Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20160102160723/@comment-3257939-20160102165211

VedranTheII wrote: Gastropod wrote: I guess we know why Mercury was so concerned that Qrow was at Beacon. He saw them very close-up. It does make me wonder why he hasn't recognized them yet. This…if he watched the doubles round instead of playing with Rubes, there was a high chance this entire thing could have blown out before the preliminary if he so much as noted the 2 looked familiar.

He wasn't playing with Rubes when the doubles round happened. Team RWBY saw CFVY's fight remember?

Though it does brings the question: ''They have no idea who we are, so we have no reason to worry. -Cinder Fall ''

This is Cinder's excuse to keep playing students even though Qrow is present. After today's episode it's clear that this doesn't make any sense.