User blog:Zathronas/Analysis by an author-Hiatus Edition: Nora Valkyrie

 Hello and welcome to analysis by an author.

 You can find my volume 1 analysis here

 She’s always cheerful, always positive even when she’s fighting. If the Grimm feed on fear and hopelessness then they must hate her. She’s been criminally under-used in volume. Let’s analyze Nora Valkyrie.

 Personality 

 I might surprise a lot of you but I believe Nora’s personality is much deeper than what we’ve seen. Why? Because she is all about contrast, she is bubbly and cheerful but doesn’t shy away from fighting the Grimm. She’s a true girly girl but wields a weapon that is enormous, powerful and usually associated with a male god. I surmise that it is the same with her personality.

 On the outside, she’s the outgoing and cheerful Nora who we all love but on the inside, she has much deeper issues. Case in point, her relationship with Ren.

 She can say that she is not “together, together” with Ren, but the way she reacted when Ren was knocked down by the Death Stalker in volume 1 shows a different story. She’s in love and is so afraid that her relationship with Ren might disintegrate if she would reveal her true feelings that she is reduced to following him wherever he goes.

 What a tragedy it would be if one of them would die before they expressed their feelings for one another. Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on how you see it), I don’t expect this storyline to come full circle in season 1.

 Fighting Abilities 

 Nora is a heavy hitter. When she appears in a fight, everyone and their grandmothers notices. Her weapon Magnhild is one of the most powerful out there. Making her very dangerous at close range with the hammer form and long range thanks to the grenade launcher.

 Unfortunately, with heavy firepower come some equally heavy flaws. She is far from the fastest of the group and needs some space to wield Magnhild properly. She also needs someone to help her coordinate with others as she is not a very good tactical thinker.

 Notable appearances 

 Finding Nora in episodes was akin to finding Waldo. You know she’s there but they hid her pretty thoroughly.

 Episode 1 - Best Day Ever 

 Two Words... Mellon Hammer.

 Episode 6 – Burning the Candle 

<p class="MsoNormal"> Still trying to explain her relationship with Ren (Yeah, I know. I’m reaching with the definition of NOTABLE here)

<p class="MsoNormal"> Episode 12 – Breach 

<p class="MsoNormal"> She’s the first of the timely arrivals to help RWBY with the infiltrating Grimm.

<p class="MsoNormal"> Plot 

<p class="MsoNormal"> None, she doesn’t have any and that was a shame as she is a fun character and the volume could have used more of her comedic relief at times.