Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130823152544

I literally realized an hour ago that I forgot to post Wednesday's Fleet update, and I am dreadfully sorry. In my defense, however, there wasn't that much established in EP5. I blame college for making me forget. Anyway...

Episode 6: Old questions were answered (or disproven), new questions were raised. What kind of new questions did everyone take out of this, and really just what did everyone think? These were some of my reactions:


 * Finally, FINALLY Blake shows up. And she did it in a badass manner, as well.


 * Proof positive that Junior has no ties with the Grim. If so, he would have given them the tip about Yang's hair. Serious miscalculation.


 * Bad luck Ruby & Weiss. I don't think I ever imagined them being that dysfunctional. It's a little depressing, TBH. But I'm holding out for the next episode.


 * New grim monsters! The bears were pretty awesome, and I very much approved of the snakes as well. Props to Monty (in his wisdom).


 * Lie Ren might be a new favorite. All he does is Ren Ren Ren no matter what.


 * A little more insight into the nature of the Grim, via Pyrrha's monologue. It's been confirmed that they have no souls, and most likely are not intelligent in and of themselves. For those with the "hive-mind" theory regarding the Grim's intelligence, a point in your favor.


 * Still no action from Nora. Gritting teeth.


 * Okay... "aura". While I admit, the introduction of this new element pretty much threw a wrench the size of Beacon into many a carefully constructed theory, it's a very interesting idea, and I would love to see more of it and to figure out how it works. On similar topic, I believe we have finally found Jaune's strength--he may have a super-powerful defense aura which ties into his "paladin" specification.


 * A little more about Pyrrha: I'm starting to like her character a lot; the word sage comes to mind. However, I'm beginning to have a nagging suspicion that she could get significantly injured as the series progresses, possibly even being killed off at the end of a season. I have no idea why, but it seems she has the capacity to be something of a tragic hero. I hope I'm wrong, but like I said, nagging suspicions.  