Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140815002519/@comment-209421-20140815023433

Yang's semblance matches the one I gave my main OC? Well, ok then ._.

Well, not quite, but it fits the general theme, and proves I can think in an analogue to Monty, Miles and Kerry. Plus, to those that read The Rose General on FF.net, there'll be something that ties into this... but spoilers ;P

Anyway, team RWBY has come a LOONG way since V1E8. In the fight against the Nevermore, they fought as individuals, even when working together, compared to team JNPR, who fought as a cohesive group, likely due to Ren and Nora understanding each other, and Pyrrha's natural combat skill, on top of a quick strategic call from Jaune. Now, though, we can see that the individual mentalities are toned down to fit with two-person combinations. Nicely done to Miles and Kerry, as writers, for the fandom nod with the shipping names for specific team combination attacks. But, at the same time, how did Blake and Weiss not understand about Yang's semblance already? I know that the line was shoe-horned in there for the viewers, but you would think that the members of the team would already know how each other work.

Big info on Sun and Neptune, too. So the man named for the Roman god of Oceans uses a trident/rifle/gungdao-naginata-thing. From that, we can gather that he's going to have a fighting style resembling a slower version of Ruby's - lots of fluid spinning and shooting, but then with the ability to stab.

Sun's Semblance is an illusory technique? Means he and Blake fit together in that respect - They are each other's parallel. Both are high-mobility faunus fighters with illusion semblances and fast-moving corded weaponry (nunchaku & kusarigunma). I'm predicting that Sage will parallel Yang as a bruiser, and Scarlet fits with Weiss as a supporting fighter, with Neptune taking on the role of mid-line fighter filled by Ruby.

Anyway, trust Rooster Teeth to have the two male combatants skive off sit out the fight, while the girls go for it. Fits with the Carolina/CT/Tex thing again - in the world of Rooster Teeth, women are the real dangerous ones. Now all we need is a Tucker... oh, wait. We have Neptune. Close enough.

Surprised we've seen no Adam, but the foreshadowing by Blake towards him is obvious. I'm going to put money on him showing up again before the end of this Volume, and becoming a major antagonist either late this one, or the start of the next. OR, I could be wrong, and he could now be neutral, but I doubt it.

Also, I'm annoyed at Junior's appearance. It was nothing more than exposition for Yang to be in the right place and the right time. If anything, she could have used a warm-up against some mooks. But, at the same time, I'm also glad that he's returned as a partial ally. Melanie and Militia, though... I'd be betting there's some connection between those two and Cinder that we aren't aware of yet. If you guys are speculating Emerald is Cinder's daughter, I'd say it's more likely for the Malachite sisters to be related to Cinder than Emerald, unless it's a adoptive sort of thing. So, Junior = neutral, Malachite sisters = unknown.

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