RWBY review: Destiny

[Izanagi009_v1legacy]

Hello and welcome to another episode of RWBY where the melodrama flows.

We start with Ironwood questioning Yang and the team about Yang's actions during the tournament. Ironwood basically states that Yang must have been stressed and pumped with adrenaline and attacked a phantom. In addition, as a result of the attack, Yang and team RWBY are disqualified. While Ruby and Weiss believe Yang but Blake is less certain. Blake argues that she saw a friend change and become warped as time went on. Blake knows that Yang is not like that and eventually trusts her. This bit of melodrama doesn't work for me because of how abrupt it both starts and ends as it tries to create tension out of nowhere and resolves it so quickly that the resolution hits like a puff of wind.

We have a few moments of JNPR sharing condolences with RWBY and then we have a tonal shift as Nora tries to prepare Pyrrha for the big fight. The music shifts to rock and Nora start doing rapid shifts in position all in a comedic voice. This tonal shift is so sharp that I got pulled out of the proceedings and had what little investment in Yang's suffering invalidated. We are followed with more comedy revolving around Ren making a herbal mix and Nora drinking then vomiting it.

We transition to Qrow talking to Yang about the event and Yang telling Qrow about Raven. Qrow explains that Raven does visit Qrow at times and decides to leave a message to Yang: That Raven saved Yang once but Yang shouldn't expect it again. Qrow then says that Raven let some info slip about how to find her and decides to bring Yang to her.

Meanwhile, Jaune has a heart to heart with Pyrrha about how Pyrrha believes in him and Jaune wants to talk to Pyrrha about what's troubling her. Pyrrha starts talking about destiny and how she thinks that she is meant to become a huntress and save the world but indirectly worries about the maiden's power taking her identity away. Jaune tries to comfort Pyrrha and causes Pyrrha to get emotional and trigger her semblance involuntary.

Ruby then talks to Velvet and learns that Coco had an illusion cast on her similar to with Yang. Ruby then walks into the stadium and sees Emerald and walks into a hallway where she sees Mercury up and walking. At the same time, the randomization puts Penny vs Pyrrha and Mercury predicts bad results as the episodes ends.

There are a few things that I dislike about this episode. The first was people thinking that Yang had a stress hallucination. Did no one think that someone could produce illusions with a semblance or do people forget about one of the major abilities of hunters. In addition, did they establish that semblances are tied to emotion because that feels like an asspull to generate trauma. Finally, the melodrama that they tried to do with Yang was generated and resolved far too quickly while Pyrrha's melodrama feels off partially due to her conflict with getting the Maiden's power not being developed before the talk with Jaune.

In the end, like the poor omen I have for Penny, I have ill feelings for how the show will progress.

Edit: I just realized. Why was Mercury there? He was told to lay low. why would he show up at a stadium full of people who think he is injured.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Yeah today episode was mostly "iffy" (have I used that word already?)-

Out of the two "dramas", I was invested more with Jeane and Prryha. AS the OP mention Yang drama was resolve rather quickly or rather I don't see the point for Blake bringing up her faith in Yang has been weaver only to trust her again via eye to eye (I guess I never met people who have alot of trust in my when I made a huge mistake or accident).

I also agreed with the lack of Ironwood agreeing with them as if they never heard of an "illusion" before. I will be looking forward to seeing his face when Cinder reveal it all, knowing they got played badly! (Seriouly how does Qrow not seen those three in the arena already??)

Great, another troupe used with the "extreme workout" follow by the "energy drink".

While I did find Jeane and Prryha quite touching but I kinda kinda lol when he invertally says he will break up with her in order for her to persuit her "destiny". That is assuming you can understand what the hell Prryha was saying (she was right that it didn't make sense)!

So there was a reason why Velvet doesn't have any lines as her voice sounded so inconsistant (the british accent too the next line to be heard)! Also yes the accent was bad (should of have Gavin voiced her if they wanted a more conviencing British accent). Also I really hoping that her camera is her weapon (the size does look like it fit into that box) as considering how high tech their universe are and some of them still used vintage old camera from everyday uses???

Speaking of that scene, I knew it was from her interaction that she was able to connect the pieces especially when I didn't saw Coco with her from the trailer.

The villain plot got to be the most facepalm so far of season 2! Ok I really hoping that was Emerald semblance that we saw instead of Mercury in the flesh. Way a go Cinder for telling him to lay low only for him to carry out the next plan! In saying so however I am kinda looking forward to next week episode if that is the real Mercury. Sure Ruby is without her Cresent Rose but she still got her super speed semblance.

Even then who or what told them that Emerald and Mercury were heading back to their home, Haven??? If you're pulling an act, you better go throught with it (I mean people would have approach and give condolence to Emerald since she was there?). Their idiotics will be their undoing I swear!

As the next part of their plan? So have they hacked into Penny to make her react weirdly for Prryha will get emotionally weird again to used her semblence on her? Either way I can predit that the crowds will not take too kind on a cyborg fighters and calling her a freak etc which the negative emotions will bring the Grimms ever closers to the arena.

 

[residentout1]

Yeah today episode was mostly "iffy" (have I used that word already?)-

Out of the two "dramas", I was invested more with Jeane and Prryha. AS the OP mention Yang drama was resolve rather quickly or rather I don't see the point for Blake bringing up her faith in Yang has been weaver only to trust her again via eye to eye (I guess I never met people who have alot of trust in my when I made a huge mistake or accident).

I also agreed with the lack of Ironwood agreeing with them as if they never heard of an "illusion" before. I will be looking forward to seeing his face when Cinder reveal it all, knowing they got played badly! (Seriouly how does Qrow not seen those three in the arena already??)

Great, another troupe used with the "extreme workout" follow by the "energy drink".

While I did find Jeane and Prryha quite touching but I kinda kinda lol when he invertally says he will break up with her in order for her to persuit her "destiny". That is assuming you can understand what the hell Prryha was saying (she was right that it didn't make sense)!

So there was a reason why Velvet doesn't have any lines as her voice sounded so inconsistant (the british accent too the next line to be heard)! Also yes the accent was bad (should of have Gavin voiced her if they wanted a more conviencing British accent). Also I really hoping that her camera is her weapon (the size does look like it fit into that box) as considering how high tech their universe are and some of them still used vintage old camera from everyday uses???

Speaking of that scene, I knew it was from her interaction that she was able to connect the pieces especially when I didn't saw Coco with her from the trailer.

The villain plot got to be the most facepalm so far of season 2! Ok I really hoping that was Emerald semblance that we saw instead of Mercury in the flesh. Way a go Cinder for telling him to lay low only for him to carry out the next plan! In saying so however I am kinda looking forward to next week episode if that is the real Mercury. Sure Ruby is without her Cresent Rose but she still got her super speed semblance.



Even then who or what told them that Emerald and Mercury were heading back to their home, Haven??? If you're pulling an act, you better go throught with it (I mean people would have approach and give condolence to Emerald since she was there?). Their idiotics will be their undoing I swear!

As the next part of their plan? So have they hacked into Penny to make her react weirdly for Prryha will get emotionally weird again to used her semblence on her? Either way I can predit that the crowds will not take too kind on a cyborg fighters and calling her a freak etc which the negative emotions will bring the Grimms ever closers to the arena.

I like how fast Yang drama was resolve ether we wait some episode for it to be resolve with characters all sad and upset or you get it over with.
I think a read that that Emerald type of semblance is rare also when Ironwood was speaking I think it was from experience.
Maybe Qrow did not getting a good look at them or he was to drunk to see well.
I think the vintage old camera is just a case like how you can get a custom case for a your gaming setup.
also I think that villains are setting up team RWBY for the fall of their plan Ruby show up get K.O then what ever happens Ruby is found and the scene of the crime with her sister in trouble over the leg incident people will blame beacon and Ozpin for it witch I think is part of the plan.

 

[Gizen]

Edit: I just realized. Why was Mercury there? He was told to lay low. why would he show up at a stadium full of people who think he is injured.

I DID think this was a stupid screw up on his part, but at the same time as Ruby's spotting Emerald, Emerald leans forward and stares straight back at her. Since Ruby knows Emerald a bit more personally than most of the other scrubs in the audience, she's more likely to realize Emerald shouldn't be there, and since that'll possibly blow their cover anyways, Emerald likely sent Mercury a message to go and intercept Ruby and take her out. As a bonus, just about everyone and their mother are either in the stadium to watch the fight, or distracted watching it on TV, so this would be the time when Mercury's least likely to be spotted by anybody else.

So there was a reason why Velvet doesn't have any lines as her voice sounded so inconsistant (the british accent too the next line to be heard)! Also yes the accent was bad (should of have Gavin voiced her if they wanted a more conviencing British accent).

It's australian, not british. It's also a natural accent, since Velvet's voice actor is australian. Sooo, don't be so quick to call out an accent as being unconvincing.