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KabenSaal said
I like to think is it Ruby's mum. I mean, everything says she is 'supposedly' killed and 'apparently slain'. The only real reason for not saying she is dead as a doornail is because they aren't and will appear some time to kick ass. Helping Yang -Ruby's sister - works out, and she was said to be a very skilled Huntress.

But she lacks the super important white cloak!

Also this makes me very happy.

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Zombehs said
Ren was in a horrible match up against Yang (fragile speedster going against heavy brawler in melee be dumb yoh), and Jaune is always butt monkey Jaune.

And as a giant Jaune fan, that upsets me greatly.

You were the chosen one, Jaune! You were to bring balance to Pyrrha's libido, not destroy it!

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Zombehs said
Less of butt monkeys and more of just side-characters. Can't give everybody hours of work for cool fight scenes.

Food fight scene had both Ren and Jaune getting easily smacked down, while Nora and Pyrrha kicked major ass throughout.

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GingerBoi123 said
So I found this thread and I was like ermhagurd!!! So what's the discussion at the moment?

The discussion seems to be a full page of that exact message at the moment. :p

Before that, though, it was about Neo being a goddess the male characters of the show being butt monkeys, while the females are one girl armies.

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Kidd said
I like this twist on the dudes not being useful tbh, lol. I couldn't care less that they get screen time just get their asses kicked. I wouldn't enjoy it in I watch, but it's different and I appreciate it for that. It's also interesting that the show applies the reverse (almost) Bechdel test. We've yet to see two men talk to each other about anything but a girl or girls unless they were fighting or demonstrating a negative male-male relationship. Examples that come to mind would be Sun talking to Neptune about Blake and Neptune and Jaune talking about Weiss. Or Jaune and Ren "talking" about girl problems. I find it fascinating and it's not something I expected to see with so many men working on the show.

I'd prefer all the characters be useful and contribute not only to the plot, but to the fight scenes that more or less make RWBY worth watching. I feel as though they butt monkey the male characters just so they can have the 'bragging rights' of being a show where their females are the dominant force because gurl powah is 'cool' nowadays and it 'breaks the norm' of female characters always being useless.

The fact Ruby was like 'Oh fuck, we need back up, better call Jaune' does give me hope that Jaune's gotten stronger and his team will be useful for more than just 'lol hi im pyrrha get rekt' and the occasional Nora one liner though. Maybe everyone will be of use in the finale instead of Ruby mary sueing it up and soloing the final Grimm boss.

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Foster said
We've been wrong before.Ironwood is a good guy, right? and Roman is a bad guy?I've already voiced my concern on "where all of Roman's stuff is coming from'.-I'm set that Weiss's dad is a crooked-ass gun-running griefer. Y'know, since it's in THE communications-hub of Vale.-This would also make it impossible for Roman to warn everyone of the double-cross/grimmvasion.Checkmate.. Obvious only to people who have used it before and failed, and countered easily enough by simply doing the same thing your opponent does. ...How far can we rocket Jaune's locker with Zwei inside? Since we already know they are....Also... ALL THE TEACHERS/HUNTRESSES HAVE LEFT VALE ON 'MISSIONS'.

If Jaune shows up with his team to fight the grimm off with team RWBY and he and Ren are actually relevant in the fight I think Monty will have won me over.

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Kidd said
Guys. This episode.

Guys. That Neo.

Guys.

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Lucius Cypher said
I just think that it's about damn time someone introduced one. And to kick Weiss's ass with it too! Double bonus.You've told me about it before, yes.Oh, it's a mother alright. Blake's mother. I mean, come on, ninja-like possibly faunas chick with a gunata? Probably called Raven or something. Got a feeling she's a tengu. It would also explain why she's around, sort-of-but-doesn't-want-to work with the White Fang. Also likely why the White Fang couldn't just go and take out Blake from before unlike Tuskon, cause of Blake Mama. You saw how Neo reacted. No one want to piss her off. As for why she saved Yang? Cause Yang's Blake's partner. She still cares for her little kitty, and all her friends, but she has to work late night to support the family and all that.

I'm gunning for it being Yang's mother. I mean, Yang's (kinda) asian, so having a samurai for a mother is likely. Plus, she's wearing short shorts and has the hangy down butt cloth thingy Yang has. Plus, she kinda looks like the chick Yang was looking for in her trailer (which was revealed to be her mom.)

I just think, if it were Blake's mother, the writers would've directly involved her with Blake, not with Yang. They're not exactly subtle. I can agree she looks a lot like a tengu themed character though. Complete with Nevermore mask and everything.

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So, who do you all think the mystery Raiden looking chick who saved Yang is? Popular consensus is her mother, although 'Blake from the Future' is a close second.

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MULTI_MEDIA_MAN said
Seriously regretting not Blinking so that Auriel's sword materialized inside Laura's face.

Seriously regretting not crushing Auriel under a flaming Treant.

Also, the new RWBY was fantastic. Neo is now waifu status after her fight with a certain unstoppable bruiser.

Lugubrious said
You may ask for one redo provided you spend some degree of time regretting not being more specific.Have an emblem too. All RWBY characters have theirs on their person so I'm abiding by that rule.

That's actually pretty damn good. However, she's wearing shoes, which instantly lowers the score to a 1/10.