Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-27144409-20160218225042/@comment-10390252-20160219131429

Ruby's "new power" was explicity trailered by Salem and Ozpin in the first episode of volume 1, along with Ruby's future special role. It shouldn't really have come as too much of a surprise.

The question people are failing to answer is that, if it's a Deus Ex Machina, then what Deus?