RWBY V4 C12

## Plot

Okay, so I found out that the Nuckelavee Grimm is based off of a demon of the same name in Orcadian mythology. Oh, that twitching… It sounds so unnatural! It tries to go after Qrow, but Jaune gets him. The Nuckelavee stops mid charge and looks around. Ren used his Semblance so that it wouldn't see them. This way, Jaune can get Qrow to safety. The Grimm uses its arms to keep the others at bay. Jaune tells them to keep moving and go in a circle. It's revealed that Jaune got a weapon upgrade too. His sword and shield can be used to form a broadsword. The Grimm nails Ren to a wall with one arm, and prepares to use the other to presumably kill him. Nora takes the hit for him, but luckily it only got the head of Magnild, her hammer. It swings her around wildly though, and she loses her aura. Ren is able to get free, and, enraged, tries to attack the monster head on. This doesn't work though, and he loses his weapons and his aura. He's still seeing red though, so Nora pushes him under a building with her. They look up, and see that Jaune stopped it mid charge. Ren is still mad, so Nora slaps some sense into him. Literally. She doesn't want him to kill himself after everything they've been through. It's revealed that Ren still has the blade his father gave him. If the design looks familiar, it should. It's what Ren based StormFlower on. Ruby and Jaune will take care of its arms, Nora will take care of the horse, and Ren gets the honor of killing the damn thing. Ruby is able to do a bunch of trick shots and impales its arm with her scythe in spear mode. It's a new mode we saw in her character short. Ren flings the knife into the horse's torso. Then he uses Jaune's shield to hold the other arm down while Jaune impales it. Nora falls down a building and slams the horse head into the ground. Ren cuts off each of its arms, cuts into its chest, and decapitates/beheads it for the killing blow. Each time, he dedicates it to someone. His mother, his father, all the people it's killed, and himself. Ruby checks on Qrow. He's okay, and realizes that they killed the Grimm, saying that they did a good job. Airships from Mistral arrive. They take a ride with them. They saw all the smoke, presumably from some buildings collapsing or the death of the Grimm itself, and came to investigate, since the town is abandoned, and no one has been there in years. Ruby worries that they won't make it in time, but Mistral is in sight. And it looks beautiful. Qrow is able to get treatment in time and will be okay. Also, Ren and Nora *might* be a thing now? I'll wait until volume 5, which will be really painful. Ruby writes a letter to Yang, telling her about some of the things that happened. Qrow wakes up, and he's okay! Weiss is sneaking out of Atlas in a cargo ship. Yang is *probably* going to find Ruby. Also, I love her new outfit. Oscar has arrived in Mistral. Qrow is planning on taking the kids to see Professor Lionheart, the headmaster of Haven Academy. Everyone's moving forward. Including the villains. Cinder seems a lot stronger. Emerald uses her illusion semblance to make Cinder see Ruby, who burns the image without a second thought. Ilia answers to Corsac and Fennec Albain. And Watts finally meets with that informant in Mistral. It's Professor Lionheart. No. No, no, no! Coward! Then again, that makes sense. Cowardly lion, Wizard of Oz reference. Luckily, the end credits scene is less cliffhanger like. Oscar meets Qrow in a bar, and asks for "his" cane back. Qrow recognizes that he's Ozpin, somehow, and gives him the cane.

## Review

Okay, so a lot of people seem to think that the fight was anti-climatic, but I liked it. I don't care whether or not the monster was a challenge for them physically. It was a challenge for them emotionally, at least for Ren and Nora. And it was a challenge for all of us to watch the fight for the first time, because we didn't know if anyone would die or not. And even without the fight, the episode is so emotionally charged already, especially with Ruby's letter. The visuals, the music, Lindsey's delivery. It just really makes you wanna cry. Heck, Ruby even cries while writing the letter! Also, Neath Oum, man. I don't know much about him, other than the fact that he's Monty's brother and not a professional actor. Neath, I just want to say, you're doing a tremendous job. Absolutely perfect. I know Monty would be so proud of you. He *is* proud of you. Thank you so much for continuing where he left off. I'm so grateful. You've really come a long way. And Monty isn't the only one who's proud of you.