Yeah, the latest episode was a doozy. And I believe it's only the beginning of Atlas's downfall.





I knew it! I knew that Harriet pointing out that there's more to Ruby's Semblance than speed was going to be brought up again. It's actually astonishing that nobody has ever mentioned that until this volume, to be honest. Ruby doesn't even think about her Semblance when she's using it, huh? I guess she's too used to following her instincts during fights. As for Oscar, I have a theory that he's not going to get a Semblance at all, since he's eventually going to learn to use magic. We never saw Ozpin's Semblance, right? That said, you'd think Ozpin would have mentioned that little detail to Oscar back when he was still talking to him, but who knows.





The Bees being cute and Renora were both great, but I kinda thought that Ren and Nora were already an item. Granted, we'd never seen them kiss before, but Nora did call Ren "my man" in volume six and she'd been kinda touchy-feely with him for a while now. I did notice Ren ignoring her compliment earlier in this volume, but I didn't understand that it was something he'd been doing a lot and that it was bothering Nora so much. Guess I should have. I suppose Ren was just scared for all the usual reasons - he was afraid of ruining their friendship, or putting Nora or himself at risk by caring too much, etc. Anyway, I'm happy he kissed her back - that proves that his feelings are the same as Nora's, he just didn't know how to express them.





Penny was brilliant once again, especially her moments with Ruby. It's heartbreaking to know that almost everyone will think she's an assassin working under Ironwood's orders now. If Robyn Hill has any sense, she should be able to realize that Penny's being framed for several reasons - she saw Penny with her back turned to her looking for the real attacker, for one - but, sadly, I fear her personal feelings will cloud her judgement. Poor Fiona, I really hope she makes it. I don't think Tyrian poisoned her, so her wound shouldn't be lethal. Still, I will be VERY disappointed if Tyrian and Watts manage to get away at the end of the volume. Those bastards have a lot to pay for, and for all we know, they're not even finished with their evil plan yet.





Speaking of bastards, I truly hope people will not believe Jackass Schnee's so-called victory for a second, unless everyone in Atlas is as sharp as a bowling ball. Could it have been more obvious that the election was rigged? I don't know what exactly Watts told Jackass, but if he knows everything and still agreed to his plan, he's beyond all hope. There's no redeeming him after that. Maybe the villains will dispose of him once he's no longer useful, but I'd like to see him realize what he's done before that, however unlikely that is.

