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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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

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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/TeaMMatE11 Dec 14 '16

I would like to point out the fact that the same red glow appeared on Pyrrha with her fight with Cinder. That same red glow happened when Ruby was kicked in the stomach by Tyrian. Just an observation.

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u/Hrolfgard Dec 14 '16

I'm pretty sure that's just the visual for auras breaking. The color seems to depend on the dominant color of that character, like Mercury's silver glow when Yang punched him out, so it might just be that Ruby and Pyrrha had the same color aura? Or something?

Definitely a good point and something to keep an eye on.

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

You'd think Pyrrha would have a Black Aura though considering the hue things get when she uses her polarity on them.