Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20170101170328/@comment-69.138.248.186-20170103180409

Torchwick thought the White Fang and Faunus in general were animals. Cardin had similar views and students did raise their hands when asked if their Faunus roots were ever discriminated against. I suspect we'll see more once the White Fang/Hazel stuff takes off.

With Sun: According to Qrow Vacuo has a different culture as the basic attitude is that if you can survive there then the people there are cool with you. I don't think we know if he ventured outside of Haven much while he was there. Sun would be a first year student so he would still be new to the area. We don't see if Sun encountered Cardin in Beacon but I'm sure he was aware of him and others like him. His personality just has him being less intense about it than Blake. At least so far.

Blake was definitely unpleasant to watch when she interacted with Sun this episode. Sun is impulsive and awkward but he was trying to help her with something he knows is freaking her out. She couldn't sleep, eat or focus on anything besides the WF before the dance in VOL. 2, he knows it's a big concern for her. I'm not sure how much he knows about the Adam/Yang encounter but he has some idea since he mentions the WF hurting her friends. While Blake said she wanted to sort things out she also made it clear that she was concerned with her family still having a connection to the WF. Sun already stated on the boat that he thinks they might come after her.

So for her to ignore all that, not even look at his evidence and lash out? I didn't like it and I'm really looking into past interactions now to reconsider her character. Blake does come off worse than Weiss for her past behavior and I also remember when they were at Mount Glenn and she was asked how she'd solve the wrongs she sees in the world. She doesn't know how while Weiss at least had an idea of following Nick 's example. That confusion isn't helping her make good choices especially since she has the whole running away from the problem thing.

I don't know where RT will take this aggressiveness towards Sun but to me it seems like an opportunity to explore her past problems with Adam. It's been brought up a few times that her father (and mom) are more passive/peaceful than the WF. It was also brought up that she was going down the wrong path and her friends helped her. Their not with her now and she was already paranoid before Sun showed up. Blake also slaps him away from her father leading me to believe he wouldn't approve despite not liking Sun.

I liked when Qrow said he was concerned about all of them since his introduction to Pyrrha always bugged me. Qrow dismissed JNR and basically said she was carrying them. Since then he's been watching them and gotten to know them better. I definitely think Qrow saw Jaune watching the Pyrrha video.

Was Qrow intentionally referencing the fact Jaune has a great grandfather that was a hero in the Great War?

Weird thought but it came up when I was thinking of the importance of the number 4 but was there supposed to be symbolism with the way they sat on four logs ? A possible visual of the relics ?