Author Notes for Professor Arc

The following is a catalogue of all Author Notes for *Professor Arc.* Additional hyperlinks have been provided for context.

## December 2014

### Chapter 1

**Thursday, December 18**

Hey there, Coeur Al'aran once more. I'd just like to say that the publishing of this by no means suggests any delays in "One Good Turn," I've already started planning the next chapter of that and will hopefully have it up before Christmas.

This was basically a dream I had two nights ago, which amused me so much that I decided I had to pen it down, perhaps as a one-shot. If it generates enough interest I'll continue it as a story alongside "One good Turn"

So if you would like it to continue please drop me a review to let me know, and suggest any pairings or ideas you might have as well. It would be written mostly as humour. Elements of Romcom as well.

Well there we go. A few quick answers. I made Jaune claim he was 20 just to give him an age advantage on the other students – even if it is a fake one. He is 17 as per the normal series. I got to thinking about what his records might say… they had to be good to get him in if he didn't go to a prep school like Signal. But if they said he was THAT good… why would he even need Beacon anyway?

My future vision for this if I did continue it might see it as a Humour/Romance, with a (and I normally hate this) harem approach. He would not "have" multiple partners, but would have multiple girls interested in him. As a teacher he obviously cannot "openly" date any of them, leading to frustration and hijinks.

I also thought of Ozpin making him a student councillor on the side. I do apologise for Jaune basically lying about people dying to further his own agenda. I wanted to show how building a foundation out of lies, can end up with you being stuck inside if you're not careful.

### Chapter 2

**Wednesday, December 24**

Merry Christmas to everyone, here is my gift to you all! To the many people who reviewed, thank you all. It was humbling to get so much appreciation for the story - as well as support to continue the story. I didn't actually realise there were other stories with the same premise, but maybe they are all God-like Jaune stories, which I'm not into.

Either way, I hope you enjoy this chapter as well as your Christmas day. Please if you like, or have suggestions, leave me a review!

I would just like to pre-empt what people might see as poor grammar. In efforts to recreate the way a certain FAST-speaking person talks in RWBY... I have tried to make everything he says flow in a way that is difficult to read. Almost as difficult as it would be to understand in real life. I will try to make sure it is not obnoxious though, but if it IS actually annoying to read like that, let me know so I can make him different in future chapters.

Oh poor Ruby. Your first friend is your teacher, back to square one for you I'm afraid! Though you can be sure Yang will never let this go, when she finds out.

Short chapter there I'm afraid. I am trying to keep it episodic so I can update it more often, since my other fic averages 8-12k words a chapter... if I tried to make this similar it would take forever to do them both. I'm also trying a bit of an experiment here where my style of writing will change dependent upon whose perspective I am writing from. So with Ruby you might have seen the pace of the writing become a bit quicker, more frantic. She's impatient and nervous. While Jaune's is a bit more introspective and in his mind - since he is trying juggle all his lies. Hopefully it reads well.

Next chapter (and this will be continued now due to interest from reviewers):

Looking after the students, meeting Yang, Blake and Weiss - and initiation!

## January 2015

### Chapter 3

**Thursday, January 8**

Here we go ladies and gentlemen. As promised for my loyal readers of my other fic, I will only update this one when that one is updated as well. I'd like to quickly address a key point people have brought up, and offer you all a chance to get involved in the story by voting I guess.

The final member of JNPR. Well obviously it won't be Jaune, and I don't want to involve an OC in the story, partly because while I am confident I could write an engaging and interesting character – I just don't think you guys want to see one!

So we have two choices I have come up with, though I'm open to other suggestions. I think there is a good reason Pyrrha does not lead, and since her name is based on the General Pyrrhus… well, I think that reason should be evident. So I won't have her lead a team either.

Team SNPR (Sniper) – Wherein Sun Wukong is the final member of their team and the leader.

Team RVNN (Raven) - Where Velvet Scarletina is actually a first year, and the team leader is Ren.

Cast your votes in a review I suppose, I'm not really savvy on polls.

There we go. I felt like a lot went on in this chapter, despite nothing going on. Which is a weird feeling. It made me realise just how little takes place in that episode, and yet just how much writing it would require. I tried to skip out a lot of the dialogue, as I'm sure people would be sick of hearing the exact same lines as the anime every time.

And oh my I felt like I was bashing on Weiss a little, but she was the main antagonist of the intro, that will change don't worry. Yang's just teasing and being flirty, though she is intrigued with him for not being affected (lol) like most guys would.

Oh Pyrrha, you tease.

Please let me know what you like in regards to the final member of JNPR.

Next chapter – Breakfast, meeting Ren, Nora and Pyrrha. Initiation, and teams formed.

Also. Hints of GLYNDARC, if that is the real name of it. I won't discount the pairing since quite a few people expressed love for the idea, though as I said, this will be a humour fic so Jaune will always have a few girls chasing after him.

### Chapter 4

**Monday, January 19**

Okay notes here, sorry for the delay (and length of these notes!), I spent all the weekend at a wedding anniversary for a gay couple, except it wasn't a wedding anniversary technically due to it being illegal til recently, more of a relationship one. ANYWAY. I had to be there as it was a big deal, as when they got together one was told he had only three months to live. So three years is so HUGE for them!

Anyway! The story, wow the response. Thank you all for loving this so much and casting your votes. There were more options requested than I have, so I added them to the tallies as best I could. The big danger here is always that whatever I choose, I will annoy loads of people. And while I'm sure 85% of you will be like "I just voted, I don't mind if you don't use mine." Some people were a little more aggressive with their votes... heh... heh... help me.

So to those whose choice didn't win, I am sorry! But I've tried to address all the concerns raised by those people, so please don't assume I've erased their previous team from existence, I have given them a believable reason, and due to it. That team will actually feature in this fic, more than they otherwise would! Yayz!

Ahem to the point:

NPR - Team of three - 4

Penny (surprising amount of love) : 4

OC - I said I wouldn't, but it got love : 5

Sun "Mother-effing" Wukong : 9

Velvet "can't think of a middle" Scarlatina : Stopped counting at 15.

I had a lot of votes privately by PM too for some reason. Those who voted for multiple, were entered into both, unless it clearly stated which you preferred MORE.

So there we go, Velvet with the landslide. Now then to address concerns. I will not tear CFVY apart, I've thought of a way that could work, with a little advice from Gravespawn in a review. It will fit, and though I don't clearly mention in the fic at this point, CFY will be involved in here. Given the reason she is here as a first year, it makes sense that they would want to keep in touch with her, and make sure she is okay. So they will actually have "more" input than they normally would. Also I won't make an OC for the team, they are an established team and have proven themselves as far as Ozpin is concerned. Also it's easy to "add a person" to a 1st year team, but it's not like he could pull an older student out of his arse for their team.

So no more delays, here we go!

I'm so sorry for the *Lord of the Rings* reference in here, I could not resist it, as it fits the in-joke I'm hoping to build perfectly.

UH OH JAUNE!

And you guys thought I'd forgotten about his aura, for shame!

Not too much inclusion of the other characters in this one sadly, since by definition they needed to go to initiation, and Jaune could not. I'll say in advance that some characters will need more reason that first impressions to fall for the Good Professor. Blake and Weiss being key examples. But I have plans in place, don't worry. There was a lot more teacher on teacher interaction, which is something I hope you enjoyed, as I do want to have them as characters just as major in Jaune's life as the students. After all, they are his comrades and employers! His only team against the hordes of students! Also yes, the Coffee might become a bit of a running gag. I just got thinking on how Ozpin and Oobleck are so obsessed with it, and came up with a reason. The Beacon Special Brew! Coffee so powerful, so beautiful... that it must be protected like a endangered species.

I hope you were all happy with the way Velvet was portrayed, though their combat scene was so short. I didn't want to waste time waffling over things that were already in the series... and if four of them could beat the Nevermore... then they would have less trouble without the Deathstalker...

Aww Jaune... you not being there made it *easier* for them! That's sad. It was hinted at in here that Team CFY - which still spells Coffee without the V, will be getting involved. They still love their little bunny, and aren't willing to just leave her alone to experience the first year again. Expect some clashes... and oh, maybe Coco will see something she likes in our dear Professor.

As always if you enjoyed, I hope you will leave me a short review. I appreciate the input, and it always makes me laugh to hear your ideas. As you can see I have taken a few from people, though I apologise if I couldn't name all of you. Sun and Neptune will be here in a few episodes I would imagine, can't keep those two away can we!?

## February 2015

### Chapter 5

**Thursday, February 12**

Okay, wow this was a little late my apologies. Work has been hectic lately, and I recently had to re-write a 450 page legal document including our employment contracts, HR practices, and out dismissal/punishment/grievance/claims procedures, and omfg it all burns my brain. Worked all last weekend, will be working all this weekend too.

I received a lot of reviews, and remind people that if you log in and review me, you can leave me a question if you want and I will try to reply – as many people here will know. This chapter feels like a bit of a filler, because as many have noticed and asked – this WILL diverge from the series soon enough. But it cannot do so, until at least the first few days are over, so this chapter obviously does follow the series canon. Again I've tried to skip over most of the repetitive dialogue that we have all heard before.

Also sorry if it feels like I'm throwing romance on too strongly, I am using a lot of typical rom-com kind of jokes and things, but it won't be forced. Yang is interested in him, and teasing him, but she doesn't fancy him. So far the only one with a crush is Ruby, and Pyrrha is half-interested but hasn't had a chance to chat with him yet. Oh and Glynda feels half-motherly, half-interested in him.

Well... and Jaune x Peter Bromance. BROMACIA!

Jaune is a guy though, so he fancies everyone who is cute. At least that's how I recall my teen years being.

There we go. I don't know, I feel like this chapter is not as good as the others, mainly because it is a filler that *needs* to be done. There will be a lot more potential for comedy and shenanigans when Jaune becomes a student counsellor. Especially considering the kind of people who might go and use him.

Sorry about the lack of any Glynda x Jaune in this chapter, there WILL be more I swear. She will help support him in his counselling soon enough.

Yeah I skipped the fight, I really didn't see the point of repeating it again, nothing changed, and what little Jaune did was explained by Ruby.

Also Blake doesn't fancy him, again it was just an accident thrown in for the comedy purposes. I also wanted to suggest that the teachers are aware of Velvet's bullying, as Oobleck certainly seems to spot it! But wanted to give a reason for why they hold back from correcting it, and it kind of makes sense. They *want* people to get violent and solve their own problems, because you cannot talk the Grimm down. Stand up for yourself, or quit.

Next Chapter – Oobleck's lesson, racism, and Jaune's first patient.

### Chapter 6

**Tuesday, February 24**

Okay. BOOM! Forgive me for I have sinned readership. I have used a timeskip! But wait! It's just a day… and it only skips Oobleck's class because I didn't want to cover it all again!

Originally I had planned to write Oobleck's history class with Jaune there, but his input was so little, and the repeated lines were so numerous from the show that it just felt boring to read. As such I've skipped that day, assume it all pretty much happens the same- and that said class was on a Friday.

So now we're moving onto newer and exciting things, and once again I must thank you all for your reviews. I actually got a lot of ideas from the reviewers, which is nice. Props to Curious Viewer, for his idea on Jaune's training, which I have adopted.

And I'm sure a lot of people calling for a certain femme fatale will be glad to see her play a part earlier than expected. Also my Waifu… my most favourite character EVER.

On a side note, readers of my other fic will know I am penning out a third at the moment, the details of which are on my profile if you are interested. I will be finishing 5 chapters or so before releasing it, so I can stay on top of all three fics. If you're interested, or have any thoughts to offer feel free to pm me, or tack them on the end of a review here.

P.s. One Good Turn chapter is at the beta's now. Expect it soon.

Oh Blake, why do I do this to you!? Is it because your reactions are so funny, I don't even know. Also a little more Glynda for those who were missing her! I think she is going to become a real competitor for Jaune here. Though she is likely to have some warped thoughts on what it is Jaune enjoys now. Though considering her propensity for whip-based weaponry, maybe it'll work to his advantage.

On a side note, Neo will not be I am afraid. I love her, she is my waifu. But it just wouldn't fit the plot I have for her in here. Though she will flirt and tease him nonetheless, she will not fall for him. But she and Roman both find Jaune to be comedy gold right now, and so Neo will certainly be stirring things up wherever she can. And yes Jaune does not realise who Roman is. Ruby didn't until she was on the dust plane to Beacon, and Jaune seems about twice as naive in some cases, so it makes sense he doesn't read the newspapers... other than for comics.

Cinder though, oh my. Jaune you attract all the wrong attention. Stop looking so badass when you're leering at girls. The more astute viewers might recognise her "hand on chest" and "smouldering gaze" thing as her threatening to ATTACK him. Not that Jaune would realise, and so his not reacting makes him look very swag.

Ignorance is not bliss Jaune….

The chapter is a little short, but did come out in just two weeks as I am trying to get my two fics timed for release at the same time again. Obviously the last *Professor Arc* chapter came out awfully late.

## March 2015

### Chapter 7

**Sunday, March 16**

Here we go, another chapter of *Professor Arc*. The next chapter of *One Good Turn* will come out before the week is over. I'm glad you all liked the reveal of Roman and Neo in the last chapter, and quite a lot of you accurately predicted the manner in which I intended to use Cinder, and her posse in future chapters! I won't spoiler it, but well done to you people! Cinder is going to be a main character. :)

I also again took on many suggestions from reviews, and hope you enjoy this chapter! Not much else to say really. :D

Ahoy Scallywags, there be some seriousness in this chapter. Power through it, it's a necessary evil in a sea of future comedy. The gold will come later. I promise on me first mate.

Oh dear Yang, and Blake too. I'm sure I don't need to explain what they were looking for in his room. Perhaps it's a little OoC for them, but I just imagined little Ninja Blake wanting her book back, and begging Yang to come along.

Astute individuals will likely realise who Jaune is giving examples for as his old team, it's more who his "current" team is lol. And there was some Glynda x Jaune at the start. Before I started writing this story I never really appreciated how hot she is.

And I hope you liked Neo's little shenanigans, rest assured she will be a regular annoyance for Jaune in this story, as she is taking the role of Pyrrha in the main series by being his man training option for his new style.

I actually feel like I should apologise for the Pyrrha bit in here, it came across as not very humorous – but it's important if only because it gives someone a reason to recommend Jaune as a counsellor to the others – who will have more amusing things to say. Pyrrha's problem is quite a sad one in the anime too… and without Jaune it would only be worse for her. So sorry for some non-humour actual sadness in there, it slipped through the comedy net!

So I offered Blake and Yang on the sacrificial alter of comedy goodness! I'm sure Blake feels this is perfectly fair considering what I did to her last chapter. Yep, purr-fectly fair. :D

## May 2015

### Chapter 8

**Thursday, May 14**

Sorry for the delays on this chapter, I was in the hospital for a bit, and then work became complicated afterwards. I've just finished writing 144 pages for our June issue of one magazine (in three days no less) which has my completed tired out. So keeping on track with the fanfiction had to fall aside. Thankfully, although sadly for our profits, June is our biggest month, so I won't have delays like this often.

Though annoyingly a staff member agreed that I would do some speeches at a big show in September, so I'll be holding eight sodding seminars, over four days, to over 2,000 people in each show. On a topic I know NOTHING of. Great. Luckily, I'm pretty much a professional bullshit artist, so that won't be too hard. I have to write articles on things I have no experience in, so this'll be no different but for the audience.

As for this chapter. I was a little meh on it, honestly it's hard to top what happened last chapter with Blake and Yang. Really hard to top that level of cliff-hanger goodness. I hope I have managed it in some way.

P.s. I've decided to add Omake's at the bottom of each chapter, these will be outside of cannon for this fic, but feel free to suggest any ideas. I can't promise to use them all, but I'll cherry pick good ones and write short omake's for them. Read on after the final comments to find it.

Hmm, so there we go. I honestly don't know on this chapter, like I said earlier. I hope you guys found it funny, but my feelings are mixed on it. We shall see. Next chapter should be the combat training, so finally time to progress things a little and give some opportunities for humour. And maybe even for Yang to get some vengeance.

Though having him face Yang might be a little too rough. One Good Turn should be updated early next week, and I am pleased to say I am three chapters into the new story. Like I said, that got delayed along with these for my hospital trip and work. But it is coming along.

Review and tell me what you thought of this chapter anyway!

## June 2015

### Chapter 9

**Monday,** **June 29**

Here we go. I want to give all of you a quick update on what is happening in my life, which does relate to fanfiction of course. Not just giving you random info for no reason, kek.

Anyway, as you may or may not be aware I am the MD of a magazine publishing company, but also the Editor and writer. It is a team of 2 writers, with some freelancers. (rest is sales/studio/accounts) Now unfortunately my partner has now been headhunted from me to work for the BBC… for the same money, but now in London where everything costs three times as much. Wtf. But he is obsessed (like OCD obsessed) with the BBC, so they could have offered him peanuts and he would have gone.

This is bad for me, and for my fanfiction. Because until I can hire and train up a new journalist, I have to write EVERYTHING on my own. Which for your info basically means 4 mags of 50 pages average each, and a fifth of 100 average, in a four week month. As well as handling recruitment, interviews, CV's, general running of the company and training a new person when I get them.

This doesn't leave me much free time, and I'll possibly be working til 7 or 8 every night for a few months. I will do my best to keep writing fanfiction, and God knows this won't stop me at all. But it is causing some distress and writer's fatigue. You think writer's block was tough, try being so tired of typing that your hands seize up and cannot hit the keys properly…

What I'm basically saying is – I hope to keep the updates coming somewhat regularly, and I hope to keep the quality up to the standards I expect of myself – and you hope for. I really will try. But I cannot promise it, so please forgive me if something slips.

Oh, and we have just had a printer error, where pages 60-80 appear in the middle of the mag, and then appear again at the end. Basically fucking up the entire magazine for the month, and no doubt costing us loads with clients. FFS!

Onwards with the story.

Note: I'm not a major fan of this chapter - too rushed - but with deadlines coming up for magazines, if I don't get it out now, it could be weeks until I can re-do both it and One Good Turn..

Omake below this all as usual.

There we go. This chapter felt a little crackish to me but I hope it was not too OoC. My biggest concern is Weiss actually taking the time to taunt Yang. I mean, she has shown in the series that she does have a sense of humour, and that it can come across quite… sharp?

I just figured given the rumours going on about Yang and Blake, that she might very well pretend to believe them to rile Yang up. Certainly she's clever enough not to believe them outright considering she lives with them, and there's no signs of sexual activity.

As for the fight scene – try searching on youtube for "Meet the Scout" on TF2, the scene was based on that fight, which amused me. xD

And Neo, oh Neo. I said you wouldn't be part of his little harem, but I never said you would get away Scott-free. Congratulations, first "official" member.

When I originally planned this entire story it was to be a drabbles approach, a day in the life of Professor fake-Jaune. But a plot has begun to emerge, which is good, but also in some ways bad. I don't want to delay it with needless filler episodes, but those filler chapters could have been pretty funny in their own right.

So I've been collecting those filler chapters on the side, and might release them as a separate fic titled "Staffroom Chronicles" – basically being typical day shenanigans of the teaching staff of Beacon, focusing more on the STAFF, than the teams, and the RWBY plot.

Keep an eye out for it, or when I release it I'll probably mention it in an AN like this.

As for the reason why these OMAKES, and the upcoming "Chronicles" chapters won't appear in the main plot? Well, omakes are a little "too" slapstick to fit in the plot. Whereas the chronicles chapters can very much be considered canon. But they simply operate on the side, and serve no plot-purpose beyond entertainment.

## July 2015

### Chapter 10

**Monday, July 27**

Hey guys, another chapter of *Professor Arc* here. My work situation has not improved as of yet, and in fact might (will) become even worse in the coming weeks. I'll be honest, the company is going to go bust probably in the next two months, and I'll be out of work. Beyond that I'm also now needing surgery on my left wrist due to an old injury not healing properly… Which is obviously going to really mess up my chances at a new job in writing (or a lot of jobs really, but my career in writing is obviously a little borked).

That said! Good news, as many of my readers from One Good Turn will know I have started my own page, which can be found at dot com /Coeur – or you can find the link on my profile (though it will need copy pasting). Before there were worries that my fairly imminent job loss would cause my work to go on a hiatus – perhaps permanently. However, thanks to the support of my patrons that will no longer be the case, and in fact it will be getting FASTER updates. So I hope you'll join me in thanking my patrons for their generous support. The new rule is updates every 28 days, but I've promised for the first month to go a step further in thanks, and do it within 21 days. So expect the next chapter within three weeks! So this Monday (today) is *Professor Arc*, next Monday is Staffroom Chronicles, and the following will be OGT.

If you would like to support me as well you will have my love forever. I'm offering rewards to patrons which includes access to my upcoming original fiction works. Advice articles and lessons on writing fiction (or fanfiction), BETA services and critique, 1-1 lessons and more. I also have community goals which are tied in with my fanfiction when we reach certain levels, such as updates every 4 weeks (what we're currently on) – updates every 3 weeks (which we're SUPER close to), updates every 2 weeks, etc… Eventually to a dream point where I could retire to be a pure content creator for the full week. And while I'll be using that for original content and such (including my own animation series), I've also promised the community here that I would update my fics even faster, feel free to check the pledges over on .

For those concerned I am trying to commercialise fanfiction, don't worry. It will always remain free on here, and there won't be anything (on ) which you guys won't be receiving free anyway – other than my original work and lessons etc… which belong to me anyway in essence. You won't be "buying" anything copyrighted from my . Nor will you be missing any RWBY action by never even looking at it.

Although considering most of the people on there make fanart and get money for it… I'm not even convinced it would be illegal. Or if it is, it's one of those things developers allow because it bolster the community and keeps the fans active and happy. Kind of like how Marvel or many anime firms allow people at anime/comic-cons to sell fanart – because they know it's kinda not allowed. But it makes the fans love them, and it doesn't really hurt them. It's a weird industry… like if you consider copyright then anyone who even sells cosplay clothing is doing so illegally, as is any abridged series of anime, fanfics, fanart… even Rooster Teeth would be breaching laws when they made RvB… but again, the creators tend to allow it because it certainly didn't HURT Halo as a brand, that RT made so many vids using them… in fact it probably sold loads of Halo games just from that!

So anyway, if you write fanfiction, or want to write your own work feel free to give me a check over on , my account there is new now. But come August will have articles every 2 weeks, and 1-1 lessons will begin. As you (I hope) know I am fairly good at writing, and that is not an innate talent but a learned and trained skill that I can pass on. I have trained not only real-life journalists, but even mentored a dyslexic journalist who now works at the BBC, so I do think I'm fairly good at writing, and teaching.

Alternatively if you do want to support me with your generosity, or just want to see my fanfiction update faster, then that is the way to do it. As always though, this will remain free. People choosing to support me do so out of the kindness of their hearts, though I'll always do my best to repay them however I can. Be that faster chapters, writing advice articles, 1-1 lessons, original work or more. Also looking at getting back into art, comics and illustration – though don't expect super mega quality there lol.

If you have any questions though like "what might you teach me" or "why should I donate" or whatever really, feel free to PM me on here – you're more likely to get a response to that then a review.

Other than that, thank you to my wonderful supporters at the moment, who have ensured for all of you that this fic will not have to go on hiatus while I look for a new job.

NEW FIC

Some of you might have noticed, but others not so. That I have released a new story however. Professor Arc: Staffroom Chronicles, which you can find on my profile. It's a collection of side-stories for the Professor Arc world, focusing on humorous interactions between the staff of Beacon. Please check it out, and it gets updated more often than this, with shorter chapters. It's meant to tide people over while this is worked on. ;)

Chapters are shorter, a little more slap-stick, but still canon in a sense. The omakes are reserved for the truly out-of-canon slapstick.

FAN ART

Exvnir over on Deviant Art has drawn a picture based on this fic, which cheered me up immensely in my rough situation. It's also a really good pic, and to be honest a lot of his work is fantastic –pretty damn funny too. I heartily recommend for people to check him out, if you just search Exvnir on Google, you'll almost certainly see his Deviant Art profile, and likely will recognise some of his work. I would include a link… but well, you know this site and links. Honestly easier to just search EXVNIR

Last chapter received an incredibly positive response (around 100 reviews for one chapter alone - wow) which shows both that Neo is a force of nature who threatens to take over the fic, and also that a good old penis joke really can make the man. It also sets this chapter up to really suck in comparison though!

It also shows that I'm a poor judge of my own chapter quality, as I thought when I released it that last chapter sucked! The day I'm happy about a chapter I should probably set my pc on fire, as it will clearly be utter trash.

If your Neo fix feels jeopardised I recommend Staffroom Chronicles, as next Monday's chapter should have some amusing Neo moments.

Enjoy:

P.s. Author's notes won't be this long again, don't worry. This is just to tell you guys and girls what's happening.

Well there we go! Wow, this chapter got dark pretty damn quickly. I wonder how many of you will wonder if we're nearing the end of this? Lol, we're totally not, it has like at least another 20-25 chapters left, good Lord!

A few astute readers/viewers may notice inconsistencies! Blake was missing for two days, it didn't all happen this quickly. Forever fall was before this episode!

Yeah I'm messing with the timeline a little bit, hopefully not too much though. It's just that for some things to work I needed this to be before the Jaundice episodes, no biggie. And I didn't want to drag Blake's disappearance out over two days – because Jaune would have been alerted, and I didn't want chapters of him doing nothing but looking for her. So it all got rushed into a single day.

It really is hard to follow after very popular chapters like the last one, but this one really progresses the plot more than the previous ones did. You can already see the first major conflict shown here. Jaune has to do dangerous stuff due to his duties, and his reality becoming warped. He is starting to genuinely THINK like a teacher, even unconsciously.

Refer to that conversation he had on people lying lol. Either way, he owes Roman… and Roman has power over him, so let's see how this fight goes! Could be worse Jaune, imagine if this was season 2 and Roman had NEO fight you. After the embarrassment you put her through!?

That could hurt.

Before the omake… I've had quite a few people ask me for writing advice recently, or for me to beta their work or whatnot. I'll say right here that with work as it is for me, and also me trying to make work on the side as a way of having my own business… I really don't have time to help anyone. Let me tell you what an average workday for me is like as an idea.

6am – Wake up, get ready feed and walk dogs.

8am – Head to work, open offices for people, get everything started, get my news stories up before 9am.

9-5 everyone arrives, sort the day out – do meetings, write articles on my own. I have to handle recruitment, interviews, training, writing, managerial duties, organising accounts, take any cash to the bank. Chase debts, take HUNDREDS of sales call from people trying to sell us stuff. Deal with PR agencies calling me to try and convince me to run their stuff for free.

5pm – everyone else leaves, I stay to catch up on work that wasn't done due to having too much work.

8pm – Collect dogs from my mothers, play with them, walk them, look at my pc and dream of the games I used to play.

10pm Bed.

This is why I'm trying to make something of myself on , and why on it my amount for actually quitting my job to try a career as a content creator, of both original stuff – and what I really want to get into. Animation.

But anyway, that amount is less than HALF of what I currently earn. And yet I would take it at the drop of a hat.

Where it comes to lessons though, one I'll offer for free here is to check my profile, and look for a fic on my favourites called "Redemption" – it has very few follows and faves, because it's about Russel Thrush, but it's a damn good fic – and teaches one lesson I've tried to give to SO many, without avail.

All characters have lives, as well as good points and bad points. Too many people label Cardin and his team as nothing but evil. Yes they are racists, but that doesn't mean they murder puppies on their off-time, or that they don't have some small reason to BE racist. Check out that fic, look at the author actually show some of the GOOD sides of their team. And write your characters like that… write every character as though when they're not on screen they are off doing something else. Like they have lives outside of being nothing but convenient plot pieces for your fic!

Check it out, my favourites list is actually well maintained and specific. I don't fave a fic unless it REALLY impresses me, so there might be some real gems in there for you. 75% of them are RWBY.

Lol, a FMA reference of course. I had never watched it, but the scene CF linked me was funny and seemed to fit the characters like he suggested.

Anyway, Coeur out. I got this out on Monday as I said I would. Next Monday is StaffRoom Chronicles, and the following is One Good Turn.

My is currently on an update every 4 weeks, though we're super close to one every 3 weeks – which would basically mean an update of one of my fics every single Monday.

Check me out on dot come / Coeur

Or copy paste the link on my profile.

## August 2015

### Chapter 11

**Monday, August 17**

Here we go again, next chapter of Professor Arc – the ending of the Faunus docks incident and moving forwards from there.

I'd like to address something a few people have brought up – Jaune's language, i.e. swearing. A few people have pointed out that it seems OoC for him to use such language. Well without being spoilery in any way, all I can say is well-noticed. But it was a purposeful decision by me. I'll leave it at that. ;) Hint, hint.

Other things to note, the time dilation, i.e. where was forever fall, don't worry it will happen – and the reason for the delay will be explained.

Other things to note? Well I don't want to drag the AN on too long

Status

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We're currently on an update every 3 weeks, which means every Monday at the moment. The next community goal is the release of a 3rd story – which in answer to a few requests, yes it will be Stress Relief.

Fanart

Exvnir has outdone himself again and created two new sketches for Professor Arc – check him out on deviant art, or you can just search Exvnir in Google and you'll find him. His other sketches are great too!

I've also used a bit of one as the cover art for this story, which you can see above.

Onwards we go!

If you would like to see me update more often, or want to see a third story released early. Visit me over on – there are other rewards listed there for people as well.

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Next Community Goal: Release of "Stress-Relief" as third fic.

P.s. Staffroom Chronicles is next Monday's.

## September 2015

### Chapter 12

**Monday, September 7**

Here we go, here we go. One-handed fanfiction author to the rescue, go me… ugh. There are so many things you get used to using two hands for – and I'm amazed how debilitating losing the use of my left hand has been. I honestly thought "oh it's just the left hand, what's that even used for anyway?"

Well how about WASD in any pc games – can't play them.

Getting dressed is tough too, I'm amazed how hard trouser buttons can be. Also bought some slip-on shoes, because laces are just plain not happening. I'm not even going to attempt that shit.

Anyway, I digress, here's the usual:

There we go, another chapter done. One thing I've mentioned before is that I want to show the butterfly effects of Jaune's actions on the plot, but also sometimes how his actions change nothing at all. In this chapter Jaune actually made a pretty serious mistake, one any normal person probably knows – but one we all make too. I'm sure a few of you will mention it (one or two even mentioning it as though it's a mistake I made)...

I don't make mistakes... lol...

The "money" faunus thing was totally on purpose! Yep, absolutely.

Jokes aside, writing this was hard, for my hand reasons. One of the biggest challenges is capital letters and endurance – with capitals my left hand isn't strong enough to press the shift key yet – so I need to do the caps-lock rigmarole, which is a real pain every single time…

Endurance is more a case of my hand seizing up and becoming tired and cramped – a serious problem for me, considering I write 9-5 weekdays as well. Still, I'm hoping the quality isn't impacted too heavily lol.

On a side note, no I didn't "squeeze" forever fall in at the last moment because I forgot. It's been referenced in Staffroom Chronicles, and before this chapter so Jaune did know, he just kept forgetting because he had more immediate worries every time. Then it snuck up on him. I've been in his shoes there... "oh, i'll put it off til later." BANG. Later is now.

Well, there we go. Omake done. I considered that for a short series once, but ultimately decided against it because it stood more effectively as a one-shot.

Next chapter will be in 3 weeks.

I'll also be cleaning up my profile page in the next few hours, as I want to more accurately cover which stories will be released next, and in what order. While also re-doing the summaries to be a little less whimsical, and a little more interesting.

Feel free to check them out! It will detail when they will be released. (At least in terms of the order).

### Chapter 13

**Monday, September 28**

Here we go, a little later than I would have liked but I was working this weekend with horses, just leading them round – so it works one handed lol. As such this is sort of late, but still Monday as promised. Just late evening Monday. Whoops!

New Fic:

Please check out *From Beyond* on my profile, a new fic I created. It will be a Romcom between Blake x Jaune – and don't worry, Stress Relief has not been forgotten, it just needs more work. From Beyond is shorter in length, and as a romcom is easier for me to write. Anyway, it's almost a mix of One Good Turn and Professor Arc – so I hope you'll check it out!

Well, well, well. Who expected Velvet to solve her own problem eh? No one? Honestly I wonder how many people will claim this is OoC of both Velvet and Cardin. We know so little about them from the show – other than that Velvet IS skilled, and IS powerful. She is bullied like once in the anime and yet we assume she is a complete pansy.

Similarly we assume Cardin is nothing but pure evil from the way he acted in season one. In the show he never got the chance to abandon Jaune. His team fled, but Cardin stayed – more because he had to in fairness. But who knows, come the moment come the man. He might have tried to fight had he the chance.

As for Jaune – this chapter highlighted a lot of things I reckon few people realised. Such as the consequences of his helping Pyrrha in the way he did. Yep, it did fail! Not from Pyrrha's PoV, she is much happier, but it did make things worse for RVNN.

As I said, Counselling is HARD. I should know, I've had to do it – and I've studied psychology too. The most obvious option isn't always the best, and sometimes you think you're helping but all you're doing is helping people COPE. You're not solving the problem.

So yes, that's my angle here. Anyone like Velvet here? I showed a lot through her thoughts, it should be really clear that she just does NOT accept RVNN as her team. Everything to her is about CFVY – so that issue is still *really* not solved.

I'm sorry, there's no omake this week. I have three new staff I've been training today Mon-Wed, then on Thurs I am doing my two big seminars to a few hundred (maybe thousand) listeners. Of which I haven't even written them yet! Add onto that all the other little things, and I've been dying at work lol. It's just this week though, they will recommence next week I swear.

But hark! Hark and listen please. I don't normally do this, but there's been a lot this last week which I shalt list. Others have taken to making some of their own fics based on things in Profesor Arc, and I thought I would list them – since many include things you have been asking for in reviews!

If you want more Omakes – Check out Profesor Arc Omakes – by Sithking Zero – they are genuinely good and will hopefully make up for the one I missed here. You can find that fic on my faves list. Trust me, you won't be disappointed.

If you wanted (as many of you did) a fic based on last week's "Read women's mind" semblances – then in time I DO plan to write one, but for now check out Telepathy by Twisted Fate MK 2. It's short at the moment, but shows promise.

For those who have been asking, nay, BEGGING for lemons… there is now one xD – Rule 34 strike true if you read - Intensive Counseling by The Spookiest of Noodles. See the girls getting it on with Professor Jaune Arc. Because sometimes the best healing includes sex... I think xD

Not even finally… sheesh. This week, what the Hell this week... – as many of you may or may not know on my I teach writing, and one of my first students of one-to-one writing has released their first story; Remnant Wasteland. I shan't spoiler the pairing, but the plot is good and we're working together to try and make it brilliant – so if you like One Good Turn then check it out. It's going to be a fantasy-epic-adventure sort like that ;)

I'm going to drag him to my level if I can, so if you want to read a fic that will hopefully equal my own in time, check that out - Author Name: Racco726 Fic: Remnant Wasteland

FINALLY – If you want to see random plot ideas, or what me and College Fool can come up with in just fifteen strict minutes of planning, check out The Writer Games which is on my favourites list (and College Fool's profile). It's a game between us to write up entire plots in 15 mins, and some of the results are pretty bizarre.

Sorry for all the plugs, you know it never normally happens. I'm not sure why literally this week, everyone felt the need to update things.

## October 2015

### Chapter 14

**Monday, October 19**

Heya everyone! Another chapter of Professor Arc for the reading, readage? Let's go with readjoyment. I hope.

I was glad to see a lot of people approved of Velvet's little showing last chapter, it's a shame she isn't in this one – but rest assured that issue is not solved. The whole RVNN arc is just about beginning in fact! xD Or rather by the end of this chapter you'll see the beginning. #Foreshadowing

I do want to quickly address one thing that concerned people, i.e. Jaune's strength. I'll make it short because I don't want to spoiler anything. Basically Jaune in the real show managed to beat a single Ursa, although he would have died doing it if it weren't for Pyrrha. In this he fought five Ursa, and was doing perfectly fine until they hemmed him in. So yeah he is stronger here, trust me. I know in the show he managed to behead it with a single strike, but keep in mind that was with a run-up, a charge attack. He struck it once last chapter when he was already knocked to the floor – that doesn't have the same swing lol.

Also last chapter was actually his FIRST Grimm he ever faced. As he missed initiation, and in fact his "only" other fight was vs Cardin. Of course he trains with Neo, but can you imagine trying to figure out how strong you are when the person you're training with is so far ahead of your level?

What I'm trying to say is – we haven't seen how strong Professor Jaune Arc is at the moment, he beat Cardin (and as much as it was a gimmick – it was still a crushing win) – so he's clearly stronger than canon Jaune. So he can't beat five Ursa alone, but he hasn't had a chance to show what he can do 1v1 a Grimm. Jaune isn't aware of his own strength either, all he sees is himself losing to Neo and thinks "Man I'm weak." - but he hasn't actually seen how Neo is compared to others her age.

Also there's a hint here – remember how long Yang lasted in a fight against Neo? She was trounced – and yet it's Neo who is training Jaune. So trust me, he isn't and won't be underpowered. But I won't spoiler anything, you'll need to wait and see. I'm just answering those who complained that I made him underpowered.

Note over, onwards!

Wow Glynda, what a twist. On a side note, we are now really close to the release of Stress Relief – as my is slowly growing towards that. If it reaches that level I will release Stress Relief as an additional fic, which will follow the same update schedule of 3 weeks. For reference, it will likely be done alongside Staffroom Chronicles.

So the order would go.

Professor Arc – Staffroom Chronicles + Stress Relief – One Good Turn – Repeat (with From Beyond hopefully each week too).

## November 2015

### Chapter 15

**Monday, November 9**

Here we go, another chapter of the good old Professor Arc – and I suppose we could call this chapter the OFFICIAL end of Season One – or literally right before Season 2 Starts. As such it ties up a few loose ends, and points towards what is to come.

On good news – Stress Relief has reached the level necessary to be released. I hope you'll all thank my Patrons, as I do for supporting me and allowing me to dedicate so much time to writing! Thanks guys, I love you all!

That will come out at the beginning of December, and there'll be some details of exact dates and where it will take place on the rota, right at the end of this chapter.

With little else to say, I hope you enjoy, and am glad to see you all liked the last chapter so much. Cinder is a great character to write in my opinion.

On a random note, I first posted my first chapter of "One Good Turn" (my first ever fanfic) on the 11th November last year - it has pretty much been a full year of writing, and I must say I'm pleased with how it's gone. I look at a lot of other really good writers, and many have been active for 8-10 years on the site writing. Who knows if I will still be around in that time, but it's exciting to imagine at what stage I might be at!

Also the date is weirdly close to my actual birthday lol, which is the 19th. Scorpios REPRESENT!

Welp, life sure is looking tough for you Jaune. I wonder how many people honestly thought him and Coco would get along? It's a common theme in fics that characters tend to be loved by everyone, but it's just not realistic. Jaune's goals are in direct opposition to hers – so I wanted to make it clear they are definite enemies right now. And for those who kept saying Coco was going to help Jaune settle Velvet in?

Shame on you all, you didn't honestly think Coco was going to be cool with her teammate being torn away from here, did you!? Those guys are a loving team in my eyes, and ain't Coco gonna let nobody get in the way of that!

Some foreshadowing too of course, there's things we never see in the show. Like "How does Beacon adapt to the stresses of the tournament?" – it's all background stuff we never see as it wasn't important to the RWBY caste – but for Professor Jaune Arc? This is what he has to do… and that includes discussing and negotiating contracts with major dust suppliers.

On a random note, when this fic first started a lot of my reviews asked for the usual pairings – Arkos, Blake, Ruby, Yang, etc… as they often do. And yet as the story has grown there's been a real shift in the preferred pairings. With a recent poll I did on Staffroom Chronicles giving these interesting results: (Remember folks, the pairing is locked, this is just for curiosity's sake)

CURRENT SHIP RANKINGS: (Feel free to add your two cents in a review, honestly I might continue making a tally – and if you ever change your mind, feel free to say "remove this, change to this")

Neo – 26

Glynda – 20

Cinder – 15

Kitsune – 9

Blake – 4

Yang – 4

Coco – 3

Nora – 1

Ruby – 1

Velvet - 1

What surprises (and pleases) me the most, is that as this fic started everyone wanted the usual teen pairings, but now everyone is really branching out and being exciting with who they prefer. A sign of changing times, or just that you like the way I write said characters?

With Neo I really think it is that, lol, she's just too much a force of nature in this fic!

Now, this is a lesson all about how – the faunus war got flipped, turned upside down. And I'd like to take a minute, so class take your seats, let me tell you 'bout how General Lagune got beat.

In West Atlesian, born n trained – in the combat schools was where he spent most o' his days. Strategizin, bein racist, all cool and shootin some faunus, outside in the war.

When a couple of squads – they were up to no good, starting causing trouble with his supply chain, he got in one little battle and forgot about the night vision – we said "maybe he shudda paid more attention in class."

No…

Anyway, there we go. As promised, the rota given how things are with my .

As for *Stress Relief* – I did say I would clarify things a little, so here we go. Provided we remain above the target at the end of the month it will be released. Fort schedule I want to do it at the same time as "Staffroom Chronicles" – because that is a little easier to write than One Good Turn and Professor Arc.

So the rota will go something like this, updated on Monday as usual.

One Good Turn (and from beyond) – Professor Arc (from beyond) – Staffroom Chronicles + Stress Relief (and from beyond) – Repeat

From Beyond remains outside the rota, as in it is every week currently – but at any point I could change that, or delay a chapter if my week is too busy. That said most of the chapters are quite short on From Beyond, so it's not as much of a challenge as the other fics.

*Want to see more fics, updated more frequently – or just support me for the pleasure and enjoyable reading I bring you? Please consider supporting me on – enabling me to bring you even more fics, updated as regularly as possible! There's even a goal where I would update a chapter for a different fic EVERY WEEKDAY. That's right – 5 days, 5 fics. Daily chapters.*

*Stress relief should officially BEGIN 7th December I believe. Let the Cinder x Jaune commence!*

### Chapter 16

**Monday, November 30**

Hey Guys, how are we all doing? My weekend has been super busy since as people may know I am going away at Christmas for two weeks (but more importantly three Mondays) and as such need to have a bunch of chapters done in advance – so my friend can upload them on the relevant dates. So don't worry! The story will be updated as per schedule. But if you PM me during that time (10th – 27th December) I won't be able to reply.

On a side note I've had a few reviews (good ones) where people mentioned that they avoided this story for a while as they thought it sounded a bit poop, but were then impressed after finally giving in. I was honestly wondering, is that something I could look to improve in the summary / title? Or is it simply the premise, your general preference, and thus something I can't really fix? Each person then went on to say they liked this, but I'm simply curious as I would like to improve where I can. I did think the summary was good, but if it can be improved, feel free to let me know.

Next Monday – Stress Relief!

Just so people know, the next milestone is to increase update rate to 2 weeks between updates. Which would mean something like:

Professor Arc – Monday, One Good Turn – Friday, Staffroom Chronicles - Following Monday, Stress-Relief – Following Friday, Repeat. So each story only goes 14 days before being updated, as opposed to the current 21 days.

I think we came up with this when College Fool suggested it as a semblance idea for a story, and I took my usual approach to Jaune Semblances in asking "How could I screw that up so it works negatively?"

Next Milestone – Two updates per week!

Current Ship Rankings:

Remember, the pairing has been decided already (not a harem) – this is more for curiosity, and tell you what… whoever is ahead at a certain point, I'll dust out my old art skills and draw some sexy fanart of. How's that for a prize? I'll call the Poll done say… February – and try to have it drawn come Valentine's day – what's more! AND WAIT – THERE'S MORE!

I will write a single Valentines special One-shot – which will be of that girl with Professor Arc.

Yeah, that'll do – I will personally draw a pairing picture of the winning woman with Jaune – in a romantic situation, and write a fic of it. I'm confident you'll all be okay with it, at the very least it's a free prize for everyone. I'll post it on my – though it will be set as FREE – so don't worry, you won't need to pay anything to see or download it.

The Rankings as they Stand

Neo – 47

Glynda – 43

Cinder – 26

Kitsune – 10

Coco (Fast Riser) – 9

Blake – 6

Yang – 6

Winter (A New Challenger Appears) – 3

Ruby – 3

Nora – 1

Velvet – 1

Raven – 1

Penny – 1

Miltia Malachite – 1

Ozpin (Good Taste Mr Arc) – 1

Teacher's Special Coffee (*Very* good Taste Mr Arc) - 1

Looks like Neo still holds the lead, but oh how the gap has closed! Cinder continues to firmly establish herself in third position, perhaps next chapter's interaction with the femme fatale can give her the edge! But Hark – Winter is coming, and she has also secured time next chapter from our intrepid Wolf.

As for Ozpin and Coffee? Admirable mentions… you're currently ranking alongside some of the girls, so hey – good work?

## December 2015

### Chapter 17

**Monday, December 21**

This chapter has a very "Song of Fire and Ice" feel to it – and I'm sure you'll see why. Still it's interesting to write what is essentially the exact same scene from two very different angles.

Also, yeah – I'm not here right now – my close friend, assistant, whatever you want to call her – is posting this on my behalf, though obviously I still wrote it. And hell, somehow despite me being rushed it's a long-ass chapter.

For everyone by the way (but especially those voting for Cinder), the new story Stress Relief has been posted - a mature Cinder x Jaune story focusing around casual relationships, and the consequences of emotions getting involved in them. Please go check it out, as I'm confident it will be a good one.

Summary: In a world where your allies can be just as dangerous as your enemies, sometimes it can be difficult for a criminal mastermind to find a little stress relief. That blonde idiot, Jaune, was just unimportant enough, just malleable enough, to be a viable option. It was meant to be a one time thing, an easy lay. Emotions were never supposed to get involved.

For those who don't like casual relationships or whatnot, the last line of the summary should provide some respite.

Um… okay xD – So yeah, that's kind of a reference to the recent happenings in the ship rankings I suppose. I honestly can't remember who started it off, but congrats – it's ballooned a little, as I'm sure you'll see.

I can also imagine the RWBY girls all on their knees with little stormclouds around their heads.

"Beaten… by coffee…"

And don't worry, said younger generation (and Neo) will be coming back into focus, I just needed this small Dust Arc to set the tone between Ironwood, Winter and Jaune for plot purposes. Next chapter will be the official arrival of the Exchange Students to Beacon.

Avaste me hearties! Here be the ship rankings! Much remains the same, much has changed. Obviously sorry if I missed anything out - I had to go through this before I went away, so your vote may not be on this list, but will be counted for future ones.

As always the prize remains the same - some fanart drawn by me, and a Valentines one-shot of the pairing (it will be a Professor Arc one-shot).

Official Rankings

Neo – 71 (*my* Neo will never dye her fabulous hair black, NEVER)

Glynda – 63 (\*Cracks whip\* Vote harder!)

Cinder – 37 (No ship like friendship)

Kitsune – 10

Coco – 9

Winter – 9

Blake – 9 (I don't even know why I'm entertaining this...\*whispers\* *heh, I'm ahead of Yang.*)

Special Coffee-chan - 9 ("Come back, we can work together!")

Yang – 7 (cracks knuckles)

Ruby – 5 (Fetch me more milk)

Peter Port – 2 (Back in my day I'd have been at the top! Oh well, no students at least - so I'm still winning!)

Nora – 1

Velvet – 1

Pyrrha – 1 (Oi! I'm technically the canon pairing, why does no one love me!?)

Raven – 1 (I'm not even sure why I'm here, I haven't properly appeared in canon *or* this fic...)

Penny – 1 (HI! LET'S BE FRIENDS!)

Miltia Malachite – 1

Ozpin – 1 (Left in the dust, or is it granules? Maybe the fuku will help)

## January 2016

### Chapter 18

**Monday, January 11**

Hey guys, here we go!

Notice: There's now another two Professor Arc stories available on the site, both of which are on my favourites list. First we have College Fool – who if you don't know, shame on you. An excellent author who I encourage you to check out, and someone I corroborate with on the Writer Games. CF written a Professor Arc short series which is fantastic, it's called "The Fall of Professor Arc" and is very comedic. It updates every single day, with short episodic chapters.

Secondly we have one of my own students Sithking Zero – who actually writes the Professor Arc: Omakes story. He is writing a Blake x Jaune romance based on their counselling sessions in Professor Arc, so check that out. I'll be supporting him with that, while teaching him of course, so expect it to be good. His story is called "Climbing Uphill"

Both are on my favourites list.

Next Chapter : - 1st February

Though that may change considering the below. Ship Rankings further below.

*. com (slash) Coeur*

*Next Goal: Two updates per week*

For reference by the way, the next goal is maybe a little hard to understand. What it basically would mean is that each fic would be updated every 14 days (as opposed to 21 now). So the new Schedule would become:

Mon Week 1 – One Good Turn

Fri Week 1 – Staffroom Chronicles

Mon Week 2 – Stress Relief

Fri Week 2 – Professor Arc

Repeat.

(From Beyond will continue as it always does, maybe updating on each Sunday)

So you would essentially be getting two stories a week (three with From Beyond), provided you actually like all my fics that is. But even if you just like one, it would still mean getting two chapters of it a month, rather than one every 3 weeks.

It's also worth noting that has had a small change recently, where it now "fibs" about how much support a person has, to give them 10% leeway… I disagree with this, but cannot change or disable it.

But what I *can* do is tell the truth. So, basically it takes my actual amount and subtracts 10% in what it shows you, ostensibly this is to account for people who might "refuse to pay" – but so far no one has for me. You could work out the true amount by dividing what you see by 0.9

So when the TRUE amount hits the next goal, I will announce it and stick to it. Not the "visible" amount on my profile. Just so you all know, it's 10% - so when the "visible" amount hits 900 – that will be enough for the true amount to be 1000 (-10% = 900), and thus hit the milestone for faster updates.

Which means we're actually *very* close.

Ship Rankings:

Neo – 97 (+26)

Glynda – 86 (+23)

Cinder – 52 (+12)

Special Coffee Chan – 16

Winter – 13

Blake – 11

Kitsune – 10

Yang – 10

Coco – 9

Ruby – 8

Peter Port – 5

Pyrrha – 3

Raven - 2

Nora – 1

Velvet – 1

Penny – 1

Weiss – 1

Miltia Malachite – 1

Melanie Malachite - 1

Ozpin – 1

Autumn – 1 (Who!? I'm still S3E2… so many spoilers xD)

Neo pulls out far ahead, but Glynda is hot on her heels. It's becoming a race between the two of them, but in the distance… that cloud of dust getting closer!? Is that… a mug of coffee? There was a wide range of votes for people this month, but I only added the exact numbers in brackets for the top three.

Idly I wish one was just winning massively , as that would mean I could just start writing and drawing it ages in advance xD – as it stands there's still a good chance Glynda will come back. It strikes me however… that next chapter will be the decider in a sense. As that will be 1st Feb. A winner will have to be chosen at that point!

The ship rankings may continue however, just for my own curiosity. I tend to use it as an indicator of how well I'm writing certain characters xD

Check out College Fool's PA Story - The Fall of Professor Arc - Chapters are super short, but update every single day (it's like your old cartoons when you were a kid).

And Sithking Zero's PA Story - Climbing Uphill

Both on my favourites, both great stories in their own right!

## February 2016

### Chapter 19

**Monday, February 1**

Hey all, a quick note here – you really need to read the AN at the bottom, which discusses the ship rankings, because there seems to be a few misconceptions that people have in regards to it. It's all explained at the bottom, but tl:dr – it does NOT decide the official pairing for this fic.

I'm sorry if anyone feels misled, or that it was for that – from the very start I said the pairing had been decided, and that's not what it was for. The ship ranking was for a few reasons, listed at the bottom. But the main one was to determine who would have a Valentines one-shot with Professor Arc – and some fanart that I would draw.

That has been decided now, details at the end.

So… we have a winner. Everyone's favourite cosplayer, who by the way looks SMASHING in that Atlas military uniform. Neo!

I've started sketching the artwork, and will release the one-shot on the 14th. I'll be aiming to make it a long one, maybe 15-20k words. So look forward to it!

As for the ship rankings? Should they stay, should they go? Feel free to offer your thoughts, I know a few people like them, and to a degree they are useful for me. So I'm happy to keep them going if people fancy.

Let me know, anyway.

### Chapter 20

**Monday, February 22**

On a quick note to those who keep reminding me that Atlas is just the school, and Mantle is the actual continent… well, it's actually a little more complicated than that according to the lore. In the "World of Remnant" video they list the Kingdoms – and refer to it as the "Kingdom of Atlas." Also the wiki points out that it used to be Mantle, before power was wrested away and centralised in Atlas. Perhaps the colour revolution we hear so little of.

So ultimately, yes the actual land is called Mantle, but everyone in the show refers to it as Atlas, to the point where you never really hear the word Mantle be used.

On a side note, the simple Neo x Jaune story has been released and finished, it's not my best work to be honest. I've been sick as a dog all week, and it really has affected my ability to write, especially when I've been putting myself to bed at like 8pm every night. The artwork on the other hand ain't half bad – I'm more proud of that.

Ah well, here we go – hope you enjoy the chapter.

NOTE: Faster updates – you can read more right at the end of the fic.

A short omake, you might as well consider this one canon.

Okay! Important notes time.

The goal has been hit, assuming no cancellations – faster updates are a go. Thank you SO MUCH to all my Patrons who have made it a possibility. For everyone else, I'll be discussing the new schedule below, so you know what to expect.

If you have me on alert, or the stories you like on alert, then you can probably skip this.

We now update every fic every 14 days – which is going to mean that I can't update evert Monday, as that would mean 2-3 fics each time. Very difficult. Instead we'll be going for a more fluid approach. Here it is.

(And so you know, this will officially start 29th Feb – next Monday)

Monday 1 – Stress Relief (29th feb)

Friday 1 – Not this time, Fate (New Story) (4th March)

Monday 2 – One Good Turn Deserves Another (7th March)

Friday 2 – Professor Arc (11th March)

(Repeat) – From Beyond will be updated every Sunday.

So this means 3 updates a week, of varied stories, and that each specific story is now updated every 14 days, instead of 21.

So next Professor Arc chapter – 11th March

Notice over

## March 2016

### Chapter 21

**Friday, March 11**

Here we go, here we go. The beginning of the cold war. I had a lot of good responses from last chapter, though a few… concerned I will say… I think some assumed I was just going to have Jaune completely outsmart Cinder in like one chapter and win…

When has Jaune *ever* had it so easy in this story? So yes, I *do* realise Cinder is more experienced than him… but that doesn't mean he can't gain some ground. Life isn't quite so binary as win or lose, there's a lot of middle ground to be had. Plus, well... we'll see more here - he isn't going to be challenging her to a fair game. Actually, think of it as them each playing a different game. Jaune doesn't know what Cinder's win condition is, but she doesn't know his either.

Also to answer the one critical review on how Jaune shouldn't have been able to "outsmart" Winter back in that sales pitch… he didn't outsmart her at all. He just got a better deal… I mean that's life. I've been in sales, and I too have experienced losing a SURE sale because some other firm managed to undercut us last moment. That's just business.

Remember that Jaune is an unreliable narrator – all my PoV pieces are. They only know, what THEY have experienced. Jaune feels he outsmarted both Winter and Cinder… but did he? Sure Cinder provided the dust at a loss… but she *needs* the Vytal Festival to happen for her plans. So is it really him outsmarting her at all? Don't take comments Jaune says in his mind quite so literally, because they are his opinion. Not fact.

Poor Emerald, poor Mercury. Your continued quest to find out more about Jaune is off to a flying start… no doubt we'll see what Mercury can come up with next time.

### Chapter 22

**Friday, March 25**

Friday is here and that means another chapter. Things are getting complicated for Jaune now, so there are a whole lot of loose ends on the field. Those will take some time to tie up, and some will be done sooner than others obviously.

Anyway, here we go – hope you enjoy.

There's a brief thing at the bottom about forums, and whether I should open one – please do check it out if you're into such an idea.

It makes so much sense! Sort of!

Remember to offer any thoughts on the forum if you would like. Although actually, maybe only mention it if you want it. That will make it easier for me to count – and meh – if you don't like it, and it goes ahead. It's not like you have to ever visit it.

There won't ever be any "exclusive content" in there or anything – not from me at least. Just a place to share theories or thoughts, I suppose.

## April 2016

### Chapter 23

**Friday, April 8**

Another chapter completed. A quick message here to note that after comments from quite a few people, I have decided to open a forum up here on for comments and such. I know a few of you asked for me to do the same on other sites, but please understand that my time really is limited, since I have my 9-5 and my writing commitments.

That's not to say you cannot open one however! You should definitely feel free to do so, and discuss or comment as you wish. If you need my permission for whatever reason, then you have it. I just find it a lot easier for me to keep everything on the one site… I *do* apologise if that seems lazy, but I do put a lot of time into this.

The forum on this site however can be found within the RWBY forum section – there's a button on the main rwby Fanfiction page by the communities section. Like I said, I won't always be present within it, but if you want to chat or discuss the chapter with people you can always feel free to do so. I can't promise how busy it will be, but the option is there. Anyone can make posts in it too, I've just made a few as examples. We'll see if the below link works, since it's an ff link. You might need to copy paste and remove some spaces.

fanfiction . net (slash) forum/The-Professor-Arc-Forum/189701/

Oh, there is also a TvTropes page for this as well now – feel free to check it out! There are some fairly amusing tropes I didn't even realise I was adhering to xD Such as "Badass Longcoat and Unishment" It's genuinely a really fun read – a shame I cannot link it here. Just google "Tv tropes professor arc" if you want to find it. It made me giggle reading through it all and seeing the examples xD

Lol xD – I suppose that is why they are tropes, because we use them – even unconsciously.

Poor Blake. Good luck reading your books in counselling when you're stuck imagining Jaune acting the scene out on you. I'm sure that won't get awkward any time soon.

I'm sure a few people expected Mercury to have to try and seduce Jaune, so that was a bit of a call-out, lol. Realistically speaking that wouldn't be likely to work and Cinder knows it. Better to use it as an excuse… poor Mercury.

Will he become the OTP? A new challenger for Sempai's heart appears. Ganbatte ne Coffee-chan!

I'll likely have the forum up by the time you're reading this. So you can feel free to check it out… I literally have no idea what I'm doing with it, xD – I *really* do not ever use forum sites. They just confuse me and I'm not super into them.

You'll all have to take the lead!

Poor Russell-kohai. You tried your best…

Forum can be found here if you wish to visit, and the link appears.

fanfiction . net (slash) forum/The-Professor-Arc-Forum/189701/

(Some spaces to be deleted early on)

There's also a new poll on my profile (and in the forum – same poll) on who your favoured pairing is. I know we did this before for the competition, but I thought it might be nice to have a permanent representation of it. It doesn't affect or change anything. Just there for amusement's sake.

### Chapter 24

**Friday, April 22**

Another week, another desperate thank god it's Friday! Just to clear up a tiny smidgeon of confusion, I'm aware that women tend to take last names when they marry, the reference to Jaune Schnee was a veiled hint at the hidden arrogance of the Schnee. That Weiss would just flat-out assume he would change his name if he married her sister.

It's not meant in a nasty way, or as an attack on her. It's just a little humour jab, and a sign that even though she's let go of a lot of her snobbery, she's still rightfully proud of her family (after all, there has to be more to them than faunus slavery!).

The forum is up and running here on the site, feel free to check it out.

Le gasp... phone calls, or scroll calls…

On that note, it's kinda hard not to say things like phone, mobile, text or email at times – but you should always try to resist them. After all, this is a world which uses Scrolls and perhaps other technology. I often see other fics make similar mistakes, even small ones like saying "dollar" or "dime a dozen" or my favourite "it was a full moon." None of those things exist in Remnant, since the currency is lien and the moon is cracked.

I also try to use things like "What on Remnant?" since "what on earth?" would feel odd for a society that does not call their planet Earth. Even using "earth" for "ground" wouldn't work, since it's used as that as a reference to the name of the planet. Ah well, semantics – I like to call it immersion, but others might say it's pedantic.

This chapter… eh, I think I made a mistake having Jaune arrange all three of them for sessions at the same time, and it's something I might have him change in future. Just arrange them to different days or something, because three different sessions takes a long time and monopolises the chapter!

Shouldn't be a problem this one time, since it was used to push three plot devices while also offering character development and some conflict, but it could get annoying in future. And oh dear, Jaune made more than a few slip-ups in this chapter.

Welp, that happened. Came up in a vague discussion with a reviewer, think it was… uh shit, hand on – name too complicated to possibly remember, going to look it up. Okay, found it - idea inspired by mjzemancik.

## May 2016

### Chapter 25

**Friday, May 6**

Not much to say, busy as always – crazy times ahead at work. Hope you all enjoy.

Oh my God, so as a magazine Editor I get around four hundred requests, press releases and people trying to convince me to write stories about their company – every single day. Most of them are annoying with emails, calls, begging and arguments that their story is somehow more news worthy than everyone else's. It's very frustrating.

But today I got a package from a PR company with a note attached. "I'm sure you receive many people asking you to run a press release for them, so I won't beat about the bush. Here is a chocolate fudge cake and a press release. Please run me."

That press release RAN… both online and in print. I also sent out a tweet on the company profile showing the cake and saying this is how a PR company best gets content included. I am so rubbing my hands right now…

If I vanish off the face of the earth next week, know that I died a most beautiful, chocolatey death.

Embrace it Jaune, give in to it… no, not those adorable furry ears… must pet… I mean your criminal nature. The one you've been fighting for so many chapters! So, another chapter down – I at first intended to end this chapter with the dance, but it felt terribly compressed and short, like it deserved a lot more. So I pushed that back to next chapter.

Neo makes her triumphant return and oh dear – not in the way Jaune ever hoped she might. Well, you had it good while it lasted Jaune. People always wondered when the house of cards would come crashing down… now we all know it will be as Neo belly-flops atop it, shit-eating grin in place.

Ahh… it makes me imagine the two of them on the beach together as children, a first meeting of sorts. You know what… screw it, let's have that as the omake.

On a side note, feel free to check out the Professor Arc forum, in which there's some sweet omakes by the people visiting, as well as a few from myself as well. You can find it in the fanfiction forums button, just called something like "Professor Arc Forum" - might even be easier to use that search bar in the top right and click the drop down menu to "forum"

Poor Jaune, doomed from the start. I also love the idea of a mini-Blake explaining to him all about equality and why he should care. "Come with me, you're helping in the protest."

"It was just ice-cream!"

"… It was special tuna-flavoured ice-cream…"

"… Ewwww…"

### Chapter 26

**Friday, May 20**

Hey all, somewhat of a shorter chapter this time – for reasons at the bottom. Nothing has gone wrong, don't worry – just real life workload increase on a one-off special occasion.

This is perhaps a little rushed as a result, sorry about that. Well... only about 2,000 words shorter, not a huge amount - though perhaps noticeable when compared to the monster sized chapters of Not this time, Fate.

This is a short chapter I'm afraid… mainly for reasons I'll detail right here. Don't worry, it's very much a one off. Basically I work as Editor of a magazine company as people perhaps know… every single week me and my Assistant Editor write a magazine in full, usually 70 pages long. For those who don't know, magazines live or die on advertising revenue, which means that when there is more advertising, the mag gets bigger.

Well once a year we attend this mega show – where we print an extra 10,000 of this one magazine to hand out there… and as a result a lot of people advertise (to cash in on the extra circulation). Our usual length is 70 pages… this was 224 pages as a result of that.

All of which we needed to write in 5 work days. Yeah… I was bringing home work at night to do on my dining room table just about all week. It's not been fun! That said, this happens once a year (June issue – but as a magazine, you write June in May of course…) and it never happens again until next June. Next week we'll be down to the 70 average again, and I'll be all good to continue as I always have until this time next year. So this is the "only" chapter this should ever effect.

So this won't happen again thankfully, it just left me in a position of not being able to do any writing on this all week and instead writing all of this in effectively 2-4 hours tonight. The June issue was done though, thank god… we were so damn stressed. This was a little rushed as a result.

I'll probably compensate by making next chapter a longer one ;)

You are not prepared…

## June 2016

### Chapter 27

**Friday, June 3**

Hoo boy, had a bit of an unusual week to say the least. Someone left work recently claiming they had personal problems. Then we find that they left their Facebook open on a work PC, and we can see a conversation where she is telling her best friend how she's going to pretend we got rid of her – and how she'll "throw some tears, mental health issues and claim they were bullying me. See what I can get, lol."

Then the other offers her own advice on how to try and scam us… so damn sickening, it really is. So we've made records just in case she tried and we can see if we're allowed to even use it as proof. Just annoys you since we respected her so much. "I'm gonna win an Oscar, go golden globe with this. Already got job centre believing me."

Sheesh… some people.

You know, I'd have liked to give Jaune a good chance to dance with more people – or in more detail – but there just wasn't the time or room for it sadly. It would end up being a chapter of around 25,000 words – which I'm sure you would all so magnanimously accept (how kind of you all), but which would kill me in the writing xD

That said, Jaune's dance skills will make a reoccurrence at some point, so don't think it's the end of the Lord of the Dance just yet. On the other hand, yes, some things go unanswered… in some ways Jaune solves things, helps people. In other ways he doesn't. Pyrrha still goes alone, Neptune doesn't get a chance to redeem himself in front of Weiss. Sun doesn't get to dance with Blake.

This was also a tough chapter for me to write just because it feels like there are so many different angles to explore… I could have had 8 different PoV's and I kind of wanted to as well. But then it would have been crowded and overdone. It's why I dislike harems (of which this is not), because you just can't give each character the necessary amount of screen time to make the readers really feel for them. Instead you end up cutting them off, marginalising them – like saying female characters somehow have less feelings or deserve less care. Oh, they're a harem – it's fine to barely delve into her personality – she loves him, that's all that matters.

So instead I just went with three central characters for this one, and the others get to wait. It's not like people like Ruby, Coco or Pyrrha *need* to have something at the dance in a sense. They can get action in any chapter.

Didn't stop it being really difficult to write, however xD

### Chapter 28

**Friday, June 24**

Hey all, there was something I keep meaning to mention, yet keep forgetting. A few reviewers pointed out that I made a mistake in saying that Sun and Team SSSN were from Vacuo. And every time I see such reviews, I think `ah, I must explain` but always forget. So here we go, Yep – I got it wrong. Whoopsies.

Guess I overthought it. But with Vacuo being a desert, Sun's outfit, Neptune's goggles, Sage's skin tone and outfit, even Scarlet's choices – they all supported a desert-style environment. And since we never saw them in uniform (and Vacuo students don't have a uniform either) I made the assumption. Honestly feels weird that they're in Haven, but there you go. Presumably that must mean Cinder and her crew actually *did* go to Haven for their cover. Otherwise it's a little annoying that neither Sun nor Neptune ever felt the need to mention that a new team appeared out of nowhere.

For the purposes of this story? I don't know… I'll just from now on write it as though Sun always came from Haven, and Jaune always knew that. I could go back and retcon it, but I'm fairly sure it's just a reference or two using Sun and Vacuo in the same sentence. It shouldn't change anything.

Oh dear… You know, this could almost be canon. If you recall when Zwei is sent to RWBY, as I included here, there is a letter that says Tai has to go on a mission for a bit. We never learn what that mission was, but I decided to make use of it here. Leave no stone unturned, this all sort of makes sense!

And Zwei is here at last… may we all live in fear.

And there we go, my own theory for the "Qrow is Ruby's dad conspiracy. He is, but so is Taiyang. But *what* would the pairing be called!?

Poor Ruby. Poor Qrow. There are tales that even Zwei was once an alpha Beowolf, but that upon scoring a blow across Taiyang's chest – his claws revealed the man's pecs. The fierce Grimm was awed and ashamed, and thus dedicated his life to protecting that legacy.

## July 2016

### Chapter 29

**Friday, July 1**

Another chapter, hope you all enjoy. And for those who asked, yes – changes that occur, happen for a reason. None are thrown in `for the sake of it`. This fic has always been about the butterfly effect – what differences there might be if Jaune was not a part of the student body. Everything that has happened with RVNN is a product of that.

Also, I'd like to apologise in advance for some bad spelling later on in this… it's on purpose, but I'm still sorry.

Such reliable adults… How can Team RVNN do anything *but* prosper? So here we have the first delve into Velvet's mind and it's… ambiguous, to say the least. That's on purpose, I'm afraid. We can't have the first time we see her reveal all secrets. That would just be weird. Ironically this is also the first chapter to feature so little of the titular Professor Arc. That will change too, this is the set up for this mission in a sense.

We'll learn more as this arc progresses, don't worry. It's time for the Raven to take flight, time for Ren to become the man he was always meant to be… it's time…

For osmosis.

And we have still yet to see Peter's Semblance. I like to imagine it is the Super Saiyan transformation, except that his moustache stands up and turns blonde – and nothing else changes.

### Chapter 30

**Friday, July 15**

Props to all who caught the Mulan quote last chapter, and double props to those who didn't realise this was Taiyang and Qrow until the latter literally said his name, lol. On a side note, this week past I completed my first full fic – One Good Turn Deserves Another – which was the first fic I wrote. It was a big moment for me.

As a result, I've started the new one "Forged Destiny" – which is up on my profile. I encourage you all to check it out and maybe even OGT if you haven't before. It is not a Gamer crossover, nor is it a crossover of any show or anime. It is my first foray into an "alternate world" AU - in which I mean that instead of Jaune's circumstances being different (like in this fic), the entire world is different. Essentially, the entire world is an rpg - but not a game, not a VR or MMO. I mean the actual world they live in, operates on RPG mechanics.

This is essentially the RVNN Arc of the story, so it will be a few chapters of this mission. I don't want to put a limit or number to it, but I would only expect maybe 3 more, tops, before we go back to Beacon. Jaune and Velvet finally open up to one another, only for tempers to fray. I wanted to have Velvet show a little of the perhaps darker side of Hunterdom that we never see. When it comes to saving the lives of people, is it justified to lie and break someone's heart?

Should people like the Hunters willingly sacrifice parts of themselves to save others? At what point does it end, at what point does the trade become unequal? Judging from Summer's lyrics in the Red like Roses II, some of them are unable to make that trade. Part of me always wonders that about Ruby, too. Is she destined for the same inglorious fate, once the show ends? An already determined end where she walks into something over her head because her idealism won't allow her to let people die if there is a "chance" of saving them?

Remember that even though they are here, the canon events of the show do take place in the background. The world does not freeze, so if you consider some elements of what might happen without them there, then you might start to notice things.

I neither make nor condone Ozpin is wizard conspiracies. Though who knows, it could be true.

### Chapter 31

**Friday, July 29**

Hey guys. There has been an error with previous chapters of both from beyond and forged destiny that made it so that people could not initially access the chapter when it was uploaded, so hopefully this works!

It seems like there are quite a few people not enjoying this arc as much as I hoped they might, and I just want you to know that I do pay attention to reviews and so take your opinions on board. With that in mind I've decided to speed it up a bit, with a view to getting people back to Beacon a whole two chapters early.

There is an important purpose for this trip – which you'll see in the next chapter after this – but I can make the whole thing shorter without losing too much (originally might have been another 4 chapters here). I just wanted to try something different, so I appreciate people sticking with it and letting me know if they don't like it.

Well shit… that's a lot of stuff going on there - both in Misenwood and back in home! Originally this would have been spread out over two chapters, so I'm well aware that it might feel like a lot is happening very fast. I had to do some re-jigging due to the feedback I received, and this was what I decided. We should be going back to Beacon fairly soon - if all goes well - probably next chapter.

Hopefully it still works out, even if it does likely raise questions.

I originally had a long message here, not a rant, but basically explaining my reasons for why I sometimes write the common people hating Hunters (Magnis in OGT, Misenwood here). It's a headcanon I have, but I would say that I only ever write those "outside" the walls feeling nervous around Hunters. This is to represent the steep cultural differences I could imagine being present.

Essentially those within the walls would be safe, wealthy, happy – they get internet, healthcare, security, etc… and then you have outside the walls. Where even the show mentions that settlements can "disappear" overnight. Life is hard out there, I imagine. And they probably never see a Hunter until their town is already screwed.

On the other hand, they are probably poor too – and Hunters, with their crazy-ass weapons and weird clothes, probably represent a very different social class (some of those weapons probably cost more than a person outside the walls would make in multiple years). Those are my thoughts anyway. I always compare it to the first settlers in America, and their need to adapt to a harsh new world – but also the way they and the English butted heads. Same culture, same nationality – yet a civil war. Similar thing here, in my mind. We see people cheering at the Festival, but I'd imagine the only people who can afford tickets are those in the major cities.

Not saying you have to agree of course, just that it's how I am writing it here.

## August 2016

### Chapter 32

**Friday, August 12**

Ack, here we go. Had a bit of a weird week. Just finished training a new staff member today and got her out onto the phones, she made two phone calls then broke down crying and said she couldn't do this.

How do you even know? You made *two* calls! And one of them the client wasn't even in. You literally just got asked to ring back another time. Sounds comical but I was obviously so damned miffed for having my time – and the businesses money – wasted like that. And then for her asking if she still gets paid for the day.

You quit at 9:30am!

Oh my, and just when things seemed to be working out. So that's the Raven Arc completed and the team returning to Beacon. Things are not perfect for them, they perhaps never will be. But we'll see what ripples it causes. On the other hand, thanks to Neo Jaune really ends up looking like Solid Snake or something.

One can only imagine Qrow's report…

Side note, there are reasons for just about everything. Nothing was done randomly. Next chapter we'll be back at Beacon. So those lamenting its absence can rest a little easier. And yes, there will be more laughs back at Beacon. The resolution or ending chapters of any arc are pretty serious in this story. It's what keeps the plot moving when the comedy might otherwise prevent it. So I *am* aware that this chapter lacks the lulz of some of the previous ones. That is an intended necessity.

After last chapter I actually had a wave of support for this new arc, with many saying they enjoyed seeing the story stray away from Beacon for a while. I suppose it's one of those things where people who were happy with it didn't feel the need to say anything, while those unhappy did.

And trust me, there's a good reason I've not been throwing the PoV back to Beacon as some have suggested.

Also, I never intended to suggest in this chapter that Qrow is incompetent or hasn't been on wet-work missions before. He fully suggests in the show that he has been working behind the scenes to find Cinder. But I imagine that has always been dealing with criminals, murderers and terrorists – not townsfolk gone mad.

What? Because you thought their parents would have been any better? I just imagine Taiyang and Qrow stood outside, like two fathers waiting out the birth of a child. "Should we go in?" Both hear another scream and wince, "Uh… got any cards?"

### Chapter 33

**Friday, August 26**

Hey there, new chapter released and it's a bit longer than average. Enjoy. No great notes this week, it's been a busy time for me both in writing and real life. Such is life, I suppose.

Stay classy Ozpin, stay classy. So here we are, back at Beacon, with an elongated chapter to cover some of the things which happened during Jaune's absence. The world has been turned on its head, all while he wasn't there to see any of it, yet he still manages to come out smelling like roses.

But remember people, roses are often grown in pits of poop. This chapter could have been longer too. I wanted to bring all the other little aspects in, Cinder, RWBY reunion, etc... but there was just too much and it felt like forcing it to make them all happen in a single chapter. Naturally there has been a lot of fallout from Jaune's time away, and pointedly the fact that he took what would have been JNPR away (so they could not rescue RWBY) and the fact that Team CFVY led by Port were also absent due to that team being weakened.

And thus, the terrible secret of Special Coffee-chan was revealed at last. Well, except the *other* terrible secret revealed in one of the earliest chapters of Staffroom Chronicles, which sort of shows Amber totally getting her own back on the man.

I actually decided to reveal this because the Professor Arc forum actually figured it out, though I believe at the time it was more of a jokey comment from someone xD - but there you go. Is it canon, is it just an omake? Who knows.

Edit: Actually at the time of this being published, the forums have pretty much figured it all out... and pre-empted this entirely. Curses.

## September 2016

### Chapter 34

**Friday, September 9**

I'm in a bit of a weird bind at the minute. I had the clutch on my car changed last week, at quite the price, and suddenly today I cannot change gears. Cue inability to reach office, the repair garage claiming it's not their fault (and another one claiming it is) and the general realisation that I live in the countryside and cannot get my car to any garage for repairs.

Fun times, sigh – got someone picking it up and borrowing my sister's other car for a week. It's a bright pink mini cooper, because naturally… why fucking not? Next week is going to be soul crushing.

Whoops? Good job Qrow, stellar job indeed. Naturally when Jaune comes back from a mission there is how the goodies see it, but there has to be how the baddies see it too xD

Guess Jaune forgot about that. But hey, at least Winter and Glynda are there to see to his mental health. Good to see they can be relied upon. On a random note, this Monday will mark the end of my second fic, Stress Relief. A new romance will be replacing it, but at the current stage it's at (written but not perfect) the first chapter of it will likely come out in two weeks tomorrow, basically taking Stress Relief's place on the rota.

It will be a Yang x Jaune. I know many were asking for a Pyrrha x Jaune, and I may write that in my own time and release it early next year as a freebie or something. Kind of like I did with the Neo one, where it all comes out within a week or so. We shall have to see. So the new Yang x Jaune fic should come out around... 26th September, I think.

Too late for that Pyrrha – you're trapped here now.

### Chapter 35

**Friday, September 23**

The next chapter of Professor Arc. For those who might have missed it, Stress Relief came to an end after the last PA update and a new story has replaced it – The Entertainer – available on my profile.

P.s. I haven't forgotten about the Qrow fake name stuff and Jaune finding out, don't worry.

Weird week for me. I'm sure some may have heard my car died and I needed to borrow my sister's pink one? Well guess what, on the day she brought it to mine… it died too. So I was stuck. Now my car is STILL in for repairs and isn't expected to be done until the end of next week. Fun times.

Anyway, still managed to get this finished despite a compulsory and automatic Windows 10 update bricking my pc. Managed to dig the memory out of it and transfer it to another pc to get at this chapter and finish it, sigh.

With that in mind, and because I lost a full day's writing to this Windows 10 poop, I haven't had the time for an omake this week, I do apologise.

So instead I thought I might post one or two omakes that some fans came up with in the Professor Arc forums. Names will be accredited, and due to lack of time these are not necessarily "the best" but rather good ones I was able to find on short notice. There really are a lot!

One day I might get around to actually compiling all the crazy omakes in the forums into some kind of anthology fic. There are some really good ones in there. You can the Professor Arc forum in the "forums tab" for the RWBY page – but it might be easier to just change the search bar to "forums" and search "Professor Arc" if you are actually interested. There's *a lot* of posts though, lol. Do beware.

## October 2016

### Chapter 36

**Friday, October 7**

Awkward week, been a little sick, mostly think it's my body crashing a little after last week. I had a few nights in a row of only three hours sleep and that seems to have played havoc on my immune system. Rest assured I am pleasantly filled with medicine and tea, even sat in my dressing gown today dunking some biscuits while sniffling and writing fanfiction. Hopefully I'll recover over this weekend, when I finally get a chance to catch up on sleep and just not wake up until two in the afternoon or something.

Ugh, just annoying to see the legacy of last week's horror chasing me into this week too. But once I'm better I'll be able to leave it all behind me!

On the bright side Exvnir did a sexy little pic of Neo spooning with Jaune from the previous chapter, which you can find by checking out his DA, or just typing `Exvnir` in Google.

Just so people know, I *did* try and fit both the fight and the date into this chapter originally, but just couldn't make it work properly. I would have had to cut down heavily on one or the other, which seemed to be weakening them just to try and make them happen together. It was almost meant to be a call back to that chapter where Jaune deals with Cinder and Winter in the same day, but this had too many in between bits that had to go in. A shame, since it was the original plan to do it that way.

As such I decided to put the date next chapter, since that would let me write it without all the cuts it would have needed. Maybe Neo, Winter *and* Glynda would have been a little too crowded.

Side note, Exvnir also has a "Neo masquerading as Jaune" image on his DA, if you're interested in what it might look like.

The alternative ending to the fight, naturally. David and Goliath.

### Chapter 37

**Friday, October 21**

Here we go. Was up until 4am last night playing civ 6 with a friend. Promptly made a lifetime enemy of the Japanese by stealing their first settler and using it to found my own city. Fifty turns later I am filled with regret when FIVE Japanese cities found on my borders. Oh my Mr Samurai, that *is* quite the army you have there. The worst part is that I suspect Gandhi is hiding somewhere, and any civ fan knows what happens when he goes unchecked...

Yeah… that happened. I agonised over this decision for a while, should I – should he back off and misunderstand, leaving her blue ovaries for comedy's effect? In the end I decided to throw down the gauntlet and push it. Keep in mind that this by no means secures the pairing. Dating is just that, as when you are older, is sleeping with someone.

I know some will disagree, there's a lot of younger readers who feel sex = marriage, but when you're older you'll see. Just trust me on that. Also, I realise that some would have liked to see more fallout of the Winter x Jaune fight, and trust me that *will* come. No one has forgotten about that, but although it's over two chapters it's worth remembering in-universe this date was in the afternoon of the same day. The fallout hasn't finished… well, falling. In that way, this chapter is quite... I suppose the word could be "insular" - in that it's very focused on just Jaune and no one else.

That will change next chapter, as we move officially into the Vytal Arc.

The final arc... (as planned anyway).

Short omake this time, though rather than the usual `maybe didn't happen` this one `did` occur in this chapter.

## November 2016

### Chapter 38

**Friday, November 4**

I was quite pleased to actually see some people criticising what felt like an OoC Glynda last chapter – especially because I was kind of hoping some people would. I love delving into characters, especially their deeper and un-seen feelings. Of course I'm going to get some wrong and am not going to claim that my interpretation is canon, but I love to do it because I feel it offers depth.

And in this chapter I wanted to (and originally planned to) counter some of what might be considered OoC-ness from the last. Again, some may disagree and that's cool, but I wanted to show why I thought Glynda COULD be the kind of person to literally do that with Jaune. Who *could* be the kind of person to just out and say it, to shock and surprise like that.

And maybe you'll disagree still at the end. But it's kind of the same I did with Yang, when I suggested that the only reason she ever became a Hunter was to protect Ruby – which probably IS canonically wrong, but at the same time which felt deep and got a lot of positive comments at the time. Fanfiction is the perfect place to explore some of these, so I hope you'll enjoy and consider the angle of Glynda I'm presenting here. Again, not as a "THIS IS HOW SHE IS" but a "This is how she might have the possibility of being…" or "This is how I've chosen to portray her here." or maybe even a "this is how I see her."

Dangerous games, dangerous games indeed. As I said above, you need not agree with my depiction of Glynda, but I do think that she's quite the focused and determined individual. In the show she's depicted as serious and nothing else, but we only ever see her through the eyes of the students.

Anyway, I'm not here to "sway" you to my thinking. I'm just here to write and entertain people. Some people called me loose or disgusting, some accused me of blatant fan service. All I'll say is, it takes more for me to get off then a few hundred words that *I* write (I always find it hard to even laugh or enjoy my own writing, since I know what's going on). But hey, even if you don't like that one particular aspect, it shouldn't take away from the main story.

Anyway, this chapter was meant to be almost a call back to that one where Jaune first declares war on Cinder, but tries to do so as a Hunter – ending in his failure as the breach occurs. Now he's starting to wise up and realise the unfortunate truth. Cinder is already beating hunters. You can't spend your whole life trying to be something you're not… sometimes you've got to consider what you *can* do, what you *are* and what skills you have.

This week's omake… well, it was on the forums first and refers to what might have happened had Peter realised what happened. To a tune you may recognise from Aladdin (Prince Ali)

Welp… that happened. Wow, that omake looks big, though only because it's actually laid out in a lyrical format. It's actually shorter than most. Naturally, the tune is not my own and this is a parody re-write of the Aladdin song, Prince Ali.I only provided the lyrical changes. It actually caused a set of random Disney - professor arc variants in the forums, lol.

Also made me realise that the singing in Aladdin just feels BETTER than most others. Lion King was good too, but Aladdin was *really* good.

And, of course, the bigger question; Will Cinder ever get to sing Jafar's version?

### Chapter 39

**Friday, November 18**

Another chapter completed; I hope you all enjoy it. I'm going to be out tomorrow getting very drunk and having fun. Yay!

Jaune has a plan? Or is he just trying to convince himself of that? Yes, I did skip having Jaune sit through Cinder's conversation, namely because I can't help but imagine a one-sided conversation through an ear-piece would have been a bit hard to read.

On the show… it always seemed a bit weird to me how piecemeal the students all arrived. Sun came early because he snuck in, of course, but Neptune seemed to appear long before the rest of his team. Maybe they were just hiding in Beacon? I don't know. But I figure that since Neo's disguised character appeared literally before the tournament and no one batted an eyelid, that there was *some* provision for students arriving last minute like this.

I also kind of imagine the Festival as being akin to the Olympics in terms of organisation and what it brings to the Kingdom. Not to mention the whole "Show off every country – but ours more" approach.

## December 2016

### Chapter 40

**Friday, December 2**

Another chapter, hope you enjoy.

Gosh it's strange how many pieces this plan of mine has, or Jaune's, I suppose. Have to bring everything together in a certain order for it to make sense. I may have semi-copied that fight segment with Neo from my other fic, Forged Destiny, lol. Ah, love that story.

In answer to a couple of questions, I don't fully expect this story to progress past season three, but we shall have to see. I don't want to rule things out. I've had the ending planned for a long time and to be honest there doesn't *seem* to be much in the way of a plot for season four yet. It feels like they're still doing all the set-up, which means there isn't anything inspiring me or making me `see` where this could go in that season. We shall see in time, I suppose.

Something might come up in the show to absolutely inspire me. I certainly hope so.

P.s. Yes, I'll be doing something this Christmas as a special story like I did last year. I'm working on it right now, along with everything else. It will be posted separately and not on this story.

Come on Blake… don't get in the way of the OTP.

### Chapter 41

**Friday, December 16**

A response to reviews of the last chapter… obviously no offense was meant with Jaune suggesting Neo had learning difficulties. It was an excuse he came up with on the spot – as I hope was made clear by the text pretty much saying that – and not me suggesting that a common problem like that, which my own nephew has, somehow makes people into aggressive mutes. Jaune made a faux-pas in mentioning it, as he was meant to – and Neo took offense at it, because who wouldn't in her situation?

I'd like to imagine it's the intent of how it's used that matters, and that people could say "Hey, this guy's just writing fiction - and more than that, he's writing from the PoV of a character that isn't himself. He obviously isn't trying to insult me or anyone."

Anyway, enjoy the chapter.

Okay, so we have a very centralised POV this time with not much happening in terms of progression. I do apologise for that, but at the same time this *is* a bit of an important moment in the story and I didn't want to gloss over it. It's essentially the start of the moment the whole story has been building up to, the question of whether this card house of lies can stay standing.

It would feel a bit weird if he just yolo'd his way through it xD

On the other hand, I do know that some will have wished for more RWBY, or Glynda or other characters, but I just couldn't make all that fit. Next chapter will have many more perspectives, I promise!

After all… time for people to meet the family.

Welp, poor Jaune. This is actually not only an omake, but a teaser for my next fic – which should start sometime in January when From Beyond ends. It won't include the above, as obviously it's not about Jaune becoming a Professor – but the summary is below for people to look at. It will be a comedy/action – much like this fic – updated once every two weeks on a Sunday. Should be around 5-6k words per chapter.

Title: White Sheep

Summary: Every family has its black sheep, it's nothing unusual. Jaune was just that, always wanting to be the hero, to be a Huntsman. But when your name is Jaune Salem Arc, Prince of the Grimm, and your mother is understandably against the idea - what is a young man to do? Why, run away to attend Beacon of course. What could go wrong?

Next Chapter: 30th December

### Chapter 42

**Friday, December 30**

Ugh… I have actually been really sick this week. Non-alcohol related, I assure you, but copious amounts of horrible sneezing and such. In fact, yesterday I woke up to find my nose had been bleeding through the night, but more than I'd ever seen before. The sheets were just dyed red. A bit better today but sheesh… winter kills me each year.

No omake this time due to my illness, sorry about that guys.

Ho boy, so much sickness. Anyway, on Jaune's family – readers of my other works will no doubt recognise most of them and their names and personalities. For those who don't, however, they may seem a little overwhelming. I don't want to go into detail about them, because for the purposes of this story they really are side-characters only. I know some from NTF might be shocked at the differences, but well, that's mainly how the years with a different Jaune changed things.

And yes, nine is a lot – but that's canon which forced that on me. I can't just reduce the number of sisters he has without reason and going into descriptions of each one here would probably have taken an entire chapter in and of itself.

In a real book, I'd never advise that – withholding detail, that is. But then in a real book, I'd never advise having so *many* side-characters at once, either.

But hey ho, you work with what you're given.

*Side Note: New story has been released by me – White Sheep, which is quite similar in style and planning to Professor Arc, except hopefully it will be better as I'll be learning from the mistakes I made in this story. Check it out on my profile, if you will.*

Next Chapter: 13th January – oooh, Friday the 13th, spoopy.

## January 2017

### Chapter 42

**Friday, January 13**

I'm glad to hear that people have enjoyed the recent chapters. It started perhaps four ago that I sat down and effectively analysed the entire story I'd written thus far. It took a few days, with me pouring over each little thing and trying to break it down to understand it better.

I also changed my writing style a little, and even how I used past participles and language. It's still a work in progress, but it seems to flow a little better as a result. I'm just testing things out to try and improve.

The battle occurs, and takes its natural conclusion. And, of course, a Blake in the rafters… there always is. Ninja-of-love-cat is watching you get sweaty in the ring. She's writing delectable Fanfiction about you Jaune, you just know she is.

Just as an addition; yes I know the omakes are not as carefully written as the main piece. It's just an amusing extra I write in 15-20 minutes or so. They're like Marmite to people, with some loving and some hating them. But they're definitely not meant to be high quality or take me a lot of time. So yes, I understand reviews saying they feel a bit clunkier, but that's just because they're rushed as an extra.

Next Chapter: 27th January

### Chapter 43

**Friday, January 27**

Another chapter, and I hope you all enjoy.

The world complicates, and we're moving officially into the Vytal Festival now. Shenanigans, fights and Chuunin exam-esque things ahead. On an additional note; the next stage in my p a treon has been reached, which means that – assuming it remains there – the update speed for this fic will increase to once a week.

The new update schedule should start from Monday 6th Feb – and will be:

Mon: Forged Destiny

Tues: The Entertainer

Wed: White Sheep

Thu: Nothing

Fri: Nothing

Sat: Not this Time, Fate

Sun: Professor Arc

Each fic will be updated every week, and this will continue so long as the target is maintained. Otherwise, it will revert to what we currently have now. If in doubt you can always just refer to the end of a fic, where I will label when the next chapter comes out. Or you can just follow and receive alerts, but I know many read these without following or being logged in, so here you go.

Next Chapter: 12th February (and then every 7 days after that).

## February 2017

### Chapter 45

**Sunday, February 12**

New update schedule, so here's the Sunday update for Professor Arc. Thankfully, it seems like relatively few people got confused over it – which is nice. The last time the schedule changed I got PM's from people who thought I'd died in a car crash or something.

I'm still here, of course, and learning to adapt to the new, rather difficult, schedule of updates. This marks the first week complete, so right now I'm trying to get stuff done ahead of time so that I can get on top of it. It's difficult but it's only the first week and the change was sudden and came without warning. I'll get used to it and be okay. :D

Well, another chapter and some things thicken. Of course, we've still yet to see Cinder's test for Jaune and what it will entail, but that shall come up soon enough. There will be some subtle changes to the Vytal Festival – to show how things have altered and what each side has to do in order to counter that.

Basically, although the theme and grand scheme of events will still naturally be the Vytal Festival, the minutiae will be different.

Due to the… sudden nature of my new upload schedule, I was unable to get an omake done today. I'll get back on them in future, but for now I'm focused on trying to write chapters in advance so I don't fall behind on weekly updates.

Next Chapter: 19th February

### Chapter 46

**Sunday, February 19**

Just to let you all know, some parts of this may clash with what we see in the show, mostly in terms of times and dates, etc… The Festival was very ambiguous in the show, with many fights skipped and time layouts not really explained. That's fine for the series since we only focused on the two main teams, but for Professor Arc – the organisation and backstage of the show is what the PoV is in, and so the logistics and technicalities need to be considered. I chatted with the forum a lot, we went through ideas and calculations, and we came up with something like this.

Really, it's all to do with just how matches are arranged, in what order, and on what days. Nothing lore-breaking, but yes, some could say "Uh, actually, this fight happened on day X". I'm just warning you all that I know, but I can't ignore and skip loads of days like the show did. Unlike Team RWBY (who knew of no danger at the time and thus just waited for each fight), Jaune knows something is wrong and needs to use each day. As such, I can't fast-skip them like the show did.

Not a huge amount of combat here, but a lot of this is to help set up other things. To give you an example, and put you in the know, I don't really want to rewrite some fights which will remain the same. Obviously, it's the interactions and actions between the fights which is most important and I'm sure no one wants to see me write things they've already seen.

That's why, for instance, I didn't include RWBY vs ABRN here. Their opponents are still the same, and there's not really a good reason to write it, and not too much would change from having Jaune be a commentator for it. At least, I don't think so. That was why I skipped it here. Now that we're officially at the festival, though? Well, we're approaching the climax, I suppose. I have no idea if I'll go further once it ends. It's hard to say. Volume four didn't make much of an impact on me, and I'll be honest, I didn't like a lot of it. As such, I may end Professor Arc after the festival… but there are alternative routes not to, of course.

Maybe closer to the time I'll ask people for their thoughts and maybe make a poll on my profile page. I'll let you all know if and when I do.

Next Chapter: 26th February

### Chapter 47

**Sunday, February 26**

Quite the busy weekend this one, since I have not only my writing to do, but also my writing articles and such for my supporters on the P a treon – hence why this came out later than usual. I suppose this does mark the first month of the new update schedule, which is nice, but it's a little misleading since February is so short a month. Ah well, nice 5-week month coming up… the bane of all people in work.

Hope you enjoy…

Crime Scene Beacon followed by the reveal to Jaune of Cinder's team and also their proximity to RWBY. I'm not sure if we ever actually got Neo's full fake name in the show, but considering how poorly picked it was, I figured it couldn't hurt to use this here.

We are, in a sense, gearing up towards the planned end for this fic. I can't say how many chapters are left, but this is the final arc in a sense. or rather, it's the final arc of the main story. I might consider doing a sequel at some point - but I think we have to wait to see what volume 5 has in store. Volume 4, from what I hear, doesn't really do anything plot related. It's just "Oh, here are the characters, here is what they're doing - oh look, some plot at the end." So nothing I could write about, naturally. As such, if Professor Arc is to continue, it would be after a short hiatus where I write a different story instead.

We shall have to see.

Made with the power of magical women, naturally. What else could create such an incredible blend of flavour, strength and sensuality?

Next Chapter: 5th March

## March 2017

### Chapter 48

**Sunday, March 5**

This chapter might be a little shorter than usual because of the rather frantic nature of this week. I had so little time in the afternoons because I was looking after my family's animals while they went on holiday. It cut into every single night and ate away at what time I had.

It won't be `too much` shorter, likely only 1,000 words or so, but I thought I'd mention it and point it out as a one-off, not a trend.

Okay, so, glad this week is over as my parents and sister came back off holiday and have now taken their animals away, giving me time to write. This story still had to be written just today, which is rough, but was necessary given the lack of time I had this week.

My views on teamwork in this chapter were often what I felt a lot of in the show. It always felt like "teamwork" was misunderstood, either by the cast or by RT themselves. They occasionally did "team moves" but I wouldn't call that teamwork. I really wanted to see JNPR be the teamwork team to RWBY's individualistic skill too. Ah well…

Next Chapter: 12th March

### Chapter 49

**Sunday, March 12**

Here we go with another chapter.

Things and things, they are so very thingish. Honestly, sometimes I have topics I want to talk about in these notes, and then sometimes I have nothing.

Let's move on…

And there we go. John West, Man vs Bear, for anyone who hasn't seen the advert.

It's on the youtubes.

Next Chapter: 19th March

### Chapter 50

**Sunday, March 19**

Another Sunday and another chapter. We're moving towards the end of this, and for those unaware, my plan is to write an ending that could very well "be" an ending, but to also keep it open to a possible sequel. Volume 4 of the show, however, didn't interest me much from what I've seen on it, and there's little plot shown as of yet, so I'll wait til vol5 to see what it is RT actually intend for the story, then decide if PA is to return.

Anyway, can't believe how much they really crammed into volume three. It seems fast-paced in the show, I can admit, and I recall some saying RT admitted to cutting several fights due to a lack of time, but while writing this from a behind the scenes PoV with Jaune as a teacher, I feel like there's just *so* much I need to cram in! I'll be honest, I'm trying to be selective and not make things drag out, but it's hard. RT wrote in *so* many little things, then skipped or cut half of them mid-volume. For instance, 2v2 fights for Pyrrha's team, anything between fights (I mean they eat at a ramen stand, but then we see very little else but fights), what the faculty do, etc… We see hints that there are breaks between the days (i.e. where Weiss and Winter attempt summoning), but it just sort of shows that, then skips straight to next day, next fight. I guess they were strapped for time. Anyway, sorry for rant – on with the chapter.

Another chapter, and events progress. I wanted to investigate the idea of a little power play here, as like many antagonists early on in RWBY (even if I think V3 was the BEST writing they've done so far), it feels like Adam was put forward as your dime-a-dozen rent-a-baddie.

They kind of all were, with Cinder's motivation being little more than pure evil and only Roman's catching my heart, before they so brutally killed him. Sob. Anyway, I wanted to suggest a little more with Adam here. He knows what Cinder is trying to do with him, but still recognises her promises as something he and the White Fang need, and so is willing to place himself in risk to acquire it.

Oh, and as for his family, I'm likely going to skip their conversation. Trust from the above, which was meant as a rather overt hint, that Jaune did approach his sisters, and did engage them in the advised conversation by Yang. You'll see the `effects` and how things change, but I don't think the pacing is truly aided by writing out the conversation between them in full."

There we go.

Next Chapter: 26th March

### Chapter 51

**Sunday, March 26**

Here we go… written up today, so hopefully not rife with spelling mistakes.

Gasp, Maidens, magic and silly shenanigans. I'm still pretty meh on the whole "maidens" ordeal, since as I've gone on record saying endless times before, I prefer to see people gainm power and ability through hard work and dedication, not random super powers and even less so, hereditary ones (like Ruby's eyes). It just feels like it's saying no one else could achieve the same, not because they're lazy or don't try as hard, but because they didn't have the fortune to be born as important as the character did. Anyway, we're rather close now to the climax of V3, all things considered. I'd love to say something poignant here, but it's 8pm and I've been up since 7am writing, so my poignancy has all but run out.

If I was ever poignant in the first place… okay, going to stop now, I'm losing it.

Yeah, I sort of ran out of ideas here. I looked up some "funny TV adverts" on youtube for at least an hour, but gods, those compilations are just really bad. Almost all of those were just fan service themselves, wherein women in bikinis wander around doing things that are… honestly not all that funny.

Then one of the "funniest" apparently, was that Coca Cola one with the two brothers, where the older one teases the younger, then is nice in the end. I mean, I guess it's heart-warming, but funny?

Next Chapter: 2nd April

## April 2017

### Chapter 52

**Sunday, April 2**

Here's another Professor Arc chapter. I've had a few people ask about what comes up next and such, since this will go on hiatus at end of V3, until V5 comes out and we see some plot direction I can work with to continue it. I'd just like to say that my profile is a little out of date and needs updating, especially when it comes to what fics to expect. Replacing this will likely be a collaboration between College Fool and myself, but I'll have more detail closer to the time.

Just to note, no, I am not open to collaborations on any future fics. This is a one-off, and only because College Fool and I work together very well on other fics and know how each other think. I've never even worked collab before, so it will be an experiment for sure.

One might say that, yes. You know, I always did wonder why Glynda wasn't eligible for the maiden's powers. Is it a virginity thing? I mean, that's possible, but the whole "whomever you think of last" thing would be pretty messed up on that account, since what would happen if you thought of a non-virgin and no other woman? Anyway, I decided to just be vague here and not specify what it was, but assume there IS a thing, and the cast in the show aren't all just being idiots about it.

On omakes, I've also retired the commercials for a little bit. I was running out of them, and those I got suggested in reviews, I actually struggled to find videos of. I'm from the UK, so adverts aren't the same and I have to research them. One I saw in a review, for example, was about iced coffee, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't find the described advert on youtube. Just kept seeing other ones. Anyway, they might come back, but I'll just do some general omakes until I find some good ones.

No omake this week, however. This chapter ended on a tense note, and I kind of don't want to absolutely reverse that by suddenly having a comedic omake. It would kind of destroy everything the chapter is about xD. That's fine at the end of a funny chapter, but kind of a mood-killer at the end of a serious one.

Don't worry. Omakes won't stop being a thing.

Next Chapter: 9th April

### Chapter 53

**Sunday, April 9**

So, I spent this weekend making a chapter by chapter plan to try and figure out how many are left. I'm not willing to give an exact number, since that would be spoilerish for one, but also because things might change. Chapters might be too small and require merging with others, or some might be too long. Either way, what I did find is that this fic will likely come to its end within the next four months, however. Scary!

Oh dear... Because I know some will wonder why this occurred or what Cinder had to gain, I'd point you back to several chapters ago, where Cinder told Adam that she had a "test" lined up for Jaune. I think everyone assumed it was the whole "scroll to control matches" thing, but Cinder never confirmed that.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed this, and the rather obvious escalation in threat.

Next Chapter: 16th April

### Chapter 54

**Sunday, April 16**

Happy Easter everyone. Not much happening over here on the day, since I only got one egg and ate it a few days ago. #rulebreaker. Anyway, here's the latest chapter of *Professor Arc*, which actually took me a bizarrely long amount of time to write.

Well, it sort of did, but I was also going back and forth between parent's house and mine to do more cleaning on stuff. Easter holiday is definitely the best time for that, since quite a lot of shops here are closed and I need to fix their burgled house before they come back off holiday. Fun times.

Oh dear. Well, Jaune, we all make our choices, and here comes the explosion just about everyone has been waiting for. Some have despaired at the thought of it, others have waited with bated breath, others asked if it would ever happen at all.

As for the charge… well, you'll learn more next chapter, but as dramatic as it sounds, Cinder's actions in the show probably would come under treason (as much as most would just do her for mass murder.) In the event of it not happening, however, or her being caught beforehand, treason and conspiracy to murder would likely be used more over something like fraud and theft, etc…

Anyway, no omake this week because again, chapter is kind of a serious one and I don't want to take away from that. On Yang and Blake's little tiff, I think I've said before, but I always did find it a bit annoying they made this line where Blake says that to Yang, Yang tears up, and then nothing is ever done with it. It's like… wow, quite a big moment there, and nothing? I guess they might have planned something but it got cut due to time. Shame.

Next Chapter: 23rd April

### Chapter 55

**Sunday, April 23**

Here we are, the beginning of the madness as it were. I think everyone knew Jaune would be found out eventually, but I did have several people suggest I allow the secret to last forever. I disagree, however, as I definitely feel a story about something hidden, kind of needs that thing to come out eventually. Otherwise, how does the character grow as a person?

Well, here we go. I did play with the idea of not even having Jaune's PoV this chapter, but I felt people might go a little crazy in reviews on saying Ironwood "doesn't have evidence" if I didn't lay some of that out.

Also, I always did laugh a little when everyone kept assuming Winter loved Jaune, especially in reviews. She was only ever polite to him, and even then, it wasn't anything too warm. I initially thought it was a case of people just reading too much into blushes, the ever-present "Oh, she blushed – that means she loves him" trope.

At first, I wondered why people kept assuming it, but eventually I realised it's because in 99% of other fanfiction, a blush *does* mean love. People just write that, all the time, and you – and I, in some cases – have almost been conditioned to accept it. Crazy, huh?

I mean, thinking back on it… if Winter *did* love him, why would she ever have felt confident enough to take Jaune on a date, but suddenly too shy to ask him about himself, to the point where she has to give Weiss a list? It's a contradiction that doesn't make sense.

Oh well, it made for a nice reveal here, I suppose. I do apologise for the lack of an omake. I'm really running low on time, lately - it's the dreaded June magazine deadlines approaching. I get this every year, with those being the biggest (obviously, in mag industry, you need to work a month in advance, so even though it's May next week, in work-terms for us, it's June). Anyway, that drags into my weekends too, since sometimes if I need to interview someone, they will only give me a weekend slot to do it. A bit of a pain, but I had to do that today - and it cut into what time I had.

Still managed to write the chapter, and still managed to do it at the same word length as I usually do, but just don't have the energy for an omake, I'm afraid. I'd rather have no omake than a bad one, too. You can always read *Staffroom Chronicles* if you haven't, though. That has some good omakes in it and is on my profile.

Next Chapter: 30th April

### Chapter 56

**Sunday, April 30**

Hoo boy, it's kind of nice to be reaching this part of the story. I'm glad so many people approved of Beacon's best man last chapter, Port is, as always, the total MVP. On the side of Ironwood, it is worth pointing out that he *isn't* wrong with what he did. Sure, it was ham-fisted and rushed, but he genuinely reacted quickly because of a potential terrorist in a school of children he is tasked with protecting for the duration of the festival.

Since we're mostly on Jaune's side, we can say he's a douche – but the truth is, he acted in an efficient and direct manner. That it went wrong, is more due to the information being leaked to the media (and no prizes for guessing who was responsible for that). He did the best he could with the information he had. Not saying he hasn't made mistakes, but just throwing in a point in his favour. Also, Glynda totally *is* compromised and biased, so I can't really say he's wrong to deny her visitation, either. Insensitive, yes, but not wrong per se.

Chapter rated a little higher due to one character's predilection for the F-word.

Yep, we're here. I didn't want to try and drag the whole thing out, especially not when it would have been far too easy to have chapter after chapter of people reacting to Jaune's incarceration. While I do realise "some" of that might have been fun to read, I personally made the decision not to go too far into every single one.

I instead went with the key players and left it there. After all, actions speak louder than words. Anyway, yeah, some things hinted at – others outright stated. Stuff is about to go down.

Port, my boi!

And he would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for his flakey boss and those meddling soldiers!

Next Chapter: 7th May

## May 2017

### Chapter 57

**Sunday, May 7**

Hey guys, there's a bit of an important note at the bottom, but I'll tl;dr it here as well.

I kind of need to take a one week holiday from writing, partly for health reasons, partly for quality reasons. Therefore, the next chapter of this won't come out until two weeks – the 18thMay. After that, things will go back to normal, but there's just going to be a week where I'm missing.

As said, there will be notes at the bottom to fully explain.

Note: Site isn't sending alerts, I know - it's been happening all week. There is nothing I can do about it, I'm afraid. I *have* tried deleting and re-submitting several times.

Okay… maybe a little bit of an asshole way to end this chapter, especially with the below break, but it wasn't that I planned it in advance. It's just the way the cookie crumbled on my chapter plan.

I know many have seen this already, but I intend to include the note on each so that everyone knows. Some people only line one or two of my stories, after all.

A Week without Fanfiction

People who have read my other fics, perhaps know that I've been pretty badly sick since this past weekend. I went to the doctors over it, and he believes it to be mostly stress-related. Now, before panic sets in, I'd like to say that Fanfiction is not stress to me. I genuinely enjoy what I do.

My main job, on the other hand, a little less so. Summer is our biggest period, and since we write a month in advance, I am right now on the hardest part of the year – our June issues. I've had to work outside of normal hours, over weekends, and with Fanfiction taking up the same slots. My sleep got reduced, I missed meals, and ultimately started to feel like crap.

I also think the quality of some of my writing has reflected this the last week… it feels a little flatter than normal, devoid of life or the same dramatic tension. Anyway, my doctor suggested a week of rest and relaxation, which is somewhat weird for me, since I'm not the kind of person who likes to do nothing. On the other hand, my doctor has made a point of it and I kind of do need to follow his advice when I'm sick.

How this will work is fairly simple. I'm going to continue doing each fanfic until they have all had this notice at the bottom, and then there will be a single week of no uploads. After that, things will resume. White Sheep will be the first, and the date at the bottom will reflect two weeks. There will still be NTF, PA, FD and Ent this week, but starting from next Thursday, you won't see any fics for the week.

If in doubt, the dates I put at the bottom of each story will be accurate.

Hopefully, you can all understand why. I'm not abandoning anything. I'm not stopping, nor have I lost the love for what I do… I just need to take a break to sort things out. Honestly, there is a good chance I'll write during that week too, but it will be without deadlines and without the stress of having to have X done by Y, before I have to move onto Z. The break should also give me a chance to recharge, read some books for a change, and improve myself as a writer too.

I'll still be here, both in my forum and by PM, and I'll still be checking reviews, etc… but I won't be uploading anything until the week is over. Once it's over, uploads will go back to normal. I'm not moving to a two-week system or anything.

Thanks for understanding.

Next Chapter: 21st May (Two Weeks)

### Chapter 58

**Sunday, May 21**

God damn, I only got to start this at 3:30pm today, thanks to the whole morning being swallowed by my sister needing me to help her at some car garage. It was supposed to be an hour or so, but I was stuck there from 10am to 3pm, and as usual, her response is to say "Oh, just do your writing another day."

She does not understand what deadlines are, sigh.

Well, I'm back from my break, rested – albeit today has been a crazy affair. I've also had time to sit down and plan ahead on stories, though I won't lie – on this one, there is some stuff coming up soon that I *really* need to make a decision on. Big stuff. Like, how exactly it ends, stuff. Sheesh.

The end of S3 for me was one of the best parts of RWBY, and possibly the best story-writing I think they ever did (one of the reasons S4 felt so weak by comparison). Either way, writing this was odd because there are a lot of events that are deeply important in canon, but would just be me re-writing scenes you've already seen before in a fanfiction.

As such, I decided to go with an almost choppy PoV this chapter, as a way of setting up what's going on and letting you all fill in the blanks. So, for instance, skipping the Ironwood talking to the team, or them making their way to Beacon, etc… Instead, I just did time-skipped PoV jumps to imply those events happened. Hopefully the whole thing didn't feel too choppy, but I just felt that writing them out in full would have dragged on over two whole chapters, just to get to this point. It felt like unnecessary padding.

If it helps, I would just assume that any scene you don't see happened exactly as it did in canon.

Next Chapter: 28th May

### Chapter 59

**Sunday, May 28**

Just a quick note. I'm glad people liked the last chapter, but I would like to point out that Jaune swearing *is* an uncommon thing. A few people were very much "Uh, but he's OOC. He kept swearing." I'd just like to point out that given a bad enough situation, we all do it.

And last chapter was the *worst* situation Jaune has ever been in. His friends were literally going to be killed, and Roman was going to make him sit and watch it, helpless to do anything. Given that, I think he can be forgiven losing his temper and using some profanity, geez. I think it would be *more* OOC for him, or anyone, to just calmly *not* lose their temper and start throwing their anger around.

Obviously in the show, they have an age rating, so they can't swear. It's not to say he wouldn't.

Battle rages and continues. I'm trying not to let it drag on, but gosh, RWBY has *so* many characters, and it's kind of important to show what they're all doing. Maybe it's easier in animation, since you just need a six second flash of Weiss fighting a robot to know what she's doing, but I can't quite do that here.

Ah well, doing my best.

Also, Roman got his magical school girl, so his wish list is now complete!

Next Chapter: 4th June

## June 2017

### Chapter 60

**Sunday, June 4**

Here we go, another Sunday. Man, why do people call these things lazy Sundays? I'll never understand. Watched some more RWBY chibi. It's good, but I do feel they don't do as well on the long jokes as the short ones. For instance, the magic trick one felt like it dragged on, while the short comedy snippets feel a lot funnier.

Ah well, just my thoughts. Exvnir drew a new pic of the Neo x Jaune kiss moment if you want to check that out on his DA profile.

Pretty much the motto of this fic. So yeah, I'll apologise for Jaune's absolute absence from this chapter. It's important for reasons such as setting up the pace, etc… I'm trying not to let the whole fight thing drag on, but it *is* tough.

I can overdo it, and I'm aware of that. But part of me is more afraid of skipping too much and making it feel rushed. The problem is, of course, the sheer amount of characters. I can't just "not" tell you what happens to RWBY, etc, as people are also engaged in their story as well as Jaune's.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed the chapter.

### Chapter 61

**Sunday, June 11**

Argh, what a week. Just some hectic stuff going on in the background, which cut down my time to write. It's all fun and games, I suppose. Life, that is. Here we are with another chapter. I hope you enjoy.

To explain a small thing… I've seen in a number of reviews and PM's for this and other fics, that people seem convinced Cinder has "all" the powers of the fall maiden, and that by interrupting the machine, she secured them for herself. I've never really thought that, however, and am surprised others have.

I mean, if the transfer didn't work at all, then why would Cinder bother to kill Pyrrha at all? Why would she chase the girl down, to the point of risking her safety to do so? After all, if she had all the power, she could just leave. Job done. I believe she also says a line like "That power doesn't belong to you" which hints that Pyrrha DID in fact get some of the maiden's powers. She likely just didn't know how to use it, or was overpowered by Cinder regardless.

Anyway, yes, Cinder called in reinforcements. As she says, it's something she learned from Jaune, and in a way, her overestimating of him has made things far worse.

### Chapter 62

**Sunday, June 18**

FUCK HOW HOT IT IS TODAY!

Gods, this fucking HEAT! I can't even… I wanted to give up so many times on this and for NOTHING writing related. I am dying here. Why is it so fucking hot? I have been trapped in my office all day with an overheating computer and a Dyson air cooler which just ISN'T enough.

I've never felt this bad. Oh my god…

I just… thank god this chapter is over. I couldn't write any more. I'm defeated! Not by fatigue, not by anything… just… heat.

Screw everyone who likes hot weather. Give me rain any day of my life. Oh god, I need to go and have sex with a bucket of ice. I am going to shag it raw. Good night, ladies and gentlemen. Coeur is out before he dies.

### Chapter 63

**Sunday, June 25**

Here's the chapter. Hope you enjoy.

Don't worry. Jaune *will* be coming clean with people. It just felt a little plastic to have him do it right then and there, in front of everyone, when the school is still partly under attack. We'll also find out next chapter what happened to other people and with their opponents, etc…

This was a bit of a weirdly short chapter, but more because I intend the next to be a little longer. It's a bit weird, since it ought to be 15k between the two, and that obviously splits into two very neat 7.5k chunks, but it kind of doesn't.

If I added more of the next chapter to this, it would end weirdly, and next chapter would start weirdly. I think you'll see what I mean when next week rolls around. It's kind of like that next chapter will rather obviously deal with the aftermath, while this is a "winding down" chapter. You wouldn't want a chapter like this to end with a sudden beginning of aftermath.

P.s. I actually *like* Ironwood. He's one of the people in the show I respect the most. I think he's the last true good guy, even if he's in a bad spot, and I hope we get to see more of him going forward. I'm not trying to flame him here. He's *absolutely* correct to want to arrest Jaune. He's sticking to his morals and his training, and he did just lost a good friend in Ozpin.

On what happens after this fic ends

Just for your reference, when this story does end in a few chapters, it won't be the "end" of Professor Arc. I've had so many comment on it, that I feel I need to clear the issue a little. Basically, V4 of the show barely revealed any plot. Ruby and her new team just sort of meandered around until Tyrian got bored and dragged the plot to them, while the other girls didn't do much either. As such, there will be a second season of Professor Arc, but I need to wait until more of the plot is revealed by RT.

This will mean Professor Arc will end (in a way), and a new fic will take its spot in the rotation. However, Professor Arc *will* be back at some point in the future. It will remain marked as "incomplete", and you won't need to sign up to alerts to other fics or such. I'll simply release a new chapter on this, and you'll all get the notifications and such.

That might be a while, though. Rooster Teeth need to show more of why and what is going on.

## July 2017

### Chapter 64

**Sunday, July 2**

Here we go. I hope you enjoy.

Just so you know... I did originally start to write Jaune's confession out in full, but it looked like it would take two or more chapters, with that kind of thing being all but impossible to realistically resolve in a single conversation. Glynda stormed off, as did Oobleck, and then Jaune felt awful and things looked bad... It was just more drama heaped on top of everything else, and felt terrible for it. Even though I always intended them to come together again, it would have either been an argument that happens and is solved in a single chapter (which I feel is often weak), or one that felt unrealistic because Glynda instantly accepted it all straight away, when a real person "would" need time to come to terms with it. In the end, I decided on this version where a week or two has passed, and they've had this amount of time to sort it out between them.

Okay, well… here's the end of Professor Arc in a sense. As people may know, this is slated to continue. Originally, I did want to end it here, but RT just introduced so many things that I couldn't. I'd have had to pretend that Salem and the rest didn't exist, but that would have made holes (since at first it was hinted the Queen might be Cinder, but then it wasn't…). All in all, it would have ended in a way that left loads of loose ends hanging about.

Instead, I've tried for this. It ends enough in the sense that if you DO want it to end here, then go wild. There's hope for the future, some signs of life, and also plenty of room for your imagination.

For those who do want to see it go on… it will, in time.

Essentially, this fic is going to pause to let things happen in the show. There are a set of things I need to know about, and these include the relics, Raven's tribe, Salem's end-game, and maybe… MAYBE… Jaune's Semblance and history.

For now, a new fic will be taking the place of this one, but here is an important note. It will start in TWO WEEKS on Sunday, not next week. The reason is to allow me to plan ahead a bit on it and make sure there aren't any early mistakes. As such, the first chapter of "In the Kingdom's Service" will come out on Sunday 16th July.

When will Professor Arc come back? Honestly, when it does. I can't say for sure, but it could be less than a year. On my current schedule, a year is very possible, as I don't see the fic replacing this going for a whole 52 chapters.

Until then, I've enjoyed the ride, and I hope you have, too. Professor Arc has been a fun fic with a fun following, and plenty of memes of its own. Thanks for reading through it, thanks for sticking with it, and thanks to those who chose – and continue – to support me with donations. I appreciate that a lot, and it lets me keep up my punishing pace of writing.

I hope you look forward to "In the Kingdom's Service", and also to Professor Arc's continuation as Headmaster Arc. Again, it won't be as a separate fic. For one, I think the name is taken, and secondly, I just don't see too much point. If I change my mind, I'll let people know.

Who knows. I might. I'm unpredictable (edgy way of saying indecisive) like that.

Thanks to all, and have a great night!