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Hmm... Okay. The various characters are starting to crystalise out here.


 * Ruby is really, really poorly socialised.  i could honestly say that she's afraid to make friends, given how strongly she's reacting to Yang's actually quite nice comments on the subject;


 * Weiss is starting to come across as a really weird girl.  It's pretty obvious that she's got everything planned out in her head - Come to school, be straight-A student, form team of all the other straight-A students and then rule the school as the Queen of the A-List; it's actually funny that she hasn't considered if anyone else is interested;


 * Nora is Pinkie Pie; 'nuff said;


 * Pyrrha strikes me as a genuinely nice girl and also one of those quiet sorts whow knows who she is and what she wants so she is easily talked over by more insecure personalities (Jaune and Weiss) who need to constantly talk to fill the void in their self-esteem;


 * Ozpin clearly likes playing with his students' heads.

Now, onto predictions for Episode 5 (and possibly the next two-parter after that).


 * Ruby and Weiss; Yang and Lie; Jaune and Pyrrha; Nora and Blake


 * Ruby and Weiss will be "Oh no! Not YOU!" and will then come to a near-immediate deal.  They both know if they can't work together, they'll flunk; neither of them want to flunk so they'll work together.  That won't stop them arguing but they will worth together.  It rapidly begins to disturb them how good they are at covering each other's weak spots;


 * Despite her athletic experience, Pyrrha isn't as confident in a 'live' combat situation and it's up to Jaune, who doesn't have as much self-confidence so is much more careful and plans ahead to keep her in the game.  At one point, she has a crisis of self-confidence and he has to drag her out of it.


 * Towards the end of the test, Ruby and Weiss, with the McGuffin, arrive at the bottom of the cliff.  Loading a Cross Clip into Crescent Rose, Ruby idly asks Weiss if she's ever ridden a 'boomstick'.  "Hang on tight, Snow Angel" "Hang on...! What do you mea... RUUUBEEEEEE!!!"


 * Blake and Nora are the first back; they were smart enough to look for a path up the cliff rather than climb or fly up it.  Everyone else (including Jaune and Pyrrha, who look like they've been dragged backwards through every hedge in the forest) just stare at them in disbelief.  "Did anyone think to go through the tree-tops? Blake asks.  "There were hardly any traps up there!" "My daddy always took me tree-climbing when I was a little girl!" Nora chirps in agreement.  Everyone else is wearing a "D'oh!" expression.


 * The teams are shown on a big scoreboard in the Amphitheatre.  Weiss is calmly expecting to lead a team made up of Pyrrha and a couple of other high-achievers.  She's horrified beyond words to be with Ruby, Yang and Blake.  She storms off as Ozpin explains that the team assignments are based on whose personalities and skills meshed best to form a cohesive whole.  "You must find how to create that unified pattern on your own; it is your first test."


 * Ruby finds Weiss crying on a bench in the gardens - it all pours out: the pressure to live up to the family name, to be the very best, to be perfect! How can she do that if she's stuck with this trio of... of... weirdos? "Weiss..." Ruby pauses.  "Weiss, I think that you need to find your own contentment, not ruin your life to be what other people want you to be!"

Suddenly, a pale hand lands on Weiss's shoulder. It's Blake. "Other people's expectations are just another sort of chain," the yellow-eyed girl says. "Maybe you should try to find your freedom." Ruby offers Weiss her hand, reluctantly at first, the girl takes it and stands up, wiping her eyes.

"For better or worse, we're going to be together! Let's show them what a bunch of 'weirdos' can do!" Yang suggests. They do the 'hand touch' thing so beloved of school buddy movies, with Weiss going last with a shaky but strangely relieved smile. "We're TEAM RWBY!"