Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140801004849/@comment-24219008-20140801025512

All I have to say about the shipping in this episode is: Neptune, step away from Weiss. Please. And all guys in general, step away from Weiss. No chance (please).

As for the other stuff:

1. Cinder still looks too old to be a teenager. Ruby seems as though she may have recognized Cinder from somewhere, but she couldn't quite place her thumb on it, so she probably just assumed she'd seen Cinder in passing before.... I'm hoping at some point, it will come to her (well, obviously).

2. Ruby and Yang being total board game/deck-building geeks satisfied the geek in me a lot more than it probably should have. And I totally knew Weiss would destroy them (until Yang destroyed her, 'cause duh, Yang wins forever in everything) once she realized how much "power" she could have.... Yep, she's a geek, too. Totally okay with that!

3. I'm so, so happy that Weiss was the first (and seemingly only) one to realize that something was wrong with Blake, and rightfully confronted her about it. She seemed truly concerned for her feelings, which shows just how much Weiss's attitude toward her teammates has improved (besides apparently not knowing how to keep a secret) since last semester.... I'm loving this "new" Weiss (so long as she stays away from Neptune)! Also, "Weisscream!"

4. Ugh, Emerald, Mercury, and Cinder are such creeps, but I like it!

5. X-Ray & Vav!

6. "Hello, again!" Nice little throwback to Pyrrha's first introduction ;)

7. So Ironwood is a military official, but also apparently close with Ozpin and Glynda. Hoping to see more of him and his connection to Penny soon! Also, if Ironwood is a reference to the Tin Woodsman from The Wizard of Oz, then I'm going to assume he, Glynda, and Ozpin were all on a team at some point, as they've all got the Wizard of Oz theme going, which leads me to believe the fourth person will either be a reference to Dorothy, the Wicked Witch, or the Scarecrow/Lion (if it's a lion, I hope it's a Faunus!).

8. Ozpin clearly knows more about Blake then she's letting on. Does he still think she's involved with the White Fang somehow, or is hiding information about an upcoming attack that she's known about for a while, now, but now that she's an "ex" member, she's going to end up being a target? She definitely seems to know more about what's going on than anyone else, and I hope it's not one of those things that's going to be dragged out through the volume.

9. So are Neptune and Sun just visiting Beacon, or are they there for good? Wish we would've gotten more clarification on that....

10. SO MUCH DORKINESS OVERLOAD! I loved it!!!!

Excuse me while I go watch again....