RWBY

RWBY is an American anime-style web series and media franchise created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth.

Plot
It stars four high school-aged girls —Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long— who attend Beacon Academy, where they learn to fight the Grimm —monsters that threaten their world— using magical technology based on a mysterious substance called Dust.

Fandom
As with most Rooster Teeth productions, RWBY has a large following for a web series, with over 2 million hits for the first episode on Youtube alone. On September 24, 2012, a Facebook fan page was created in anticipation of the show, with its first posts appearing on November 7. The page has since gained over 335,000 likes. Also in November, the /r/RWBY subreddit launched, attracting more than 41,000 subscribers as of December 2016.

Femslash ships make up the largest proportion the shipping fandom, however there is still a sizable amount of het and platonic/gen works. Fans have adopted various pairing names, most often based off of the characters' trademark colors.

Het

 * Lancaster - the ship between Ruby Rose and Jaune Arc
 * Crimson Lotus - the ship between Ruby Rose and Lie Ren
 * Strawbana - the ship between Ruby Rose and Sun Wukong
 * Scarlet Rose - the ship between Ruby Rose and Scarlet David
 * Red Sea - the ship between Ruby Rose and Neptune Vasilias
 * Wild Rose - the ship between Ruby Rose and Whitley Schnee
 * Rose Garden - the ship between Ruby Rose and Oscar Pine
 * Poisonous Rose - the ship between Ruby Rose and Mercury Black
 * Rosewick - the ship between Ruby Rose and Roman Torchwick
 * Red Bull - the ship between Ruby Rose and Adam Taurus
 * Iceberg - the ship between Weiss Schnee and Neptune Vasilias
 * Black Sun - the ship between Blake Belladonna and Sun Wukong
 * Wise Dragon - the ship between Yang Xiao Long and Sage Ayana
 * Arkos - the ship between Jaune Arc and Pyrrha Nikos
 * ReNora - the ship between Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren
 * Gelato - the ship between Neopolitan and Roman Torchwick

Femslash

 * White Rose - the ship between Ruby Rose and Weiss Schnee
 * Ladybug - the ship between Ruby Rose and Blake Belladonna
 * Nuts and Dolts - the ship between Ruby Rose and Penny Polendina
 * Blood Magic - the ship between Ruby Rose and Salem
 * Falling Petals - the ship between Ruby Rose and Cinder Fall
 * Blood Mint - the ship between Ruby Rose and Emerald Sustrai
 * Strawberry Shortcake - the ship between Ruby Rose and Neopolitan
 * Bumblebee - the ship between Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long
 * Baked Alaska - the ship between Yang Xiao Long and Neopolitan
 * Target Practice - the ship between Penny Polendina and Pyrrha Nikos

Polyships

 * Pollination - the ship between Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long
 * Juniper Berries - the ship between Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos and Lie Ren
 * Story Time - the ship between Sun Wukong, Scarlet David, Sage Ayana and Neptune Vasilias