Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24993958-20161119160425/@comment-4010415-20161120014345

138 posts, wowww.

I'm really late on seeing the episode, buuuut anyway, time to rewatch the episode and write reenact my impressions and notice stuff I didn't notice before!

me: "Oh, farmkid. So you are important after all. Definitely male. ... You alright there, farmkid? *Headphones blare "Hello, I'm Professor Ozpin!"* AH! Oh my God they were right! Volume too loud. ;_;" So, farmkid's name is Oscar. The fans who said he's Ozpin were sorta right, and they win. Fans who said farmkid is the Spring Maiden in disguise lose. *Waves victory flag for Ozpin theorists* Unless, of course, the Maiden powers respect gender identity, and Oscar is actually a transgender girl, so there are still gonna be people theorizing Oscar is the Spring Maiden until we see someone else be the Spring Maiden. Oh, and Oscar has parents. Why was he sleeping in the barn last time we saw him?

Yang nightmare! More PTSD. They did a really good job on making that scene dream-like.

me: "Oh, laughing, is Qrow he- that's Port's laugh. Port! :D Qrow in a skirt? Port was a teacher's assistant? Did Qrow pull a prank or does he like wearing skirts?" And it turns out Tai pranked Qrow into wearing the girl uniform by telling him it was a kilt. That said, Tai said that Qrow had never worn a uniform before. Considering the reveal later this episode, I wonder if Qrow and Raven had gone straight into attending Beacon without going to combat school. Most likely, right? Btw, I like the use of the Let's Just Live tune here.

"Mistral wasn't built in a day"? Rome wasn't built in a day. So, we're definitely going with Mistral being a mix of Asian and European.

"The Branwen twins have always been... interesting, to say the least." *Looks at the reveal later in the episode* ... I just realized we now have confirmation that Qrow and Raven are twins. Yay!~

OH my God, I just noticed Yang's face when Tai goes "Come on, man, she's right here." Also, I get slight Korra vibes from Yang's "'She' is also in the room and can be directly spoken to" moment. "I guess you lost some brain cells along with that arm", I actually went "Ohhh..." out loud. Lol. Oh hey, Yang still has a belly button. Lol, Oobleck dropping his mug is perfect. I heard a little bit of Ryan in Port's laugh. Heehee.

We finally find out why Yang was hesitant to put on the arm, and yayyy pep talk. I like how the audio even has the sound of an air conditioner or a refrigerator going. That's a nice detail. It's something that we automatically tune out because it's something we hear every day and tune out in our daily lives, but it's there in the episode. "I'll be there for you" *Starts loudly singing the FRIENDS theme* So no one told you life was gonna be this wayyy! *Everyone claps but Yang* Sorry, one last "Yang only has one arm" joke now that she's wearing the prosthetic.

Let's Just Live tune, again. Ruby hasn't written home or anything, and Tai can't bring himself to go look for her because he has to take care of Yang. I think hearing that was the final thing that made Yang put the prosthetic on - the fact that her father felt he had to take care of her and couldn't go look for Ruby because of her.

Higanbana. Yeah, Mistral's definitely a mix of Asian and European. So, Qrow's been looking after them and killing the Grimm around them. That explains why they've been able to camp out so easily.

First time we've seen rain in the series.

Eyyy, Raven. She still has that spiky feather-like stuff in her hair. You can very faintly see age lines under her eyes. She looks less like Yang now, but still has some resemblance.

So, WoR: Between Kingdoms turned out to be important after all. It came out right before the episode where we learn that Qrow was talking about bandits from first-hand experience, having been raised in a tribe of bandits. And now we know that Raven left Tai to go lead said bandits. And that view on the world that Qrow doesn't agree with is, indeed, survival of the fittest. Raven only saved Yang from Neo. She did not save her from Adam. I'm wondering how she knew Beacon was going to fall and that Salem is after the relic. Maybe she has the same ability that Qrow has, the ability to watch things through birds. It seems like Qrow has been having a crow tail RNJR, after all.

So... is Qrow implying that the Spring Maiden is with Raven's bandit tribe?

I guess now Yang and Tai are gonna train so Yang can get used to wearing her prosthetic arm?