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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#42001: Nov 19th 2016 at 8:27:52 PM

So yeah, looking at the conversation between Raven and Qrow, I'm wondering if she isn't, presumably under An Offer You Can't Refuse arrangement similar to the White Fang and Torchwick, working for Salem. The conversation starts out in a way that goes against that notion, but near the end, I'm getting the impression she might have been phishing for the location of the Beacon relic under the assumption that Qrow didn't know she was working with the enemy.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#42002: Nov 19th 2016 at 8:32:04 PM

[up][up]Whas the weird business with the Daddy-Daughter scene, interest risen.

edited 19th Nov '16 8:32:27 PM by randomness4

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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#42003: Nov 19th 2016 at 8:38:46 PM

[up] Taiyang makes an arm quip after getting annoyed with Yang, there's a tense moment, and then it turns out the Yang we still know and love is still in there beneath all the moping.

edited 20th Nov '16 8:27:38 AM by CaptainCapsase

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#42004: Nov 19th 2016 at 8:47:22 PM

Seems like a cool dad...

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SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#42005: Nov 20th 2016 at 12:58:44 AM

So here's what I think.

If Blake kisses Sun, White Rose is safe.

If Ruby kisses Jaune, Bumblebee is safe.

They'd have to be crazy to kill off both of their majorly-popular lesbian ships.

But if Ren kisses Jaune... no one is safe.

My various fanfics.
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#42006: Nov 20th 2016 at 1:51:19 AM

Crazy, or not letting fandom dictate their writing decisions

Given how they've reacted to criticism in the past (highly unprofessionally) I think there is very little chance of them changing something because of vitriol in the fandom

edit: Well, except in order to spite people

edited 20th Nov '16 1:51:37 AM by Saiga

TairaMai rollin' on dubs from El Paso Tx Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Mu
rollin' on dubs
#42007: Nov 20th 2016 at 2:15:31 AM

[up]?? When did that happen?

I'm just curious. Every artist is human, some just wear their hearts on their sleeves. JMS got into a spat on USENET when a fan said a Babylon Five episode was a "ripoff" of either Closetland (a film based on a play) or NineteenEightyFour. JMS have that guy a beatdown that was epic because he did research for PEN international and other dissident support groups. Not helping were some trolls who said that an actor was a "druggie" when in fact the poor man had a mental illness. JMS went nuclear whenever those guys would try and troll the newsgroup.

As much as I would love to see more LGBT characters, forcing the issue against the wished of the creators is not the way to do it. Either plan it that way or don't do it after the fact. The episode "Rejoined" from Star Trek Deep Space Nine is an example of LGBT done poorly: the "Lesbian Kiss Episode" that was more Narm/Girl-on-Girl is Hot (aside from a few scenes) than a "we stand with you" from the writers.

edited 20th Nov '16 2:22:32 AM by TairaMai

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Psyga315 Since: Jan, 2001
#42008: Nov 20th 2016 at 8:23:43 AM

Okay, so I just realized something...

Had that one dude not mugged Ruby in the shop, she would have never gotten mixed up in the entire mess.

edited 20th Nov '16 8:23:51 AM by Psyga315

VutherA Since: Jul, 2009
#42009: Nov 20th 2016 at 8:35:20 AM

That'd be a funny start to the series.

"You didn't realize there was a robbery happening right next to you!?"

"I was listening to music!"

mega-dark Moe Game Console from Planeptune Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#42010: Nov 20th 2016 at 8:36:39 AM

In this weeks episode of RWBY sins. Crow and Raven play the pronoun game so we don't know what "it" is. DING

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VoidsEmpathy Emissary of the Void from Realm of In-Between Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: A heart full of love
Emissary of the Void
#42011: Nov 20th 2016 at 8:46:59 AM

i read that in that same voice style and [lol]

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#42012: Nov 20th 2016 at 9:01:52 AM

Caught the new episode. There was a lot of great stuff in there.

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AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#42013: Nov 20th 2016 at 9:04:09 AM

Just watched the episode. Boy was that a complete waste of everybody's time. Rather than seeing Yang actually make the decision to put the arm on, we're forced to deal with Qrow and Raven having a predictably cryptic conversation about absolutely nothing that we care about. I don't care about Qrow. I don't care about Raven. I want to spend time with the actual main cast, god forbid.

Hell, even the scene choices were lame. That bit where we see Qrow following Ruby and killing Grimm, and then see Raven's raven following them as well? Completely pointless if only two minutes later we were going to have the scene at the two inns. The second scene gives us all the information that's in the first.

As for the plot, it continues to advance nowhere fast.

Side note but if/when the show tries to make me sympathize with Raven later on, I'm going to be very irritated.

edited 20th Nov '16 9:11:20 AM by AmbarSonofDeshar

FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
A Fluff Ringer
#42014: Nov 20th 2016 at 9:15:08 AM

But she has just put her arm on. It's not shown on-screen, but it's clearly the shiny robot arm.

  • So I guess either Ozpin is in the mirror or is right in Oscar's head. For the record, Oscar is one of the original Wizard of Oz's real names.
  • Hey, Professors. Admittedly, the scene got a little scary with Yang and Taiyang staring each other down, but it turns out they were just playing around.
  • ...I do wonder if Port, Oobleck and Taiyang are in the know about the whole Relic thing. I presume Goodwitch does more than just "restore Beacon to its former glory" (admittedly, seeing Smaugrimm removed off-screen would be briefly hilarious).
  • Scary Adam Nightmare.
  • We finally get some insight into Raven. Cryptic. So I guess both Branwens were wandering bandits (her tribe) prior to... when, actually? The same bandits are implied to have burned that town from Ep. 2.
  • The strong live, the weak die. That sounds super-Salem. Raven might not be actually working with her; perhaps she merely pretends to do that or is just the third party trying to do things her way.

Like the ep. The waitress is cute, too.

...also, Qrow in a skirt.

SaintDeltora The Mistress from The Land Of Corruption and Debauchery Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
The Mistress
#42015: Nov 20th 2016 at 9:16:17 AM

I dunno,

I haven't finished the episode yet (Mostly due to all the buffering) but I like that they are taking Yang 's trauma nice and slow. You don't solve something like that quickly, you need time to get used to it first. Her laughing at Taiyang's (terrible) joke is already a lot of progress.

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SaintDeltora The Mistress from The Land Of Corruption and Debauchery Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
The Mistress
#42016: Nov 20th 2016 at 9:35:57 AM

[up][up] I think Ambar's problem is that we don't actually see her putting it on, she just kinda appears with it.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#42017: Nov 20th 2016 at 9:37:31 AM

I thought that entire conversation was just about Raven being the chief of one of those roaming bandit teams that probably wiped out where Nora and Ren are from. Yeah, she knows about Salem, but that doesn't imply to me she's working for her, especially the way the conversation was going.

@Ambar, the way the episode was going I don't think seeing Yang put the arm on actually changes anything. Everything that needed to be established was.

And on the "lesbian ships" sinking...yeah, if that's how the writers go about it, that's how it goes. I hate the thought that writers are obligated to fans their ships in order to be "progressive", in quotes because the entire mindset doesn't seem particularly progressive to me.

edited 20th Nov '16 9:46:47 AM by LSBK

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#42018: Nov 20th 2016 at 9:59:36 AM

I mean, it's not like these are ships the fans have created out of nothingness. ShipTease-ing is a thing, and the writers have played it especially hard with Yang and Blake. Not expecting that to be a thing would be like not expecting Nora and Ren to be a thing, when it's so obviously going to be a thing.

My various fanfics.
Cross (Don’t ask)
#42019: Nov 20th 2016 at 10:01:24 AM

They did it with Jaune and Pyrrha too.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#42020: Nov 20th 2016 at 10:01:34 AM

Ship Tease doesn't have to lead to anything, and often doesn't.

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#42021: Nov 20th 2016 at 10:23:43 AM

In any case we're four episodes in and thus far I am bored. A third of the way through the show if it follows the usual twelve episode pattern and absolutely nothing has happened. We've spent most of our time on stuff that, quite frankly, could have happened in-between seasons.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#42022: Nov 20th 2016 at 10:24:43 AM

Eh, I think the pacing has always been like this. Maybe that's not good, but it's nothing new, either.

edited 20th Nov '16 10:25:04 AM by LSBK

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#42023: Nov 20th 2016 at 10:36:02 AM

Yeah, this is basically the same as the pacing from the first two volumes.

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AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#42024: Nov 20th 2016 at 10:39:55 AM

I can safely say the first four episodes of the previous seasons didn't bore me like these ones have.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#42025: Nov 20th 2016 at 10:44:42 AM

I like how Yang is progressing. Also, Qrow following Ruby makes me think there has to be something more to this than just Ruby's silver eye powers. That's important, obviously, but something else is going on.

[up]Gotta establish the new normal before moving on. Or at least, I think that's what they're doing.

edited 20th Nov '16 10:45:45 AM by LSBK


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