Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-30530552-20171121182355

Welcome back to Where From Here. Having had a scheduling snafu last week, I’ve taken up the responsibility of writing this thread as a make-up for that, so let’s get started.


 * Qrow searches the streets for some shady individuals and bounty hunters to recruit for RNJR’s mission to retrieve Vernal. Unfortunately, all of them seem to have disappeared into the Beowolf-based shadows of Lyngvi, specifically Heather Shields, with the tone taking a depressing turn upon Qrow learning this. Qrow is unsuccessful in recruiting anyone, and eventually pays off the debt Shiro Wan owes the ramen shop owner, suggesting that he had been “cleared”. Despite the fact the shop is anti-Faunus given the paper sign outside, the shop owner still manages to have an emotional moment over Shiro’s “clearing.”
 * Alecia Xiao Moore & Casey Hart Schnee speak with Christina Branwen in regards to what Ozpin’s secrets are. With RT intentionally skirting mentions of Summer, she speaks of how STRQ was essentially RWBY in every way during their days at Beacon, and managed to catch the attention of Ozpin for his grander scheme. Raven & Qrow were there to learn how to kill Huntsmen in order to benefit their tribe, but apparently, at some point, Qrow had a change of heart and left this notion behind.
 * Being as skilled as they were, STRQ was privy to knowledge of Salem’s existence, and the twins were imbued with bird transformation magic by Ozpin, Raven entrusting this info to the duo in her tent with her. Once Raven begins speaking about how Qrow and Tai were fools, Yang gets inspiration for her new album of Beautiful Trauma  and begins asking the necessary But what about us?  quite angrily, resulting in getting a weapon pointed at her from Miley Cyr-- err, sorry...Vernal. Unfortunately, Raven won’t just give her a reason  for why she was never there, and try  as she might, Yang is unable to convince her otherwise.
 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#d5d4d4;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Raven talks about how the Grimm have their leader, some people can come back from the dead, and how magic is real, the last of which she demonstrates herself. Once again she misdirects Yang’s questions, suggesting she <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#d5d4d4;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">has all the answers <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#d5d4d4;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, but instead offers an ultimatum: go to Qrow through her portal and make her an enemy, or stay and receive all of the misdirected info she could’ve just offered plainly in the tent. Unfortunately, Raven’s <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#d5d4d4;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">plan ends in disaster <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#d5d4d4;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, and Yang and Weiss leave through her portal on Bumblebee, making their way to Qrow sulking on a Mistralian overlook about his to-be-expected misfortune, much to his surprise.
 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#d5d4d4;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ruby proves she’s a terrible cook, Nora proves Ruby’s Episode 5 point on how she’d eat everything when left alone, and Ren proves he’s the master cook. Jaune is Jaune, and when Qrow comes home, Ruby comes to the front area with a set of teaware, expecting Qrow and a bunch of Huntsmen, and instead finding her partner & sister with him. Ruby begins to break down saying she was sorry to her sister, before receiving a tight and heartfelt hug, in which both began to cry and Alec- sorry, Yang interrupts by *asking her to <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#d5d4d4;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">please don’t leave her. <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#d5d4d4;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">* Weiss starting to feel lonely again, Ruby and Yang invite her into the hug, and the episode ends with ORNJ & Qrow watching RWY embracing in a supremely heartfelt moment (awww).
 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#d5d4d4;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">* Say she loved her.* <ac_metadata title="Where From Here V5E6 - P!nk Up Where We Left Off"> </ac_metadata>