RWBY

[Kidd]

Guys. This episode.

Guys.

[Jurassic Weeb]

Agreed. Helluvan episode. Nice to see that Zwei has some purpose, other than a mascoy. And the new Grimm... I'm intrigued.

[Asura]

Kidd said
Guys. This episode.

Guys. That Neo.

Guys.

[Flamelord]

Indeed. Let's count it down.

So, Grimm are attracted to negative emotions, and dissipate into nothingness after a few hours. Seems oddly familiar to me... Other than that, no big surprises beyond the expected possibility of new Grimm.

As for the most recent episode, Roman apparently has a grappling hook in his cane too, which is convenient. It's ironic that while he's the guy in charge, he goes down the easiest in the three fights we see. Also 1/6 roll for that Persuasion check. Try again next time.

Neo is awesome, Chainsaw Lieutenant isn't bad, that mysterious figure with the Grimm mask is certainly intriguing, since they apparently use blades made of pure Dust or something, and I bet it'll be suggested, but I don't actually think it's Summer Rose personally. Just a hunch, even if they did save Yang from being aggressively shanked before ripping a hole in reality to leave.

Oobleck's coffee mug bat is also a flamethrower. Which is cool. And Zwei apparently has an aura of his own, since he gets hit with said bat, lit on fire, and smashed into a mech with nary a scorched hair on him.

Now then...This plan doesn't seem very well thought out. Leading the Grimm to Vale I can understand, but after ramming through a wall, how were they expecting to unload all the stuff they had on that train before the Grimm caught up and started killing everything? Then again, I suppose the people inside the train weren't all knocked unconscious like Team RWBY was on the outside of the train.

Next week is gonna be a doozy.

[Kidd]

Asura said
Guys. That Neo.

Dude.

She was perfection.

Flamelord said
Neo is awesome, Chainsaw Lieutenant isn't bad, that mysterious figure with the Grimm mask is certainly intriguing, since they apparently use blades made of pure Dust or something, and I bet it'll be suggested, but I don't actually think it's Summer Rose personally. Just a hunch, even if they did save Yang from being aggressively shanked before ripping a hole in reality to leave.

Not Summer Rose...but maybe Yang's mom?

Flamelord said
Now then...This plan doesn't seem very well thought out. Leading the Grimm to Vale I can understand, but after ramming through a wall, how were they expecting to unload all the stuff they had on that train before the Grimm caught up and started killing everything? Then again, I suppose the people inside the train weren't all knocked unconscious like Team RWBY was on the outside of the train.

Yeah I'm not sure. Maybe they'll be unloading / escaping while the grimm wreak havoc.

On an other note, we learned that dust works universally with semblances. I thought it was just Weiss' glyph-stuff, but Blake was able to use the elements in a p. cool way.

But MVP of the episode is definitely Neo. I mean, Monty confirmed early on that Yang had never lost a fight. And yet Neo single handedly kicked her ass--without breaking a sweat, it seemed. She's gonna be trouble.

[Flamelord]

Yep on the Dust thing. That'll be interesting in the future. For example, Ruby + Red Dust = Fire trail?

If that's Yang's mom, then she's a badass. Though I can only guess given the fact that Neo was apparently afraid of her and ran for it, despite the beatdown she delivered to Yang. That's gonna be fun.

[Jurassic Weeb]

Kidd said Not Summer Rose...but maybe Yang's mom?

Seems a tad obvious, but that's happened before (Blake being Faunus, Penny being an android).

On a side note did anyone else catch that RvB reference?

[Kidd]

Otaku95 said
Seems a tad obvious, but that's happened before (Blake being Faunus, Penny being an android).

Haha Ikr? RWBY hasn't had all too surprising plot twists.

Otaku95 said On a side note did anyone else catch that RvB reference?

I did not, but I don't follow RvB much. The only RvB I've caught this season was, "Like a puma?"

[Jurassic Weeb]

Oobleck: "Blake! Decouple the caboose! It will kill us all!"

Mind you, Caboose (also voiced by Heyman) has a habit of killing his teammates in RvB.

[Kidd]

Ahh, okay. xD

That's pretty good, lolol

[Jurassic Weeb]

And the new Grimm seen... they made me think of the Kaiju from Pacific Rim, at least a little bit.

[Flamelord]

Well, it's a good thing Ironwood brought that veritable army for the Vale Festival. Should help contain the Grimm. If, you know, the Black Queen virus doesn't activate and make all the mechs and robots they have go haywire and start indiscriminately shooting people.

[Foster]

Flamelord said
Well then, this little break, much less useful than the one about Dust. I was hoping to see something about culture and stuff, not vague generalizations that only really reinforce the point that the world is a scary place beyond the walls of the Kingdoms. Oh well, till next week then.

Pretty much it confirms there are people who, for some reason or another, decide to live outside these fortified cities (like Ruby's entire family).
-And like most of Ruby's family, they tend to disappear overnight without explanation. But disappear from who?

As evil as Roland may seem to be, I don't think his aim is to destroy the one thing keeping the nasties away from him.

flamelord said I got the feeling was that most of the people 'disappearing', got brutally murdered by Grimm. Or raiders.

Yeah, pretty much lends credence to my belief that that spiel he gave to the White Fang was playing to the crowd. The White Fang want to overthrow the current order and get revenge on everyone who wronged them. The plan hits a seriously flaw if the army that Cinder is building doesn't take the armaments that Torchwick can provide. So he has to get them on his side. If Vale collapsed then all his wealth would be worthless after all, though I could see him going for the 'Robber King' schtick.

Also reinforces the belief that The White Fang and Cinder's group will inevitably backstab each other on the verge of victory or shortly thereafter, allowing the heroes to swoop in and save the day while they're divided and fighting amongst themselves..

We've been wrong before.

Ironwood is a good guy, right? and Roman is a bad guy?

I've already voiced my concern on "where all of Roman's stuff is coming from'.
-I'm set that Weiss's dad is a crooked-ass gun-running griefer.

My guess is the virus is what's blocking Ruby's cell-phone signal. Y'know, since it's in THE communications-hub of Vale.
-This would also make it impossible for Roman to warn everyone of the double-cross/grimmvasion.

Checkmate.

This is the storytelling version of the Polish-Blitz strategy to chess. Obvious only to people who have used it before and failed, and countered easily enough by simply doing the same thing your opponent does. It's only hard when you want to win without stooping to your opponent's tactics.

...

How far can we rocket Jaune's locker with Zwei inside? Since we already know where they are.

...

Also... ALL THE TEACHERS/HUNTRESSES HAVE LEFT VALE ON 'MISSIONS'.

[Asura]

Foster said
We've been wrong before.Ironwood is a good guy, right? and Roman is a bad guy?I've already voiced my concern on "where all of Roman's stuff is coming from'.-I'm set that Weiss's dad is a crooked-ass gun-running griefer. Y'know, since it's in THE communications-hub of Vale.-This would also make it impossible for Roman to warn everyone of the double-cross/grimmvasion.Checkmate.. Obvious only to people who have used it before and failed, and countered easily enough by simply doing the same thing your opponent does. ...How far can we rocket Jaune's locker with Zwei inside? Since we already know they are....Also... ALL THE TEACHERS/HUNTRESSES HAVE LEFT VALE ON 'MISSIONS'.

If Jaune shows up with his team to fight the grimm off with team RWBY and he and Ren are actually relevant in the fight I think Monty will have won me over.

[Foster]

Asura said If Jaune shows up with his team to fight the grimm off with team RWBY and he and Ren are actually relevant in the fight I think Monty will have won me over.

Quote button not working for me.

anyways, you may as well start making cosplay-selfies now in hopes of being hired as a guest voice-actress and be an official stalker/co-worker of Monty.

[Kidd]

I like this twist on the dudes not being useful tbh, lol. I couldn't care less that they get screen time just get their asses kicked. I wouldn't enjoy it in everything I watch, but it's different and I appreciate it for that. It's also interesting that the show applies the reverse (almost) Bechdel test. We've yet to see two men talk to each other about anything but a girl or girls unless they were fighting or demonstrating a negative male-male relationship. Examples that come to mind would be Sun talking to Neptune about Blake and Neptune and Jaune talking about Weiss. Or Jaune and Ren "talking" about girl problems.

I find it fascinating and it's not something I expected to see with so many men working on the show.

[Foster]

/me comes to the conclusion that Kidd has as many problems understanding boys as boys have at understanding girls.

In school, everything is simple and straightforward, except girls.

Or, are you wondering why none of the main-cast has developed a love-interest in Cardin yet?

[Asura]

Kidd said
I like this twist on the dudes not being useful tbh, lol. I couldn't care less that they get screen time just get their asses kicked. I wouldn't enjoy it in I watch, but it's different and I appreciate it for that. It's also interesting that the show applies the reverse (almost) Bechdel test. We've yet to see two men talk to each other about anything but a girl or girls unless they were fighting or demonstrating a negative male-male relationship. Examples that come to mind would be Sun talking to Neptune about Blake and Neptune and Jaune talking about Weiss. Or Jaune and Ren "talking" about girl problems. I find it fascinating and it's not something I expected to see with so many men working on the show.

I'd prefer all the characters be useful and contribute not only to the plot, but to the fight scenes that more or less make RWBY worth watching. I feel as though they butt monkey the male characters just so they can have the 'bragging rights' of being a show where their females are the dominant force because gurl powah is 'cool' nowadays and it 'breaks the norm' of female characters always being useless.

The fact Ruby was like 'Oh fuck, we need back up, better call Jaune' does give me hope that Jaune's gotten stronger and his team will be useful for more than just 'lol hi im pyrrha get rekt' and the occasional Nora one liner though. Maybe everyone will be of use in the finale instead of Ruby mary sueing it up and soloing the final Grimm boss.

[GingerBoi123]

So I found this thread and I was like ermhagurd!!! So what's the discussion at the moment?

[GingerBoi123]

So I found this thread and I was like ermhagurd!!! So what's the discussion at the moment?