Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-30530552-20171128180120

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Where From Here. For this week, we discuss the prospect of combined holidays in the RWBY-verse as Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve are combined into one--HA, just kidding. We’ll just discuss the episode.


 * The episode starts with the turkey ramen being placed on the table for 6 hungry guests. Jaune, just like with the map in episodes 2 and 6 of last season, is beginning to lose his confidence again until Aunt Nora reassures him by complimenting his work ethic on the farm as the Compost King. Jaune mentions he couldn’t have done it without the help of his...8th? sister Ruby, whereas Ruby talks about how Father Ren lost control of his horse and his temper, which even he can’t help but smile about. Cousin Weiss talks about how she lost control of one of the pigs at the glacier farm back in Atlas, and how she had meant to cook that pig for dinner, but instead, it melted her heart and she kept it as a pet, scaring Aunt Nora when it suddenly appears.
 * Grandma Yang speaks about her elbow joint replacement and how she will reign supreme over hugging rights after Aunt Nora stole it from her last year, which Ruby is especially happy about since she loves her Grandma in spite of trying to put her in a home when she had crippling depression the previous year (“It was for your own good.”) Grandma’s declaration, of course, leads to a hugging battle between Aunt and Grandma, which ends when Aunt Nora accidentally breaks Grandma Yang’s elbow replacement, scaring her to death. They then talk about last year’s trials and tribulations, and how they’ve grown as people since last year’s bomb but disastrous Dance Dance Revolution themed celebration, which Aunt Nora remembers fondly.
 * Great-Grandpa Ozcar and Drunkle Qrow, arguing about who gets to host next year’s Battle of the Bands picnic with the in-laws in Crystal City (Great-Grandma-in-law Salem and Great-Grandpa Ozcar don’t get along very well) come downstairs to talk about why the in-laws suck. Grandma Yang gets angry at the number of secrets Ozcar holds, but after some explanation of how he became the patriarch, was a player with women in his younger days, came to obtain his obsession with birds, and the promise to stop withholding truths, Grandma Yang decides to stick around as long as little Ruby does. The group then take the rest of the night to recuperate and prepare for the trek to Grandma Raven’s house over the mountains and through the woods.
 * Cousins-in-law Emerald and Mercury already decided to crash their celebration early by getting to Grandma’s house first, followed closely by stepmother Cinder and stepfather Watts. Unfortunately, Shay, the black sheep of the family, is already set to be shown up in a game of Gunfire Charades between himself and Emerald as the episode ends.

Alright, discussion time!  