Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171110205409/@comment-4010415-20171112033940

Looove that Ruby got actual characterization this episode! Honestly, it was necessary. We finally got more of a view beneath the surface, what she's thinking and feeling, and we've been needing that for a while. She's really acting like a person this volume!

Kinda disappointed that we'll apparently have to wait to hear what Raven has to say. Hopefully next episode.

It's interesting to know how Blake views people. Learning such a thing about her makes her feel more real, that she has this quirk where she applies a single word to each person she knows that describes them. It's also nice to see her applying what she learned from Sun. First her insistence on not leaving Menagerie, and now her learning that you sometimes have to be there for your friend even when they don't want you to.

I'm interested to see where Blake's plot is going, what with the orders Adam gave the Albains, Ilia's role in the plan, and the Albains' uncertainty about keeping Adam as leader. Also, the Albains may have screwed up by getting Ilia in on the plan. Ilia knows what it's like to lose one's parents, and she clearly still cares about Blake. Will she have the heart to put Blake through the same pain that she herself suffered? I'm not sure she will. Though, if she goes through with it, that'll be the point of no return.

I'm still curious about that hooded Faunus figure in the painting and the statues. And the concept art for that room is cut off to where I can't read what was written about the statue! Aaaagh!! It's "White Fang (something) statue", that's all I know! Does it say "fox"? Is that hooded person supposed to be a fox? Are they even significant??

Aaand Faunus with wings. Wellp, now I believe Faunus with wings exist.