Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24032889-20190105161936/@comment-25936766-20190112175841

Just watched the episode. And next time guys, if I don't respond on the latest ep's spoiler thread 2 days after it came out, tell me on Discord or something if the episode has amazing faceshots or not.

Because seriously, this episode is better than I expected but most importantly it's arguably the funniest episode in this entire season. The faces alone are pure gold, with Weiss as the natural queen there, and even the fight between Adam and Blake has funny moments.

1) Virgin Cordovin vs Chad Nubuck Guards

Cordovin: >Tells Weiss to tell Ironwood she escorted her to Atlas because she can't even lick her superior's boots herself.

>Is so unimportant that even when she's right in front of the camera she's out of focus.

>Gets triggered by the sound of crunched cashews.

>Unleashes a Metal Gear in response to a single stolen airship while thinking the whole city is rebelling.

Nubuck Guards: >Do not ask Weiss to say anything that could help them get a promotion.

>Take initiative and offer to take her suitcase on the plane for her like true gentlemen.

>Inmediately offer to entertain a crying baby to make it stop crying.

>Only call Weiss a traitor after she attacks them and throws them off the plane.

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2) Crying baby with sonic voice.... And they say Salem is fear...

3) My suspension of disbelief dropped by 70% when Saphron said "just like we practiced" while Adrian made that nod. I mean, he's like 2 years old, I seriously doubt a baby would even understand even simple plans like that. At least not without a simple order like "now, cry".

4) As funny as that line was, I find it a bit hard to believe Blake would just casually tell Terra that she has hacked Atlas security before. It's like telling an officer that you have robbed stores.

Also what's with Yang's face when Blake said stealth isn't her forte? She's right. What part of Yang is stealthy?

5) Something I didn't think about until I read the character status chart: Why didn't Qrow do the hacking? Or at least tag-along with Blake? Bad luck aside, he can literally turn into an innocent-looking bird.

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6) I honestly barely noticed it was Weiss speaking when she said "why can they see us?". She just sounded so higher pitched.

Speaking of which, when Ruby does her "we're all in this together line", she actually, finally, after a million years, speaks like an actual 16/17 year old. Lindsay doesn't force any squeaky voices, and it doesn't just sound much better and pleasing to the ears, but it doesn't ruin the scene. We need more of that.

7) >"Jargon was fine, but our pilots aren't elderly women"

A few minutes later

>Cordovin pilots a Mecha.

8) Speaking of Mechas, they clearly couldn't wait until Gen:Lock's release. Although I wonder, is it really Atlesian, or finished? It doesn't have any Atlesian colors.

9) First hide prototype Robo-Huntress as a random Vytal Tournament participant. Now hide Metal Gear in a rock right next to a city. For a man who loves to send a whole army to deal with even a small outpost, Ironwood really loves to keep his toys hidden.

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10) Qrow, you're a whole year too late for having any second thoughts about bringing the kids along.

Also, it's getting really annoying. Not his salt and whining, that got old long ago, but the fact that in almost the entire Volume, when Qrow whines, Ruby starts acting like "a protagonist". As if the only reason they have Qrow there is to look bad so Ruby can look good with cheap optimistic one/two-liners.

....Actually, she only acts like "a protagonist" in response to everyone else's whining. It's getting repetitive.

11) "I had good role models"

>A depressed alcoholic edgelord.

>A father who was so depressed he couldn't even raise her properly for years.

>A mother who died when she was like 3 years old tops and whose most remarkable traits are her eyes and baking cookies.

>A sister who thinks it's funny to go to a club for info then trash the place and beat everyone up when they don't have any.

Yeah, good role models indeed.

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12) So after running away at Haven, Adam threw away his mask, then went back and picked it up because he realized he still needed it for his dramatic massacre of WF mooks in pure incel rage, then threw it away and put on a blindfold that gives him even less visibility because he can't even be bothered to put on some shades instead.

Seems legit.

13) Not a big fan of the fight between him and Blake. Granted, it was short and the real fight's likely in the next ep, but still. What irked me was that it goes fast, then "pauses", then goes fast again, then pauses, then goes fast. Especially at the start.

It's like hopping quickly, hop after hop, while in comparison, Monty's and Shane's style is more like a constant runner, it keeps the momentum and fluidity.

Now, they did the same back in Neo vs Cinder but that was mainly a fisticuffs fight and it worked better there, plus the pauses were done better, not interrupting the momentum of the fight.

14) I would say something about Maria, but there's no need to. She's still the savage old lady who doesn't take anyone's bullshit or whining.