Talk:Battle of Beacon/@comment-184.53.32.51-20160131201307/@comment-2006510-20160131212712

Getting over Penny is pointless? No. You heard Ruby; "You've got a heart, and a soul." Therefore the death to Ruby is the same as if Penny were human, regardless of if they can build her again. Therefore her reaction was realistic and relevant, and were it not for the Grimm Invasion, it would have taken a lot longer.

Plus RWBY doesn't know Roman and Neo are on that ship; Ironwood only said 'vagabound'. It builds tension that way, because we remember how Yang fared.

All of this episode is completely relevant, because it heightens the upcoming action scenes, our feelings for the characters, the tension. That is important