Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181229081856/@comment-25936766-20190104154102

Finally watched the ep. Good ep, but I was expecting far more drama than what we got.

1) Merc and Em's scene proves why Merc is The One and Emerald is at best "The Other One".

Em: "Cinder picked me off the streets (because of my Semblance) and taught me things. Naturally I would help her destroy the Kingdoms with Grimm, because of course, even though I'm only useful because of my Semblnace. But now that she isn't here it no longer sounds like a good idea"

Merc: "My dad beat me up so I would become an assassin. So I got gud and killed him. Then I got a job offer by Cinder and kicked ass, being useful with my skillz alone, no Semblances, and Cinder not being around won't make me have second thoughts".

The fact that Merc kicks ass despite being Quirkless and isn't in denial like dumb Emerald is proof of why he's awesome. Now all he has to do is fix those eyebrows.

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2) So, Marcus was All For One. And yet he died like a moron off-screen. Absolutely Pathetic. He was an assassin and I assume he had years of experience, he should've been stealing Semblances left and right to become the ultimate predator or some shit.

Now, as a "design idea" it confirms that Semblances that rip-off (literally) Semblances are a thing, which is cool. But as a writing decision I can only feel that it was done so they didn't have to think up a Semblance for Merc.

I mean, first we got Tock, who was given a lazily-Cheat Semblance for no reason other than to needlessly excuse her kicking Maria's ass. Then there's Maria herself who was just given "better reflexes" as a Semblance, which is the most boring and dull Semblance idea this show could've ever had. I just have this feeling they don't give a damn about Semblances anymore.

Which likely annoys me more because I've been playing JPDE recently, and there people give twice the fucks about Semblances, and as OP as some of them are (outright or potentially) they at least aren't boring shit like Maria's or lazy like Tock's "Invincible for 60 secs" bullshit.

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3) If there's one incredibly annoying thing about Tyrian objectively, is that his generic insanity means that when he's actually explaining shit he makes no sense so he just wastes everyone's time.

The only thing I could understand from everything he told The Ones is "You better like it here, because you can't leave. Also me and Moustachoman are going to Atlas to make sure Ironwood doesn't stop being a paranoid fool".

But even then.....really, what's his point? That Salem will send them to die if they - AKA just Emerald - keep having second thoughts? Pretty sure they already figured that out minutes before she blew up the dining room.

4) Oh yeah speaking of Tyrian, I like the tail, but the stinger looks a bit silly to me.

5) I found it incredibly funny when JNR was searching for Oscar and Nora just throws out of nowhere "Hey, wanna go get some coffee?". I know why she did it but I just found it funny at how she'd rather go drink at Starbucks than keep searching for the kid Jaune slammed against the wall.

6) It's nice to get more info on Pyrrha and Sanctum. Though now I really want to know any other Combat Schools in Anima, because the distance from Mistral to Argus is....pretty big.

The woman was most definitely her mother. And I like how the VA spoke pausedly as if she was trying to find the right words. But I really would like to know how did she leave the flowers and vanish without a sound so quickly. And why she left so quickly. After watching Bunny Girl-Senpai I just can't help but picture those things in a dramatic light.

7) The airship that flew over Pyrrha's statue.....It looked an awful lot like Winter's, just without the banners. So, Winter's airship doesn't have a really unique design in the end.

Though I wonder, when Jaune proposed the idea of stealing an Atlesian airship....why didn't Weiss, instead of pointing out it's a crime, just mention Winter? She has a ship, why not at least try to communicate with her to see if she could get them to Atlas not-ilegally, if only for the Relic?

And speaking of stealing an airship, can't they just sneak aboard one? Granted, the whole group doing that would be dificult, but it's less likely to turn them into personas non gratas than stealing an Atlesian Military vehicle.

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8) Everyone's out looking for the 14 year old kid who ran away....and Qrow's just lying uselessly on the entrance. What an excellent way to show how little fucks he gives about the little kid.

9) Nice clothes Oscar got....but yeah, like others have mentioned, where did he get the money? Did he steal someone's wallet? Was it Jaune's, as payback for the wall-slam? Or maybe he just took Hazel's words to heart and punched everyone in the store to get the clothes free?

And speaking of buying clothes, couldn't he have done something as simple as leaving a freaking note? Geez, fuck Rose Garden, Oscar and Blake are the true Soulmates here.

10) Qrow being a pessimistic drunkass is getting reaaaaally annoying. It was understandable back at the farm, but now it's just getting old and stupid. Can we get more of the socially-awkward emolord we had 2 episodes ago? He was refreshing.

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When RWBY+JNR jump at Oscar, pause the video repeatedly/watch it in super slow speed. And look at the group while at it. Just do it.