User blog:Hidden Scorpius XI/My impressions on "The Four Maidens" (WoR, V3-E4)

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Well... the streak of actually giving completely new information on the World of Remnant videos stopped with this episode. "The Four Maidens" is just a re-mastered version of the story Ozpin told to Pyrrha in "Fall." The only difference is that this time it was presented in a more Fairytale-like format. The animation was nudged up significantly, being the first WoR video to feature facial expressions and all that. If I had to say something negatively about this episode, again, it would be that we already knew this information.

What is worse, it did not only not elaborate on what we kinda knew already, it also contradicts what we've kinda seen so far about the Maiden's powers (Beginning of the End). Do each maiden gets power over one element? Do they all get power over all elements? They don't explain it, and this was the perfect opportunity to explain it. I'm sorry, but I just can't stop noticing this kind of things and see them as the crew handling things carelessly.

On an unrelated note: It seems that everybody has jumped into another "band-wagon theory/prediction that isn't really that hard to predict in the first place" (yes, it is a mouthful, fite me). This time, is the prediction that Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang will become the Four Maidens by the end of the series. I personally don't dislike the idea, in fact I think it'd be an interesting outcome, and it could lead to even more interesting character developments. But again, everybody is in on this theory, it is a band-wagon at this point. If it turns out to be the case, then it'll be the fourth time a Wild-Mass-Guess turns out to be truth. Four times! You can't call it a coincidence at this point: RWBY is predictable. Not "The Village's ending" bad, but still pretty bad.

To give Miles and Kerry some credit, there aren't that many clues and unsubtle foreshadowing in the show, except the clear archetypes RWBY and the Maidens have in common, which not everybody may catch on to. And who knows, they may switch thing up a bit, throw us a curveball. But I wouldn't get my hopes up.

Sorry for this short rant. Have a nice day.