Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190112144055/@comment-4141313-20190114022604

ChishioKunrin wrote: BlizzardDragon wrote: 1.

2. We don't need to know how he got the brand since we can figure it out with basic deductive reasoning, racist SDC workers, and we already know how he started out in the White Fang. To explain further could either undermine what is already shown, make him unintentionally sympathetic, or be seen as pointless padding. 1. You mean the airship that Cordo shot down? Last we saw of it, Cordo damaged it with the missile Maria tried to fire at her, and the ship was crash landing.

With that having happened, I wouldn't be surprised if they're gonna be stuck in Argus for a little while longer, which also potentially gives Neo and Cinder time to catch up, perhaps early next volume.

2. Here's the thing, though... They could've easily just given him plain scars, went "He got seriously hurt by humans", and then left it at that with no flashback or backstory reveal beyond that.

But they went with something much more detailed than that... They put very specific lettering pointing to the very story-prominent Schnee Dust Company. 1. There are several things wrong with that though. Firstly, only an engine on the wing got hit, which could be fixed by Maria and Qrow or held together with one of Weiss' Glyph's, and we don't even know if its actually crash landing since they cliffhanged us.

Then there is the fact that even if they beat Cordovin, if they don't leave Argus, they will be arrested, which we don't have time for.

And Cinder and Neo are two weeks behind the protagonists, meaning they'd be sitting in Argus for Two Weeks, and even then, Cinder thinks they've already left for Atlas, which is where she's going now, not Argus, straight to Atlas. Knowing her and Neo, they could easily end up finding their own way while also avoiding Argus, especially considering Cinder is an actual wanted woman at this point.

The narrative doesn't have the luxury of staying in Argus right now.

2. Nothing however says that is specifically for a deeper reason. It can easily be for a visual metaphor, considering Adam is a Bull Faunus and typically Bulls and Cows are branded, or could easily be foreshadowing for when they get to Atlas and Blake and Yang find more Faunus with a similar branding.

Besides, they originally planned for Normal Scars, as the CRWBY documentary showed he had normal scars on his face in the planning stages, but after that got leaked, it was changed. If anything, they probably changed it since it fit thematically and so that the leak wouldn't really hold water.