Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-26512661-20200125162058/@comment-37625872-20200131211313

ReikaTachyon wrote: I have to point out that Qrow is a trained huntsman with decades of experience in the field. He's supposed to be able to operate with lucidity in situations like this. Persoanlly, I don't buy into the "temporary emotional state" thing for Qrow at all. I think that after Qrow did the right thing and immediately attacked Tryian the instant the latter showed himself, only to be interfered with by Clover, Qrow made a very deliberate and rational (if tragically wrong) decision. He was thinking that between the two of them, he and Tyrian could break Clover's aura quickly and take him out of the fight. Most such situations don't end in the death of the person who has their aura broken...they just become incapacitated. Qrow failed to account for the "perfect storm" combination of opportunity (Tyrian being in the perfedct position to backstab Clover) and Tyrian's homicidal insanity. The latter should have been in his mind, but the former was just gawdawful luck (and somewhat clumsy plot necessity).