seki108

I actually watched RWBY's new non-First episode (12) in a reasonable amount of time after it was released.  Weird.  Some talk of spoilers, so don't read more if you haven't watched it.

First I'll say that I love Ruby is finally stepping up and doing some leaderly things again.  She hasn't really done much to stand out for the past two volumes in my option, unless I'm forgetting something (very likely).  Overall, it's not an incredibly amount, but I'll take any development.  Great fight in my opinion, though I may be a bit biased.

On a side tangent, it's almost like military granny didn't think for a second that rampaging in a loud, giant mech near a populated civilian area.  I know that I shouldn't take it too seriously, but they could have not made her so cliche as the arrogant nationalist.  Outside of her squabble with the former Grimm Reaper, that character trait is pretty much her entire existence.  She's supposed to be a somewhat experienced military commander: don't just make her such a fanatic that she forgets the basics of Grimm and why they likely built the mech in the first place.  I get that she's a minor character that won't be around for much longer and I'm getting worked up over nothing new in RT's writing, but it seems they can't write a balanced military character in Ruby's setting.  Ironwood was definitely close and a decent character for what little we've seen him, but we haven't seen enough of him to really determine if The Fall maybe tempered his.......hastiness(?).....overreaction to possible threats(?).....I don't know exactly how to put it into words.

The Adam fight conclusion..................While the teamwork was impressive and shows they've grown and gotten over their issues, that was a bit too anticlimactic to me for what was such an anticipated grudge match.  As much as I disliked Adam at the end of Volume 3 for pretty much being solely Edge Incarnate with a side of stalker, I can't deny him, or at least what he could be, has grown on me over the years.  I hold onto the hope that they bring him back and maybe refocused on his revolution, since it should be clear that just chasing Blake will get him nowhere.  They intentionally pulled the trope of not showing a body again, so maybe he'll miraculously survive like Cinder and come back a bit more tempered.