Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-25396609-20191214150938/@comment-4010415-20191215020354

Are there homeless orphan kids living on the streets of Mantle, or something? Just looking at the two kids hiding in an alley.

Sooo, yeah, Watts really was editing the footage in real-time to replace Tyrian with Penny.

So, the cloaking was May's Semblance, and she can project a field for it. But what the hell is Fiona's Semblance? Personal pocket dimension? That's... On that scale, that's like some magic shit.

Got some real nice voice acting from Jason Rose and Samantha Ireland in this scene in Ironwood's office. And once again, Nora is the one really, really pushing for Mantle.

So, on second watch, I paused to read the file on Tyrian. It sounds like F. Pickerel may have known something and possibly even knew about Salem. On top of that, Salem herself attacked the ship along with Grimm, to retrieve Tyrian. Witnessing her raw power that day is what made Tyrian worship her.

Really creating tensions between Ren and Nora by having Ren stand with Ironwood while Nora is strongly concerned about Mantle.

I like this Blake and Yang scene. Discussing the issues with hiding Salem's immortality from Ironwood, bringing up how they had to kill Adam, deciding to go traitor and tell Robyn some of the truth. It is a good point, they don't necessarily have to do what Ironwood says. They're Huntresses, not soldiers. They're not officially part of his military.

Oooh, that animation on the cloth Pietro uses to clean his glasses.

The heating grid runs in partnership with the Schnee Dust Company, and Watts is buddy-buddy with Jacques Schnee. Which means Jacques can hand over the means for Watts to get into Atlas' new security coding.

I just noticed the cable plugged into the center of Penny's bow on her head. Neat.

All this time, we've all been believing that Penny's Aura was artificially created just because she's the first synthetic person capable of generating an Aura. But really, Pietro just puts pieces of his soul inside of her. And now he's at his limit. If Penny is destroyed this time, he won't be able to rebuild her again.

And of course, Watts was one of the scientists who worked alongside Pietro.

So, one of Robyn's personality traits is giving people nicknames. Pipsqueak, Five o' Clock Shadow, Wags, Fisticuffs. Maybe she's just bad at remembering names.

Aaand her Semblance really is a lie detector.

"Bullsh--" ALMOST SWEAR

Atlas vault looks neat. .... OHHHH, I'm slow as hell. On second watch, I realize the planks that are floating around the chamber are stairs. When the Winter Maiden approaches, the planks will assemble into a staircase leading up to the dimension gate. Fancy.

The Staff of Creation can only be used for one purpose at a time. So now we know its drawback. Is it really that important for the City of Atlas to be floating in the air? Can't you use Creation for something... better? Not the Amity Tower, of course, since someone could knock out communications again by using the Staff for something else. Also, this is clearly how Salem's group is gonna make the City of Atlas literally fall.

Also, Ironwood says "Eventually, you won't even know who's who anymore" so casually. The Tin Man without a heart, indeed. Sometimes, at least.

Oscar trying to lay out some solid advice without spilling the secret. He's trying so hard to talk sense into Ironwood, and it's not working. Why does Ironwood have such a need for power and control? Why does he think that's the most important and effective thing?

Dinner... At the Schnee Manor? Are we finally going to see Mama Schnee? Is it a trap, where Ironwood will literally be defending his seat on the Council?