Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181201123231/@comment-25936766-20181203174551

Finally watched the episode. It was good, really good. It has stuff I didn't like of course, but like Blake said, "its fiiine".

1) The Apathy was cool. Aesthetically, I like the zombie aspect and the fact that they're not the "obvious" Imps (or they are but MK retconned the name). Performance-wise, it's refreshing to find a Grimm that doesn't kill people by strength, fireballs or endurance but just by making them tired and, well, apathetic.

Though granted, a shot from Crescent Rose didn't even make them flinch and even being incinerated hardly even slowed them down, so maybe they really could win by endurance.

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2) I do, however, question the writer's idea of having Blake almost get killed by them. I mean, it's the exact same as with Weiss in the Battle of Haven, no matter how bad things look, since she's one of the Main 4, anyone with a brain would never believe the idea that she could die, which hurts the drama.

Now, if the one that almost got eaten was Maria, who doesn't have that privilege, then it would've been as dramatic as it was supposed to be.

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3) I find it interestingly ironic that someone had the idea of using Grimm to help their farm avoid Grimm. A genius idea, galaxy-brain idea. Totally wouldn't backfire in some way.

Still, it makes you wonder about the uses Grimm would have if they could be controlled even to some extent. Like at the end of Shaun of the Dead, where people start using zombies in the service industry and in reality game shows and stuff.

4) I'm still not a big fan of the Silver Eyes. So far they still are just a "magical unique power that only shows up to miraculously save someone". The only upside this time is that now the writers will probably do something about them for once.

5) Speaking of Silver Eyes, also not a fan of Maria being a SEW, but mostly because it was so damn obvious that I just wanted something else.

6) Leaving aside the Silver Eyes, I feel Ruby's becoming more enjoyable. Or better said, actually enjoyable now. She's doing much more than simply say optimistic one-liners and even showing frusfration and fear for real, breaking bottles and screaming when Qrow drops one.

7) Speaking of breaking bottles though, how come Yang doesn't even react a little bit when she hears one suddenly breaking nearby? Her hand still shakes, she hallucinates Adam, so I thought she would still react to sudden noises like these. But apparently nope, not even a little bit.

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8) Also, I noticed that around the part where WBY is telling Ruby to throw the lamp down the well, WBY all had "mind control eyes" that kind of spoiled the "something is wrong" part of the episode. Now I'm wondering if they had those eyes in the previous episode.