Talk:Jen Brown/@comment-68.194.1.35-20161215210604/@comment-4010415-20170117233747

There does seem to be some possible inconsistency there.

Let's look at the only two times we've seen people fight an Alpha Beowolf so far. The first was at the colosseum, when Ironwood's soldiers and robots failed to take one down, and it ripped a robot in half. Ironwood then shot at it a few times, used his robot arm and an explosive bullet to flip it over, and killed it with a single bullet through the skull. Later, during a sweeping shot of the tournament competitors fighting various Grimm, we see Ren chasing down an Alpha Beowolf while shooting it in the back, and it falls over dead.

Well... We've been told, I believe in WoR: Huntsmen, that the Huntsmen outrank the military in terms of strength, but it kinda just looks like Ironwood's soldiers and robots have shitty guns. If the Alpha Beowolf's weak spot is the top of its head, that doesn't make too much sense, since there's a bonemask covering it. Ren's guns may be weaker due to being a damage per second sort of thing.

Eh, I figure Ruby didn't correct Jaune because he was having a moment to encourage Pyrrha. She could've told him right after that, but apparently, the writers instead wanted a dramatic shot of the tournament competitors standing together in an action hero lineup right before the Griffons arrived. Hell, come to think of it, throughout the entire climax of volume 3, Ruby didn't so much as mention to anyone that Emerald and Mercury seemed to be involved in what happened. Good job, Ruby.

Hmm. He probably figured it'd take a while for Salem's group to be ready to attack. Apparently, Beginning of the End takes place months before the beginning of volume 1, and volumes 1-3 take place over the course of an entire year, with the tournament taking place at the end of the year (according to Ruby). So, Qrow may have figured they have about a year and a few months to get there.

Plus, like he said, Haven's headmaster more than likely already knows what's up. Atlas will be on high alert, and Atlas is the most technologically-advanced of the kingdoms and is the only kingdom that constantly has an army set up. Personally, I'd assume Atlas will be their last target, and Ironwood, who knows exactly what happened in Vale, is there. It'll be hard to take Vacuo, since it's hard to get the people there to fight each other.

As for why Qrow didn't head off to Vacuo while RNJR went to Haven... Well, if he did, Ruby would've been captured by Tyrian. He knew that Salem's group would go after Ruby, so he followed RNJR to make sure they'd be safe and to find out who else works for Salem (like Jaune suggested, he used Ruby as bait).