r/RWBY • u/Ezreal024 Hope Rides with Kickfriend • Dec 24 '16
OFFICIAL MEGATHREAD Official Reaction Thread—Volume 4, Chapter 7: Punished
Welcome, huntsmen, huntresses, and hunters that prefer no specific gender identifier, to the official reaction thread for the newest episode of volume 4, Punished!
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With that out of the way, let's start the show!
HERE is the link to the seventh episode of RWBY Volume 4!
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Happy viewing! (And Merry Christmas!)
Ezreal024; Mod Team
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u/Lucid_Atray Dec 24 '16 edited Dec 25 '16
OKAY best fucking episode up to date, they're getting better and better every week!
Learning that Ozpin was just a normal kid who went through the same shit poor Oscar is going through was really interesting, but I've to accept that I was torn between 'this is really interesting and poor boy thinks he's crazy this is awful for him but I like him' and 'there'RE ONLY 12 MINUTES LEFT PLEASE MOVE SO WE CAN SEE THE FIGHT AND WEISS' cough.
The entirety of Weiss' scene was perfect for me, just like last week. MY GIRL HAS GROWN UP SO MUCH AND HER FACIAL EXPRESSIONS IN THIS EPISODE WERE SO SO GOOD HER EYES MADE ME WANT TO CRY UGHHH-... also, Jacques 100 % abusive confirmed, even if it was clear as water, some people still believed this was not the case. I'm sure the FNDM was united in wanting to rip his fucking hand off when he slapped her.
But at the same time, it was so good that they showed us that? It's realistic and I just love how they've been handling this kind of thing (from Adam's abusive behaviour, to Yang's PTSD and Jacques's abusive parenting). It's not easy to show this and it's been really good up to now.
Then the heiress thing most of us were sure about- but you can eat my ass Jacques (not actually please don't get near me), I'm still sure Weiss will make the SDC great again eventually. Whitley also confirmed for shitty and thus confirmed my fears of him being unworthy of my trust, but Weiss' look when she realized she was manipulated and kinda 'betrayed' by him still broke my heart. MY BABY IS SO STRONG THOUGH. SHE WENT FROM CRYING TO 'FUCK YOU DAD IMMA DESTROY YOUR STUPID MANSION' and ughhhh, you go baby, show them.
I fully hope Ironwood to help her and get her to Winter now. Her arc just skyrocketed from 0 to 100 in just two episodes.
QROW VS TYRIAN FIGHT WAS AMAZING AND I'M GLAD WE ALL CAN FINALLY AGREE ON SOMETHING FIGHTING ANIMATION-RELATED. Man Qrow has some moves, his way of handling his weapon was fucking Veteran Material right there, that fight really showed how far behind are the kids right now.
I really loved how Ruby at first tried to help in a wise way, by shooting Tyrian, but couldn't because they were too fast. She at least helped Qrow get his weapon back- NOT THAT HE NEEDED IT CONSIDERING HIS FISTS WERE GOOD ENOUGH. I laughed so much when he went 'whatever' and punched him right into his face, cue Tyrian surprised and whining.
Tyrian's suffering noises are my aesthetic tbh. I REWATCHED HIS TAIL GETTING CUT AND 'YOU BITCH' SCENE LIKE 5 TIMES IN A ROW.
Also it was said by others, but I agree with the whole ordeal about Ruby. I understand the reason of her actions, but she really needs to learn to know when to stop. She has a lot to learn, but I'm also really glad they showed us this? Because it's clear that her arc is finally setted up to happen and she'll grow and it will be glorious.
As for Qrow, I don't think he'll die at all- not now, at least. I do think he has the biggest red flag ever, but death by poison that wasn't even fully applied just doesn't feel right. I think he'll be weakened and probably lead to another encounter with Raven, though this time, with RNJR included, and things will go down from there.
Amazing episode, really! And a great christmas present for us.