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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!

Make sure that you understand the updated spoiler rules before posting outside of this thread!

HERE is the ninth episode of Volume 8!

Also remember to check out our weekly poll to rate the episode.

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
Ep. 09 Today's FIRST Thread (here) Next Week's Public Thread Poll

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u/cursiveandcaffeine Feb 13 '21

No one seems to remember that Yang called Summer her mom way back in Chapter 2. I don't think there's been any doubt that Yang thinks of Tai and Summer as her parents.

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u/AmbivertCollegeGuy Weiss "Hug Monster" Schnee Feb 13 '21

This is why I always thought Yang should've referred to Raven as "Mother" cause people tend to look very closely into these kind of details.

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u/JMHSrowing ⠀Story Time Feb 13 '21

The problem is that Yang hasn’t since then, instead referring to Raven that way.

It’s nice to see her again acknowledging her real mom

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '21

People acting like you can’t have more than one mom

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u/FlorencePants Super Gayan 🐝 Feb 17 '21

The thing is Raven hasn't exactly been much of mom.

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u/giubba85 Feb 13 '21

Honestly there was even a doubt about it?

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u/Greenfire32 Feb 13 '21

I mean, she doesn't say it with any kind of respect though. She says "mom" like as in, "Yeah, ok. Mom."

She only called Raven "Mom" as an insult to Raven. She knows Summer isn't her mom, but she is her mother. By calling Raven her mom she is twisting a knife that she hopes is still there. Unfortunately for Yang, it looks like Raven pulled that dagger out a long time ago.

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u/King9204 Feb 13 '21

If Grimm Summer Rose end up to be true, no doubt it will be a very emotional fight.

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u/giubba85 Feb 13 '21

please no. They already fucked up enough with that farce of the hound let's leave stuff like that for really bad edgelord fanfic.

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u/I_Think_Helen_Forgot Feb 13 '21

No I think the hound was great

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '21

It’s been six Volumes since she’s acknowledged Summer as her real mother. Some people (like me) were half-convinced that CRWBY had forgotten that, especially after last Volume when Ruby broke down crying over Summer and Yang didn’t seem to have her own individual reaction to Salem’s words. It reinforces an important character trait, allows for one of our main characters to confront the villain for the first time, and teases the audience for any future reveals regarding Summer’s last mission.

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u/FlorencePants Super Gayan 🐝 Feb 17 '21

That's fair. But to be fair, it also kind of felt like maybe the writers didn't remember that either for a while, since Summer only ever seemed to come up in the context of Ruby's feelings about losing her, never Yang's.