RWBY V5 C9

## Plot

Raven meets with Cinder, Watts, Emerald and Mercury. It turns out that Watts is a disgraced Atlesian scientist and doctor. She instructs her tribe to break down camp. She submits the theory we've all been wondering since volume 3: Cinder Fall is now the Fall Maiden, and with a surname that appropriate, the odds are good that she picked it herself and that it's not her real name. Vernal confirms that she's the Spring Maiden by demonstrating her powers. They give Raven their offer: Come to Haven with them and let Vernal unlock the vault so they can get the relic of knowledge. Then they'll leave them and the tribe alone. Cinder tells her that Professor Lionheart is loyal to Salem now. In two days, Haven Academy will be destroyed by the White Fang. Raven agrees, but on one condition: She wants them to help her kill Qrow. *Everyone* is a little… alarmed at this, especially Emerald and Mercury. Watts points out that if they kill Qrow and the students, the authorities will get involved. The kingdoms will catch on to what they're doing, and the White Fang's attack will fail. So they decide to wait to do it on the same night as the White Fang's attack, and their actions will be blamed on the violent organization. Back in Menagerie, Sun and Blake arrive at the house to help Ghira. Blake still has that cartridge of dust that Weiss gave her way back in volume 2. Ghira and Sun stay behind to fight Corsac and Fennec while Blake looks for Kali. Vernal followed Cinder and the others and found their airship to the west. They know that Salem will have her subordinates betray and kill them. They decide to have Oz and Salem's groups take each other out, and take the relic for themselves in the chaos. Just to be safe, Raven portals to Qrow in bird form, presumably to warn him of the plan. Blake finds Ilia in a large room, and the two prepare to fight.

## Review

Okay, this episode *is* ridiculously short. But as I looked through the comments of this episode, something inside of me just… snapped. *I am so sick and tired of people complaining all the time!* This fandom is becoming more and more like an unsatisfiable hatedom everyday! This show just can't meet their nigh impossible demands anymore! "Less talking, more fight scenes! No, the fight scenes are shit! Monty could've done it better! The writing is terrible! Everything is terrible!" Then why are you still watching?! Will you whiny brats just shut up and listen for five damn minutes?! Substance over spectacle, not the other way around! In case you couldn't tell, I wrote this first part right after I saw the episode, which I've been doing since volume 3, when I first became a fan of the show. So, yeah, I was really mad, and said a lot of stupid stuff that I didn't mean. While I personally still disagree with most people's complaints, you're free to feel differently. I'm just someone praising and/or ranting about cartoons and anime on the internet. Is RWBY perfect? No, of course not, nothing ever is. But I feel like people are being just a little unfair. This is still a web show, and it's not funded by a major movie making company like Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Illumination, Blue Sky, etc. Warner owns it because they own Rooster Teeth, but they've been cancelling projects for tax write offs ever since their merger with Discovery. That's part of why I try to rewatch as much of the show as I can before a new volume airs. To remember RWBY's roots. Yes, the music and fight choreography were, and in my opinion still are, amazing, but the backgrounds, the shadow people, the cliché plots, etc., were… not the greatest. Nor did I ever expect them to be. Maybe I just have low expectations, or I'm easily impressed or whatever. To paraphrase Arnold Delgado, a.k.a. MurderofBirds, a huge RWBY fan and content creator, I don't get frustrated because I know what it's like to make content, and I know the creators will address it eventually.