RWBY has hit its mid-season finale and my, that was quite the cliff-hanger. The plot has taken some significant strides and it’s rather impressive. The show often receives criticism for its predictable, straight forward and lackluster plot. While I personally don’t think the story is particularly bad (just simple), this web-series thrives off of its characters, humor and action( emphasis on the action). Either way, it’s enjoyable to tons and will continue to remain relevant for years to come.
This season kicked off the Vytal Festival with an awesome showdown between Team RWBY and ABRN. Team RWBY was successful in the first round (the round four). Team RWBY then celebrated with some bowl of ramen where Weiss’ card got declined after she ignored a call from her father. Team JNPR would go on to win their match too. Team SSSN barely defeats the beautiful Team NDGO. Qrow is seen in a bar and when an Atlas ship belonging to Winter Schnee arrives at Beacon, he leaves to confront her. Weiss and Winter reunite but is interrupted by Qrow. Qrow and Winter engage in an epic battle on school grounds but Qrow stands down just in time for Winter's superior, General Ironwood, to catch her attacking someone "defenseless".
This season kicked off the Vytal Festival with an awesome showdown between Team RWBY and ABRN. Team RWBY was successful in the first round (the round four). Team RWBY then celebrated with some bowl of ramen where Weiss’ card got declined after she ignored a call from her father. Team JNPR would go on to win their match too. Team SSSN barely defeats the beautiful Team NDGO. Qrow is seen in a bar and when an Atlas ship belonging to Winter Schnee arrives at Beacon, he leaves to confront her. Weiss and Winter reunite but is interrupted by Qrow. Qrow and Winter engage in an epic battle on school grounds but Qrow stands down just in time for Winter's superior, General Ironwood, to catch her attacking someone "defenseless".
Ruby and Qrow also see each other again for the first time in a while, then Qrow goes off to talk to Ozpin, Glynda and Ironwood about important Hunter business. He mentions that someone named Autumn (Ember?) got attacked which makes little to no sense at the time. The tournament continues, showing off some of the other teams, especially the prowess of Emerald and Mercury. They easily defeated Coco and Yatsuhashi, two renowned Beacon seniors. Qrow spends some time with his nieces and gives them important advice before heading back out. Weiss & Yang face off against Flint & Neon, an interesting duo that our girls barely manage to beat.
AND that brings us to our most recent episode. Ozpin brings Pyrrah into his office and asks her for her favorite fairy tale. They go through a few and ultimately end up talking about the story of the Four Maidens, who become the four seasons. Ozpin then claims that this tale is no myth, but truth. That the seasons need a guardian to inherit them. Pyrrah may be the Maiden of Fall and the current Fall Maiden was attacked by who we can assume was Cinder Fall. The process for passing on the powers of a Maiden into the next host is still relatively vague and complicated but the power generally transfers to the last person the current maiden was thinking about. Ozpin, Glynda, Qrow and Ironwood fear that the powers will transfer to the attacker.
AND that brings us to our most recent episode. Ozpin brings Pyrrah into his office and asks her for her favorite fairy tale. They go through a few and ultimately end up talking about the story of the Four Maidens, who become the four seasons. Ozpin then claims that this tale is no myth, but truth. That the seasons need a guardian to inherit them. Pyrrah may be the Maiden of Fall and the current Fall Maiden was attacked by who we can assume was Cinder Fall. The process for passing on the powers of a Maiden into the next host is still relatively vague and complicated but the power generally transfers to the last person the current maiden was thinking about. Ozpin, Glynda, Qrow and Ironwood fear that the powers will transfer to the attacker.
Ironwood has in theory, figured out a way to forcibly transfer the current Maiden's power to Pyrrah, but at a cost. Their lives will be bound and there’s no guarantee Pyrrah will be the same person after the process. The 1v1 finals start with Yang vs Mercury. After a short but sweet battle Yang ends up winning but, Mercury attacks her after the match, forcing Yang to defend herself. She breaks his leg. The Atlas military surround Yang much to Yang’s confusion. Turns out she attacked defenseless Mercury for no apparent reason, shocking and scarring all the people watching. The Grimm sense the negative emotions and the episode ends with Yang’s panicked face.
As you can see, episode 6 introduced quite a bit. I find that this season has been the strongest so far in terms of trying to push the narrative forward. Introducing the older characters, diving into the main conflict, showing off more Semblances and having a twist ending with the latest episode. Yang and Pyrrah both have important moments coming up soon.
As you can see, episode 6 introduced quite a bit. I find that this season has been the strongest so far in terms of trying to push the narrative forward. Introducing the older characters, diving into the main conflict, showing off more Semblances and having a twist ending with the latest episode. Yang and Pyrrah both have important moments coming up soon.
Qrow and Winter have been great additions to the cast . Qrow, the drunken foul mouth uncle who cares about his nieces and Kingdom. Then there is Winter; the stuck up, prim and proper older sister who loves her little sister. Personally I relate to Qrow because I too have multiple nieces and my relationship with them is similar to there's. Moving on, we can assume that Pyrrah will have a hard time concentrating on her upcoming battles in the fighting tournament. With a decision this heavy weighing on her mind, it would be hard to not be distracted. And Yang. My poor baby got framed. It's evident that someone on Cinder's team has illusion based powers, presumably Emerald. She used them during the match to make Yang think Mercury was attacking her while in reality, she attacked him for no reason.
What's next to come? I speculate that Pyrrah will fight next and either lose or barely win assuming the fighting continues. The Grimm have sensed all the negativity from the people of Remnant and it's possible they might attack. If not, we can assume Yang will be arrested or/and expelled/suspended. The question is that does her act disqualify Team RWBY or can someone else take her spot and continue to fight on? SO much to speculate but we'll have to wait until January 2nd, 2016 for episode 7. Make sure to watch the RWBY podcast this week and the World of Remnant episode on the 26th.
#FreeYang2016 #DontDoItPyrrah2016
What's next to come? I speculate that Pyrrah will fight next and either lose or barely win assuming the fighting continues. The Grimm have sensed all the negativity from the people of Remnant and it's possible they might attack. If not, we can assume Yang will be arrested or/and expelled/suspended. The question is that does her act disqualify Team RWBY or can someone else take her spot and continue to fight on? SO much to speculate but we'll have to wait until January 2nd, 2016 for episode 7. Make sure to watch the RWBY podcast this week and the World of Remnant episode on the 26th.
#FreeYang2016 #DontDoItPyrrah2016