Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20160206155158/@comment-26206856-20160207033336

WarrenWitch wrote: I was also underwhelmed by Velvet's "weapon" as well. However, I don't think it's terrible that she has a weapon like that. Eh, it is what it is I suppose?

I also think they misused "I May Fall". I always imagined that song being used for an epic collobarative effort. For example, taking down the Wyvern.

The episode may have been rough, but it did some really good things. Excluding violence, it heightened the sense of urgency within the story, gave us lasting conequences for our characters that won't be resolved in a single episode, further developed some characters, gave the main character of the show the spotlight, not only created extreme tension, but maintained that tension, gave us some sweet combat moments, and most importantly, set off circumstances that will have a permanent impact on our characters mentally and emotionally. It is. Hopefully it's handled better in the future now that we don't need to be shown it's a direct copy and they aren't trying to save time/resources for a finale. The whole "make them count" and "you spent all semester building that up" has me interested in the specifics. I'm guessing one time use, but then can't she just take a pic of everyone's weapon in a few minutes?

Yup. This too. It didn't connect well with what was going on. Especially since there was no real struggle to make a comeback (she wasn't really beat down and had the upperhand most of the fight). It actually seemed a better fit for Yang for many reasons. She's been beaten down and fought her way back a few times and would've gone well with making a comeback from her public 'slipup' with Merc.

Definitely agreed. My gripes are more animation than exposition. They've been doing a great job with it this season though the pacing has gotten off or rushed a bit in places which happens when you have a set point to get to in a certain amount of time. If I were them, I would've ended the season at Cinder's speech/the fall of  Vales defenses to flesh things out a bit, but it seems there's a different plot point they're aiming for with the extra 3 episodes. (A reclaiming or retreat from Vale)