Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20141003002601/@comment-24993958-20141003071800

24.31.13.227 wrote: I mean....it's not like that's not what Monty and Co. does for every character arc. Look at Ruby and Weiss. Look at Jaune's arc in both seasons, Blake and Weiss in Vol. 1. This is literally the only way RT knows how to do things. If this was still volume 1 I’d agree…you know scratch that even in volume 1 they had it right with RubyvsWeiss and they almoast had it right with Jaune and BlakevsWeiss. Ruby and Weiss's not getting along was established in episode 2 and it was shown about once every 2 episodes 8 where the two set aside their differences and finaly work together. Blake and Weiss not being in accord was established in the same episode but without the callbacks the conflict in episode 14 still felt like it started there as opposed to episode 2. Jaunes reveal on the other hand was handled flawlessly, with hints scathered throughout that something was amis with him,and when the conflict hits, it hits like a ton of bicks…shame it had to be resolved in the next episode…

But with that said Volume 2 so far has made a lot of progress on that front with Weiss’s family issues, Yang’s Quest and even Blake’s meltdown, ESPECIALLY Blakes meltdown. Blake’s beginning was a call back to the end of volume 1 and it happened gradual throughout this volume up until her chat with Yang. Same with Weiss’s and Yang’s family issues that have received callbacks in this episode. It makes their conflicts fester in my heart, it makes them grow, allowing me to empathize with the characters even if I don’t have a real life experience to correlate with theirs. This episode establishes a minor identity crisis within the WBY of team RWBY which is great, did not come out of nowhere and makes a heck of a lot of sense…it’s the Jaune reveal of Volume 2 if you will, and even better, it’s multiplied by 3. This is a perfectly setup conflict…that I really wish will not be resolved in the next episode…