Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171123054740/@comment-4010415-20171125222917

KingFubuki92 wrote:

2. While we are getting a history per say, we aren't really getting a time frame. The closest we have is the knowledge that the King of Vale set up the Academies after the Great War ended 80 years ago.

3. So then that begs the question..... Where was he keeping Knowledge and Creation?

4. As TvTropes puts it, this episode was a Breather Episode, not Filler. A nice little Calm before the Storm. The problem is, if done wrong the Breather Episode can come across as pointless. Take Gravity Falls for Example. Season 2's Roadside Attraction was set between the tense episode The Last Mabelcorn and the Penultimate Episode before the Grand Finale Weirdmageddon, Dipper and Mabel vs. The Future. Because of this and a generally poor plot for the episode, it is regarded as not only a waste, but also one of the worst episodes in the series. So in this case, the Breather Episode was done wrong. 2. Hrmm, he said that the Wizard thing was centuries ago, but not how many centuries... Also, here's an inconsistency: Ozpin said the Wizard thing was centuries ago, but in Fall, Glynda said the Maidens have been around for thousands of years. This means either "centuries" is a huge understatement or "thousands of years" is a huge overstatement.

3. A very good question...

4. True, true. And, sadly, there's not much for this episode to breathe from. Meanwhile, Volume 4 was a breather arc for after Volume 3. It actually had something to breathe from, though it spent too much time taking a breather.