Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-29684190-20191123161006/@comment-4010415-20191124010132

Wow, this was a really neat episode. I enjoyed it. Going back through with subtitles on to organize my thoughts.

Absolutely beautiful landscape. I love how much RWBY has visually evolved over the years.

THE SHEEP FAUNUS WHO WORKS FOR ROBYN IS SO CUTE!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Nora trying to be bffs with Elm was so cute and funny.

The Ace Ops' whole "We're not friends, just coworkers" thing is really harsh. Kind of a downer.

So, despite being short-lived, Forest is still important. Poor guy didn't have a chance. Now we know why Tyrian is going to attack Robyn, though. But unlike Forest, she has Huntsman training, and she'll have the good guys on her side.

Gotta say, I'm already getting used to Jaune's haircut. It looks better in the show than in the initial image they released, just like with RWBY Chibi's models.

Funny enough, just yesterday, in the staff Discord, I talked about "What if Jacques gets mad that they're using an abandoned SDC mine?" and how he could spin it against Ironwood in the election. Something like "As if it wasn't enough for him to take your jobs, now he is actively stealing from me! But does he care? No!" Basically play up the fact that the Dust embargo, which was Ironwood's idea, is negatively impacting people's livelihoods. Claim that that's what Jacques is really outraged about, not the impact that it's had on his own wallet. "My poor, dear workers can barely make a living with this Dust embargo, but that's not enough for him!"

Jacques referring to himself as Ironwood's friend, lmao. Wowww. Jacques, you're the one who's a bad friend because you're selfish and petty.

Jacques: If you think I'm one to forget anything, girl--

me: GIRL?!

Is it just me who found Jacques addressing Weiss as "girl" to be demeaning and disrespectful?

Weiss over here embodying the "Respect is earned, not given" millennial spirit. And Ironwood defending her, OOOOH!

Jacques using Weiss' mother to guilt trip her was incredibly despicable. Especially with that smirk as he turned away.

Winter intentionally arriving after Jacques left was great, and Penny's entrance surprised me and made me laugh. She's too precious! She was so excited for everyone to graduate.

"Brothers know you deserve it." I almost didn't catch that. I mean, of course Ironwood would believe in the Brothers of Light and Darkness, since Ozpin had insisted that they were real, like Qrow said in Volume 4. Of course Ozpin would insist they were real - he saw them for himself.

Ironwood trusts them so much, and they're hiding such important things from them. The longer they keep this secret, the worse it'll be. I think he was expecting them to be more excited, but I sensed a bit of awkwardness there, especially when Team RWBY looked at each other.

I felt a little sad when Ruby went off to sit alone while everyone else got cake.

Yang taking selfies with Blake made me laugh.

It was awesome hearing something about Summer. Interesting that literally no one knows what she was doing on her last mission.

Whoa whoa whoa, Megoliath? Is that literally just a Megalodon Goliath?

The wallpaper on Weiss' Scroll is the Schnee snowflake.

Lol, the shoutout to fans who type Juan/Juane instead of Jaune.

What the hell kinda ice maker does Jacques have, anyway? He always puts a big fat spherical ice cube in his drink. I bet it's a machine that uses Ice Dust to make whatever shape ice you want. Probably costs like 50,000 Lien or something. Because he's too good for a regular ice cube maker.

Sooo, Jacques knows Watts, and everyone believes Watts is dead. I actually thought Watts wasn't going to physically set foot in Atlas because people would recognize him, but if they think he's dead, that makes sense.

This last scene left me with goosebumps, I swear to you.