I just want to get one correction out of the way first. I accidentally said "Over a Barrel" instead of "The Last Roundup" when talking about the MLP season finale. I don't know what titles are anymore.
It was great to see the Blue Ranger brothers team up again in the Christmas episode of Super Ninja Steel. The only problem I have with the episode (aside from not remembering a lot about the villains and their interactions from two years ago) is that, once again, the Rangers are depicted using a situation to their advantage. They don't actually care that Sledge lies to Poisandra a lot. They just use it to distract her so they can escape. I don't expect every hero to sympathize with a villain, but it just felt icky, like in an episode of Dino Charge when Chase was leading on that one villain to distract her. Toying with her emotions like that just felt wrong. It could be a good strategy, but it made me feel bad for the villains, which is not something this series does intentionally anymore the way it used to. I wonder what the new Hasbro era will be like.
In a gruesome scene, we see that someone hired a crocodile faunus named Tock to kill Maria in the past but only succeeded in slashing her eyes. People are speculating it was Salem, but then why would she want Ruby alive? Why would she put a hit on Maria and presumably Summer but not her? I didn't like this episode. I'm looking forward to seeing more of Jaune's sister and her family, though. I've seen the sneak peak and it looks like the Atlas guards are mimicking the card soldiers from Wonderland, and the only way to get to Atlas itself is to sell out Weiss. Hopefully Winter is nearby or within contact.
After seeing amvs of Kingdom Hearts openings with RWBY songs, I've thought about which RWBY opening songs fit each game thematically. The first one is obviously the volume one theme "This Will Be The Day," and Kingdom Hearts II would be the volume two theme "Time To Say Goodbye." The volume 3 theme "When It Falls" would fit Birth By Sleep since nothing really ended well for anybody in that game. The volume 4 theme "Let's Just Live" would go to 358/2 Days as it explores Roxas' daily life in the Organization. It would also fit the other members of the Organization moving forward to get their hearts back whether they had a hand in losing them or not. The volume five theme "Triumph" would go to Dream Drop Distance with Riku and Sora taking the Mark of Mastery Exam, and the likes of Lea, Aeleus, and Ienzo waking up. Finally, the volume 6 theme "Rising" seems like it would fit the Kingdom Hearts III intro that was released the other day. I'm still getting used to the feel of "Face My Fears," but I like it. As for the games I didn't mention, I don't have anything for them specifically. The only other one I care about is Chain of Memories, and the only other song I really like that's not specific to certain characters is "I May Fall," so let's go with that for now.
The Boss (portrayed by a palette-swapped Zero-Suit Samus) is a tough fight in the new Smash story mode. My husband and his friend beat it by sheer dumb luck. My husband jumped and fell off the edge, and she jumped after him. He Yoshi'd her and jumped off her head back to safety, and she fell far enough down that she couldn't jump back up. His friend threw a Fire Flower off the stage and she jumped after it to her death. For a time, my husband also enjoyed throwing a Bob-omb as his opening move, winning several of the story mode matches in seconds.
