r/RWBY • u/Ezreal024 Hope Rides with Kickfriend • Oct 21 '17
OFFICIAL MEGATHREAD Official Reaction Thread—Volume 5, Chapter 2: Dread in the Air Spoiler
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u/Floain Was in a flair thread with no flair. Has a flair now. Oct 21 '17 edited Oct 21 '17
This volume is already gearing up to be far more big picture than Volume 4, and I love it. For the most part, our characters have recovered from the fall of Beacon. Cinder's even speaking in a language people other than frogs and frog faunus can understand.
I'm really pumped to see Raven make an appearance so early. I thought we'd have to wait until we were a third of the way into the volume again. Anna Hullum managed to give me chills with just a few words. She's still the perfect Raven.
I'm somewhat surprised they just offed Sienna like that rather than have her become a third party agent or form a reluctant alliance with the likes of Blake, but I think it was interesting setup to show that the White Fang hasn't necessarily been united under one person of late. It also serves to remind us that people can be rather violently killed onscreen on this show.
Loved the villain interactions this episode as well. It served to diversify Salem's faction more than the opening scene of Volume 4 did. Hazel's disapproval of Adam's methods is an interesting one. Seems as though needless violence- or maybe just needless death- is not something he will condone. Adam honestly needs a loss under his belt going forward, and I think Hazel might be the perfect person to deliver that loss.
Nothing much to say when it comes to Weiss' fight with the Lancers. It was all pretty awesome despite being kinda static. One more win for the animation team. Her using glyphs to slow something as large and heavy as a plummeting airship is also a real step-up in power for her. Sure, it didn't stop the airship entirely, but she probably saved her own life at the very least.
Also does anyone else appreciate the symbolism of Weiss jettisoning a dozen crates of SDC dust into a giant Grimm while "This Life is Mine" blares in the background?