Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171208180706/@comment-34633327-20171209173453

Okay, time for my thoughts.....

So Raven gets right on it throwing out shade for each of them, and Watts pretty much says its spot on! I gotta wonder though, did Cinder actually change her surname? If so, the hells her real surname? We also got another time frame date. CAME (I blame SYUTK for getting that stuck in my head) said that the semester starts in 2 days! Haven's fall is drawing closer and closer.

So Watts is a disgraced Atlesian Doctor, and given that he was also said to be a scientist, and that he is responsible for not only the Queen Virus, but also for making a new tail for Tyrian, it would seem he either had multiple PhD's, or he is more in the field of Engineering with a hint of biomechanics/prostesis. Though, what would cause someone to be disgraced in Atlas of all places, the Kingdom where technological advancement is the norm, where Faunus racism is the norm, and where the Aristocracy is so haughty that I think most reactors cheered when Weiss accidentally sicced Pumba on that woman? Was he doing human experimentation? Only making weapons of war?

Jesus, Cinder's hate boner for Ruby is full on massive by now. Gone is her rational mind she once had, now she is consumed by Vengeance. Now, while I was a tad disappointed by their being no fight with the tribe and the "Law of Mercury" not getting to take place, I will say their talk was not a boring one, but rather entertaining. Watts stole the show in the talk for me, but then again, he's voiced by Chris Sabbat. And Mercury is still the cocky SOB we all love, though if he thought Raven would care he "took down" Yang, heheheh... She'd more likely claim he's weak for having to take a dive in the first place.

So, Raven is planning on playing the long game, pretend to ally with Salem, sic their forces on Ozpin's, then slip away, have Vernal steal the relic, then run off. She sure does like running doesn't she? All for the tribe though, amirite? Find it interesting that she asked Qrow be killed though. I mean, Qrow and her don't have the best relationship, but what is the reasoning behind this demand? Is it just Qrow is definitely involved in the fight, or is her disdain for the brother that abandoned the tribe so strong she wants him dead?

Vernal is confirmed Spring..... We all knew it weeks ago, we just wanted confirmation. So something interesting about all this for me is how she looked when mentioning this is for the tribe when Raven left. I wonder, was she so indoctrinated by the tribe she may see what Raven's doing as the wrong move and try to usurp her, then ally with Salem herself solely to "protect the tribe"? Seeing as the Maiden's were admitted to just be a means to an end, Vernal wouldn't be at risk of suffering the fate of Amber, she'd probably be the fifth member of Salem's subordinates. What would their name be then, since the other four were WTCH, how would a V fit in their?

Blake and Sun make it in time, and damn Ghira is agile! Dude really is a Panther with moves like those. His Aura flared but like Chish said, I gotta wonder if really broke, ever since that fiasco with Tyrian and Ruby. He and Sun teaming up is definitely someone I want to see (Kill those fucking foxes!) and by god I want Ghira to live now more than ever! Blake has her Dust Clones again, but I gotta ask, where did she get the dust? She had them in the Breach because Weiss gave her a cartridge, and I'm not sure if Menagerie has Dust vendors. (Plus, we got a bit more fight scenes out of this, including Sun breaking through a window Like a Boss.)

I'm now worried for Kali more than ever, since right now she is MIA. And Ilia and Blake are finally going to fight. The scene may have been quiet, but it's that silence that is more impactful. Ilia reaching for her weapon but flinching before she does and Blake glares at her. That right there tells you she is still not okay with this, plus the fact she is wearing her mask. When she had Blake caught, and all of their other confrontations in Volume 5, she always took the mask off, a sign of familiarity between the two not needing the mask. Here, she still has the mask on, because she is trying to toss her personal feelings away, and function only as a tool of the WF. By god she is indoctrinated hard. The two slowly drawing their weapons, each hoping the other will back down, only for both to draw them. Once two friends, now two enemies, both fighting for the same cause but with radically different means. This is the fight we've been waiting for (See what I did there? ....Okay even Barb would cringe at that.)

Gotta say, I liked this episode. I can't really say anything about the Qrow and Oscar scene cause it just seemed so little in the whole episode. Only big thing about it is that Raven is watching, or hoping to talk to Qrow. Let's see where we go from here.