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Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#46501: Jun 11th 2017 at 9:23:23 AM

On the subject of hives...

Bees foretell the coming of visitors, and luck in love and wealth. if they buzz around or in your house - or ship - they will be bring prosperity, and if two lovers walk pas a hive before they get married, the bees will reveal if they're faithful (if someone gets stung, they're unfaithful and the marriage is off).

Never buy bees with anything other than gold, or haggle to prove to the bees you value their worth. If you value them, they'll bring you good luck, but if they die on you, you'll be ruined by bad luck. Bees carry the souls of the departed, so should always be treated like a member of the family.... yes, we're back to ghosts again. [lol]

Bumblebees are excellent luck for love and ships, so I guess we should look for some Bumblebee fan service on a ship somewhere... tongue (Just bringing myself back on topic there...)

edited 11th Jun '17 9:25:43 AM by Wyldchyld

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WillDeRegio Since: Jan, 2015
#46502: Jun 11th 2017 at 9:57:47 AM

I wonder what symbolism wasps carry, cause I still want to see those rapier wasps. Show, Don't Tell, Rooster Teeth!

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#46503: Jun 11th 2017 at 11:58:10 AM

[up][up] You forgot the most important fact there: Bees are actually aliens.

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WillDeRegio Since: Jan, 2015
#46504: Jun 11th 2017 at 1:11:54 PM

So bees are actually space ghosts in black and yellow shells? Combining this with the fact the bumblebees are (supposedly) aerodynamically impossible, this means Blake and Yang will be taking an airship... to the MOON!

edited 11th Jun '17 1:12:17 PM by WillDeRegio

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#46505: Jun 11th 2017 at 2:06:29 PM

[nja]

edited 11th Jun '17 2:07:17 PM by VeryMelon

Vampireandthen In love with an Uptown Girl from Northern Ireland Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: A teenager in love
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#46506: Jun 12th 2017 at 1:25:17 PM

I just want Ren and Nora to kiss.

edited 12th Jun '17 1:25:29 PM by Vampireandthen

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46507: Jun 12th 2017 at 4:12:02 PM

They're... 178.

...

...ya perv.

edited 12th Jun '17 6:39:12 PM by Soble

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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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#46508: Jun 12th 2017 at 5:55:55 PM

They're 18, actually. The age of entry for Beacon is 17 and everyone is a year older in Volume 4.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#46509: Jun 12th 2017 at 6:06:53 PM

Except Ruby.

Either way, they're teenagers. That's when you're​ most likely to Get It On.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#46510: Jun 12th 2017 at 6:11:45 PM

Seventeen always seemed like such a weird age of admission.

Also, why exactly was Ruby in Vale in the first episode? I didn't think about it until recently, but she wasn't going there expecting to get into Beacon so what was she doing? Has that ever been addressed?

Thelastwarrior Since: Jun, 2017
#46511: Jun 12th 2017 at 6:17:03 PM

Remnants another world... which means that their laws aren't going to be 1:1 with the laws of the US and other democracies.

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#46512: Jun 12th 2017 at 6:23:26 PM

Even then, the age of consent in most of the world, including about half of the US, is 16. It's only 18 in, oh, a quarter of the US and even less than that of the world.

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#46513: Jun 12th 2017 at 6:28:45 PM

I thought Beacon was a bog standard magic high school. Never knew only 17 year olds could get in.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#46514: Jun 12th 2017 at 6:30:57 PM

In answer to the plot based question: at the time it seemed like Ruby impressed Ozpin enough to bring her​in early. Knowing what we do now about Silver Eyes and the growing threats out there, there's almost certainly more to it

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#46515: Jun 12th 2017 at 6:39:10 PM

Yes, but that wasn't the question, the question was why was she in the city of Vale, away from home and her normal school in the first place? That just seems like it was glossed over.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46516: Jun 12th 2017 at 6:40:51 PM

That... is a fair question.

I assume it's because she's a self-admitted nerd and the island she lives on doesn't have much in the way of nerdy paraphenelia/gun parts. But the transit time between Patch and Vale is unknown so it's kind of unexplained why she was there at all. Especially at night. When criminals and rapscallions are wandering about, smoking cigars and twirling hatchets.

But considering they have airships getting between Patch and Vale might not be such a long trip. And Taiyang has already demonstrated how much he trusts his daughters to wander off on their own adventures by letting Yang drive to another continent. In the middle of a state of emergency/quarantine.

edited 12th Jun '17 6:42:44 PM by Soble

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WillDeRegio Since: Jan, 2015
#46517: Jun 12th 2017 at 6:41:00 PM

I think Beacon and the other schools are more of magical colleges, since Jaune need (forged) transcripts to get in. Signal Academy and other institutions would be your magic high schools.

I recall seeing an island on one of the city maps of Vale that IIRC said either Signal or Patch. So, basically a short boat/airship ride over.

edited 12th Jun '17 6:43:09 PM by WillDeRegio

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#46518: Jun 12th 2017 at 6:41:33 PM

My bad.

Yang was being inducted into Beacon normally, maybe Ruby was there to see her off?

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46519: Jun 12th 2017 at 6:43:37 PM

At night?

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WillDeRegio Since: Jan, 2015
#46520: Jun 12th 2017 at 6:44:52 PM

[up]Midnight cookie run. tongue

edited 12th Jun '17 6:46:06 PM by WillDeRegio

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46523: Jun 12th 2017 at 7:11:35 PM

Like I said, once in awhile.

Pretty much got abducted for a day and spent the day trying Genos and Pat's.

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#46524: Jun 12th 2017 at 7:22:09 PM

Something else that I found odd from early on is that Ruby mentions writing to a gang back at Signal, presumably her friends (I doubt she meant her father and uncle due to the phrasing). Said gang is never mentioned again.

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#46525: Jun 12th 2017 at 7:25:39 PM

It'll be important to come back again...

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