Not to mention that Dust ceases to function (at least in the way that the people of Remnant traditionally activate it) once it leaves the atmosphere (I think? The Dust thing was so long ago.), which is of course, closer to the moon.
So yeah, broken moon probably has some plot significance. What it is, exactly, is anyone's guess at this point. But hey, we got what, 12 (including this one) volumes to go or something? That's not gonna come up for a while.
"Evii is right though" -Saturn "I didn't know you were a bitch Evii." -Lior Val@Wyldchyld: It's a bit of a prisoner's dilemma that Ironwood finds himself in. If Atlas continues exporting dust, and somebody declares war over the incident in Vale, they're at a serious disadvantage. If they declare an embargo and a war fails to materialize, feeling have been hurt and little more. If they declare and embargo and the situation escalates into war, Atlas is in the best position possible.
Depending on how the probability of each outcome is determined, it's easy to come to a conclusion that Ironwood did.
edited 1st Nov '16 6:21:32 PM by CaptainCapsase
I've been proposing for a while now that Remnant exists After the End and the moon was broken in some ancient conflict that is in some way related to Grimm becoming a thing and may or may not also be responsible for Dust.
Nobody in Remnant has the capabilities required to blow off a huge chunk of the moon but, like, there it is. Huge chunk blown off the moon. Someone did that. If the technology doesn't exist anywhere in recorded history, then it happened before recorded history.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Mundane Solution: The moon was struck by an asteroid.
Addition: That asteroid was comprised of frozen chunks of that black Grimm goo.
edited 1st Nov '16 10:13:11 PM by WillDeRegio
Im surprise nobody in that episode talk about the huge goliath in the room: that apparently Atlas smuggle a LIVING ROBOT who can used AURA in a TOURNAMENT.
I mean you would expect Weiss dad to ask "Really, what was that shit?" or dunno....SOMETHING, it seen important dosent it?
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
Penny is not that Small, she is a robot who can used Aura and was sneak into vital tournament, in which Cinder point out the frige logic of why Atlas would make a cyborg look like a little girl if their objective are Grimm....
And more important, Ironwood was keeping her safe and out of reach, meaning he was invold in someway, I first I thought it was Atlas experiment but now I consider the posibility of Penny maker creating him and asking James a favour(and if I think why, I would guess because it the same guy who put his bionics, saving his life for whatever accident happen to him)
Think is, that befall Ironwood, it was his responsability to look that Penny didnt get hurt ot was expose and Cinder take both think and cut into pieces, it would be a damn miracle if James got a job in something beyond security guard
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not""Penny is not that Small"
Yes she is; she's only 5'5".
The fact that Atlas had a secret robot is more important than why they had a secret robot. And since Atlas isn't telling, nobody is pushing it. They're taking the silence as an admission of guilt on Atlas' part, which is fueling the war paranoia.
That is correct, but they can be smaller...
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Addition: That asteroid was comprised of frozen chunks of that black Grimm goo.
Not impossible, but it's one of those possibilities that sorta self-defeats, narratively speaking.
It's possible that either a meteor struck the moon and Grimm were seeded onto the Earth as a result. It's also possible that the moon itself burst and Grimm goop was inside it and rained down onto the Earth. There are ways that the moon's destruction and the Grimm can be related that do not require an After the End scenario.
But they're narratively unnecessary methods. Since the Grimm have been around for longer than recorded history, there's nothing that inherently requires them to be from space. They could just as easily be a feature of the fantasy world Remnant exists within. Tying their presence to the moon's destruction as a natural event allows for Remnant to sidestep the possibility of being an After the End scenario, but "And then suddenly the Grimm were there!" is itself a plot point that only has meaning as an After the End scenario.
So if we want to connect the Grimm to the moon's destruction, we're left with a plot point that can potentially avert an After the End reveal but that only means anything if combined with an After the End reveal.
edited 2nd Nov '16 8:03:35 AM by TobiasDrake
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I somehow doubt that.
I do tend to favor the theory that the Grimm are the result of some epic fuckups by Precursors, and also that Salem and Ozpin are both survivors of the Time of Myths.

...huh, shit.
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