Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24032889-20190105161936/@comment-24032889-20190106045950

BerserkerPhantom wrote: I'm just saying that because the premise of the two arcs seems to be relatively the same (at least atm): An interlude from point A to point B.

Volume 4 was all about getting to Leo/Haven.

Volume 6, so far, seems to be all about getting to Ironwood/Atlas.

I also don't agree that every arc is a set up for the finale. Volume 3, for example, had the Vytal Festival and some major character deaths, and Volume 5 finally explored the set-up with Raven.

I'm just gonna assume that the rest of the arc is fluff 'till we get to Atlas and patiently wait for Volume 7.

Winter's re-appearance would redeem it though :D What I meant by that was, while much of V1-2 was setup for V3, it was also setup for beyond that, and even all of the deaths and dismemberment and abandonment were setup for what came after. Pyrrha was the reason they went to Mistral. Yang confronting Oz to get answers in V6E2 was both setup for Jinn and payoff from Raven pressing Yang to question him.

You can't get to the final fight without explaining literally everything that led up to it, is all. Or else there's no stakes, no weight.

I think where you're coming from is, "we know they'll make it to Atlas, so how they do does not matter." I'd counter with "Do you know for certain, nope." And for all we know, something could happen in the next three episodes that nullifies the need to go or another hurdle is added that makes it take longer, yet we still find a satisfying end point.

I'm still waiting to find the land of light since I sincerely doubt it's the Haven vault. It's somewhere in Anima. Maybe that factors in. There's still so much to tie up that I don't think this volume can be summed up by "they learned about Oz and Salem on their way to Atlas."