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Crimson Lotus is the het ship between Lie Ren and Ruby Rose from the RWBY fandom.
Canon[]
Ren and Ruby both start off as students at Beacon Academy. They first meet in the beginning of Volume 1 in the Emerald Forest. Their respective teams, Team RWBY and Team JNPR, are shown to be close friends and allies with each other, although Ruby and Ren are not particularly close.
Ren, then decides to go on a journey to Haven with Ruby and the rest of his team, and two get along the whole time. Later in "Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back", Ren angrily refuses Ruby's request of going into Kuroyuri to look for medical supplies and as a short cut. She then tells Jaune that him and Nora are gonna be fine when they all split up. In the Volume 4 finale, he apologizes to her and Jaune for losing his temper during the fight against the Nuckelavee but he's surprised when she instead compliments his loss of temper, noting that it's good to let out your emotions sometimes.
In the beginning of Volume 5, Ren is shown together with Ruby preparing dinner. He is trying to teach her how to cook and is quick to warn her that she is going to burn the food. Ruby then sits in amazement when Ren delivers a very heartfelt speech. In the beginning of Volume 6 she directs Ren and Jaune to mask the emotions of the citizens on the train. In the Volume 6 finale, he expresses amazement of Ruby for petrifying a Leviathan. He then praises her which makes her blush.
In Volume 8, their friendship comes to a head when they disagree on what is more important; helping the people of Mantle or stopping Salem. Ren refers angrily to Ruby as a 'kid', showing that he believes she is too immature to make big decisions. By the end of the Volume their friendship is repaired, before Ruby falls into the Ever After.
Moments[]
Volume 2[]
- Ren and Ruby fight against each other during the food fight.
Volume 3[]
- Ren and Ruby eat at a noodle stand with their teammates.
- Ren and Ruby cheer each other on as Team JNPR fights against Team BRNZ and Team RWBY fights against Team ABRN.
- Ruby tells an injured Ren and Nora that she would find both Pyrrha and Jaune and that they could both count on her.
Fanon[]
Crimson Lotus is a rarepair in the RWBY fandom. Mostly due to the two having much more popular ships for both of them, and their limited interactions. Fans of this couple were happy they spent more time together in Volumes 4 and 5. Fans also like that they're both named after flowers.
There are currently over 20 works for this ship on AO3.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Lie Ren/Ruby Rose tag on AO3
- TUMBLR
- Crimson Lotus posts on Tumblr
Trivia[]
- Their ship name comes from the fact that Ruby's main theme color is red (crimson is a shade of red) and Ren's name means Lotus in Japanese.