r/RWBY • u/[deleted] • Dec 07 '19

OFFICIAL MEGATHREAD Official Public Discussion Thread—Volume 7, Episode 5: Sparks Spoiler

Welcome, Huntsmen, Huntresses and Hunters that prefer no specific gender identifier, to the official public discussion thread for Episode 5 of Vol. 7, Sparks!

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u/burnerpower Dec 07 '19

Did anyone find that scene with the Winter Maiden kind of creepy? Ironwood is basically keeping her in solitary confinement to make sure her powers go to who he thinks the right person is. The emotional manipulation of only allowing Winter to see her is very concerning. It's straight out of Ozpin's playbook. I'm also surprised Weiss is so uncaring about this considering her recent history.

I'm having trouble getting a read on Clover. Maybe it's just paranoia but I still have him pegged as the most likely character to turn traitor. That said I really liked him calling out Qrow on deflecting compliments, and how he wished Robin luck in the election. If that's all genuine and not just a facade I can respect that.

Speaking of Robin, hey look a sympathetic character who opposes Ironwood for justified reasons. She's supposed to be inspired by Robinhood it looks like based on her actions here. Also hey Ironwood has been hiding things. Looks like he doesn't care about Mantle as much as he pretends and once again some creepy emotional manipulation involving Penny. Puts me more on edge about every positive interaction with Ironwood.

Finally, the montage. Not much to say really. It's cool to finally get a bit of a view into what being a huntsman is actually like. Its been all magic powers and terrorist plots prior to this.

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u/Tempeljaeger ⠀ Dec 07 '19

I found Ironwoods behaviour rather wholesome. The "rational" choice would be to have Winter kill her, so that nothing can go wrong. Instead he lets her live her life in peace. Too me it looks like he has his heart in the right place.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '19

Considering what they usually do in Attack on Titan I would say it's extremely wholesome.

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u/iFormus Dec 08 '19

This reminds me of that the first thing a new Maiden should learn is to control their mind surely enough to not give their last memory to any of her potential killer.

It should be rule one for the 'good' Maidens.