Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20131011014118/@comment-74.64.52.26-20131011025613

And anyway, while the plot progresses, we need to observe the relationships as well!

Ruby has developed a code, and she seemed to pass it on to Jaune. She mentioned how being a failure isn't acceptable in a leadership. This reflects how she grew over the time she has commanded Team RWBY, and got some decent experience (Ruby and Weiss are the least seasoned of the four!). It could've been a month's time that brought over that maturation. (And it's possibly October-ish over there)

Episode 13 holds evidence on how the four girls are clustered together while getting the sap. No sassy arguments or small talk. They've formed a connection.


 * clears throat* Down from Episode 1, we've seen the opening with the team fully made, battling against a horde of Grim.  Hopefully, it wasn't for a tease, and it's a scene of Team RWBY in full flight and deeper into the story.

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On account of Team JNPR, Jaune's insecurity prompts everyone to wonder how long he's been working as the leader. Forget the transcripts for a while, and don't make him guilty by association. Jaune Arc entered Beacon with no formal training or knowledge in battling the Grim, as he has no clue on Aura, or even Ruby's hybrid weapon, the Crescent Rose (I know all of us still go asjfalfj;a whenever it's in action.)  And yet, he managed to get into this prestigious academy on raw determination. That is impressive, even if he's got ulterior motives.

Throwing the transcripts into the mix, Jaune is between over eagerness in being Beacon, but uses some bravado on the first few days of school to show that he's not majoring in warrior or in any other name like that. This is natural.

Of course he would be panicking that Cardin Winchester holds his secret over his head like mistletoe (don't you dare, shippers), so he wants to avoid being expelled from school. His dream school! While Jaune is offered all the help he can get, he still dismisses their offers because Cardin's a bully to everyone. Jaune and Velvet do have it rough.

The former's thinking is irrational because he holds Team JNPR over his shoulders, and he feels he needs to gain the skills to be the leader he feels he needs to be...that doesn't exempt him from refusing Pyrrha's offer. He had that chance, and he needs to regain her respect. And even more, the chemistry.

So in the endgame, Ruby's words of wisdom put some clearness in Jaune's mind, that while he's the leader of his team, his own worries will not only bring him down, but Nora, Pyrrha, and Lie Ren as well. There's a shift in his gears, and he's made up his mind.

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A quick interpretation of Cardin's control over Jaune. He doesn't appear to be monitoring the guy's moves every second, so Cardin's confident that Jaune won't turn against him, even threatening him more when he becomes indecisive. He was wrong.

Jaune's got his mojo back. Really, this episode clears questions on the sides he takes! He's putting himself second in order to defend his teammate(s). Hopefully, he can get out of the mess, or gets rescued. Very needed.

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ITEMS.

Besides Ruby's scythe, almost all items have mechanisms that make them expand or retract. Despite that, Beacon still applies basic uses to assignments students do, like Team RWBY, JNPR, and CRDL's time in Forever Fall Forest (which is a cool name). Mega-weapons of death, and they still use bottles.

Makes me think of the Legend of Zelda. Now all I need is to see a blue fairy, or a woodland-looking shrub Grim, and I'm in. And freaking Deku Babas.

With that out of my system, I'd like to see more inventory out of the RWBY world, along with locations around Beacon. It's been shown as a segment of Vale, out of Vytal, and the country! So there better be places that Ruby would want to go to. Down to the bright and shady. Yang and Weiss in bars.

Last of all, I wish to see Ms. Goodwitch's position in these things. So far, she's been Professor Ozpin's righthand woman, surveyor of the mock-battles, and a chaperone. Could she be a woman of many talents, or the go-to teacher? I can't wait.


 * whispers* Grit your teeth, and wait for Thursday. XD