Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140801004849/@comment-4830106-20140801015710

You absolutely did  NOT , WC.

That aside, this past Episode gives us a loooot of new material to speculate on. I'll start from smallest to biggest.


 * I guess Blake's the designated character for ruining the mood. I was really hoping for her to casually destroy the entire board game, but I guess that was best left to Jaune (which was ok). It was nice to see a little more world-building in this episode too. I guess the statement Jen Taylor made in the prologue of EP1 makes sense now; the kingdoms are the last sources of light, and any area between those is extremely dangerous. A lot like Feudal Europe, I suppose. Less here, I'm probably going to put a full-time geopolitics thread on the GD board.


 * Speaking of Jaune, TAKE A HINT. I mean, I'm not exactly a rabid Arkos or Rune shipper, but seriously dude, Weiss is not into you, if she hasn't made that abundantly clear already.


 * But while we're on the topic of Weiss shipping, I propose plans for a new Destroyer: the Ice Trident. Still bummed nothing happened with Snow Monkey. The White Rose shippers must have been going nuts.


 * Yeah, Ozpin totally knows all about Blake. Although apparently this new Ironwood fellow is also part of his circle of correspondence with Qrow. Here's hoping that these guys end up being the RWBY equivalent of the Order of the White Lotus.


 * So, our heroes are going to take matters into their own hands now? Well and good, although it probably doesn't bode well that three of our Tetrarchs of Villainy are undercover in Beacon, and Ruby doesn't recognize it. But like WP said, Ruby has an alarming tendency to hold the idiot ball, and it looked like she did have a bit of Deja Vu upon seeing Cinder.


 * Speaking of which, I was expecting Emerald and Mercury to infiltrate Beacon (and all the related hijinks thereafter), but not Cinder. I guess I just got the vibe that she was ~Glynda's age (whatever that is, this is anime after all), plus my headcanon that she and Glynda knew each other at some point. But if she's going into Beacon, I guess that's not the case.


 * Overall, I like how the plot seems to be moving right along, and there seems to be much more world-building. I still have a lot of unresolved questions, tho. Oh well. The teeth gritting shall commence anew.