Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24993958-20181026055523/@comment-4141313-20181027161134

Well, guessing Dee's dead. And Dudley's nearly lost an arm but did indeed lose his weapon.

Maria is not how I thought she'd be. She comes across like a Yoda elder rather than just a wise old elder stereotype.

The episode itself was amazing. The action seemed awesome. Qrow finally uses his scythe in a realistic capacity. Ilia may not be going with them, but I am loving her new outfit, and hopeful she'll return someday. Sun is leaving the party and taking his team to Vacuo so we'll hopefully see them we the group inevitably heads to Vacuo. Neptune returned for a few minutes. Yang still has issues to sort out with Blake so its not all forgiven. No one aside from Qrow is quick to trust Ozpin, not even Oscar, and Ruby only did what she did cause they can't waste time. Ren got to show the true strength of his semblance. And we got the true Manticore Boss.

Now for the opening, the important parts:


 * So with the way they focused on Maria's eyes meeting Ruby's, maybe she is an SEW. And considering Maria has artificial replacements, I have a feeling we're going the Mangyeko Sharingan route, in that the more the eyes are used the closer to blindness you get.


 * Something bad is gonna happen to Ruby and Qrow considering those Geist Claws, and by god were there a lot of them.


 * The cloaked figure is obviously Neo. Why else show Roman's hat fly past her and the fact she uses a staff. Either she abandoned her parasoul, or she found Melodic Cugal and began using it herself. So to the people who thought it was Cinder... Told you it wasn't her. The fact they showed Neo fighting though.... I don't think she's truly a villain anymore. She may just be on her own going through her own issues. Maybe she's trying to track down Cinder's employers in an attempt at revenge for Roman?


 * Adam still has his dumb mask...Seriously? Why did they both showing him drop it then if he was gonna have it again?


 * All the Villains are back this volume, and Emerald herself is particularly melancholy. This is what happens when you blindly follow Cinder, Emerald.


 * A bit more on the lineage of the Wizard, and possibly a still living love? And Jaune is pissed at Oscar, when its Ozpin he should be pissed at. Glad they are finally calling Ozpin out.