The way he's reworked but also maintained the lore is brilliant and very well thought out, not to mention it manages to do a few things very few rewrites manage to do for me.
- Make Roman and Neo likable(Fucking hate them in canon, love them in this rewrite)
- Makes Jaune likable (Hate him more than any other character so this is a feat)
- Maintains Adam's villainy without completely washing away the fucked up things he had done and had planned to do
- Salem feels like an actual overarching threat
- Side characters actually feel like they have importance and weight
There is so much more I could discuss but I think you get the gist. I literally took an entire day pretty much to sit down and watch EVERY SINGLE PART of his Fixing RWBY series on youtube and yes, I literally sat through a 5 hour video and I watched it all completely captured by Celtic Pheonix's storytelling. Like dude even managed to fix VOLUME FUCKING FIVE, do ya'll understand the actual FEAT that is? I don't think a lot of fans do because many fans DO NOT KNOW HOW TO IDENTIFY GOOD WRITING.
Like bro watch this shit and tell me which version of Vernal is better, I can promise you it's this one.
Vernal vs Weiss is WAY better in this version and makes infinitely more sense.
That's another thing I love about this rewrite, the many redesigns are legit FIRE. Seriously the idea of Vernal(Lilly) being Raven's second daughter is ACTUALLY FUCKING GENIUS. She's Raven's tribal daughter and so her basically being a mirror reflection of what Yang would've been like had she been raised by Raven is FANTASIC and having her die in the manner in which she does? Bruh, I am telling ya'll this is how it really should have gone down the more I think about it.
I love her little bear Grimm mask too, like mother like daughter
Adam's redesign incorporating more red is PERFECT. It thematically fits his character given his inspiration and it above all else and MAKES HIM LOOK LIKE A THREAT. It shows a steady decline in his sanity, showing that the deeper into his crusade he goes, the more blood that coats his being; ITS ALL CONNECTED MAN!
Basically turning him more into 'Red Vergil' but that's good! Embrace that!
No more zippers!