Stormgale posted:Hmnn that sounds plausible but familiar Glynda, Release my pain inhibitors! I was thinking more like Big Jaunne/Venom Jaunne. "Not for honor[...] only for revenge."
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Regalingualius posted:I was thinking more like Big Jaunne/Venom Jaunne. "Not for honor[...] only for revenge." In that scenario Wouldn't Jaune be Master Miller, They played us like a drat fiddle
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Feb 16, 2016 21:45
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Regalingualius posted:Eh, I'm calling decent odds that the next season will have a scene where Jean has a heart to heart with Pyrrha's ghost (because magic) where he admits he still hasn't gotten over it, is going on the mission for revenge, etc. Not a lot of basis for stuff like that yet. But heck, it's fun. Here's mine: Jaune is really a wizard/has a crazy powerful semblance befitting the whole 'you have a lot of Aura' bit from season 1.
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Feb 17, 2016 02:54
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I personally suspect the thing about silver eyes is, they mark descendants of the wizard, Ruby's power is huge and white because she's actually inherited the full Wizard magic instead of one quarter like the Maidens were gifted. Ozpin is probably not the Wizard he's just very old, which would fit him being the Wizard of Oz character who is not really a Wizard even though he looks it. Also I like the theory that Salem is the original Winter Maiden gone bad from the loss of her three sisters to selfish humans, thus destroy all the humans is her motivation. I think Jaune's Semblance is going to end up being a perfect reflective defense by the way. You hit him and take damage instead, if true we've actually seen at least part of it in the first season as when Cardin goes to hit Jaune's at one point something Cardin clearly isn't expecting occurs.
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Feb 17, 2016 14:56
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well just saw the finale. Legit annoyed that they only had like one butt rock song this season, what the hell rooster teeth?
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Feb 17, 2016 18:58
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Monaghan posted:well just saw the finale. Legit annoyed that they only had like one butt rock song this season, what the hell rooster teeth? And only in like the first episode! It's loving bullshit.
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Feb 18, 2016 00:19
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Is the awful humor in the first two episodes indicative of what the rest of the show is going to be like, or does it mellow out a bit in that regard? I haven't been able to handle THE CAKE IS A LIE XD humor since middle school.
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Feb 18, 2016 06:46
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It chills out after a bit on that stuff and Rwby's dorkiness settles into a more earnest kind of dork than some internet meme poo poo
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Feb 18, 2016 08:36
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Baal posted:It chills out after a bit on that stuff and Rwby's dorkiness settles into a more earnest kind of dork than some internet meme poo poo Yeah, the first one or two episodes are still heavily in the "Anime does it so we have to do it as well" territory. It's mostly gone by the end of the season. By the third season the show really found its own style. But then again the third season had like three or four jokes total.
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Feb 18, 2016 09:12
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And the guy voiced by Ed got pretty much all of them just for being the only self-aware person in the show.
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Feb 18, 2016 09:23
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There was the episode when everyone fought some memes. which I think was supposed to be like half of a joke.
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Feb 18, 2016 12:53
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SyntheticPolygon posted:There was the episode when everyone fought some memes. which I think was supposed to be like half of a joke. Was that the one with the girl that poo poo rainbows? I can't remember. It wasn't funny.
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Feb 18, 2016 14:38
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ArchangeI posted:It wasn't funny. The show's humor in a nutshell.
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Feb 18, 2016 14:45
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She was Nyan cat, he was trombone skeleton.
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Feb 18, 2016 17:18
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Neon Katt loving owned even though she was a meme
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Feb 18, 2016 17:23
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Like this entire season has been pretty lovely and scatterbrained but when Trombone Man and Neon Katt show up it reminds me of why I like Rwby
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Feb 18, 2016 17:24
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VolticSurge posted:The show's humor in a nutshell. Eh, the corners of my mouth twitched briefly during the first episode when Weiss credit card was rejected. It was briefly funny, in the same way watching someone get hit by a pie is funny.
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Feb 18, 2016 18:10
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Regalingualius posted:She was Nyan cat, he was trombone skeleton. He was also based on an in joke from the Achievement Hunter videos.
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Feb 18, 2016 18:19
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I'm not sorry for finding "Oh my god, you really exploded" funny. Also I have good money on Blake and a bunch of Beacon stranglers forming a counter-terrorist group called "Oz" to fight White Fang because dammit if we just don't have enough Gundam Wing references in this show already. Hell, Ironwood is bascaily King Peacecraft minus the beard (Which is to say DACU Superman) ConanThe3rd fucked around with this message at 21:20 on Feb 18, 2016 |
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Feb 18, 2016 18:23
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The GIG posted:He was also based on an in joke from the Achievement Hunter videos. What joke?
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Feb 18, 2016 21:47
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As long as we can get Campbell Lane doing the narration... oh now I made myself sad.
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Ruby does settle down into earnest dork territory after the first few episodes. From then on the humor is a lot more natural. I am not ashamed that I laughed quite a bit when Jaune went through with his promise in Dance Dance Infiltration.  Baal posted:Like this entire season has been pretty lovely and scatterbrained but when Trombone Man and Neon Katt show up it reminds me of why I like Rwby It was a clever reference. Didn't know Trombone man was a Meme reference though (have managed not to experience Trombone Skeleton meme) but Neon Katt I got.
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Feb 19, 2016 02:10
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Covok posted:What joke? A bit back in their Minecraft series whenever someone would mention flint, someone would respond with "Coal?" and from there they just made up the idea of a guy named Fl(i/y)nt Coal who I think is also in their other cartoon series.
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Feb 19, 2016 02:47
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Okay whatever reservations I had about this show through season one were blown completely away by the first episode of season 2. Hi-def martial arts food fight 
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Feb 19, 2016 03:52
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The Shortest Path posted:Okay whatever reservations I had about this show through season one were blown completely away by the first episode of season 2. Enjoy it, the rest of the season is so much worse.
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Feb 19, 2016 06:28
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Really, the only other highlight of the season is that one joke from the coffee guy ("And now they've seen us").
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Feb 19, 2016 06:49
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Just a reminder that the worst things that happen at the end of S2 are undone with a literal handwave.
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Feb 19, 2016 07:18
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Well, except for the deaths of an not insignificant portion of White Fang, which probably lead to Adam and, well, yeah.  So glad they took that Glinda the Good Witch nonsense to task in the third season end cap. Though that might have been their plan from the off. ConanThe3rd fucked around with this message at 08:48 on Feb 19, 2016 |
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Feb 19, 2016 08:37
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Regalingualius posted:Just a reminder that the worst things that happen at the end of S2 are undone with a literal handwave. I'm starting to wonder if it wasn't intentional just to suckerpunch the fandom with the second half of season three. "Look guys, nothing is going to happen, this is RWBY we're talking about" *Literally all of the things happen* But then again, that would require a level of competence at odds with the rest of the show (although seriously, the second half of season three is approaching genuinely good writing).
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Feb 19, 2016 08:56
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It's really bad writing to make a super terrible season just so the next season can surprise people with actual consequences. So I wouldn't put it past them.
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I dunno it seemed like everything was very deliberately set up so the Grim invasion was a fakeout to give the military more control or something. It made sense at least, I haven't started Season 3 yet though. I have to say that the... plot, as it were, is marginally less mediocre than the rest of the show, for what that's worth. And it has its genuinely entertaining moments, so it's worth watching. Voice acting and dialogue aren't great still, and oh god whoever does the vocals for the music is terrible, but I'm not disliking it as a whole.
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ArchangeI posted:I'm starting to wonder if it wasn't intentional just to suckerpunch the fandom with the second half of season three. Followed up by a 'ok you remember how last time was a pretty big deal that was handled effortlessly? Welcome to the real D-Day.' This series of events isn't new, it's a common arc in a bunch of anime. The writing's fine it's the format and execution that's lacking/weird.
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I don't know why Cortana is evil now or why Church isn't a ghost but I'm okay with this. e: Did Qrow just turn into a literal crow!? This really should be obvious and not a surprise and yet here we are. e2: EponymousMrYar what are your thoughts about the destiny thing, why do you think it fits her character? The only thing I can think of is because she's a reference to Achilles. Raenir Salazar fucked around with this message at 04:56 on Feb 20, 2016 |
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Feb 20, 2016 04:44
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No he turned into a Qrow.
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Raenir Salazar posted:e2: EponymousMrYar what are your thoughts about the destiny thing, why do you think it fits her character? The only thing I can think of is because she's a reference to Achilles. Pyrra's character is dominated by two things: her being placed on a pedestal for her abilities and her lack of objection to this. Everyone envisions great things for her because she does great things and is 'perfect' in every way. To which she doesn't seem to have any objection to and in fact tries to live up to it by using her semblance subtly and helping Jaune despite him being way out of his depth. So much so that she gets approached by the secret council to inherit a power that could change her very identity (among other side effects.) For the first time her position on her pedestal actively threatens her sense of self. Does she become the paragon of what others think of her at the cost of being herself? (Jaune tries to help but lack of information makes it worse as it always does.) Then she 'kills' Penny. Faced with her first certain defeat she panics, lashes out and it turns out that she's not as perfect as everyone (including herself, being an Achilles reference she of course buys into her own built-up image) thinks. Plus everyone sees it. Mob pressure doesn't help at all. GO TIME happens and in the face of the apocalypse she chooses. But of course it's too late, so now she's thinking 'if only I had chosen sooner.' Now the choice becomes 'do I escape to fight again' or 'do I go up there and try to stop Cinder at the cost of myself?' Turns out Jaune's advice was pretty spot on, she didn't back down and barely even hesitated at that one. She chose the latter, fulfilling her 'destiny' of being worthy of her pedestal. Like a hero. Which unfortunately quite often comes with the caveat of dying in pursuit of their goals, becoming heroes in retrospect rather than in life. Or in summary, she's idolized as a hero and chooses to be one, (via martyrdom.)
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The latest episode is up on YouTube. Time for another synchtube?
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I want nothing more than for Cinder to show up wearing Pyrrha's crown thing next season because it will absolutely crush the souls of half the people I know who watch this. I for real enjoyed most of S3 despite most of the plot points being predictable a couple episodes in advance. The writing got good, the fight scenes got better, and the way Roman went out was so goddamn perfect. I hope they keep it up, it seems like the darker tonal shift moved everything away from the worst aspects of the show.
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EponymousMrYar posted:It's a question she's been struggling with and destiny has a bunch of metaphors. The main thing is that by phrasing the question to Cinder, Pyrra states she chose to fight (and potentially die by) her. I keep telling people to stop putting more thought into this show than the writers did.
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Pavlov posted:I keep telling people to stop putting more thought into this show than the writers did. Whether that's less or more effort than the author is ultimately up to personal preference. The Shortest Path posted:I for real enjoyed most of S3 despite most of the plot points being predictable a couple episodes in advance. The writing got good, the fight scenes got better, and the way Roman went out was so goddamn perfect. I hope they keep it up, it seems like the darker tonal shift moved everything away from the worst aspects of the show. How light they go and how many 'dark' reminders they put in will mark how much they maintain the quality of writing.
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EponymousMrYar posted:Writing is a dialogue. The other side of that phrase is 'the Audience determines how much they're going to get out of it.' you should watch madoka, then post in the madoka thread
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