Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20170108170343/@comment-14909251-20170121054513

Retro Ace wrote:

Qrow's case in a strange way alludes to the poppy fields in the wizard of oz (carried on a streacher, village named after a flower) which dorothy and the lion fall asleep and the queen of feild mice aid them to out of the village and to safety (no clue how that will work) Except Qrow would allude to the character who is unaffected. Honestly, if anyone is going to die it is going to have to be Qrow. Various reasons exist for this and it would give Tyrian some grace from Salem even if it wasn't the poison that killed him but that big Grimm or some other Grimm that show up. Really, this is their chance to make Grimm a more imposing enemy. The Grimm overrunning Beacon is a lot less impressive given the role the White Fang, Cinder's crew, and the hijacking of Atlas tech played. It is also easier to make it convincing because Qrow is weakened. All we would need is for him to be healed up enough where he could fight.

The way I would see it is they fight that big Grimm, but it is proving too much for Ruby and Jaune. Qrow sends them off due to his bad luck charm and lets loose. Even though weakened he hasn't switched his weapon into its other form, presumably a scythe, so in a last ditch effort he whips that out and is able to take out the big Grimm. Despite being victorious large numbers of Grimm descend, too many for him to fight off due to already being weak and likely injured from the fight or maybe just too much for him to defeat without being too injured to survive. For extra drama they could come back with reinforcements and find him in the middle of a sea of dead Grimm as he is just bent on his knees perfectly still.