Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160207164218/@comment-4134422-20160209200733

Kecske wrote: To be fair Merc did spit in his general direction and non-chalantly pointed to his corpse. So IMO either he was a dick to Merc, and he had enough and fought back, OR he could've killed him because why the fuck not?

P.S.: Do we have a general idea about what was with Merc's legs after the fight? Did he just get his new legs or did they get injured to the point where they had to be replaced? Do we know? :o I hope RoosterTeeth can give both Emerald and Mercury more in-depth backstory, since the episode was more Cinder-centric. We can assume a lot about Marcus now but nothing will be certain until proven otherwise in the future.

We can assume a lot about Marcus now but nothing will be certain until proven otherwise in the future. I'm on the alcohol-doesn't-necessarily-make-you-abusive side here tbh, and Qrow is the best example on why: He may've looked bitter at first, but not abusive. He's reckless, but not stupid. He's sarcastic, but caring.

Sounds to me though that there could be some complex behind Mercury over his father because of Cinder asking "Are you anything like your father?", which made him join her to prove he was better than him. That's just my assumption, but we can't deny that Cinder knows the right buttons to press.

If that'd be the case, I think Mercury got his legs hurt during the fight (to the point to be useless combat-speaking) and Cinder offered him the prosthetics in exchange of his abilities.