Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20180120015359/@comment-30530552-20180123024422

Okay, so...most of my thoughts have already been expressed by the other people on this thread, and this was a slower episode than expected...I was happy to cover last week's public thread instead of the finale.


 * So, the confrontation with Adam, no matter how short it was, was one of the better parts of this episode. Plus, Ilia x Generic Velvet 2.0 is cute and I like it, even if it's just simple gratitude. Similarly, I also like how Blake stopped Sun from getting himself hurt, and even if it wasn't a large scale battle like I'd wanted, it was much smarter of Blake than I usually give her credit for.


 * So, Hazel is dangerous because of his Semblance and his ability to recharge Aura, given what Nora was saying...perhaps one's capacity to keep their Aura up is related to pain, and so by not feeling any of it as part of his Semblance, it lets him focus on keeping his Aura strong?


 * I really wanted more fighting...they tease a battle of RWB vs. HEM and then they show NONE of it. I don't know about you, but that pisses me off a bit...it leaves me feeling let down since the finale episodes in RWBY are usually chock-full of action, and this was supposed to wrap up the attack on Haven. They should've shown us that...and if they want some form of redemption on that, they could give us a short of RWB fighting together against them as bonus content on Blu-Ray perhaps. Even still, big missed opportunity...maybe you guys shouldn't wait until the week before the Volume ends to finish the actual scripting & such. Maybe I sound like a whiny brat for that, but most people I've talked to have felt the same about the subject.


 * The Yang & Raven confrontation almost makes up for it, and I'm glad to see that someone was able to call Raven out on her bullshit and hypocrisy. With this, Yang has become my favorite character this Volume, pushing Weiss to second, which I didn't expect. Similarly, I also felt Yang's words were believable, and I'm impressed she managed to talk down Raven, and get the Relic with no interference.


 * Might just be a crackpot, but I'm still a little bit confused as to why Yang was crying when she first grabbed the RoK. She seemed mostly fine when she went in, she'd basically wiped the tears from her face (I don't think she did physically) and grabbed it. So what I'm thinking; based on her expression when she first touched it, it seemed like she had some sort of revelation, and not a good one, because otherwise, why would she start crying? Similarly, they also gave the Relic several seconds of the weird whispers and Yang staring into its depths. If it's something bad...does that mean she foresaw someone's death or something else bad happening at a later point she'll be powerless to stop? I hope we get that answer soon.


 * The Leo scene...dear, sweet Ozpin that was creepy...the way Salem speaks like a very creepy and very evil mother just made the scene all the creepier, especially after she went silent. Leo also acted pretty stupidly to get close to the melee-monster when he has a ranged weapon, but overall I had been done with Leo for a while now, so I'm glad he went out exactly as he was shown to be...a coward. I do wish they'd killed him directly on-screen though...would've made Salem that much more contentious to deal with. I don't know, maybe I'm just sadistic, but for condemning Vale citizens and allowing FoB to happen, I think we deserved to see him badly murdered.


 * Speaking of horrors, Twisty Inflatable Wacky Stretchy Salem hallucination suffered a broken neck just like Oz-car and Cinder-snek in the past two episodes...seriously, what is with these weird neck images? Emerald lost her shit entirely to do that...so I worry that means she's grown much stronger with her Semblance as well. Poor Kitty didn't understand any of it either.


 * RWBY Reunites! And Blake's family is still safe! New songs are always beautiful too...both of the ones they played this episode were. Villains are on the run, Haven is mostly safe, and the seemingly unwinnable battle was won by a miracle! (Multiple miracles, actually.)


 * Personally I feel that Yang didn't mention Raven was the Spring Maiden because she didn't need to...I'm sure Qrow is perfectly capable of deducing that or guessing himself...that or Yang will tell him later on.

Does anybody else have thoughts on my RoK crackpot? If so, what or who do you think Yang saw as part of the vision, and how would it be connected?