User blog comment:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/SYUTK's V5E13 - The Fall of the Fall Maiden - Impressions/Recap/@comment-34633327-20180118014040

Okay.... I am trying to enjoy my birthday right now so I am gonna keep this as brief as possible:

1. Nora's semblance isn't instantaneous. Both of the major times we've seen, when Nolan shocked her with his cattleprod and Ruby shot her, she still suffered from the recoil.

Her semblance doesn't kick in instantly, it takes the energy from being hit, and converts it into her own energy. It takes a second to kick in, like it did with Hazel.

2. The fact Blake and the "Menagerie Militia" as I like to call them got the MPD involved possibly means they got a ride from the MPD, hence how they made it two weeks. And the training the Militia got is clearly basic combat training, not advanced stuff like being a huntsman. They are carrying the most basic of weapons, and considering the scenes of some of them fighting, they aren't that good.

3. Considering those bomb blasts were meant to be the cause of the fall of Haven, and that the campus is pretty big, I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess those are some pretty high powered bombs, enough to blow up the entire campus just with the amount on the tower.

4. I'm just going to copy and paste my comment about Adam on the "Downfall" page here:

A little thing for anyone whose upset Adam was so easily caught off guard by Blake. I offer something to keep in mind regarding Adam.

 1) Adam's greatest weapon over Blake and Yang was intimidation. Blake was frightened to see him at Beacon and initially wanted to run, only attacking when he threatened to kill a student. In the proceeding fight, she focused more on trying to talk him down like she would later do with Ilia. Problem is, Adam didn't care. Yang charged in recklessly and Adam used his semblance to one hit ko her. Had she not done that, the result could have not been such a curbstomp. All Blake needed to do to not be at such a disadvantage is face her fear of him. And with an army at her back and the Mistral Police ready to help, its a lot easier to face said whiny edgelord of a fear.

2) Adam's mental state is severely deteriorating. While he once was able to come across as slightly sane, now he has reached the point where he will gladly blow himself, his followers, and fellow faunus alike up just to spite the Humans, and to see Blake derail his plans sent him into a rage. He did the exact same thing Yang did to him. Irony at it's finest.

 5. Hazel was standing there since it was a moment of catharsis. He was pissed at Adam keeping him out of the business with Sienna, he wanted to see Adam try and fix his own mess. Ozcar on the other hand was laying on the floor, weakened, and Nora only knocked him out the building cause he was caught off guard. He could take his time.

 6. The reunion wasn't grand because they are in the middle of a battle part of a war. I don't know what you were expecting considering they are fighting. That kinda reunion would more likely get one of them killed.

 7. Emerald is a "Notice Me Sempai" for Cinder. The idea of Yang actually getting near Cinder, along with the very real reality she may not be escaping this time and could end up in jail, would easily send her into a panic. The person who messes with minds doesn't have the most stable mind herself.

 8. Vernal was laying right next to the Vault door, and all the rocks were falling in on area, which wasn't near the door. She wouldn't get crushed. And considering her wound was in the abdoman and the main cause of her death was assumedly bleeding out, she would of course still be alive for some time until she actually bled out.

 9. Raven freezing Cinder was near identical to hear freezing Cinder's feet. She formed a ball of blue light in her hand, but rather than plainly throw the ball, it dispersed, the ice then forming over her. Its a thematic choice. As for why she didn't do it from the beginning, it was to make Cinder suffer, to teach this bitch for belittling her, attacking Vernal (With it clear Raven did indeed care for her), and acting all high and mighty. The entire point of the prolonged fight was to humiliate Cinder, show her just how weak she is. Check the lyrics for the song and you'll see the whole fight was meant to be a giant middle finger to Cinder from Raven.