Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20161120163758/@comment-14909251-20161124062314

73.Anon.52 wrote: Note I said "almost". Blake's party is arriving in Menagerie and appears to be getting focus for the majority of the episode, I almost doubt we'll se RNJR next episode at all from the description.

Yang and Taiyang aren't known to be trying to get to Mistral at all... they're trying to catch Ruby(after significant training)... even with Bumblebee catching up may be impossible prompting them to strike out for Mistral, but we still don't know of any transport they might have to get there faster.

Blake, even in Menagerie, is not on the same continent as Mistral, and she made clear she isn't following the plan Sun set forth to attack the Fang, so she needs to be hooked into that plotline, likely by combat, extending the time she needs focus to get there.

If Ruby is delayed in getting to Mistral by Tyrian(as the opening seems to indicate) she likely won't make it there before episode 10(unless she's kidnapped and fails to make it at all).

Weiss still needs a reason to leave, assuming that is the concert being attacked and some sleuthing that is likely going to be over 2 episodes at least.

Note that to make use of Menagerie and Atlas we'll likely need to see even more of these two locations this volume, BEFORE they all head to Mistral, I'd be surprised if another kingdom isn't fallen or at the brink of Falling next volume, which changes everything yet again. Are you trying to convince me or yourself? Do people really want this to get dragged out? I can sort of understand wanting as much of the series as possible, but dragging it out can also diminish the series. When it comes to Tyrian, we have to keep in mind that Qrow is following so he may intervene in that fight. Most likely that will leave him effectively resolved in the sense that he will not be an issue until the volume finale. Presuming the mid-volume climax and volume finale are around 20 minutes with regular episodes around 15 minutes, that gives nearly two hours to advance the plot. You can do a lot with that much time, even splitting it between five storylines (I'm including the Cinder storyline). Episode 3 was pretty much the "where are they now" arc concluding. The end of this recent episode involved Yang making progress, so I would say this arc up to Episode 6 will be mainly "where are they going" with there being some answer to that for each provided by the mid-volume climax.