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SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: Animalia555 wrote: Did they? Based on how Yang acts literally the entire Vol.4 after her nightmare about Adam, yes, they did.

I think THAT'S the setup. Remember V4 isn't supposed to be a self contained arc anymore than v1 was, it is PART of an arc. And like I said prople with PTSD can be triggered even when they start to feel better. In addition to this there is POSSIBLE FORESHADOWING in the final episode. Remember when Ruby was having her letter writing monologe and she said "I know [Yang] needs to focus on [herself] before [she] can focus on me," all the while we see Yang focusing on Ruby? It's possible that this is foreshadowing that by NOT focusing on herself and getting herself emotionally worked out before going back out into the world things will come back to bite Yang in the butt.

Of course it's possible I'm reading more into this than is really there but the fact remains that RWBY is a work in progress and we won't know if Yang's recovery is real until it's put to the test, and so far it hasn't been.

Also I have one more piece of evidence to back up my theory with. That is the way Yang's sister Ruby has been portrayed in v4. Maybe I am the only one who sees it but in Ruby I see a massive ball of denial that refuses to deal with the grief she is facing. A lot of Ruby's optimism this season comes across to me as forced. While Ruby has made SOME progress in that she has acknowledged the harshness of the world, she hasn't really acknowledged her grief and I can't help but feel there is a powderkeg waiting to explode.

I can't help but feel like there is a parallel between the two sisters.