Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-30530552-20180102163330/@comment-80.192.76.76-20180102190710

I liked the episode. We finally get a big fight and it's pretty good. The animation quality was great and some of the stuff was just beautiful to watch. However I thought the fight would be a bit more chaotic and it lacked the energy of earlier fights in the show (this is a "problem" that's been mentioned elsewhere). I guess it wasn't objectively bad but that would've been nice. Still good though. Also during the Cinder-Jaune charge, Cinder is literally flying...and then gets stopped by the Silver Eyes with no conservation of momentum.

Good reveal for Lionheart's tail and weapon, as well as his continuing lack of anything resembling a backbone. Vernal also has two weapons and they appear to shoot lasers or something.

Weiss' injury is good for shock value. She won't die of course, being a main character (and while it would be ballsy to kill her off, it would also ruin plot lines so it'd be a bit stupid) but it does show our heroes are taking injuries and that there is risk in the story.

I liked Jaune getting pissed about Pyrrha (and Cinder not knowing who he was), as well as Emerald's little reference to her loyalty to Cinder. Would've been better to have brought up Jaune's internal struggles in his interaction with other characters (mainly Qrow and Ozpin) but it's mostly good. Did a really good job of bringing across his emotions though.

We also get Silver Eyes being used. Awesome, though it would've been nice if it had been brought up before this and explored. Feels a bit left out of the story. Also it didn't seem to hurt Cinder as much this time, though it seems weaker than the previous use. The Pyrrha flashback was great as well.

However, there was a bit too much talking and characters standing around when they should have been doing something, rather than trying to kill each other which I thought would be more appropriate. Weiss watching Raven and Qrow fight in particular looked a bit weird, since she looks a bit gormless.

No Watts or Tyrian. Shame, though I suspect they'll appear at least in time for the grand finale.