User blog comment:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/SYUTK's V5E8 - Blake Sucks - Impressions/Recap/@comment-26397825-20171207042422

Sun actually mentions the Nocturnal Section, which implies that the people they are trying to recruit sleep through the day and are awake at night. So it's not that bad, considering it would all be people that they haven't had any chances to interact with at all (and wouldn't have been at the speech Ilia interrupted).

SpiritedDreaming&#124;EDGElord (talk) 04:24, December 7, 2017 (UTC)

I believe Weiss is saying that her past catching up with her was Balke's greatest fear - being found by Adam and hurting the people close to her. When she ran in The Stray, it wasn't because Blake was scared they found out she was a Faunus. It was because she'd literally just outed that she was a former member of a violent activist group. She was scared of her past catching up to her in that moment, but Weiss did the nice thing and said "I don't care if you were part of the White Fang, or who you were before we met you. You're good now" which helped her get over that fear.

It's a bit of an ass pull to say that that's what she's been afraid of all this time when her fear so far has been portrayed as fear of discovery, but fear of discovery does lead rather nicely into 'fear of her past being discovered'. For the most part, though, Weiss is just prijecting her own feelings onto Blake.

SpiritedDreaming&#124;EDGElord (talk) 04:24, December 7, 2017 (UTC)

Trifa is an actual name and means Moonlight. Just because you think it's cringe worthy doesn't make it any less of a name.

And I believe her tattoos aren't actually tattoos...but showing where the webbing is held in her body. Varicose veins are also known as Spider Veins. It's basically "look, this is where the webing is created and held instead of magically coming from nowhere.

SpiritedDreaming&#124;EDGElord (talk) 04:24, December 7, 2017 (UTC)

I took the Ilia reveal very differently. Her reasons for remaining in the White Fang are the same - she is driven by her need to revenge against the humans who laughed at the accident when her parents died, and the humans who stood by and just let the discrimination happen. Her reason for bringing up her feelings for Blake were because Blake said she knows her too well - it was to say "You don't actually know me at all." It was to make a point on how Blake never actually knew Ilia enough to say how she should be acting.

SpiritedDreaming&#124;EDGElord (talk) 04:24, December 7, 2017 (UTC)

Blake did invite Sun. He even says "Thanks for the invite." It's supposed to show that she's learning her lesson - she said 'I have something to do, go ahead' because Ilia would have heard her if she'd told him outright to come along. It's called misdirection, and they did it to show to us as viewers that Blake has grown as a character - at first we think she's making the same mistake as she always had, but then it's revealed she does have backup. In case you missed it, she does call out "Now!" to spring her own trap.

Blake: Now!!

Trifa: Huh?

Suddenly, Sun jumps out of nowhere and knocks down the Faunus next to Trifa.

Trifa: What?

By inviting him, she's showing character development from when she used to believe she had to do it all by herself. I really don't know how you missed the very obvious signs that Blake went in with backup and a plan.