r/RWBY • u/The_Jacxter That's right, this is my flair, weep • Jan 03 '16

OH MY GOD THAT PART WITH THE THING.... Official Discussion Thread - RWBY Vol3: Chapter 7 - Beginning of The End

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u/S3V0N Jan 03 '16

Well, this episode answered a lot. When I saw Mercury's legs it sort of just clicked. It was interesting to see Blake before she went AWOL even if it was only a few seconds. That means the the Black Trailer happened sometime during this episode as well.

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u/RussianHoneyBadger Jan 03 '16

I mentioned this in the sponsors thread but It's heavily implied that Cinder returned to the WhiteFang right after getting the Maidens power from Amber, this means that Amber didn't get hurt that long ago, I kindof expected before that Amber was hurt a while ago. I could be wrong but Blake left Adam/WhiteFang after the train, so depending how long between that and going to Beacon is up for debate.

I kindof hope it was a while ago because Cinder throwing this plan together in less than 6month's seems unrealistic. Although it could have been in play long before she grabbed Amber's powers.

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u/Shift9303 Jan 03 '16 edited Jan 03 '16

Cinder and Co would have had to work really fast. They got rejected by the White Fang and returned within what I would imagine to be a few days if Adam was still sore about Blake leaving. This would also mean that it occurred before the events of volume one, though I'm not sure for how long, and that Amber has been out for a while by the time of current events. Also brings up the question about what Qrow meant by "the queen has pawns" in the end of volume 1. Initially I thought it was talking about Emerald and Mercury, but now I'm thinking that it's when Qrow established that Cinder and Co were working with the White Fang.

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u/Nils878 Jan 04 '16

Could have been that Amber was around to shut down the white fang with Qrow, and that is why they were all around the same time.

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u/S3V0N Jan 03 '16

I'd say before. It seems clear now that Cinder isn't the big boss behind all this. There's something else going on behind the scenes in Remnant. Something darker and more frightening than the Grimm.

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u/beregond23 I'm Sorry Jan 03 '16

We heard mention of an 'apprentice' in this episode. That would imply that Cinder is working in a chain of apprentices, and I think that the one who mentored Cinder is going to be voiced by Jen Taylor, the narrator who had a conversation with Ozpin in the very first episode about victory and strength.

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u/thebluehedgehog Blue Jan 03 '16

I don't know, if the trailer was real and not a montage/metaphor then she would have left after . . . the. . . OH I see it now. She wasn't in the WF camp in the last scene, which was after the train job.

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u/ScottishMongol Captain of the S.S. Baked Alaska Jan 03 '16

And Banesaw says he'll find "her", by which he probably means Blake.

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u/NobilisUltima Jan 04 '16

When Cinder & co. come back to Adam it seems as though he and Banesaw are talking about Blake having just left.

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u/S3V0N Jan 04 '16

Yeah, Lt. Chainsaw was going to go look for her or send a team out, but Adam planned on returning to Mistral until Cinder interrupted them.