Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140801004849/@comment-209421-20140801144115

MetallicArcher wrote: I don't know, the Yellow Trailer ended with Ruby meeting up with Yang outside Junior's club and when she asked Yang what was going on Yang answered "It's a long story." instead of "I was looking for Blake."

Monty confirmed that the girl Yang was looking for in the Yellow trailer is NOT Blake. Don't ask me for proof, I've got no clue where I last saw that, but I do know it was stated. Secondly, as you said (with a little paraphrasing, at least):

MetallicArcher wrote: The Yellow Trailer happened before the series.

To put it another way - only the Red trailer doesn't fit into pre-Volume 1 continuity very well, the other three have defined links (Weiss's scar, Blake's backstory in Volume 1, and now the mention of Yang destroying a club).

Now, to other points.

- I hate to say it; as a person who likes the idea of Weiss having a crush on Ruby (and who writes said one-sided relationship in his fanfic), Ice Trident looks to be a winning design for a ship destroyer, and might prompt some deft rewriting in later fanfic chapters (although I'm keeping Weiss with the one-sided crush and bisexual tendencies. Much more fun that way).

- Cinder's age doesn't seem to be too extreme. Sure, it's not like she could pass as a first-year student, but at the same time, I don't think she's trying to. Third or fourth-year student, more than likely. From what Ozpin suggested, the students are expected to make their own way to the Vytal festival, so it wouldn't be unreasonable to think that an older student MIGHT be seen as a chaperone for younger ones, making sure they reach Vale safely. I'm not making calls about their team, Emerald and Mercury have a tight mechanic as partners, and I personally don't see Cinder staying long, since she has to keep Torchwick in line with the next phase of her plan. So, I'm placing her age in the mid-twenties, because it's not unreasonable for someone at that age to pass as someone much younger, or vice versa.

- Jaune is a tactician. Well, THERE's a surprise. [/end sarcasm]. Seriously, Jaune doesn't have the superhuman strength of Nora, the superhuman speed and reflexes of Ren, nor Pyrrha's extreme training and skill. In fact, it's the opposite: his strength, speed and skill are all abysmal, although the last point seems to be increasing. Instead, what he has is intelligence and creativity, the ability to come up with ideas on the fly and co-ordinate. Look at the one circumstance we've seen them fighting as a team - Jaune was the one organizing everything, unlike RWBY, where each girl seemed to have an input, Jaune seems to have gained a natural grasp of what his teammates can do, and organizes them accordingly. Hence why he's more of a tactician, and why I'd put his intelligence as something to keep an eye on - he's no idiot, just clumsy and socially inexperienced.

-I'm seconding the idea of Port being the lion character of this theoretical team, although I still enjoy the idea of him being somewhat Saxton Hale like, where the most dangerous thing is not his blunderaxe, but his fists, and he just punches Grimm. We know he catches them, so why not? If we see any interaction between him and Ironwood, it might explain more.

But, one downside: if anyone says Ironwood has a robotic arm, I am tempted to get Nora to leave them in need of one. That was the main concept behind Ruby's tutor in my fanfic, except his first appearance hasn't even been published yet. If this idea is true, then I'll be accused of being derivative, not an idea-setter. At least his appearance means my ideas aren't too outlandish, but eh.

And now a question for you all: Do you think that Nora is Chaos incarnate, unpredictable by all laws of logic and realism?