other media sites to piece together a proper narrative based on historical details.