Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190126081959/@comment-37471367-20190126221207

Well this looks like a good time.

PhantomHeartless5 wrote: And at last we have reached the finale. I must say, this episode was... a mixed bag. There wasn't anything outright bad, but there wasn't much that was amazing.

1. First we check up on Cinder and Neo, who have procured a ship and plan to use Neo's illusions to disguise the ship as an Atlas battleship.

Uhhhh, airship dude, or a gunship at best. Not battleship. Not even close.

Moving on with impressions.

1.) Well of course Cinder and Neo had to change, at the very least because of Cinder’s wanted status. Though I have to ask, Neo’s Illusion may fool the naked eye, but would it really fool radar, infrared or other sensors? And how would it make it past Atlesian defenses without one radio ID or other screening?

2.) Cordo, you’re the one that used a mech meant to fight that Grimm on them, not the heroes. You drew that Kaiju with your display, regardless of what your apologists on the forum are saying. And her expression before we cut back to the fight shows that she realizes this.

3.) Ruby’s plan of attack almost fails because Ruby missed the protect life bit of SE, instead going into doubt mode. A lucky call out to Jinn lets her bide the time to do it. It slows the thing down long enough for Cordo to finish it. Cordo has a change of heart, let’s them go.

On that note, we get a full glimpse of Summer Rose. To those complaining about looking like older Ruby, might I remind you that parents or siblings of other characters throughout the show show a strong resemblance to one another? That reveal was unexpected but welcome.

4.) Ok, so Oz was watching but chose only to act when it was most urgent, even then only guiding Oscar. Not sure why that’s being judged as shady. What do you think he should do, reveal himself so we can have more angsty characters spewing negativity or sit there in self pity?

5.) Qrow seems to have pulled himself together, even putting the bottle down to his nieces approval.

6.) Well, talk about a visual of the prosperity gap. Atlas floats in the sky while Mantle wallows below, quite literally in Atlas’ shadow.

7.) So Atlas has its entire fleet greeting a lone transport. Now it adds up. The embargo. The closed borders and withdrawal. It’s not a precaution for hostilities against other kingdoms. It’s Ironwood putting the relic, as well as Atlas in general, on lockdown. He’s done this in preparation for Salem’s forces, even though it’s almost doubling down on past mistakes.

8.) A cliffhanger ending for the finale? Really?! Why?!

9.) Speaking of Salem, it seems she’s decided to pull a Thanos in doing it herself, complete with Wizard of Oz references. We seem to be getting the set up of a clash of Titans in Volume 7.

As far as the earlier I saw above and in other forums, I’ll say this much:

Those two have been neck and neck from the beginning. We have had moments in relatively equal amounts. With that said, I agree with Ark further up. I do not know if it is or will become canon. It may very well be just two very close friends. I can see both becoming a very apparent and solid reality. And while I personally favor one, I would not mind the alternative. In fact, I like both. The only way we will ever get confirmation is from events in the show. The only people who know 100% if it becomes canon are Miles and Kerry, to whom I say either stop teasing it if you are going with that direction, or if you are still uncertain, make a decision. That is all.