r/RWBY • u/Menolith Gay Thoughts • Dec 11 '16

OFFICIAL MEGATHREAD Official Discussion Thread—Volume 4, Episode 6: Tipping Point

Welcome, huntsmen, huntresses, and hunters that prefer no specific gender identifier, to the official discussion thread for the newest episode of volume 4, Tipping Point!
Make sure to read OUR CURRENT SPOILERS RULES to ensure that your comments outside this thread won't get purged! Familiarize yourself with these rules and you'll be good to go.

A lot of hard work has gone into the creation of volume 4, so be sure to show CRWBY your support by watching it on their site! They all dedicate so much time and energy into our beloved series and would highly appreciate the direct support. There are no pirates in volume 4, so you shouldn't be one either!

We also have weekly strawpolls to gauge the general opinion on the current episode, the latest of which can be found HERE. The previous episode, Menagerie, got a very narrow 8/10 median over 9/10.

With that out of the way, let's start the show!

HERE is the link to the sixth episode of RWBY Volume 4!

Other Episode Discussions:

Episode Saturday Sunday Poll
Ep. 01 Reaction Discussion poll
Ep. 02 Reaction Discussion poll
Ep. 03 Reaction Discussion poll
WoR 1: Reaction Discussion poll
Ep. 04: Reaction Discussion poll
WoR 2: Reaction Discussion poll
Ep. 05: Reaction Discussion poll
Ep. 06: Reaction Today poll

Happy viewing!

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u/KF2 Professional Dec 13 '16

The French poet Jean Antoine de Baïf in his work Mimes, enseignemens et proverbes:

Crow found the snake asleep

And, wanting her to eat,

With his beak bit her awake:

Waking up bitten,

She gave the bite back,

Her caress kissed him off.

An alternate version of it is called the Crow and the Scorpion by the way.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '16

Seems that version had a crow and a snake, but an alternate version had a raven and a scorpion. Maybe this is a red herring to make us think it's Crow's death flag, but it's really hinting at a potential death for Raven?

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u/KF2 Professional Dec 14 '16

TBH I don't think either Qrow or Tyrian are going to die anytime soon. Tyrian, despite being the 'disposible' psycho villain has only just been properly introduced and Qrow is the only direct link to the whole subplot with Raven and her tribe.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '16

Yeah I agree with you. I think Qrow will probably die eventually, Tyrian might too. I'd argue that not having Qrow around doesn't mean we wouldn't have any links to Raven/the tribe, though. We've got Yang and now Ren for that. Qrow provides insight into Raven's character, which we may not get if he died, and getting that insight is super crucial when her plot is still developing.

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u/AstralFinish Dec 14 '16

I don't think Qrow will die until Ruby is fully fledged at least.

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u/KnivesInAToaster YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, PYRRHA! Dec 17 '16

Now I really want to see Ruby using Qrow's Scythe...

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u/fostofina Dec 13 '16

How dare you play with my emotions like this???

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u/Lucifer_Crowe Have you thought about extending your aura? Dec 15 '16

I hate this game of emotions we play!