Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20160109160106/@comment-27121183-20160109182343

(Been writing a while, so probably missed a ton of new posts.)

-- Freezerburn is judging you, Bumblebee. Srsly. Ice Queen was defending Yang from the get go. Not Emo Blake. Oh, no. (I did crack up at Qrow's emo comment.)

-- Bless her heart, but they really need to do something with Blake's backstory/character/personality outside of Adam and WF. It's to the point you could make a Tumblr account called EmoBlake with nothing but sketches and journal entries from her.

-- So, I gather Raven's not the nicest of people. Interesting. Seems like Yang may go on a little journey. Now that I think about it, with four episodes left, there's just enough time for Cinder & Co. to really start some shit, or go head to head against Pyrrhamber, then have Yang reach her mom just in time to find out who she really is (Black Queen has been my guess for ages, but a turned Maiden is also on the table) before the season credits roll ...

My question is if Raven's truly a baddie, why would Qrow encourage Yang to find her, unless maybe it's to show her Raven is not a good guy and Yang doesn't need her? I dunno. Also, wonder if she'll make the journey alone or with a teammate, or all three of them? I can see things getting weird at Beacon, distracting her team and letting her slip away.

--  Oh, Pyrrha. See, I don't think she *attacked* Jaune per se, I think it was more her aura protecting her. Involuntary reflex kind of deal. Same result, sure, but there was no magnetic sound, it was the sound of her aura, IIRC. (Even though I thought hers was a different color than black.) Poor team JNPR is so worked up about the tourney, they think Pyrrha's mood is due to the fight.

 -- I shipped Arkos for about a half season, but somewhere along the way I just stopped liking Jaune and thought Pyrrha could do better. That being said, the scene could have been handled much better. I mean, all this time with three seasons, and Jaune is just now holding her hand and saying, 'I'll be there for you?' I would have slammed his ass into a wall as well.

 -- If Pyrrha hurts Penny, how poorly is that going to reflect on Ozpin? And how's that whole fight going to affect the maiden thing? She whips Penny's ass and hurts her, Pyrrha looks like a monster, gets her Maiden invite rescended ... Pyrrha destroys Penny, goes all catatonic, 'I'm a monster!' and is wheeled away, invite declined ... Or even Pyrrha's fighting Penny, hurts her only moderately, announcers see metal and wires, crowd is shocked, Pyrrha's shocked, while this is going down, Cinder goes for Amber. And instead of Cinder, the power finds its way to Pyrrha as she's still in the ring.

 -- I think Emerald saw that Ruby did see her, and that's her in the tunnels, not Mercury. Merc didn't seem too upset at having to hide, and for him to just turn around and come right back is very odd. But also, having Ruby 'see' a healthy Mercury could just add to the delicious confusion. And where was her scythe? Are they made to stow their weapons when they enter the tourney?