Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-121.222.136.235-20140704221339/@comment-66.191.47.173-20140708060351

Ok so I have a lot to comment on since this post blew up since the last time I commented, but bear with me.

So my last post was pointing out Adam (Or who I think is Adam) in a crowd of Faunus. I didnt see the others with the masks so I guess that takes a chunk out of the likelyhood of that being Adam specifically. Now that I look at the pic more I don't notice any horns (or what people have speculated to be Adams horns) on the blonde, but I still don't know why he would be dressed differently than everyone else. Forgetting to wear your uniform seems unlikely since this seems to be a pretty big event.

Now on to the Mech. Clearly the thing is a tool of the White Fang at some point, and they plan to use it as a diversion of some sort, or as a tool to send a message to the people of Vale that WF aren't messing around anymore. Here's how I see this going. Before the dance Blake is getting heated up because she thinks something big is coming after her encounter with Torchwick and the WF. She can't see how everyone else can be so focused on something as unimportant as a dance, when clearly something needs to be done to stop Torchwick. But the rest of team RWBY manage calm her down, for now. Meanwhile, everyone is gearing up for both the dance and the tournament. I see the fight between Pyrrha and Murcury as a sort of training exersize, or sparring match. Basically the students all get together with random opponents and train together for the tournament. As for the fight, I think Pyrrha gets beaten, badly. From what we saw from the sneak peek, Murcury is able to disarm the person who is basically famous for being the best warrior in the entire Mistral Region. He may be cocky, but I don't think it is without reason. We can see from the Trailer that his boots have a firing mechanism similar to Yang's Ember Celica, and he doesn't once use that advantage in the sneak peek. Obviously he is a lot stronger than he lets on, and he beats Pyrrha so easliy, so badly that she cannot get over it, even by the time the dance comes along. He may even go so far as to humiliate her, but we don't know enough about his personality to say for sure. Now, whether it is before, after, or during the dance (I say during, I'll get to that) The WF send the Mech to make some mayhem. Ozpin sends out some select students (RWBY, JNPR, CRDL, COFV {Possible acronym for Velvet's team}, and Soilar System {Sun's Team}) to go take care of it. They all jump out of a dropship (Cue scenes of team RWBY putting on new duds/The scene of all falling through the sky) and land in the middle of Vale where the Mech is attacking. They manage to lead it to a remote location (I think it looks like a warehouse) and disable it/destroy it. Meanwhile the destruction the Mech caused lets in some Grimm, but who knows what will happen there. All the destruction prompts Ironwood to speak to Ozpin about whether the kids are up for a coming war, which means two things: 1- They both know more than they let the other know. 2- They both see the attack as an act of war, or something close to it. Whether anyone knows if the WF is behind it is unclear, but most likely it will be blamed on them anyway, and the WF seems like they have no problem taking credit for certain attacks (Like when they broke up the protest in V1E1). The attack also prompts Ironwood to unveil a new iteration of robots (Older versions are definitely used by the SDC, in the Black trailer btw).

Anyways, other than that I can only say a few things more. 1- I don't think Jaune would be stupid enough to hit on Wiess again, especially since he has grown as a character a lot last Volume, and he has started getting training from Pyrrha so he might be better at reading her feelings. 2- We are going to be seeing a lot more of the story from the Antagonists points of views, whether it is WF, Cinder, Roman, or Murcury/Emerald, (Also I hope they bring Adam back into things, even if it is only partially. I just think he is an interesting character and that he isnt a one-off). 3- We are going to be getting more backstory on a few characters, namely team RWBY.

Well that was a long read, but I hope you did read all of it. Anyway, the only thing we can do at this point is speculate until we have thought of everything, or until Volume 2 premires.