Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160214165601/@comment-14138255-20160220033723

Why the hell do people not get that Pyrrha and Amber are dead? No, do not keep shipping them, and if you do, at least acknowlege Pyrrha's probably going to be Jaune's lost lenore: A character whose loss deeply affects another forever. Forcing her to appear again will only hurt RWBY. Stop. It.

I will acknowledge there were some development problems for some, but for others it was better. Yang gets a full trauma conga line. She's had her reputation tarnished, she's seen her school and city destroyed, had her arm lopped off by her implied love interest's ex-boyfriend, and ditched by said implied love interest immediately after. This has left her bitter and cynical. Ruby suffered similar things this volume, but it shows the contrast between her and Yang, as she doesn't give up. Pyrrha's development resulted in her death, but at least it completes her arc (and we didn't know it'd happen anyway). Emerald's motives are somewhat explained, seeing as her involvement is one of nessesscity than anything.

I think this was a great volume (at least they didn't rush the ending like volume 2).