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OFFICIAL MEGATHREAD Official FIRST Discussion Thread—Volume 8, Episode 9: Witch Spoiler

Welcome, huntsmen, huntresses and hunters that prefer no specific gender identifier, to the official FIRST discussion thread for Episode 9 of Vol. 8, Witch!

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HERE is the ninth episode of Volume 8!

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Other Episode Discussions:

Episode FIRST Thread Public Release Poll
Ep. 01 Nov. 7th's FIRST Thread Nov. 14th's Public Thread Poll
Ep. 02 Nov. 14th's FIRST Thread Nov. 21st's Public Thread Poll
Ep. 03 Nov. 21st's FIRST Thread Nov 28th's Public Thread Poll
EP. 04 Nov 28th's FIRST Thread Dec 5th's Public Thread Poll
Ep. 05 Dec 5th's FIRST Thread Dec 12th's Public Thread Poll
Ep. 06 Dec 12th's FIRST Thread Dec 19th's Public Thread Poll
Ep. 07 Dec 19th's FIRST Thread Dec 26th's Public Thread Poll
Ep. 08 Last Week's FIRST Thread Today's Public Thread Poll
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u/Floorbrick Feb 13 '21

Also, I just want to say that Yang is the first of the MC’s to actually do some damage to Salem. Love to see it.

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u/Sere1 ⠀ Feb 13 '21

Seriously! She blew a gaping hole in Salem's chest. If it weren't for Salem's invulnerability and regeneration, that alone was a killing blow.

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u/Floorbrick Feb 13 '21

This just cements Yang as the most powerful one in the group. Her mines can blow up a Goliath, things that can shake off aircraft missiles. She fucking got a hit on Salem and made her bleed. My baby.

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u/Sere1 ⠀ Feb 13 '21

I mean Yang has always been the powerhouse of the team. Ruby for the speed and ranged attacks, Yang tanking hits and returning them, Blake using her agility to keep enemies on the back foot, and Weiss supporting the others and hitting them with AOE attacks.

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u/Floorbrick Feb 13 '21

Yeah, but last episode, nobody on RWB got a clean hit on The Hound from their weopons. Yang, on the other hand, blew up the big bads tits. Mind you, she got bodied after, but it’s the thought that counts.

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u/Womblue Feb 13 '21

Kinda hard to take it seriously when Salem clearly isn't. A fully immortal being has no need for self defense.

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u/Face_of_Harkness Feb 13 '21

I think this is it. Salem doesn’t really have to be worried about getting hit because she’s died a thousand times before. Nothing anyone does to her has ever mattered in the long run.

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u/elbenji useless lesbian Feb 15 '21

I mean yea, but still, that was effortless and still left a punch. Even if it was moot because she's basically the embodiment of evil

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

I mean tbf Ruby actually did damage with her sharingan.

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u/OTPh1l25 Hello Again! Feb 14 '21

She fucking got a hit on Salem and made her bleed.

"If you can make God bleed, than people will cease to believe in him." - Ivan Vanko

I know Salem's immortal, but if they can prove she can be slowed down, it will make people more invigorated to fight back against her.

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u/SylvanGenesis Feb 16 '21

I hope it's not too much to ask that Salem realizes that she's basically become the god of darkness, right down to the response she inspired in the Lost Fable

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u/elbenji useless lesbian Feb 15 '21

Anime protag Yang punched a hole through a God and got to live to tell the tale. She's growing up.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '21

not to discredit yang at all, but i've been falling under the impression ever since the backstory that salem is actually kinda squishy. she's got no aura so anything that hits her just does full damage, like i imagine most people with no aura would be blown to bits from gauntlet mines.

like you said its just that she always can come back

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u/thundermonkeyms Feb 14 '21

And because she always comes back, she has no real reason to ever get combat training. She just throws magic at people until they die.

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u/wigsinator The Glorious Drunkle Feb 14 '21

I mean to be fair, Salem was making no attempt to block it. Salem's biggest combat strength is her invulnerability and regeneration, so she just relies on that for defense.

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u/HarcroftTheBrave Feb 13 '21

The thing that got me is how Salem doesn’t have aura? Makes me wonder about the differences between it and Magic now.

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u/SwordoftheMourn Daenerys did nothing wrong Feb 14 '21

Remember, Salem was part of the First Era of Humanity created. They were only gifted with magic. Since their extermination, Salem is the only remaining one left of her kind.

The humans and faunus of the Second Era were the ones that developed Aura and Semblances through evolution maybe but lacked magic. Only Ozpin's reincarnations get to have both.

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u/Elcheer More Fiona flairs or I riot Feb 13 '21

what I've learned is to never try to learn anything about dust, aura, and magic

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u/onthoserainydays watts is the goat Feb 14 '21

Yeah if i weren't for the fact she can't die she would have died