Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24993958-20181026055523/@comment-5430952-20181103050027

BlizzardDragon wrote:Then what was the point of showing him drop it at all then? Chekhov's Gun states if it isn't gonna show up later, whats the point of showing it at all. Maybe he hasn't dropped the mask yet, we all assumed he dropped it after he escaped Haven, but if it's actually later on then it would still make sense. Maybe, this is later on in the Volume, when he loses against Blake and Yang, and realizes that neither girl fears him any longer. Then the mask would be completely useless, and thushe'd discard it after fleeing from yet another defeat. So it can still work, I'm betting RT isn't so anal as to put in such a plot point for no reason.

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: (Ok, I've tried 3 times in a row to post this shit. Hopefully my internet lets it work this time)

You're forgetting that MK already showed they don't give 2 fucks about Chekhov's Gun. Case in point:

Raven: "So your Grimm arm isn't protected by Aura? That's cool".

5 minutes later

>Gets choked and drained by Cinder's Grimm arm.

>Is perfectly capable of freezing it, burning, shocking it, or slicing it off.

You'd expect: Raven would do any of those things, thus preventing Cinder from effectively (or at all) using that arm for the rest of the fight.

What actually happens: Raven chooses to throw a snowball at Cinder, and never throughout the entire fight does she ever aim for her Grimm arm. But if she simply severed Cinder's arm, then people would ask what was the point of even giving Cinder a Grimm arm if she's gonna lose it so easily? Then it would feel tacked on, which is not good writing in the least. I'd say it was more to show how much of Cinder's humanity she'd forsaken in her lust for power, than an actual weapon in combat, per se.

Moreover, I'd say Raven let her keep the arm so she could give it everything she had, which made Raven's victory that much more complete, her warrior pride at work. If she had no problem maiming Cinder, then she would've no problem killing Yang when she came down one-armed, there seems to be no pleasure for her in beating someone with a "broken wing" so to speak.