User blog comment:MiniDaggers/RWBY Volume 4 Commentary Summary/@comment-25936766-20170623001241/@comment-25936766-20170623235838

@Spirit: The pilots don't really have anything that says "Steampunk" beyond the colors. And the colors are too little to imply anything.

As for the abundance of wood, that is pretty common in Steampunk..........but that just makes me wonder 1 thing: Is Mistral run by hipocrites?

The WoR of Mistral mentioned how it's people, even the lowest of the low, all share 1 thing: Respect for nature. Yet a Steampunk society would burn through wood and coal very quickly. Or at least wood, even if only to fulfill the look.

It's hipocritical and ironic. Unless we take Qrow's "particularly the sea and sky" sentence to the letter and assume they give no damns about the trees.

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@Chish: Speaking of Vol.5....something that would be cool and creative to see (but I seriously doubt they will actually do) is that the High class of Mistral falls in the Gaslight category, while the Low class is much closer to real Steampunk.

Like Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura. A clear divide between the Fantastical Magic and the Scientific Technology, with the addition of a High class and a Low class to the division.