Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130927034714/@comment-10390252-20131002095614

Just as a reminder, here's a rundown of my prediction for episode 12:

1) Jaune goes on a long, dark walk of the soul to look at great-great-grandpappy Arc's statue and finds a crying Velvet being comforted by Glynda;

2) Glynda explains the 'hands off' policy for the staff at Beacon - if students can't handle a bully, why are they training to be Hunters?

3) Glynda remarks that Jaune has a lot of potential but he needs to learn to fight to his strengths;

4) Cardin is throwing his weight around next morning. When he starts on Velvet, Blake is about to vault the table and tear out his throat with her teeth but Jaune is already on his feet and challenges Cardin;

5) At first, Cardin looks like he'll win but Jaune flashes on Glynda's advice and fights to his strength, finding that agility and the ability to deflect any blow is enough to tip the balance;

6) The last scene is Velvet telling Pyrrha that she's thinking of asking Jaune to date her; Pyrrha tells her that he is a good catch, whist very clearly heartbroken.

FWIW, I don't think that Cardin is the sort of personality who would take something like being beaten in a duel lightly. Expect a background escalation of tension between Teams JNPR and CRDL that will probably get expressed quite clearly at the Vale Festival.

Episodes 13/14 will (I hope) be the long-awaited Blake Focus Episode.