Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20160213154456/@comment-12726710-20160214045445

INCOMING WALLS OF TEXT. THREAT LEVEL: 9

I'm a bit late to the party and I see that the discussion has died down a bit, so im gonna take it from the top: So uhh, yeah that episode was amazing. And it was 28 minutes long too, definitely a step (or eleven) up from Volume 2's finale.

First off, I love the fight scene between Ozpin and Cinder. It shows that even though Cinder was a full Maiden, Ozpin still destroyed her, and she even seemed to go at him with full power at the end there. Afterwards, she doesn't display that sort of force anymore, so I thought that maybe Ozpin exausted some of her power. As for Ozpin's disappearance, im unsure if Cinder herself did something to make it happen or that Ozpin just spontaneously teleported somewhere else or something. That animation quality was absolutely top as well, props to the animation team.

Good to know that Oobleck and Port are okay, I definitely didnt want them to die since they were really growing on me ever since the end of volume 2. I noticed that Sun has been talking quite a bit lately, not that it's a bad thing. The moment when Ruby came back is pretty good, I like the mood there. Also, it's pretty obvious that Blake felt really guilty about Yang getting her arm sliced off, which comes into play later when she runs away to make sure the ones she loves aren't hunted down by Adam.

Arkos became canon for about 5 seconds, but I enjoyed the moment while it lasted and noted that she said "sorry" again and pushed him like she always does. *sigh* I really wish that Jaune and Pyrrha could have been together though, I hate when tragedies like that happen in shows, but that just means that I care enough about the characters to think that. So, bravo writers.

Umm, so we never got to see what Ruby's plan was, which is kinda weird. Oh well. I was hoping that she'd kill the dragon by dropping the Colosseum on it or something, but whatever.

Pyrrha put up a great fight against Cinder, so I tend to think that she would have won if Cinder didn't get the full Maiden powers. It could be argued that Cinder was never really in danger from Pyrrha and that even with only half the Maiden powers Pyrrha would have still lost, but idk. However, this was all after she was physically tired as well as emotionally devastated by the pressure of making the choice, killing Penny, worrying about Jaune, and thinking that Cinder was so powerful that she beat Ozpin (which I think she couldn't actually do since Ozpin was beating Cinder pretty much the whole time that we saw). I loved when Pyrrha went full Magneto with the gears on Cinder, but alas, it didn't work. *clicks tongue* Didn't know that Cinder's arrows could break apart and reform so they could go around solid objects...that's a good thing to know when fighting her. When Pyrrha got shot in the ankle with an arrow by Cinder, my only reaction was: "ACHILLES NO!!!!" I just couldn't believe it. I just couldn't believe that they could just kill off Pyrrha like that, but I knew that her fate was sealed at that very moment. After it happened, I had to stop the video for a second to recollect myself and my thoughts. I'm not quite sure, but I felt that Pyrrha's last line of dialogue, "Do you believe in destiny?" was important for some reason. It's also weird to me that Cinder grabbed Pyrrha's headpiece off of her head to stop it from disintegrating before dropping it on the ground. I can't imagine how these thing are relevant, but I feel that they are somehow.

FINALLY, we know why Ruby's silver eyes are important. While the moment was pretty awesome despite the fact that Pyrrha just died (or so we think), I wish that Ruby's scream was filled with more anguish, idk about anyone else, but that shout didn't really seem as good as Lindsay's performance in Chapter 10. Just my opinion though. The choice of effect for Ruby's eyes emitting white wings was a weird choice too, I thought, but I was okay with it. Cinder's utter disbelief was really satisfying to me though.

Taiyang makes an appearance, but his face seemed kinda off to me, idk. His overall design was alright though, can't really complain there. However, his mad look at Qrow made up for it to me, because I would probably feel the same way if a guy that was supposed to be my friend told me to leave a room in my own house after one of my daughter's arms was cut off and my other daughter was knocked out for like a day and just woke up. Great reaction. Exposition Qrow also appears, but with that voice, I enjoyed every second of it. Still don't know how he knew what the first thing Ozpin said to Ruby was. I have a theory about it that i've been developing in my head for awhile, but a bunch of people told me it was stupid (and it is), so I won't say it here.

Yang's outlook on things...I wasn't prepared for it. Over the course of the last half of the volume, she's just so...broken down. I was fully expecting her to make an arm pun, but instead, she's depressed and completely misinterpreted Blake's decision to be on her own. It's heartbreaking how Yang just doesn't seem to care about her (former) teammates anymore. Team RWBY is finished...for now. But we all know they will reunite at some point. We also know though that each member of them will have adventures on their own, which i'm very excited for: Ruby with NJR tracking down Cinder's connections, Yang getting a cybernetic arm and trying to find her mom, Weiss dealing with family problems and perhaps some persecution by the other kingdoms for the apparent invasion ( Dunno why Weiss went with her father, perhaps she just has nowhere else to go. Hope she pulls a Lucy Heartfilia eventually, but I do want to see more interaction with members of her family before then.), and Blake trying to deal with the White Fang.

Nice transtion to winter, and it's time for team RNJR/JRRN/RRNJ (I prefer Ranger, to be honest, reminds me of Aragorn from Lord of the RIngs) to shine! I really like the idea of coming back full circle to winter like in the Red Trailer as well as an adventure arc to the show. We may get to see some more character backstory and development for these guys, which is always welcome. The narrator comes in talking about heroes in a way that seems to indicate that there is still hope until a MAJOR MOOD SHIFT, to which my reaction was 0_0. And we finally get to see the Big Big Bad, Salem (WOOHOO, JEN TAYLOR!). I really have nothing against her name and I like her design. She does the same eye glowing thing as Cinder, which is probably a sign that she trained Cinder or something and is most likely the "she" that Cinder was referring to. It is also implied that Summer Rose died by her hand and that Ruby might meet the same fate. Salem also knows Ozpin personally and confirms that he is not dead as of yet. And while Cinder often seemed threatening and said scary things, this is the only time that I actually felt scared during the entire show with that ending line by Salem:"...and I can't wait to watch you burn." Jesus, man.

Credits music was AWESOME!

After credit scene with Qrow, we learn several bits of info:

1) Qrow knows that team RNJR is leaving.

2) Qrow will watch over them.

3) Qrow's semblance is most likely shapeshifting.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">4) Qrow recovered Ozpin's cane/wand.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">All in all, I loved this finale and loved this volume more than the other two combined. CRWBY did such a great job and I think I can speak for most of us when I say that we know Monty would be proud. This is always what I wanted the show to be like, ever since I first saw the Red Trailer at the end of RvB Season 10. It's been a downright magical experience, and I can't wait for Volume 4. Until then, it's time to start gritting my teeth again.