Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-27144409-20160218225042/@comment-172.103.22.141-20160220064100

Lord Jaric wrote: I would say that there was some foreshadowing for Ruby's eyes. When the fairy tale of the Maidens was brought up and revealed to have truth to it. This should have made us think, if this one legend is true, what other legends cold be true, so with Ruby's silver eyes being revealed to be another legend, that part should come to no surprise.

Foreshadowing is a tricky thing to use because too much of it and you eliminate the element of surprise. In the case of Ruby, even the smallest bit of further information other than Ozpin's comment on her eyes and we could have been able to figure out that something was going to happen.

As an example on how to much information can ruin a big reveal, I'm going to talk about Rise of the Tomb Raider, so major spoilers.

As the game progresses you hear about this Prophet who is an immortal man. From there you can discern that Laura is going to run into this guy at some point near the end of the game. One point in the game Laura is captured and locked up with a man. After they escape and go their separate ways for the time being one of Laura’s camp journals talks about how she feels she can trust this man. Right then and there you can figure out that he is the immortal man and it is eventually revealed it as zero shock value.

So too much information and foreshadowing can be a bad thing. Which I feel would have been the case with Ruby's silver eyes.

I mostly agree, and I wasn't too bothered by it coming mostly out of nowhere. I don't think it was foreshadowed enough still. I mean, imagine if in the first episode Ozpin made an offhand mention about "Legends" or some sort, and how Silver Eyes are supposed to be important. Now obviously we woulda known that something would come of it, but A., we wouldn't know what or when, B. We wouldn't know if it's metaphorical or an actual power, and C., it woulda been long enough after the first mention of it that we wouldn't think anything would have come of it, but still understand where it came from. That's all, and again, I didn't really care, the ending would have been satisfying regardless, so just my two cents.