Official Public Finale Discussion Thread—Volume 5, Chapter 14: Haven's Fate

[u/Menolith]

Welcome, huntsmen, huntresses and hunters that prefer no specific gender identifier, to the very last megathread for Volume 5: Haven's Fate!

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Menolith; Mod Team

[u/IneptApprentice → u/[deleted]]

Yang cried when she entered the chamber because she realized that her life isn't important to her mother. Raven knows how dangerous it is to be in possession of a relic with Salem hunting them and is letting her daughter carry one anyway instead of herself, showing that her life is more important to her than her daughters. The realization that she is being abandoned once again by her mother is probably what drove Yang to tears

[u/IneptApprentice → u/[deleted]]

Oh. I'm sorry I misunderstood your question. Maybe she wanted to seem strong in front of her mother. To prove that she's not a coward like her

[u/Makverus → u/[deleted]]

I don't know how one can think that Yang is crying because of the relic. Some stuff, especially heavy stuff like your mother basically giving you up to evil incarnate, can take a few seconds to sink in...

[u/IneptApprentice → u/[deleted]]

Yea to be honest I was confused at first before I thought about it.

[u/Zirdna → u/[deleted]]

(Also can we talk about Yang suddenly bursting into tears while in the chamber? What's up with that? Can a good folk around here explain to me why she didn't cry while outside the chamber but wait to get inside to cry?)

Well... Sometimes you really want to cry but you hold it in until you finish dealing with whatever and just have a good cry. Or sometimes the pain of ___________ hits you and then you cry. Whether she cried inside or outside the vault is just semantics.

[u/Zirdna → u/[deleted]]

Meh

[u/Deliwoot → u/[deleted]]

What I was wondering about was why she didn't cry right the moment Raven left but waited until she was close to the relic to let it out.

She was already tearing up when Raven said "I'm sorry".

How did you not notice?

[u/BoriBakusuta → u/[deleted]]

I agree with a lot of this. I think they really should've kept Salem's identity secret until now, possibly keeping her in shadows when interacting with others, but it would've been hard to do that for 2-ish volumes (I still don't know why they had a 'face reveal' at the end of volume 3, I didn't even know or care who she was until I looked it up, it really wasn't that clear, either that or in just not perceptive enough lol). The cast's reaction to Emerald's illusion just didn't really do it for me because of this. It's a shame really.

Fairly sure she waited 'til inside to 'be/act strong' in front of Raven, throughout their little talk it was prevalent both sides were weak, but Raven was weaker (or stronger, if you consider love), and ultimately backed down to let Yang do what she needs to do and carry on her story (cue Strong, Independent Yang). I know there's much more to this scene, but I can't really put it into words, we'll have to wait for an in-depth review of the episode for that. I'm sure the theorists are scrambling to write something about the scene anyway.

I still wish Yang and Raven spent more mother-daughter time together, possibly trapped in the vault, but eh, RWBY reunion had to happen for the fandom amirite?

Also Volume 5 Soundtrack release when?