Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20161022144159/@comment-5217560-20161022224542

Well this was a nice start. Salem is threatening, her associates seem dangerous and unlikeable. Cinder is virtually damaged goods, which I find immensely satisfying. What I liked about that entire scene is that we know what this volume's villain plan is: Destroy Haven. No ambiguity about it. And our team of heroes are going to try their best to stop them from succeeding. Sweet and simple. Yay.

I loved the set up for the inevitable confrontation between Ruby and Cinder. Cinder is humiliated. Here she has all this power, yet the moment she grasped it, she was crippled by some random girl. She cannot even speak for herself, let alone go after Ruby. That is extremely infuriating for her. Not to mention, her pride is further mocked by her comrades. On the other end, from Ruby's perspective, Cinder is the reason P-money is dead. They both have a personal reason for seeing the other dead, other than "she's on the opposing side". If that isn't a foundation for an emotionally layered titantic battle, I don't know what is.

Also found the exposition scenes short and simple. I like the dynamic between RNJR, although I am confused as to why Jaune is deemed more a strategic than Ruby. Then again, Ruby has been known to shoot first, ask question later. So I suppose that fits.

There was actual team strategy. What was more impressive is that Jaune actually came up with a plan, and communicated it effectively to the others. That was beautiful. Ruby's semblance....is confusing. I'll refer to it as speed until they say otherwise, simply because it's convenient to refer to it as such. Hopefully we get more explanation? Then again, maybe the writers feel the won't need to explain her powers drastic transformation, being that they will probably assume we the audience understand that semblances evolve the more they are used. *shrugs*

Anywho, I do not like introductions. I will be happy once the plot and story actually get moving. But this was a nice episode. It definitely made me look forward to the next.

Side note, I loved the opening. It's perhaps my favorite opening scene now.