Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20151115174306

Hello, forumites. I'm taking over the weekly 'where from here' thread for WC-83 this week. Sorry if it's so late, I didn't know the episode launched this early. So let's dive right in.


 * Hard to go wrong with a title like that. I love me some good puncraft.


 * So let's just take a moment to appreciate the fact that Winter Schnee has finally arrived, and although she doesn't quite have the voice I wanted (that of Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingate Hellsing), but she's still a stone cold bitch. She is pretty nice to Weiss on informal circumstances, though. Which is sweet, I guess. The entire family can't be dysfunctional. Plus, her special attack is birds.

Birds. M'kay.


 * On that note, what exactly does Winter even do? It says she's a 'specialist', and she very obviously works for/in the military, but does that mean she isn't an heiress? Guess this question's going to be dragged up again.


 * And oh boy... Qrow. Without even calling attention to the fact that he is voiced by none other than Vic Mignona, and he's a drunk, He certainly has the makings of a very interesting character. Although I kind of wish RT hadn't trolled us with the reveal of his scythe just then. His underreaction to Ruby was absolutely hilarious, though.


 * I'll take a brief aside to mention how much detail has been added into the animation, particularly the large establishing shots that were conspicuously absent from the beginning volumes.


 * Now let's talk about that fight scene. I really like how fights this volume are using more of the environment, and we're getting a better sense of location with some better camera work. That said, I was disappointed when we didn't ultimately see Qrow's scythe, and a little bummed when Winter only seemed to have the same glyph-based semblance as Weiss. Not surprised, I just expected something more.


 * Regarding Penny, it seems to me that she's Ironwood's property, or at the very least works for/with him.


 * The foreshadowing was nice and all, but still a little vague. Frustrating, yes, but I'll take what I can get. It's nice to see some internal conflict and rumors of darkness, though. And with Cinder's ominous hint-dropping (no really, when does she ever do anything else?), I'm excited that we can see something nice and dark in future episodes.


 * Okay, how well-connected is Cinder? If she can rig the tournaments on a whim, that would imply she's either got control over the network that does it (which would mean by extension, she either is or has a really good hacker), or there's someone on the inside working for her. Honestly, I could go for either one. I'm excited.  