Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190112144055/@comment-4010415-20190113200223

RaijinRising wrote:

Chish, I don't quite follow how your first bit relates to what SirGau and I were saying. Could you elaborate? What "it" would be like Blake's clones, and how so? Adam moving so fast that he leaves behind after-images would look closer to Blake's Semblance. The fandom even mistook Blake's clones for Blake moving so fast that she leaves after-images before we knew about Semblance.

Shadowhuntress5 wrote:

1. is it just me or does the animation is this episode is really different from the others before

2. adams semblane is shown very differned than before, plus he got "clones"

3. and Weiss's dust use looked more like earth bending, cause they didn't show her glyphs 1. It is quite different. The fight scene animation for Blake vs Adam and Yang vs Adam is a massive improvement. It really feels a lot closer to Monty's animation.

2. The "clones" are the only different part about his Semblance. His Semblance has always been that he absorbs attacks with his sword and then uses the energy from that in an attack. We were told how it works years ago, though we were told by RWBY staff instead of the show.

I'm glad they made the slash mark for his Semblance look different than an ordinary Aura arc, btw. His Semblance slash has very rough edges, almost smoke-like, while his Aura arc has smooth, plain edges.

That said, he definitely tried to kill Blake with his Semblance twice - once last episode, and once again this episode. Last episode, she dodged it by jumping off the tower. This episode, she sacrificed Gambol Shroud to save her life.

3. People can manipulate the stuff they create with Dust, in a way that can be like earthbending, firebending, etc. Dew did this in the tournament, when she created three tornadoes with wind Dust and then had those tornadoes surround Sage, then merge into one giant tornado to throw Sage out of the ring. The only reason Weiss has been using her glyphs to do so is because she may not have been as practiced or experienced in using just plain Aura to manipulate how Dust manifests and so instead resorted to using her glyphs because they manipulate motion.

RedBlaze025 wrote:

What I find funny is after this episode when I went to look on other forums the Bmblb shippers seemed more tamed I mean they still had those moments of over hyping but they still seemed more calm. Honestly, I dunno whether the show is going for Black Sun or Bumbleby anymore. Blake kissed Sun, has blushed in response to him winking and pointing at her before, and said she hopes she'll see him again, but the ending scene was very Bumbleby, despite Bumblebee sinking into a river.

Yang throwing Bumblebee at Adam is still the best thing ever. Everything about that part was so well-done. The dramatic angle was perfect, and we could really feel the weight behind Bumblebee smashing into Adam. I. absolutely. LOVED. that part. SO MUCH!

I realized... how does Blake expect to be of any help in this fight if half her weapon is broken and the other half got yeeted into the forest?