Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24993958-20170114144645/@comment-14138255-20170117191210

It is sort of interesting how they introduced Pyrrha, an unambiguous symbol of virtue and valour, as well as Team SSSN first and then introduced Mistral's somewhat shady past and present, with a corrupt and self serving Empire in the past and a criminal underbelly in the present. Good way of making sure we don't hate them immediately like people do in other fiction. Also helps acclimate better to RWBY's present. To the main characters, The War was a long time ago (with only one main character, Jaune, having any ties to it).