Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130906015252

I'll just say it: everything in that episode was made of WIN. A lot of "finally'" here as well.

Episode 8: Old questions were answered (or disproven), new questions were raised. What kind of new questions did everyone take out of this, and really just what did everyone think? These were some of my reactions:

*I'll start with the obvious: teams. The teams are finally together, and we've finally seen everyone in action. Bueno. Also, good 13-minute episodes are good.

*RubyXJaune... I'm telling you people, there's something there.

*It irritates me how Ren's surname is pronounced. I thought it was pronounced "Lee", because that would make sense.

*Team CRDL surprised me. I didn't think those guys were going to be anything more than redshirts. Since they're animated, they must be somehow significant.

*After three straight episodes of "poor Jaune", we finally get to see some awesomeness on his part. He's got them leadership skills. Now we know his strength.

*Just... Nora. I laughed at almost everything she did, including her massive sledgehammer. Also glad we finally got to see her in action. Not terribly subtle, I noticed.

*NoraXRen. That ship may turn out to be seaworthy after all.

*Speaking of shipping, it would seem as if Jaune managed to (somewhat) salvage the wreckage of his ill-fated pass at Weiss. He shouldn't press his luck, though.

*Again, finally Weiss and Ruby managed to patch things up. Loving the epic Dust combat on Weiss' part as well.

*Further on that note, it seems Weiss warmed up to Ruby more quickly than I intended. I guess that's what happens when you actually work together. As it has been said, Tsundere Weiss is rearing her head.

*Awwwww, Yang's so proud of her baby sister growing up and being a badass.

*Blake be all like: "Fatal drop? pssshh. I'm a ninja." And she totally was. Yet another reason she's quickly becoming my favorite.

*The new take on "Red like Roses" really stuck out to me. Maybe that's supposed to represent Ruby maturing and coming of age. Or something.

*Pyrrha in action was actually a little disappointing, but perhaps that's just because there weren't easy enemies that she could just mow through. The razor shield thing was pretty awesome, though.

*In regards to the Roc: You just got RWBY'ed!!

*What was the deal with all the rose petals on the cliff? There's something I'm going to be agonizing over for weeks.

*Oh man, the Roman Torchwick cliffhanger. Is he planning on attacking Beacon? He did say he needed more men, but I hope for his sake he doesn't hire henchmen again. We all know how well they work out in a fight.

*On the whole, If I had to sum up this episode in one phrase, it would be "hell yeah, now we're geting somewhere".  