Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20151115174306/@comment-26872876-20151115234955

Mercen-X wrote: My speculation on Autumn was that aside from the obvious possibility of alluding to some character, it could be the name of a place, particularly, a school (we don't have all the names yet, though admittedly it seems to break the "shelter/hope" theme, unless you consider that autumn is the time when most plant and wild life begin to retreat into the Earth before the onset of winter).

My other theory regarding Autumn as a person is that (presumably) she, Winter, and Summer all knew each other somehow. We've already established it's impossible to tell Winter's age just by being Weiss's sister or from her looks. She alluded to the likely substantial length of time passed since the last time she was at Beacon, seemingly implying she was a student (makes sense as "Beacon is the best"). She also already knows Qrow.

I forgot to gloat earlier: I told y'all CRDL wouldn't be thrashed in the first round. They will obviously be thrashed in this round though if they're really up against Penny.

Also, we're still missing a team, I believe. It was supposed that the tournament could support a elimination involving up to 16 teams. We have at least seven teams currently competing in the doubles rounds. (RWBY, SSSN, JNPR, CFVY, CRDL, Cinder's team, and Penny's team) That's four Beacon teams, two Haven teams, and one Atlas team thus far. So then, who is this mystery team we have yet to see?

If I recall correctly, one of the RT panels made mention of a Team Funky (maybe FNKY?). So they are probably you're missing team.

As for the episode.

I liked it. Felt the fight lacked some fludity. For example,, the delay between Winter stopping in front of Qrow and then stabbing at him (more so the animation than the stop itself). Also, the scenes where they were rapidly moving felt a little choppy to me. With that speed, it makes me wonder how fast Ruby will get. But overall I liked the fight.

Winter seems like an interesting character. I expect as things get rolling down hill she'll break out of her "Model Soldier," mold with influence from Weiss and probably Qrow.

Qrow is awesome. Though he seems to have more of a Gun-Sword-Sickle than a Gun-Sword-Scythe... Unless the sword hilt extends or something. He's going to be a fun person to watch down the line. Loved the interaction with Ruby.

Autumn seems to be a person to me. 2/4 seasons are names of people. Both of which seem to have very strong influences on other characters: Winter-Weiss, Summer-Ruby. Could see Autumn as someone Qrow cared for/respected. Also, there's the use of, "Condition." The phrasing feels more associated to a person than a place. Maybe that's just me.

I feel it is a little odd for Ozpin and Co. to have not considered the threat of a cyber hack after dance dance infiltration. The whole glowing Queen piece seems rather telling that something probably isn't right with technology. Don't remember if they mentioned whether they took a look at the terminal or not. I also feel the Queen is not Cinder. I feel she's just another pawn, or slightly above Pawn level.

Cinder match making is interesting. I think we saw every moving forward team except JNPR (of relevant teams). Surprised Cardin didn't select to go forwards. Penny has an actual teammate. Wonder how much her partner knows.

I like the consistency of action. Especially when some of the exposition feels like it's just thrown at us.