Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20161022144159/@comment-4010415-20161023020916

Weeeell, I'm not gonna skim over 200 posts... I'm just gonna rewatch the episode and sorta reenact my first impressions and post my thoughts and whatnot.

My immediate response to the fade-in on the goo was "Whaaat am I looking at here...?" I couldn't tell if it was water or blood or... what. And then when the Beowolf came out of the goo, I fangirled at how AMAZING it looks!! AHHH! Those visuals!! The liquid physics!!

That beautiful pan over Salem's land... I couldn't help but keep wondering: Where is that place? Also, loving the transition behind glass with Mercury and Emerald's reflections. Seems they're still around. They don't seem to like seeing the way Grimm spawn very much. Also, Mercury's eyebrows are kind of.. intense now.

"Oh, so Salem has a base. New guys. Cinder does have an eyepatch." And I just noticed that Cinder has a new ear ring, too. It's a ring-shaped one, higher up on her ear. ... I just noticed Emerald's weapons are missing.

"Wait, Cinder lost her eye because of Ruby?" Which led me to think about Cinder's position when Ruby's silver eye powers activated, and well...

Yeah. Left side turned to Ruby. Makes sense. Actually, now that I think about it, Cinder's new attire seems perfect for hiding any burn scars along her left arm, too.

"Cinder lost her voice?? And needs Emerald to speak for her."

So, basically, overall... Before, I was absolutely certain that the silver eye flash didn't kill Cinder and also pretty certain it didn't freeze her either, but only felt a bit doubtful that it might do anything to her at all. Seems I was mostly right. It didn't kill or freeze her, but it did affect her. Though, later in the scene, Salem seems to imply that Cinder obtaining the Fall Maiden powers was responsible for her being affected by the silver eye flash. So, the theory that the beetle Grimm glove being absorbed into Cinder led to her being affected by the silver eye flash may be correct.

As the doors open, I can finally see that Mercury still has his gun boots on. So, why does Emerald not have her weapons on her? I like the chandelier. When It Falls tune playing as Salem walks across the room.

"Ozpin's dead?! No. I'm sure he isn't."

As I said above, Salem saying "It is because of the Maiden power" and "But your newfound strength brings with it a crippling weakness" is implying that that is why the silver eye flash affected Cinder.

"Cienna Kahn? Is that the White Fang leader?" I wonder if we're gonna see the spring Maiden this volume.

Watt saying "Seems to me like this is Cinder's problem, not ours", I was like "You idiot, she is your proble--" and Cinder seems to agree with me. Divide tune.~ Tyrian really wants to kill Ruby. Haven's next, huh? Well, it's a good thing RNJR is heading there, huh? They did a fairly good job at making Tyrian the crazy guy.

Okay, I really don't get who this kid is, but he has really pretty eyes. I swear, if it turns out he's somehow the Spring Maiden... Also, where are his parents? Is he living alone? Is RNJR gonna come across him later?

"And now the preview clip. ... So, Nora's eyes are still kinda blue. ... Jaune's still wearing his old armor." Nora's eyes are definitely more of a sky blue with less of a green tint to them now. "Oooh, haha, Jaune! .. Wait, where is his weapon?" "Salem eye thing! Grimm arm! So, it is a possession Grimm!!"

Okay, Jaune's face when he screams "Big mistake!!" reminds me of something out of Avatar: The Last Airbender, and it made me laugh so much!! Dude, the facial animations are so smooth and expressive, even more than they were in volume 3. I love it!

"Upgrade?!" Upgrade?!! Dude, so many people got upgrades. But I guess it's to be expected. It's been 6-8 months, after all. Ruby/Nora team attack! Posession Grimm! Comedy!!

Asian-style Mistral culture!~ Possession Grimm is called a Geist! "Oh, so it is called Anima. Qrow didn't enunciate the a at the end very well..."

I like the design for the Faunus blacksmith guy. Jaune took his old armor off, and I was sitting here going "Emblem. Emblem. Emblem. Emblem. Emblem. Emblem. YEAHHH!" Yep, it's a bunny... aaand it's Pumpkin Pete. So, it turns out it's actually just a prize Jaune got from the cereal company. Wellp. Lindsay's Ruby laugh has certainly improved, by the way. In Lessons Learned, her laugh was kind of awkward. Here, it sounds much more natural.

I also noticed her eyes finally look more silver again.

So, Jaune had Pyrrha's circlet melted down and added to his weapon. That's sweet. (And I'm kinda salty that I know a certain someone who intends to just skip straight to volume 4 because of the improved animation and thus won't know what the hell Jaune means by "From a friend" *SIGH*) Hm, Shion Village is their next destination. More comedy.

Ah, Weiss. Mirror Mirror Part 2 tune. I just noticed, in the background, there's a painting of the Giant Armor! Aaand it looks like we have to wait until next episode to see how she's doing...

Okay, I actually did read a couple of the more recent posts. Finally, we know what that W in Cinder's Scroll was! Watts! I kept wondering about that every time I rewatched volume 3!