User blog:Maki Kuronami/Lesson 7: The Art of Chess, and Gravity was happy.

So, today's episode. As expected, it was as short as the second part of The First Step. But the information we discovered today are pretty good.

First, to sum up.


 * Blake smiles alot more than I thought.


 * Ozpin and Glynda watch RWBY in their data pad directly.


 * The relics are chess pieces.


 * Weiss is a jerk with standards.


 * Gravity was happy with Jaune and Ruby.

Now, let's talk about the relics. It seems they change yearly. This year, we get:

Chess.

I think this may be a symbolism of Ozpin thinking of his students as chess pieces in a plan of his. This also explains why he's such an ass to his students. They're just pieces on a game board. What's there to be concerned about? Speaking of which, who is he up against for his "opponent"? Crimson? The Grim Leader? That's a very open question as of now.

Most of this theory for Chessmaster!Ozpin is inspired by Umineko though, given the amount of chess metaphor in that one. So this may hold no water.

Then there's the law of gravity taking effect on Jaune... and for some reason, Ruby.

Wut.

Yeah, I dunno. I wanna think that Ruby ticked off Weiss and then was tossed across the entire forest for her shenanigans. It doesn't make sense, but it's funny.

Speaking of which, Jaune.

I'm beginning to think that he's not gonna be the hidden badass that I'm thinking. His comeptence ratio is currently -50% after the whole antic with the Grim Scorpion. It's his last chance to make up for this in the next episode.