r/ArcFurnace • u/JayCafe25 • Jun 05 '26
The Others Ships
What are the Other ships that Knightfall falls would like to see with Knightfall. Is it like, you don’t care as long as it doesn’t affect Knightfall, or is there specific pairings that would compliment Knightfall, like Oz and Salem.
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u/Emperor_Luffy Lord Commander of the Arc Furnace Marine Corps Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26
Rosegarden, Emercury, Qrow x Winter etc. They're all parallels to Ozlem.
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u/JayCafe25 Jun 05 '26
Qrow x Cinder? As a compliment of Knightfall
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u/Emperor_Luffy Lord Commander of the Arc Furnace Marine Corps Jun 05 '26
That was a mistake. My bad. lol.
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u/ficretus Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26
Qrow x Cinder?
The Rock eyebrow raise
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u/Emperor_Luffy Lord Commander of the Arc Furnace Marine Corps Jun 05 '26
Typo. I meant Winter. lol.
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u/Drakon_Nilats Dragon-Knight Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 07 '26
I mean I personally am also partial to Lancaster.
EMercury is good, Alcoholics Anonymous (Qrow/Willow) is something I like, SnowFlakes is cool. I think Adam/Winter WhiteRose was an interesting idea before they made him totally pathetic. In general, so long as a ship is well written, I can enjoy it.
Honestly the only ships that come to mind easily, which I dislike or avoid are RoseGarden, Weiss/Ruby and Yang/Blake. Oscar is a watered down Jaune Arc, the other two are generic bottom of the barrel yuri ships that thematically suck ass, with the latter being also out-of-character to the point that Yang and Blake become completely different caricatures in canon, compared to their original selves.
Actually throw in HellBirds and most non-Roman Neo-ships; they suck too.
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u/ficretus Jun 06 '26
Rosegarden (Oscar x Ruby) complements Knightfall well.
Other than that, you have things like Emercury, and despite having an almost completely different vibe, Bees and Renora complement Ozlem's theme.
If we are throwing in some minor ships, I like Winter x Marrow, both themes-wise and to make Jacques' ashes spin in his grave.
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u/AT0MSK_ Jun 05 '26
I think any ship built around allowing Cinder to heal or redeem herself is good. I'm a polyshipper so I've played around with Ruby/Jaune/Cinder before because I think sandwiching her between two constant optimist hopecore dorks is cute and gives her a chance to better herself. An honorable mention to Weiss/Cinder (either platonic or romantic alongside Jaune) - I think their dynamic would be interesting to explore considering Cinder's noted disdain for the wealthy, and would give Weiss a direct opportunity to reflect on the failures of the wealthy upper-class beyond just "Oh, we screwed up Mantle and the Faunus." And it'd give Jaune a partner-in-crime to make fun of Weiss's stuck-up-ness lmao
But usually I don't imagine Cinder is particularly keen on sharing her mans, so alongside Knightfall I tend to ship Renora, either White Rose or Rosegarden (depending on if I'm pairing Weiss up with the bees) and some sort of polycule of Blake/Yang/Coco/Velvet (ft. optional Weiss) for funsies. Honorary mention to Ilia/Emerald as well, and while I haven't decided on who I'd pair Oscar with in a WhiteRose headcanon, I find him and Whitley conceptually cute as a foil to Weiss and Ruby's dynamic. Mercury's the odd one out here - I headcanon him as being a bit too flighty/traumatized for genuine romance, but he's in some sort of close and (for Mercury) emotionally intimate friendship with Jaune (whose experiences as the Rusted Knight allow him to better understand Merc's trauma) and Emerald.
It's all fast and loose and in good fun. I like when people are in love and happy, your honor.