Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140829002738/@comment-14909251-20140829052745

Well, maybe this is just me, but it seemed to me like the fight with CRDL was not really happening. Before the lights go up the stands are empty with not a student in sight. After the lights go up there is no sign of the other members of CRDL. When Mercury and Pyrrha fight the lights are still up so it does not seem like they were turning down the lights for a fight. Not to mention Glynda seems to suggest when talking to Mercury that these are one-on-one sparring matches. Plus, Cardin says "lucky shot", which does not exactly match the fight we witnessed. I either have to presume there were a whole bunch of inconsistencies and/or artistic flourishes with that scene, or that it was partly in her head.

So, about Blake, her running herself ragged just goes further to my idea that her reasons are not exactly the reasons she has mentioned. After all, the first scene of her in this volume involves her staring at sketches she did of Adam. The flashback in the next episode focuses mostly on Ozpin's suspicions towards her and the implicit threat in him mentioning how he is a hunstman yet when asked what is troubling her she goes on about not doing anything about Torchwick and the White Fang. Her behavior is basically a textbook example of trying too hard and the lady doth protest too much.

Jaune, oh Jaune, she actually gave you a second chance there for a moment and you just had to ruin it. Granted, Weiss gave her friends a rather absurd excuse so he probably only needs one more good shot to get it right. If Neptune shoots her down then she will be primed for the taking. Ganbare, Jaune!

Lastly, they are totally failing at making Cinder seem sinister. That scene was so completely adorable that her menacing statement barely registered. I mean, Emerald was already way too adorable to be a villain and now they throw in Cinder happily sewing an outfit while they're laying about in the dorm. Nothing even remotely ominous about that group other than their occasional death stares and the fact that they kill people.