Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20180109165438/@comment-80.192.76.76-20180110022302

I thought the episode was alright. Need to see more fights though. We keep getting build ups but then the fights don't really show or at least not fully. Less talking, more fighting. They have two episodes left, so please, please make it count RT.

Hazel's motivation.....a lot of people have argued it's rather lacklustre. I agree, though a possible way to save it would be to have it be the beginning of his road to Salem rather than the sole reason. I mean Divide mentions Ozpin sacrificing people for a war he can't win, so maybe Salem convinced Hazel his sister died for Ozpin's pointless struggle - it's the beginning off his reason rather than the sole cause. Would've been better if Ozpin had killed Gretchen directly for some reason that couldn't be justified on "she was evil grounds" - perhaps sacrificing her "for the greater good".

I like that we got to see Dust infusion though.

Raven being the Spring Maiden was a nice twist. Some people did theorise this beforehand and looking back, I can see the hints that I didn't think much of at the time.

Jaune's healing...if it's his Semblance I don't really mind. I've heard suggestions it removes the presence of threat since Jaune can now just heal everyone right up. That's not necessarily the case - if it's costly to his Aura it can be limited, characters may not be able to get to him and we don't know how much he can recover - can he heal a blown off limb, massive bleeding and broken spine on the same person, for example?

Cinder is Grimmified. Well, that's interesting. Not unprecedented, what with Salem seeming to be Grimmified herself. I wonder how Mercury and Emerald will take it. Oh god the OCs that will come from this.