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I wanted to compile my thoughts on how I think Volume 6 might go based on structure.

Volume 5 ended on a different note than any of the previous volumes, so this is kinda a hard question to answer, but that's why I'm discussing it.

While we have an idea of the arc overall, we can't say much of how it is going to end. We knew of the Attack on Haven, but we didn't know for certain if that was going to be the end of this volume until Episode 9 or 11.

So what can we say? Well, they're going to Atlas. If they spend the whole volume doing that, that would suck, so that's not gonna happen.

Based on how the finale left much of the RWBY reunion un-shown, we can probably expect a scene similar to the Episode 7- Rest and Resolutions dining scene in the first or second episode. We gotta see them catch up, and maybe things would be interesting if the scene plays off how much the group dynamic has changed or stayed the same.

Given that it would be odd to have this scene take place after a small timeskip, it will probably make Episode 1 take place a mere day or two after the finale, and we would get the timeskip to shorten the travel time to Atlas. (Because spending a few episodes doing nothing on a boat or plane would be boring and without any conflict besides a Grimm attack).

Also, we didn't get anything on what Sun or Ilia's roles in the plot are now. Will they go to Atlas too? Ghira and Kali are needed in Menagerie because they rule it. Sun is basically Blake's sidekick, and Ilia was just built up for two seasons. She can't just leave the plot now unless she's saved for later. Also, she doesn't know what else to do. Blake is giving her something to do by going to Atlas, so she's probably in the main group now. And Raven is suspended somewhere in the plot now too, but she's saved for later because she has to make it off Patch.

Given that Sun and Ilia are probably sticking around, this could mean something else. There could be a romantic subplot in RWBY for the first time in three volumes. (Sun has flirted, but it hasn't gotten him anywhere besides some smiles.) If there is anything going on with Bumblebee in canon, (which I'm not saying there is- this is a hard if ), this would be a good time to address it. With the potential of three (at least two) people liking her, she will get to say if she's even looking for romance, and that could be interesting. She did blush for Sun in Volume 3 Ep 2, but wanting to go further is entirely different.

Concerning getting to Atlas, it also means we'll be seeing some Ironwood again, and likely more Winter. She showed up for two episodes in Volume 3 and for two seconds in the Weiss short. She better come back, but she isn't a Maiden. She would have been able to sit in on the Ozpin/Ironwood/Glynda/Qrow conversation if she was a Maiden, but she wasn't allowed to know of the secret brotherhood. Weiss won't appreciate going back to Atlas, but it's where she'll find Winter.

So in short, we really don't know what Volume 6 will be like, and it's because the heroes succeeded. We can only give some vague ideas about how the conversational scenes may go in the beginning. We don't know how the villains will plan their attack, but Watts will be involved since he's from there, Tyrian probably too because he had zero screentime this volume. Ironwood will be glad to see Qrow and Ozcar, and it will make it easier to stop the villains again.  