Alright, so new thing for me going forward. Last week’s episode reactions will be unspoilered. This week’s will be.
Volume 7 Ep 1
Mantle is dirty and grungy. Very cyberpunk/noir.
Between the Jumbotrons commanding the populace to remain calm, the roving soldiers, and the patrol drones, this feels very…dystopia.
Aw crap, Winter has apparently fallen in with Ironwood’s martial law. Understandable, but it still hurts.
You can tell Qrow’s voice is a little different, but it’s not JARRING. I don’t mind it at all. Still sucks that Vic Mignogna got put through the wringer, but that’s neither here nor there.
Missing Journalist Found Slain Fuck me, we really are going 1984.
]And here we finally see the mine workers. Some Faunus, some not. They might all be Faunus, but since they’re sitting in a truck, we can’t really know for sure.
“Stupid Faunus like you” Oh boy, here we go.
Wait, WEISS is the one to throw the first punch?! Or first glyph.
Though i suppose being shouted at by a drunkard PARTICULARLY hurts her, considering her past.
Is this the fabled Professor Polendina, creator and father of Penny? Also, spider-wheelchair sounds like the definition of “awesome yet impractical”.
Name’s Pietro. Okay, possibly Polendina. Possibly not.
“You’re Team RWBY! My daughter has told so much about you.” Yeah, almost certainly Polendina.
I’m just noticing Crescent Rose has a darker paint job.
Really liking how HEAVY the shots feel. Makes them feel more like they’re actually wielding guns.
She’s baaaack~
AND SHE SOUNDS SO MATURE! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH OUR LITTLE ROBOT GIRL IS ALL GROWN UP!
“I was honestly expecting things to go a lot rougher.” Qrow, you have a bad luck Semblance. You, of all people, should KNOW that’s one thing you NEVER say.
Aaaaand there we go. Loaded into the police truck.
THIS IS THE MOST HYPE THEME SONG THEY’VE EVER DONE. LIKE HOLY SHIT.
Vol 7 Ep 2
Theme song is still hype.
Is…Nora attempting to chew her handcuffs off?
Robin Hill and her Happy Huntresses? Not the name I’d choose, but still, nice Robin Hood and His Merry Men reference.
Ouch. Even after all these years, Weiss is still in her father’s shadow.
Whoa. This hyper-futuristic spire is Atlas Academy, huh? I wonder if we’ll get to see Team FNKI again.
*“You have ten seconds to get those cuffs off or I start hurting you.”* Glad to know Winter is still on Weiss’ side, at least.
That scolding makes one think Winter was more of a mother to Weiss than their actual mother.
*“We have…confidential information”* “Is this about the Relics?” “Or the Winter Maiden?” Welp, cat’s out of the bag now, I guess. Also, it seems we’ll be seeing the Winter Maiden wither this Volume or the next.
”[The Winter Maiden] is not exactly a spring chicken…”_ Well, Raven, the Spring Maiden, is in her late-thirties/early-forties, so it’s not unheard of for a Maiden to be older than what “Maiden” usually implies. Still, using “stable condition” to describe her would imply she is so old, she’s on life-support.
Interesting…turning the Amity Arena into an orbiting Communications Tower. Good on Ironwood for looking forward to making improvements to the system.
[spoiler]Oh no. Oh no. Ironwood is planning on telling the world of Salem’s existence. In a perfect world, this would galvanize everyone into forming a united force against her. However, this is not a perfect world, and people are often panicky and a little dumb. I really hope this doesn’t backfire, but I imagine it’d be too easy if it didn’t.[spoiler]
*“Without Ozpin here to guide us, all I can do is use my best judgement.”* About that first bit…
Oh boy. I mean, I get WHY even Ruby isn’t telling the whole story, but I’ve got a bad feeling about this. Ironwood doesn’t need to know the sordid details of Salem and Ozma/pin’s relationship, but I’m sure he’d appreciate getting a bit of backstory on why Salem is who she is, or how the Maidens are their four daughters.
And now Ruby is hiding the last question of Jinn from Ironwood. Great.
[spoiler]“I don’t want you to think I’m keeping anything from you. Especially as important as [the Relic].” Hint, hint. It seems Ironwood is the only one who’s NOT keeping secrets.[/spoilers]
WEAPON UPGRADE TIME! WOOOOO!
Aww. A hug shared between Ironwood and Qrow.
Suddenly, WATTS. What is he doing here with this mysterious briefcase and badass pimp coat? Seriously, that’s a big fur collar.
Yeesh. Kinda sad that it took a literal catastrophe like the fall of Beacon for Atlas to start thinking of upgrading its software. Unfortunately, they’ve only STARTED thinking about it; there’s still plenty of vulnerable code and backdoors for someone of Watts’ talent to exploit…
Aaaaand that’s a pool of blood. Yikes.
Ace-Ops is tall as heck. Their shortest member is 5’7”. which is average, yes, but their tallest is 6’6”!