Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20160109160106/@comment-4820209-20160110010335

Ooooo, spoiler thread? Well, then. Overall, loved it compared to Episode 7, having continuity and such. On another, things bothered me about it.

One, the little thing with Blake and her story on Adam towards Yang, while well done, was wrapped up insanely quickly. There was no building on that, which sucks, given that area was so promising. Basing the teaser of the episode on that was definitely a bad choice, given I expected more to come from it. I REALLY liked the idea that Blake, while a partner to RWBY and Beacon, still had trust issues that aren't easy to put away, even with her friends.

Another part I disliked was how Jaune/Pyrrha's thing escalated at the end. Was very cliche when she inadvertently hurled him into a wall. Felt very off-color for her character and it lacked any build up to her doing that. Watched that and just went "why"? It was a really big kicker to an otherwise really good scene.

I DID however, think Qrow and Yang's dialogue was perfect. Very well done and we actually got somewhere with Raven, after waiting 8 episodes, which I found ridiculous.

Best part of the episode? Ren's "Please do nothing to the cook" apron. I died laughing when I saw that.

Episode was certainly better than 7, though. That's for sure.