Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-27144409-20160218225042/@comment-172.103.22.141-20160224035519

ChishioKunrin wrote: A lot of stuff goes on off-camera in RWBY due to time constraints. I mean, some of the things that've happened off-camera have been


 * Team RWBY became friends with Velvet.


 * Team JNPR found out Blake's a Faunus.


 * Jaune's training.


 * Cinder rigging JNPR vs BRNZ.


 * I'm guessing, Weiss practicing time dilation glyphs so she could use them in Painting the Town and No Brakes.


 * Team RWBY coming up with team attacks.

So, these things end up being left to "Hey, by the way, this is suddenly a thing!" and "We're just gonna try to imply here that this has been going on."

At the end of Lessons Learned, I actually got the impression that Weiss was gonna continue practicing her summoning glyph, so she could get better at it and eventually summon. Also, Winter told her that emotions can grant strength, as long as she doesn't let them overpower her, and she seemed a little emotional when she went to save Velvet. The emotions thing would make sense, and if that was truly their intention, then that would be a wonderful character arc. I mean, fighting for her was always all about how to be as proper and perfect as possible, and getting totally frustrated and losing focus when she failed. When a friend was in danger, her selflessness and quick thinking allowed her to conjure a previously defeated foe. Still, I would have liked them to have mentioned that, and I realize that time was pretty tight around the RT studio due to the extra-long finale, but that would have provided some closure.