Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-148.253.184.233-20200128130653/@comment-4010415-20200201191209

Wait, was Penny becoming the Winter Maiden actually a surprise? I figured her for one of the possible candidates, especially since we had the theory that MK would adjust the story to where Penny was created partially to store Maiden powers. In fact, Fria even seems to imply that Penny was originally supposed to be the one she passes her powers on to before Ironwood switched to Winter Schnee.

Also, Neo giving Ren that "Please don't hurt me" look as Nora was just plain cruel. Poor Ren was crying.

I don't think RNJRWBY were abandoning Atlas and Mantle. I think they were retreating from the City of Atlas because of the military being after them, but it didn't seem to me like they were going to completely leave the whole-ass kingdom. Also, I'm glad Penny decided to go with them. She cares more about being a protector than following Ironwood's orders.

I'm not sure how Cinder survived Ruby's silver eyes, but... didn't we see a glowing orange hole in the ceiling when Ruby looked up? Implying that Cinder blasted a hole in the ceiling and flew away at the last second while everyone was blinded by the silver eye flash?

During Cinder's monologue, I was hoping we would get some kind of hint to her backstory, but nope.

Also, there's the "go crashing out of the building and fight in the air" battle that Fatmanfalling and friends wanted, just not with Watts and Ironwood. "My life doesn't matter!" "I disagree." was cute.

Oscar telling Ozpin to stfu and tell him how to save Atlas was nice.

Winter's hair coming down... Honestly, like... between that and the concept art that showed her with an over-the-shoulder braid, she really might allude to the Snow Queen.

And yeah, Watts is alive and imprisoned. This is why we don't assume things, I guess. That's why his infobox says his Status is Unknown.