Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190112144055/@comment-4141313-20190112164546

Okay, to start with, looks like Blake is gonna need a new weapon, considering Gambol is broken and I doubt Shroud is enough considering its just a cleaver. She's also gonna need a new coat since hers is gone. I'd suggest claiming Wilt since it fits in Shroud, but I don't think she wants a reminder of Adam. And Yang lost Bumblebee to the river, so unless they're willing to fish it out, which I doubt they have the time for, its gone.

I agree with Yang in that Adam's Semblance is cheap as hell. It is basically Yang's without having to take Damage, but now he can apparently turn the damage he took into 'fucking clones! 'Do all Faunus have duplication as part of their Semblances?! Blake? Makes Shadow Clones! Sun? Makes Light Clones! Adam? Makes Damage Clones! Velvet? Not exactly clones but she can duplicate the movements of others! What is with all the cloning?!

Now, as for what's under Adam's mask, thankfully its not Silver Eyes, but by god is it gross looking. It looks like someone tried to brand him on his face, not only leaving scars on the left half of it, but making him blind in his left eye. He's blind in one eye and he's still trouncing everyone! I'd fell bad for him it he wasn't such a bitch over Blake. At least now I can understand why he joined the White Fang. And I can understand why he's so attached to Blake.

If humans did that to him, when he isn't even that old, its understandable why he'd be ticked off at humanity. And if Blake was the only one to give him the time of day despite that scar, he'd develop an unhealthy attachment to her. But, combine mental instability, emotional dependency, and unrelenting rage, and he became a powderkeg waiting to explode.

Sad part is he could have been a good person at one point, and even after joining the Fang, he wasn't always a horrid person, seeing as he did feel remorse at first for killing humans until Sienna enabled him, and then it all went to his head. He finally had control after not having it for so long. I don't feel sorry for who Adam is now. I feel sorry for who he was. Adam needs to be put down. Not just because he's a threat, but because he needs to be put out of his misery.

Outside of Adam, they also thankfully showed that Yang is not over her trauma of him, and that its taking both her and Blake a lot to confront Adam.

Fight was cool too.

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Now, onto the fight with Cordovin. I'm happy for several reasons.

1. Qrow has finally stopped his self-loathing and is helping out and proving a big asset with his corvid form.

2. Ren played a pivotol role in the fight since he found the shield generator, and he and Qrow blasted it to kingdom come.

3. Weiss brought back the Queen Lancer giving her flight access now.

4. Nora outright called Ren her man meaning she's being more open about being "Together-Together" with Ren.

5. Maria proved not one to sit idly by and fired missles at the old biddy. Plus, the comment about her not having a drivers license was funny.

6. Ruby continues to properly take charge and be a leader.

7. They outright confirm the robot is more fit for fighting massive underwater Grimm than it is for fighting people.

8. Jaune continued to show why he is the group's strategist.

9. The fight itself looked awesome due to using the enviroment and making good use out the characters abilities, weapons, and semblances.

Now, though, I am unhappy for several reasons.

1. Cordovin is pissing me off more than Adam and Cinder right now, so thats something. Seriously, she is trying to murder these people for disobeying, and keeps calling Atlas everyone's betters. Who put this woman in charge of anything?!

2. My suspension of disbelief was hit a little hard here when Ruby used Crescent Rose to blow up several missles. I get it, Crescent Rose is pretty strong for a Sniper Rifle, but its still Sniper Rounds against a fucking missle, from a great distance. I could understand being knocked off course, but blown up?

3. Cliffhanging it with Cordovin blowing up Oscar and Maria is a cheap move to manufacture tension that failed, since we all know neither is gonna die to Cordovin, meaning they're either gonna fall out of the ship and hit the water, the shock of which would kill someone without Aura and they'll survive due to aura, or Oscar is gonna conviently activate his semblance and it will convieniately be defensive in nature, disregarding the statement he will have his own semblance when Ozpin's was shown to be a shield.

4. Cordovin's mech having access to Dust. I get its an Atlesian Mech and they'd have Dust, and that it would be necessary to kill massive Grimm, but with all the talk of a Dust Embargo and her liberal use of it, it just annoys me a bit considering it comes across as Atlas not giving dust to anyone but themselves.

5. The Atlas Symbol being on Cordovin's Chair. Just a little pet peeve, like who is gonna see that symbol? Why does it need to be on the chair? And not even the back of it, on the face of the chair usually covered by the drivers back.

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Bottom line, while it had some issues, I loved this episode, and am still loving this volume!

I give this episode an 8/10.