User blog comment:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/SYUTK's V5E13 - The Fall of the Fall Maiden - Impressions/Recap/@comment-34633327-20180118014040/@comment-34633327-20180118151233

0) Thank you and Gilgamesh for the Birthday Wish.... I think. I can't tell if this is Gil being Tsundere, or him being legitimately angry the player didn't inform him a week in advance.

1) Problem is, in both instances of her being shocked, we can't properly tell how much she convulsed. When the cattleprod hit her, it did make her flinch for a second, which in turn then triggered the semblance. But the cattleprod isn't that big or seemingly powerful, as Ren took a shock from it too, and despite him having poor stamina, he was still standing afterwards. And the hit Nora gave Nolan didn't do more than knock him down for a few seconds, so it assumedly too much stronger than her normal hits.

With the lightning bolt, she used Magnhild as a Lightning Rod to attract it, and by then had already augmented herself with her semblance once, so we don't know if it would cause an instance of recoil.

With the shot from Ruby, she was knocked off her feet and took a moment to get back up, but that could also be from the impact of the shot.

All instances before Hazel tried frying her don't have enough information to prove or disprove the claim. It could be argued she didn't convulse from the cattleprod, but the counterpoint is the cattleprod wasn't that powerful. It could be argued the lightning bolt didn't faze her, but it could be countered she already boosted herself from the earlier shock, making the convulsing a non-factor. Point being, this instance of convulsing may very well be the standard, but there is not enough evidence to completely prove or disprove the claim.

2) Okay, point conceeded.

3) I'll prerequisite this with the fact I don't know anything about explosions, so if it sounds bullshitty that's because I'm just guessing, but it could be the proximity of the bombs to one another were meant to cause more destruction to the tower, which would then collapse and risk crushing everyone around it. The Blast Range could also partially catch the Mistral Airships, and seeing as a Normal Lancer crashing into one of these ships is enough to make it explode, these ships could easily crash into the academy, setting off a domino effect of destruction.

It sounds bullshitty to me too, but I wouldn't put it past RT to do this.

4) The intimidation was to explain Blake confronting him, which in turn was the first in a long chain of events that screwed up Adam's plan.

As for Adam's mental state, Blake isn't the only one who commented on it.The Albain's both noted he's acting abnormally as of late.

Fennec: He seems… unwell.

Corsac: He carries with him a tremendous burden.

Fennec: Are we sure he is the one to lead us?

Corsac: For now. We must do what is best for the Faunus.

 Considering Fennec describes him as "Unwell", this would seem to not be Adam's typical behavior. Even before, Adam could at least come off as somewhat sane, like in his meeting with Cinder in the flashback of  Beginning of the End,  or at least come off as tranquil fury like during the Fall of Beacon. So even if he has always been this insane, he has at least been able to hide it. Now, he can't even hide it. His own allies see him as unhinged now, and even the Albain's were considering him unfit.

 5) We can't really call it out of character when Hazel doesn't have much of a character to begin with. We saw him twice in Volume 4, both times painting him as this quiet member who was the more levelheaded member of the Coven. Come Volume 5, his first scene shows him as despising unneccesary bloodshed, backed up when Ren and Nora confront him. Then when Ozpin shows up, he turns berserk and becomes defined by vengeance and hypocrisy. That's it.

<p style="font-weight:400;font-size:14px;"> We don't really have much a character for him since he's had, in total, 6 episodes of appearences  and not too much of that has him in his right mind. I've counted minutes and seconds, he has had 58 seconds of meaningful screentime in Volume 4, 4:56 of rational screentime in Volume 5, and 3:04 seconds of irrational screentime that isn't him just fighting before this chapter. Add the Fighting, which was all during an irrational state, 49 seconds more. Doing the math, that's about 9 minutes, 49 seconds of Screen Time, About a third of it being him irrational, aka, outside his standard behavior. Add his screen time here, 1:22 seconds, that's 11 minutes, 11 seconds of screentime, almost half of it with him not in his right mind.

<p style="font-weight:400;font-size:14px;"> Tyrian, who is always unhinged on the other hand, had 11:47 of screentime in Volume 4 alone, and even when some was fighting, since that was always in his normal state of mind, we can still get glimpses of his character through his fighting style and behavior. Hazel's natural character, when he isn't too pissed at Ozpin to do anything other than yell "Ozpin", obsesse over Gretchen, and act like the Hulk on Lightning, has only appeared for half of his screen time, and much of it was him was either obeying Salem's orders, or expressing a desire against unneccessary violence and disagreeing with Adam. It's still not too much of a character. Whitley has more of a character and he's had far less screentime.

<p style="font-weight:400;font-size:14px;"> Considering however this scene was meant to be a callback to his earlier scene with Adam and Sienna, he could have a catharsis aspect to his character, seeing Adam get karma for his actions. I admit it was a bit bullshit for him to get stabbed by the Queen Lancer while doing it, but Hazel doesn't really scream acting rationally right now. I mean, I came up with a whole analysis on how Hazel seems to be like a Drug Addict, and Drug Addicts are exactly known for sound judgement making.

<p style="font-weight:400;font-size:14px;"> 6) Except the context was different between Yang and Weiss' reunion compared to Blake and RWY's. Yang and Weiss were focusing on the same enemies, the Bandits around them, and while they did exchange questions, they could do that because the bandits didn't pose much of a threat to them. They didn't have a real reunion until everyone backed off, when Weiss hugged Yang and cried into her should, igniting the sparks of Freezerburn shippers everywhere.

<p style="font-weight:400;font-size:14px;"> In contrast, here, Blake and RWY are confronting two different enemies, even if they are alligned. Blake is dealing with the White Fang, and RWY is dealing with Salem's enforcers. They don't have time for questions as RWY is more focused on the Relic and stopping Cinder, and they aren't certain they can beat Salem's guys. Talking is fine and all when you are certain you can take the enemy, and you don't have two different fronts to deal with. Weiss and Yang saw how the Bandits act, whereas Blake doesn't know anything about whats going on. If I was in a fire fight with someone, and I crashed into a window and fell into a room where a friend of mine was engaged in a knife fight with someone I don't even know, and the guy I was shooting at followed, we wouldn't say anything or ask questions, we'd stay focused on the task at hand.

<p style="font-weight:400;font-size:14px;"> And as for why Blake signaled out Yang, it's because Yang is the last person she expected to see at all. Remember back in Taking Control, the one Blake got the most upset over was Yang when talking with Sun, she felt immense guilt over Yang due to seeing Adam disarm her . I doubt she'd expect to see Yang, armed with a Cyberarm, fighting in the midst of all this. Yes, Weiss and Ruby would also raise shock, but as she had the most feelings over Yang's condition, she would naturally express surprise at Yang first. Guilty conscience and all that stuff.

<p style="font-weight:400;font-size:14px;"> 7) Again, there is a difference between the two situations. First off, Emerald could see Cinder, and she was doing alright, seeing as she was right next to her. And since Ruby stupidly jumped into the air rather than snipe, she left herself open to be hit. Yang on the other hand is chasing after Cinder, where Emerald will have no idea what the hell is going on down there. The fact Cinder hadn't returned yet is bound to raise some concern, considering its supposed to be as simple as "Open Vault, grab Relic, leave Vault, get the fuck out of dodge." yet she still isn't back.

<p style="font-weight:400;font-size:14px;"> The other factor, is of course, '''the fact the police are right outside the building. '''Panic can easily set in if the prospect of being arrested sets in. I don't know about you, but if I hear sirens outside my house, I start freaking out over what the hell is going on. Granted my mother smokes pot and is known to do stupid things when drunk, so I guess it could just be the worry they're here to arrest her.

<p style="font-weight:400;font-size:14px;"> With the police there, there is no guarentee any of the Villains are going to escape, so of course some of the less experienced members like Emerald would panic. Plus, this is more a hypothesis, but considering Emerald was a street rat for a long time and stole to get her next meal (Which is confirmed as one of Cinder's promises to her was that Emerald would never go hungry again), it isn't unreasonable to think she's ran into cops before but just escaped arrest.

<p style="font-weight:400;font-size:14px;"> 8) I watched the scene again, and yes, Vernal is near the largest blue circle, but she is still reasonably close to the door. In contrast, Raven was pinned to the Elevator Gate, and Cinder was in the dead center of the Bridge . The Rocks were shown hitting the Bridge, and most, if not all of them, were still away from the biggest circle. If any hit Vernal when they shattered, then they'd only be smaller stones. And considering Vernal was at Death's door and struggling to just raise her arm, I doubt it would have made much of a difference since it seems the only thing keeping her alive was willpower.

<p style="font-weight:400;">9) It did disperse. The Ball in Raven's hand is seen collapsing in on itself/flattening before fading, and when Cinder is shown being frozen, its when we're zoomed it, coming from the bottom to the top. It more than likely started at the feet and went up.

<p style="font-weight:400;">9.2) She was belittling her though. What point was there in pointing out Cinder was turning herself into a monster just for power then? Or her Stronger or Clever comment? She was throwing what Cinder said about her back at her. Plus, most of the fight, Cinder looked to be struggling. Raven on the other hand just looked pissed. Raven had control of the fight, only losing control when that stupid Grimm arm got her for a second. Even during the fight on the rocks, Raven seems less enraged, more controlled. And whereas Cinder is panting and collapsed when her aura broke, Raven is still standing and mocking her even with her aura broken. There were several points Raven could have just ended the fight, but she didn't.

<p style="font-weight:400;">9.3) Okay, one by one.

<p style="font-weight:400;"> (1) Red Like Roses was used during a Volume 1 fight. Most of Volume 1's soundtrack, at least the ones with lyrics, pertained more to the past and motivations. That was just a song put for the sake of making the fight badass. The only songs that didn't have the same pattern were  Wings  which played after Blake ran off, fitting the scene, and  I May Fall, which played, appropriately enough, during Velvet and Weiss' fight with the Paladin's. As with that fight, the Students weren't doing good against the Paladins, and was acknowledging that they may not win, but they will go down fighting.

<p style="font-weight:400;">(2) Die was more for the fact they were fighting Roman. The intial bits describe how their lives were peaceful at first, but as the song continues, it says there are those that are filled with darkness, those that want to end the peace, aka, Roman. It's meant to be that their peaceful days are over, and that with enemies arising, they have to fight, and if necessary, take their lives. The chorus kinda spells it out.

<p style="font-weight:400;"> Feel it everywhere and you see it growing, (Feeling a sense of dread like with the WF) Enemies arise and the hate is flowing, (Roman, and then Neo showing up) Shattering the moon and bloodying the sky. (Roman's rampage did kinda mess up the highway, probably killing some people)

The machines of war will fuel both sides, (Roman has a paladin, yet they're Atlas tech) And the greed will only grow more lies; Farewell to days of peace 'cause now it's time to die. (Peace is gone, war is coming, time to get serious, and if they have too, prepare to die.)

<p style="font-weight:400;"> (3) Bad Luck Charm is not only Qrow's theme, explaining his motivations, it goes into detail on why Qrow is adament about fighting Tyrian alone. The lyrics played in the fight pretty much layout what's been said by Qrow about his Semblance, and answers why he keeps the others away. We hadn't known about his semblance at that point though. It was the answer to a question we didn't even think of.

<p style="font-weight:400;"> Pain! Is your reward for being near me. (His semblance brings Bad Luck)

<p style="font-weight:400;"> Fate! Won't be your friend when I'm around. (It literally twists fate)

<p style="font-weight:400;"> Blame! Me for the tragedies that follow. (It's technically his fault)

<p style="font-weight:400;"> Grave! The situations that surround. (It fucks up everyone around him)

I'm a harbinger, I cannot lie, I will change the color of your life. (He turns the positive into negative, white to black)

I don't mean to bring you pain, But I will, just why, I can't explain. (He keeps them away cause he can't control it, and told Ruby he can't explain at the moment.)

I am no one's blessing, I'll just bring you harm. (Technically his semblance is why the pillar, which had no reason falling, almost hit Ruby)

<p style="font-weight:400;"> I'm a cursed black cat, I'm an albatross, I'm a mirror broken, Sad to say, I'm your bad luck charm. (All describing why he wants them to stay away)

<p style="font-weight:400;"> (4) Yes, the song is "You're Dead Bitch." But, notice some of the lines.

<p style="font-weight:400;"> No one will miss you when you're finally gone (A blatant call out to no one liking Cinder, but also calling her so unimportant, no one will bother to really care)

<p style="font-weight:400;"> At your conclusion, sing your Swan Song (Swan Songs are seen as Idioms for a final dramatic appearence, so she is saying to Cinder "Make this moment last, cause its the last one you're having", sounding like she's taunting her)

<p style="font-weight:400;"> Embers extinguished in effigy (As pointed out by Spirited on the Spoiler thread, Embers are synonomous with Cinder's, and Effigy's are models made to be destroyed as a means to vent anger. She is saying Cinder is going to become an effigy for her to destroy, all just to vent her anger. As I noted, there are points Raven could have ended the fight, but she didn't, leading me to believe she was prolonging the fight to make Cinder feel little.)

<p style="font-weight:400;"> Those lines seem to be her calling out to Cinder, not just saying she is gonna kill Cinder, more she is telling Cinder she is definitely gonna die, and better make her final moments last, cause once she's dead, Cinder's mark on the world will be gone.

<p style="font-weight:400;"> 10) Pyrrha said he has a lot of Aura, yet despite this claim, whenever Jaune fought and was shown using the Aura Meter on his scroll, it didn't seem like much. It's why I think this excess Aura he has, he can't normally access. Think of it like he has two gas tanks. One is his normal Aura reserves, the other is his excess. When he triggers his Semblance, he stops drawing from the first gas tank, and instead draws from the second tank. The Aura from the second tank then proceeds to amplify others Aura, or his own. He isn't then spending Aura to charge the same Aura, he is spending Aura he doesn't normally have access to to amplify his remaining aura.

<p style="font-weight:400;"> I guess another way to think about it is like a special meter in a video game. His Aura is the standard meter, while the reserve is a second meter beneath it. As he spends the main meter, he's using his normal aura. If he uses his Semblance however, he stops spending from the main meter, and instead switches to the second meter. He can then use the second meter to recharge the first one, or boost his stats, the entire time not negatively affecting the main meter.