Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20141003002601/@comment-24106129-20141004002734

I'm wondering if the Grim are actually attracted to RWBY right now. Self resentment and confusion are pretty strong negative emotions.

So that's interesting, a Grim's age is a good determinant of it's strength and intellect which begs the question:what is the oldest Grimm like? I have a feeling that it's something closer to human than most Hunters are comfortable with.

I thought this episode was good. The different fight scenes added some spice but I felt they were pretty bad fight scenes, I'm probably missing some sort of obscure reference. I'm suprised RWBY actually opened up to Oobleck that much after their initially negative opinion of him.

Oobleck was obviously testing them. Combined with their surroundings showing how great aspirations are easily torn asunder and his dedication to being a Hunter, it's natural he would question their resolve.

So Ruby's special treatment with Oobleck. Her pursuit of justice is not so much pure as unrefined. The vague outline of her goal to protect people is there, but what she hasn't asked herself is if those people are worth protecting or what she's fighting is truly evil. Right now it's fine(which is likely why Oobleck didn't pester her too deeply) because her firm but blind resolve will cause her to fight when needed (unlike the rest of RWBY, who are occupied with emotional stress) and the basis behind her ideal is not heavily flawed. Later on this could result in her being abused by those who realize the holes in her motivation and waiting on those problems only makes it harder for Ruby to deal with. Sensing this, Oobleck opted to talking idly about the Goliath and his duty as a teacher to subtly seed the idea in Ruby's head: "A fine blade can cut, but a keen blade chooses what to cut".