Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20161120163758/@comment-14909251-20161128203941

Arkantos95 wrote: 1) Why wouldn't we? He's using her face and singing voice, not her diplomatic skills.

Anyone who knows anything about diplomacy knows that it isn't all about diplomatic skills. Sometimes it is about gestures and symbolism. Jaques is already exploiting the fact a Schnee was present in Vale fighting alongside everyone else. Why wouldn't he try to use her as a tool in any external negotiations with the other Kingdoms?

2) Really? She seemed pretty dammed submissive to me in Rememberance.

I think you are confusing resignation and hopelessness with submission. Beacon was overrun, Blake ran off, and Yang got disarmed. Persuading her to come with him would be a hell of a lot easier under those circumstances and she has nothing at the moment that would give her reason to leave.

3) But it's been six months. There's no way that trail hasn't gone cold yet.

All they need is someone who met Ruby or any of the remaining members of JNPR to have heard about some general destination or objective to know they were heading to Mistral. That is presuming they don't already know since it wasn't as if she was inconspicuously sneaking off under the cover of night. She also left a note and we don't know if she gave some hint as to what her plans were in that message.

4) Because she hasn't even gotten to Menagerie yet, let alone had time to sort things out with the parents she hasn't seen in at least a year.

We know she is going to be there and meeting with her family in the upcoming episode. How long do you really expect them to drag that out?

73.Anon.52 wrote:

4. Personally I'm not convinced she meant it... I've had "goals" I talk about with as much enthusiasm as she did... you know when I'm going to accomplish them? probably never, unless something forces me to accomplish them.

To be clear, at this point we are only really discussing whether she would be so cowardly as to avoid going to Mistral with Sun simply because that is apparently where they have their base.