Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-27144409-20160218225042/@comment-26018514-20160224051909

172.103.22.141 wrote:

I mostly agree, and I wasn't too bothered by it coming mostly out of nowhere. I don't think it was foreshadowed enough still. I mean, imagine if in the first episode Ozpin made an offhand mention about "Legends" or some sort, and how Silver Eyes are supposed to be important. Now obviously we woulda known that something would come of it, but A., we wouldn't know what or when, B. We wouldn't know if it's metaphorical or an actual power, and C., it woulda been long enough after the first mention of it that we wouldn't think anything would have come of it, but still understand where it came from. That's all, and again, I didn't really care, the ending would have been satisfying regardless, so just my two cents.

I agree, I feel this DEM highlights how big of a blunder WOR has been(from the start), what should have happened(especially this season, rather than rehashing Maidens twice) is that the non-maiden WOR's this season probably should have been shifted around(either appearing last season or next), "legends" should have been discussed at length far earlier(like the first season or earlier), and compiled into a storybook format(both true and false legends), then disseminated either through WOR or actual merch around S1.

Even a "table of contents" shown during the talk of legends being true inside the WOR would have been better to tie the "silver eyes" to a legend.

I'm almost more disappointed Ruby had very little to show in skill improvement than that the DEM happened in the first place, just a quick run up a tower as we had seen before and then "BAM!", Silver eye DEM, home safe, no plan, no Blake running, just RWY licking wounds until JNR show up and B is shown not there, looking far too healthy for someone just stabbed through the chest.