User blog comment:Hidden Scorpius XI/My impressions on "Fall" (Vol3.Ep6)/@comment-16241789-20151216210653

I assume the bit about them not closing their fists is referencing the beginning of the fight during the countdown. If it is, it's actually fairly common for fighters to keep their hands relaxed and open if they're just in a defensive stance like that. If you're actually talking about a moment during the fight, then yeah, it's probably an animation error. But their hands seemed closed during the majority of the fight to me...

And no comments about the callback to Yang's fight with Junior? Or the Grimm? It did kind of surprise me for a second that the Grimm were actually attracted to the negativity. True, it's a big gathering of people all feeling negative at once, but still, is it like this at, like, sports games when one team loses (assuming, of course, that other sports aside from glorious gladatorial combat exist in the world of RWBY)? Do they have to be careful to not attract the Grimm in those scenarios as well? Questions...

As for the footage being doctored, I think the prevailing theory right now is that Neo (as she's the one we associate with illusions) created an image in Yang's mind of Mercury attacking her, which drives her to launch her attack in turn and break the real Mercury's leg. Everyone else just sees Yang attack Mercury unprovoked.

Other than that, yeah, this matches my reactions fairly well. Now to discuss the implications of the events and plot elements in this episode...