Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-29684190-20191116162010/@comment-4010415-20191117011907

This episode went by fast, but I enjoyed it! It was fun, though simple.

Lemme just pause on the hologram screen this time and try to read it. ... Soooo the Geist form that we saw is still considered a Petra Gigas, even though it appears to be mostly ice. It retreated into SDC Mine #2 in Zone 3. North of SDC Mine #2 is a location called Aurora Pass.

So, Jaune's shield has at least two Dust upgrades. One is Hard-Light Dust, the other... looks pink or purple, maybe Gravity Dust to let him give off a forceful blast from it. Both times we see him use it, the emblem on his shield gets a pinkish/purplish glow.

I love Qrow's new outfit. It's interesting that they used his emblem for leaves on the vine designs on his sleeves.

Their new Scrolls are interesting. My assumption is that this new style is intended to be harder to break. The first model of Scroll that we saw could be broken fairly easily. It was two pieces that separate from each other via a pair of thin rods that telescope. You can easily bend or break those rods, and once they're bent, they can no longer telescope, which means the Scroll is no longer collapsible. It's also possible that bending the rods could interfere with the screen projection. Last volume, Blake's Scroll became damaged just from Adam stepping on it. This new Scroll looks like it would be at least somewhat harder to break because it's just one piece that's far more solid.

It's good that we actually get some discussion about Ruby deciding to hide things from Ironwood, as well as acknowledgment that they're doing the same thing Ozpin did. Also nice to see that Yang appears hesitant to do so, given how angry she was with Ozpin for doing it.

I laughed SO... HARD... at Jaune's "I like your outfit too!" He still sucks at reading the room when it comes to romance!

Thank you for having characters other than just Blake really, really talk about Faunus discrimination, and thank you for trying, but that dialogue was awkward and felt rather forced.

That fucking Geist made me jump so hard when it popped up. Rewatching the episode, I still jumped a little bit, even with the subtitles on.

AHHHHHH! While they're fighting the Centinels, we see a depiction of Zwei's head on the pouch on Ruby's belt! So cute!! Also, the ability for her scythe to rotate its head is a very simple upgrade, but it's also excellent, as it allows for greater flexibility in her combat.

I've noticed that the Ace-Ops who paired up have Semblances that go well together. Marrow can slow/stop things, while Harriet has speed. Vine has the... ghost arm thing, I dunno what to call it, and it seems Elm can do something similar with her feet.

If I had to guess, Harriet's Semblance may be that she converts electricity into speed, making it a variation on Nora's Semblance. That would be why she wears that device that sparks electricity whenever she uses her Semblance.

And basically what we've got going on with Ruby's Semblance is that Ruby and everyone else have always believed that her Semblance is merely speed. According to Harriet, there's something else going on with it.

I can't believe Forest friggin' died.