Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20180105193053/@comment-2001:8A0:D212:101:3160:38A2:D9F6:43B6-20180107120840

KingFubuki92 wrote:

4) Ok, in order.

1> Taiyang not only didn't know about the trip until it was too late, he had to stay home for Yang, and we she left, he had to go back to his teaching job at Signal.

2> Glynda is leading the Recovering Force at Beacon, and based on Port's testimony, she is working non-stop, and they are helping her. As for the other students, no one knows where they live. Not to mention that even if they wanted to call the teachers, they can't because InterKingdom Communications are down, and RNJR only knew about this when they were on Anima.

3> Ironwood has already closed the borders to Atlas by time the one month began, so even if they wanted Atlesian Help, they'd have to illegally cross the border to get out, and unfortunately, Ironwood has a wall.

4> They have no known allies in Vacuo aside from the Headmaster, and as Leonardo proved, they can't be relied on to be an ally. And again, InterKingdom communications are down.

5> Qrow was more focused on keeping the kids safe, and considering he only kept up with them thanks to his bird form, it would have been harder to do so if he traveled with others. Plus, with a semblance like his, Qrow prefers to travel alone. Plus, he's drunk 24/7. Do you really expect every decision made by a perpetually drunk man to be thought out. Ok, this i still a bunch of BS again.

1 - Tai knew things immediately after Ruby left. Pretty sure if he wanted to he could have caught up to her since otherwise Oobleck and Port would not have asked him if he considered going after her. And sure, at that point, he was taking care of Yang. Then, Yang left and reached Ruby, yet Tai stayed. There are means of transportation that would allow him to get there.

2 - It didn't have to be Glynda, it could be Port or Oobleck or any other teacher in Beacon (are those the only there?). If that couldn't be because they were working on rebuilding Beacon, then, I'm pretty sure there are other hunstmen in Vale besides them who could either joined them in preventing the fall of Beacon or guarded Beacon. And I'm pretty sure that, yes, they do know where some of those hunstmen live or at least where they uually go. I mean Qrow made a Mistral list, yet they couldn't make a Vale list?

3 - Ironwood closed the borders but did allow to cross if he approved. Considering they thought correctly that Haven would be the next target for months, they could have tried to reach someone there way before they made it to Mistral.

4 - It's the same as for Vale and Mistral pretty sure Qrow knows people who could have fought alongside them provided he had tried to reach them. Also, Leo betraying them shouldn't make them not trust anyone else. That is the logic Ozpin has been using, but it's a stupid one. Ok, don't make allies because they might betray you, then send yourself and the few you have to a battle you should know it's way out of their league and possibly get them killed - now, that's how you fight for a cause. Also, by that logic, the kids themselves could betray Ozpin.

5 - Who said whoever they tried to reach and ask to come would have to come with Qrow? They could have reached Mistral by other means of transportation - we have seen a bunch of them. Also, it's pretty clear that Qrow is not drunk all the time and for the time he was following RNGR, he was mostly sober (if not always sober).

Come on, demanding our heroes not to be completely stupid isn't that big of a demand. I mean I know they will survive this fight, but it's not because they're skilled - they are obviously not. Tyrian = Qrow and he managed to take down 4 of the kids easily. Would Yang and Weiss offer him more of a challenge? I doubt it. And Hazel beated Qrow easily - a pillow would have been harder to take down! Or at least, it could have convinced Hazel to take a nap or something. They will manage to survive (at least, most of them anyway) because Raven (which they were/are not counting on being on their side) and Blake and Faunus (which they don't know they're coming). They knew Leo was setting a trap and even if they don't know everyone working for Cinder, they at least know Cinder (and Em and Merc), Tyrian and Leo.