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Okay, just watched Episode 7. I don't mind having been completely wrong on all levels of my predictions because what we got was just as awesome.


 * As I half-seriously predicted when he swept Weiss off his feet in Welcome to Beacon, Neptune has an Achilles Heel - He can't dance; in fact, he's actually more of a dork than Jaune when it comes to girls;
 * IMHO, Arkos hasn't exactly happened but has taken a big jump forward, as has Arctic Ocean;
 * Cinder is so much more awesome than I imagined:
 * She's got Ninja skillz;
 * She can apparently generate weapons from fire. I'm assuming it's some kind of Subspace Pocket-type capability but it's hard to tell;
 * She can apparently fire-teleport from location to location, creating short-lived portals over moderate distances (notice the guards' surprise, they didn't expect to find the ballroom on the other side of the door);
 * She is on a whole different level from everyone I've seen so far. She is to Ruby what Superman is to The Flash;
 * I think that she's put a virus into the intercontinental communications system. I smell a full system black-out in the next arc just to make the search for CFVY that much harder;[/spoiler]
 * Meanwhile, Ruby has some 'splainin' to do to Ironwood. Given that two of his troops were pursuing Cinder when she 'ported back to Beacon, I imagine Ironwood will believe her story; that doesn't mean that he won't be sweating her for a while, just to be sure; That said, if, as I suspect, he's been working with her, Ruby is a gift-wrapped scapegoat we'll have to wait and see what happens in two weeks' time;
 * Oh, and new Cinder combat gear; I can't stop gushing about that!

Overall, this episode really, really sets things up for the climax of the volume. I suspect it will be both dark (with Vale shaken to its core and possibly mass civilian casualties), epic (with the kids probably saving the day in a two or more episode battle) and thought provoking (I suspect that Ironwood's involvement with Cinder will be either confirmed or debunked).