Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-27234079-20200111162942/@comment-4134422-20200112002646

Solaris XD wrote: Granaatti wrote: Ren and Nora's side stories have been so weird in this volume so, even though I my opinion Winter Maiden Nora is from more unlikely end, it might actually happen.

I mean they kind of were setting up this whole conflict of ideas between Ren and Nora (Ren lining with Ironwood and Nora with Happy Huntresses). But then they just dropped the whole thing and now they are like nothing ever happened. Ren is acting all normal again, Ironwood and Robyn are allies and Nora is... Kind of symbol of Mantle and it's people's frustation but that came pretty much to the end in this episode too.

This volume has been from the better end of the series, but things like this honestly make it feel like there has been a lot of scenes and plot elements that were cut off the last minute. Agreed. It feels like some plot elements were rushed or cut. Jacques felt like he was beaten WAY too quickly, before he even got a chance to do anything.

It also feels like Ruby and Co. suffered zero consequences from witholding vital information for so long. Hopefully this is just because the Battle of Mantle is a priority right now and when their out of that situation, then maybe we can actually get something from that.

According to Eddy Rivas, Volumes 7 and 8 are extremely tied together so maybe V8 will go into the stuff with Ren, Ruby's consequences etc there. This volume is going way faster than I wanted, we went from the 1st half of Vol2 and straight up jumped onto Vol3's 2nd half (not to mention all the cut content from Vol3 as well). While it almost feels like deja vu in terms of build up, comparing them with the previous 2 arcs, this one is getting quite an early peak imo (Beacon's was in the 3rd act, while Haven's was in the 2nd act).

I feel the bigger, real one is being pushed for when Salem's flying Beringels arrive... and there's NO WAY we'll continue without consequences/resolutions about holding info close to the chest, from team RWBY+co towards Ironwood to Ironwood towards his entire kingdom and council.

Now, I just hope Ironwood doesn't join the "let's piss on Oz'" club because, honestly... is getting old and Oscar being the only one to acknowledge Oz's struggle is getting way overlooked imo. Yes, Oscar barely has any control over it since his soul is merging with Oz's, but now they walked a mile in Oz's shoes so they all must've learned something from it... hopefully, Oz included.