So has anyone else made the joke that Qrow isn't dying from being poisoned, he's just been constantly drinking and warding off a massive hangover which is just hitting now?
Me and my friend's collaborative webcomic: Forged MenLooking back on previous episodes, I've noticed the wording doesn't imply as much "oneness" as some people might have thought.
In episode 7 Ozpin states he helped build Haven, and in episode 8 Qrow says that Ozpin's predecessor founded the schools. Some people took that to mean that Ozpin just mixed up memories of past lives, but the wording doesn't (necessarily) imply that.
It's still a possibility, of course, but there isn't any contradiction in Ozpin helping to build the academies, and then having the actual position of headmaster based down to him/having his soul linked with the founder afterwards.
Unless you're taking the soul merging as the reason Ozpin has lived so long, which is also very possible, but I'm not sure that's what's supposed to be implied here.
Could be Ozpin forgets or doesn't bother to seperate his memories. Alternatively Qrow doesn't know that part about Ozpin, and thinks they're all seperate guys.
Although thinking about it, it would actually make a lot of sense as to why Ozpin was so horribly ineffective and outplayed against Salem if it was because regardless of older predecessor memories and experiences that current Ozpin was born in the time of peace and was unprepared for the real battle against Salem.
Whelp, took me a bit to get caught up on this thread.
I'm thinking that the whole "turn into a bird" thing might be a Branwyn Clan secret technique. Something that could be taught to outsiders.
I've also noticed that alot of special techniques hail from Animas. You have Adam with his Moonslice, Ren with his Aura projection(Maybe Fox is from Animas, too), Qrow and Raven turning into birds, and Qrow with his scythe skills.
Also, judging by the footprint, or rather, hoofprint, and the fact that a lone Grimm was capable of ransacking a town, and leaving it intact, I'm thinking we might be getting a minotaur Grimm. I also have this feeling that it is associated with Clan Branwyn in some way, either because it is highly intelligent and can be reason with to a degree, it's being manipulated by the Clan, or it's following the Clan.
edited 13th Jan '17 8:13:59 AM by WillDeRegio
Branwen.
Well, the Minotaur would leave human-shaped footprints behind (body of a man, head of a bull).
There was a Giant Horse of Oz. It was told in a story that included, during the adventure, a giant sea monster. Just throwing that out there.
But it probably is some kind of minotaur or centaur.
I wonder if animal headed Faunus exist, or centaur-like or satyr-like beings? That's a cringe-worthy thought.
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.So, I've been rewatching the series from the beginning. Just finished the first season. Random thoughts, in no particular order:
- I'd forgotten how janky the animation in the early stuff was. Outside of combat scenes, everything is pretty stiff and artificial.
- Early combat scenes were fantastic, though. The more recent ones aren't terrible, but they're generally not as good on the whole. RIP Monty.
- Some of the early voice acting is pretty meh, as well. They're mostly over it by the end of the season, but it definitely took them a few episodes to hit their stride. Probably most noticeable with Yang.
- Season one is basically entirely character introductions. Very little happens plot-wise, and the only characters that get any backstory or real development are Jaune and Blake, and a little bit from Weiss. This isn't a bad thing, as they keep things interesting, but it's pretty much entirely setup.
- Roman is still the best antagonist in the show.
I'm still unsure about the new designs for Team RWBY.
JNR and everyone that isn't Cinder (not counting characters introduced in Volume 4, like Whitley, Jacques, Ghira, Kali, Tyrian, Hazel, Watts, Illia) look mostly the same (okay, Ren looks different, but is still closer to the original design than 3/4 of Team RWBY. I'm obviously not counting Yang's robotic arm.), even though Jaune and Nora have slight differences to their designs.
AAAAUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!Hmm, lot's of information about the political system of remnant. Mistral did indeed once have an Emperor (in accordance with it apparently being a mix of Ancient Grome and Imperial China), Vale has no monarch, the last ruler having been the founder of the huntsman academies and the current system of international cooperation.
Also I totally called it in regards to Mantle being the ones who went full totalitarian in regards to banning artistic expression and shit.
edited 14th Jan '17 10:07:03 AM by CaptainCapsase
And there's season two down. I think season two is my favorite season. If the first season was all about introducing the characters, then the second is about showing that they're just a small part of the wider world. They start looking into the stuff Roman and the White Fang are getting up to, and though they make some progress, they largely fail, because the forces they're up against are just bigger than them. Even in the big climactic battle, they basically lose — only one of the four of them actually succeeds at what they set out to do (Blake beats Roman, but Ruby fails to make it to the head of the train from up top, Neo takes out Yang before being run off by Raven, and Weiss loses to White Fang chainsaw guy and has to be rescued by Blake), and they ultimately aren't able to stop the train from breaking into Vale, although they're able to mitigate the damage done because they're already on scene and able to work on containing the breach immediately.
Season two also has some of the best character development. We see Blake go through her mini-freak out with driving herself too hard. We see Jaune stop worrying so much about his image and start being more confident about just being himself, plus he actually shows some competence in combat rather than being a joke. There's most of an episode just exploring why the various members of Team RWBY want to become huntresses, and even they acknowledge that the answers they gave aren't the whole story, because people are more complicated than just having one simple reason to want to dedicate their lives to something.
All in all, a good mix — some action, some fun, some character drama, and some plot advancement. The heroes make progress and the villains have some setbacks, but it's not a slam dunk on either side, so there's plenty of interesting things going on in the story.
Next up: season three. Weee, this is gonna be fun.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.

Now I'm wonder how much about this do the councils know? Does the rabbit hole go so deep that they're not even included?