Strawberry Shortcake (RWBY)

Strawberry Shortcake is the femslash ship between Ruby Rose and Neopolitan from the RWBY fandom.

Canon
Neo and Ruby first meet each other in volume 2 when Neo manages to rescue Roman with her Semblance and escape. Later, in volume 3 when Ruby sneaks onto a ship, Neo texts Roman a message with Ruby's picture and the text "Guess who?" on the bottom. They both eventually go onto the top of the ship to fight Ruby. During the fight between Ruby and Neo, Neo is easily able to overpower Ruby.

At one point even causing her to hang off the edge of the ship. Just when Neo is about to kill Ruby though, she saves herself by pressing Neo's umbrella open and this causes Neo to fly off the airship. In volume 6 chapter 6, After finding Cinder, Neo is convinced by her that Ruby is the one who killed Roman, promising her that they both want her dead. This prompts Neo to team up with the Cinder to hunt down and kill Ruby, causing a ceasefire.

Neo then infiltrates Atlas with Cinder in volume 7. Later that night, Cinder orders Neo to take the Relic of Knowledge from Oscar. This doesn't sit well with Neo and she immediately became upset and took on Ruby's appearance to illustrate her desire to get her revenge and kill Ruby. In volume 8 chapter 5 during her fight against Maria, Maria asks her what she wants. Neo then transforms into Ruby to illustrate her answer.

Fanon
Strawberry shortcake is a rarepair in the rwby fandom. Mainly because the two are enemies and Neo wasn't present at all in either volume 4 or 5 of rwby. It recently regrew in popularity in volume 6 when Neo reappeared with a newfound hatred of Ruby. Fans are hoping for a rematch between the two eventually. It has a small fanbase on tumblr.

Fandom
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Trivia

 * Their ship name comes from the fact that ruby's favorite food is strawberries and shortcake is a dessert. Neo is named after ice cream which is a dessert.

Variations

 * Red Velvet Ice Cream — the ship between Ruby, Neo Politan and Velvet Scarlatina
 * Short and Sweet — the ship between Ruby, Neo Politan, Weiss Schnee, and Penny Polendina
 * Strawberry Cream Machine — the ship between Ruby, Neo Politan and Penny Polendina
 * Strawberry Weisscream — the ship between Ruby, Neo Politan and Weiss Schnee