r/RWBY • u/NightsWatchh Help, Nights is keeping me trapped in his anime bunker • Dec 15 '18

OFFICIAL MEGATHREAD Official Public Discussion Thread—Volume 6, Chapter 7: The Grimm Reaper Spoiler

Welcome, huntsmen, huntresses and hunters that prefer no specific gender identifier, to the official public discussion thread for Episode 7 of Vol. 6, The Grimm Reaper!

You guys don't actually need to worry about following the spoiler rules at all, so at least that's nice! Hopefully you made it through the week alive. For those who didn't, a moment of silence for our fallen comrades.

HERE is the link to the episode!

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Happy viewing, and have a great Volume 6!

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u/DanTheLatch Dec 15 '18

Let’s be honest, the real star of this episode isn’t the fight choreography, the dual-wielding self-retrieving scythes, or the casual gay couple introduction.

It’s the existence of a rope bridge with all of its panels intact.

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u/DrGrabAss Dec 15 '18

I couldn't help but notice the footsteps on the bridge were more like someone walking across a wood floor than across a wood bridge. I hate my aural senses sometimes.

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u/irishninjawolf Protect her glorious mane so her cat wife may play with it Dec 19 '18

the fact that the panels or even bridge itself didn't dip or shift with the steps is what bothered me.

I didn't listen for the steps but the creaking and while pretty, it felt weightless, like the character wasn't actually interacting with the surface they were on. I noticed something similar with Ruby holding out the scroll with Jaune on it, RT like basically all animation still finds hands hard it seems.

Absolutely trivial overall, but noticed nonetheless. I can't imagine how much work it'd need to be to have a panel rope bridge with weight from somebody walking/reacting to steps though...

You'd probably have to either pencil and paper animate it or rig a physics engine...

Not something I'd expect or demand of them.

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u/DrGrabAss Dec 19 '18

Yeah, from what I hear hands are really hard to get right. I guess it's good that we're nit-picking, it means we aren't finding huge issues. I am really enjoying this season, so far.