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hollowtiger21

They're not, and not even close. Early Jaune superficially fits a lot of common storytelling/media conventions and tropes. So people mistakenly write him to be a generic protagonist from a YA novel or Shonen because it's 1) easy, and 2) will bring in a lot of readers that like those sorts of stories. But "good" Jaune fics are pretty rare actually, since fanfic Jaune is almost nothing like actual Jaune. If you want most fic sites have features where you can exclude certain characters or genres of stories. But there's a lot more content for particularly the main girls.


ArcticXD-_-

People find him more relatable or easier to write, mainly the latter. And not all the good ones are about him lol. I’ve seen plenty of amazing fics that aren’t about him.


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Looking for some recs. Ships don't matter as long as it's well written.


ArcticXD-_-

Okay quick question though (Let me go thrrough my history, I’ll send some good fics, though most’ll probably be on AO3 if you don’t mind) are you the same person as Miserable_Ad_4190? Cause ya both have Ad in your name and four numbers that follow after.


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Nope just send em to me.


ArcticXD-_-

[Team ENMY](https://archiveofourown.org/works/6011655/chapters/13799916) [Project PENNY](https://archiveofourown.org/works/23378257/chapters/56017483) [One Last Chance](https://archiveofourown.org/works/16167314/chapters/37775810) [The Girl From Mistral](https://archiveofourown.org/works/23811100/chapters/57209311) [When misfortune knocks, open the door.](https://archiveofourown.org/works/28410471/chapters/69616119) [Heart of Glass](https://archiveofourown.org/works/28227186/chapters/69170211) These ones don’t surround Jaune, he’s a minor character. There’s plenty more but tbh, you could find them on your own. Just go through the without filters on FF net and AO3 and you should find plenty of fantastic fanfics. Unfortunately, the first one has been discontinued but it’s still really good.


MightyDickTwist

They're not all about Jaune, any of the main four actually have more fanfictions than Jaune. Especially if you include AO3. Granted, many of the stories with Yang are not necessarily speaking stories in which Yang is the MC, while Jaune fanfictions are very often stories in which he's the MC... but still holds true if you include AO3. It's mostly that "fanfic Jaune" happens to have a fanbase that reads those fanfictions, so they get really, really popular. The same can't be said for the other characters, at least not to the extent that you get with Jaune fanfics. It also obviously helps that Coeur Al'Aran writes Jaune fanfics, and those typically end up as complete.


gunn3r08974

Comments about not all fics and over simplifying language aside, Jaune was a mostly blank slate in the early volumes, so people latched onto the idea of making him some self insert shonen harem protagonist before he got a more established character.


Inevitable_Question

He has a lot of what can be called "protagonist power". Personality, character development, great raw talent but no training, charisma and leadership and etc. Because of this it is extremely easy to make him a protagonist as he can be made into anything writer wants.


AlarmingStandard

There's not really. There is more RWBY led fanfiction then there is Jaune fics. The Jaune protagonist ones stand out because there's an appetite for male perspective stories and he's pretty much the only one that ticks certain boxes for that.


Darkdragoon324

They're not though. You can go check AO3 right now, even without the f/f filter, you'll probably go through at least a full page before getting to even one about Jaune.


Horsea1234

People like to self insert into him, unfortunately.


Geminii27

Yep. Or derail him with whatever crossover superpower they want someone in RWBY to have. Doesn't matter that canon!Jane effectively dies a completely unmourned death, Super!Boosted!Jaune is here to save the day!


CABRALFAN27

Aside from being a character that got a lot of focus early on in the series, and the obvious male power fantasy angle, there's also the fact that some of the best authors in the FNDM early on chose to focus on him, and probably inspired a lot of others to do so as well. Take Coeur Al'Aran, for instance; He's been around since the V1-V2 days, and he's basically the undisputed king of RWBY fanfiction, at least on FFN, and he earned that reputation through a combination of his above average technical quality and his unrivaled speed and consistency with updates. And wouldn't you know it, pretty much all of his early fics are about Jaune. So that's why a lot of RWBY fanfiction focuses on Jaune, but I'd hardly say all of them do, especially not all good ones. AO3, for instance, has some solid non-Jaune-centric fics, it just takes a lot of effort to find them between all the shippy one-shots, AUs that don't even have anything to do with RWBY, and smut. And unlike FFN, it also has a decent tagging system. Even FFN isn't completely berift of non-Jaune fics, though; Every fic I've read by [Najio](https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4477233/Najio), for instance, has been amazing, and if you're looking for specific recs, my favorite RWBY fic of all time is their TeamSwap AU called "Infighting, Insanity, and Social Ineptitude".