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Bajarias.josef wrote: Well i was about to ask that same question due to Carmine's partially resembling Ruby's (their scythes) Sigh…well…yes and no…

…There is a major reason duplicate weapons are ok in Remnant…it’s called Canon...

Ren and Russel are allowed to carry 2 identical weapons on themselves with little to no negative reaction, and we can likely assume they carry spares.

Ruby is allowed to use a scythe despite Crow still being active, and let’s be real, attaching a gun on the pipe does not majorly effect the way you use a scythe, it just makes her pulls stronger.

Jaune is apparently allowed to use a hand me down that we can assume is older than he is, and likely older than his dad is, and it was used throughout generations.

So it’s pretty obviously Remnant doesn’t have some enforced creativity or dib calling rule, and honestly I have no idea what spirit that crawled out of the valley of the dead made you even remotely consider such a notion…with that said though…

…Yes there CAN be a problem with someone wielding a scythe at Beacon that isn’t Ruby…it’s called Canon…

Episode 1 establishes that Ozpin, and I quote, “only seen one other scythe wielder of that skill before”, referring to Crow while addressing Ruby.

That means that having a scythe wielder attend beacon PRIOR to Ruby going there causes conflicts with canon, and requires some finesse in order to have it fit in (like say make the scythe a new addition to a weapon so the upper classman is technically a worse scythe wielder than Ruby when she joins). This means that if you introduce an oc that’s in his second year at beacon that is good enough to tutor Ruby, your character has officially lost all credibility as a character that can exist in the show itself.