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Alfric Sailing the Skies! from Crescent Isle Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#46301: May 29th 2017 at 5:44:49 PM

I mean, I do feel that with all of the questionable pacing of this season, perhaps had it been done better squeezing in a scene or two to establish a plot thread for later of Neo and Penny (maybe show Jacques or Ironwood talking to Gepetto about the failed project, and Neo at the wreckage of the ship they stole glaring at the picture of Ruby she took) might have been manageable and worthwhile. As it stands though, they are pretty low priority and at the very least what was covered was focused on the main cast and upcoming important characters. I do think saying "well they didn't mention Penny and Neo this season so they must have completely dropped the plot threads" seems a bit alarmist when we know more seasons are coming.

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WillDeRegio Since: Jan, 2015
#46302: May 29th 2017 at 6:36:10 PM

In volume 3, Neo had successfully impersonated an Atlas soldier and single handedly commandeered one of Atlas's airships. It is very likely that Atlas doesn't even fully know what Neo looks like, so she could probably infiltrate an airship crew again.

wild mass guessNeo snuck aboard an airship and is currently "serving" under Winter Schnee's command. Once Weiss meets up with Winter, Neo decides to shadow Weiss, figuring the former heiress will be looking to reunite with her team, giving Neo the chance to enact her revenge on Ruby.wild mass guess

I'm going to rewatch volume 4 to make sure I didn't miss any familiar looking midgets in the crowds.

edited 29th May '17 6:37:42 PM by WillDeRegio

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#46303: May 29th 2017 at 7:39:31 PM

Complaining about lack of Neo has got to be one of the sillier things I've seen. She was thrown in there due to a cosplay the creators liked! She's not important.

She could be dead, and it'd only be a vaguer version of Torchwick's death. And Torchwick was a bigger deal than her.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#46304: May 29th 2017 at 8:36:37 PM

Yeah, she is great.

Silent Skill.

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WillDeRegio Since: Jan, 2015
#46305: May 29th 2017 at 8:44:56 PM

She's a smug, mysterious little ice cream lady with an umbrella, who, as I stated, single handedly hijacked an airship. Which is impressive for a Torchwick cosplayer. She also evoked concern from Torchwick when she got Mary Poppins'd, so there's some story there that we want to learn about.

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#46306: May 29th 2017 at 9:39:00 PM

Honestly it'd just be stupid to have a throwaway scene in Volume 4 just to establish that she's still alive. If she does return have the first glimpse of her be one shot right at the end of the episode before she attacks Ruby.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#46307: May 29th 2017 at 10:11:42 PM

It would be stupid if it was just one scene...and she doesn't get back on the horse in the same season.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#46308: May 30th 2017 at 7:28:50 AM

I just felt like nothing of consequence happened in Volume 4 after how much Volume 3 setup. I understand wanting a breather after everything that happened, but there's a time and place and I don't agree spending an entire season on that was a good idea.

It's basically more setup, but the last season had done a good job of that anyway soooo... not that all of Volume 4 was bad mind you, but I hope Volume 5 has more of a singular focus so the plot advances better.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#46309: May 30th 2017 at 8:23:14 AM

Every plot thread is converging at or very closely to Mistral so that should ease your mind.

WillDeRegio Since: Jan, 2015
#46310: May 30th 2017 at 9:11:35 AM

Things that I'm hoping for in Volume 5:

  • The Return of Neo: Ice Cream's Revenge
  • Penny 2.0: Mass Produced Pennies
  • More new Grimm!
  • A Beach Episode, with Jaune in a bikini
  • Professor Port in a mankini
  • Ruby training her silver eyes
  • Force ghost!Phyrra
  • Things going horribly wrong in Mistral
  • Cyborg Tyrian

Vampireandthen In love with an Uptown Girl from Northern Ireland Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: A teenager in love
In love with an Uptown Girl
#46311: May 30th 2017 at 11:15:27 AM

  • Sun and Blake kiss at last? [up]

edited 30th May '17 11:15:58 AM by Vampireandthen

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#46312: May 30th 2017 at 12:49:21 PM

[up][up]You need to be sent to the dog house for even thinking of point number 5. Go away and do not return until you've given your mind an acid bath to burn away whatever horrible grey matter zone concocted that image in the first place!

Shoo!

edited 30th May '17 12:49:32 PM by Wyldchyld

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WillDeRegio Since: Jan, 2015
#46313: May 30th 2017 at 1:05:17 PM

[up]Fine, Salem in a bikini. Made of Grimm.

I'm kind of expecting to find out Salem doesn't have feet, and instead has a lower body made of that black, gooey Grimm stuff. Because that might explain why she moves like she's on a Segway.

Right, might as well add that to the list:

  • We learn more about Salem.

edited 30th May '17 1:09:35 PM by WillDeRegio

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#46314: May 30th 2017 at 1:33:35 PM

Gay people that aren't yucky girls. Gimme my man love, like Port and James. DILF on G-DILF, there we go, fuckin' do it. Cater to a very specific fetish most of your audience doesn't have.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46315: May 30th 2017 at 2:17:14 PM

...

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Mmm.

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#46316: May 30th 2017 at 3:24:55 PM

> I just felt like nothing of consequence happened in Volume 4 after how much Volume 3 setup.

imo this is because vol 3 was not setup and actually tied up a lot of threads either directly by killing people off or indirectly by making the school setting off limits (whether you think the conclusions were satisfactory or not is up to you). And so after everything was set on fire and crumbled to ashes (lol), vol 4 needed to build a new house of cards to crash down a few seasons later.

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#46317: May 30th 2017 at 9:46:48 PM

I agree with Zelenal in something, the show not only use to many japanise tropes but it use it painfully stright to the point it look like a checklist or cliche: ruby and weiss disagreement are pretty much the typical shonen stuff of hero and their rival, Blake is the typical quiet tsundere and so more, I will said the cringe worthy and very flame bait Sun and blake dinamic was the use of japanise comedy anime use all the time.

I disagree with the video Jovian show a couple of time: for me Phyrra and Jaunce plotline in season 2 was pretty much the typical otaku bait arc: good and atractive woman like some shy boy because he is "nice to her" didnt really feel right, it got better in season 3 where it push Phyrra out her confort zone by putting the mantle of the maiden Jaunce just stand to her even without knowing why, THAT is when I buy their relationship because that said "I will stand with you", hell for me that really said "a simple soul" than ruby which is a problem on is own.

Now I think the problem with season 4 arc is that they are very predictable and not to much happen between them: Weiss arc pay off as everyone expect them to be: father is a total jerk, Weiss get fed up, she run away, they introduce a new chararter who seen misterious....and yep, he is a jerk too, Yang arc pretty much her getting back to action the only one who did susprise were Ren and Nora(because nobody saw that coming) and Blake because some surprise it(she is rich and daughter of the ex leader) while also having sun(sure their engagement was cringy but is the thought it counts) all while Ruby is STILL too cheery for her on good.

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TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
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#46318: May 30th 2017 at 9:53:57 PM

Fine, Salem in a bikini. Made of Grimm.

...

There are worse images to be seen.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#46319: May 30th 2017 at 10:18:26 PM

Actually the Jaune/Pyrrha arc seems more like a western cliche to me. The cool girl secretly liking the loser guy and helping him realize the coolness was inside him all along, sometimes dying for further development.

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
#46320: May 30th 2017 at 10:48:08 PM

It's a variant of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#46321: May 31st 2017 at 12:21:31 AM

I feel like we've got to have a closer trope than that.

It's more like they have a common ancestor trope.

edited 31st May '17 12:22:03 AM by Saiga

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#46322: May 31st 2017 at 12:37:16 AM

Well, MPDG is a subtrope of Blithe Spirit but none of the tropes listed on that page other than MPDG are anything close to what you described.

You could always workshop it if you want.

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Vampireandthen In love with an Uptown Girl from Northern Ireland Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: A teenager in love
In love with an Uptown Girl
#46323: May 31st 2017 at 2:15:10 AM

May I just say this one thing?

When will Sun and Blake just kiss already?

And what about Ren and Nora?

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#46324: May 31st 2017 at 5:27:24 AM

[up][up] Blithe Spirit is the wrong side of it, I think. "Geek gets the girl" is also near omnipresent in Western media. Did a quick look, Magical Girlfriend is close, but just replace the 'magical' with 'elite' as they mean usually the same thing for the relationship.

[up] It's way too early for them to be done dragging things out.

NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#46325: May 31st 2017 at 6:39:58 AM

for me Phyrra and Jaunce plotline in season 2 was pretty much the typical otaku bait arc: good and atractive woman like some shy boy because he is "nice to her" didnt really feel right
It was the opposite of that, though. Jaune was originally pretty dismissive of Pyrrha (because he was focused on Weiss instead), and didn't warm up to her until he got to know her better. Which is exactly why Pyrrha was attracted to him — because everyone was "nice to her" due to her being a well-known badass (even by the standards of huntresses-in-training), and Jaune treated her like a person rather than a celebrity.

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