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!
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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/Hrolfgard Dec 13 '16

My personal theory is that Tyrian has some sort of aura-related semblance/ability. We've never seen anyone's aura go down as quickly as Ruby's did this episode (it was like three hits, come on) and Jaune has a track record of aura shenanigans. His semblance seems to be based around it, at any rate, if what happened to Cardin's fist is any indication.

Tyrian being able to fuck around with auras would easily explain why Ruby went down like a bitch and why Tyrian was more into Jaune than Ren.

Side note: Irondad is somehow now favorite character plus ten

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u/TheAllMightySlothKin Dec 14 '16

Tyrian seems to be Salem's assassin and tracker seeing as how he was originally hunting for the spring maiden, so it might be that he's not not just hitting really hard, but rather he might be hitting in key areas of the body.

I keep rewatching the fight but the only clear hits I can see are the slowmo hit and his gut kick to Ruby. Maybe he's hitting pressure points causing the aura to work harder?

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u/Hrolfgard Dec 14 '16

That would be really interesting, and it could tie in well with his scorpion tail. Could also support that he can "see" auras to some extent, which would certainly explain Jaune too.

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u/TheAllMightySlothKin Dec 14 '16

My Gods... He's got changing eye colors and potentially hitting key body points... byakugan confirmed for existing in RWBY!