Mental Health Break

I wanted to start off by saying that I was kidding about the karmic victory. Obviously, that went out the window once the infrastructure started failing. Cold weather was the karma, not everything else. I fully expected to send plows and salt trucks (if their dumbass government officials would allow it), but everything else that happened with the electricity was astounding. I’m glad Beto and AOC stepped up where Cruz and Abbott failed.
 

Depending on what Xigbar does as Luxu, I’m starting to think it’s less like Ozpin possessing Oscar and more like Molly having been a part of Lucien. The Mighty Nein want their friend back, but he may not exist anymore. Braig may not exist anymore, and no one who knew him as such may choose to speak of him again. No magic or whatever involved, it’s all up to him. Additionally, the more I learn about WandaVision, the more I realize that Wanda is the Marvel equivalent to Raven. The Teen Titans episode “Fear Itself" is sort of like that (except as a horror movie instead of a sitcom), and Injustice would have pushed Raven all the way there instead of just turning to her father. Both of them struggle with loss and mental health issues, but what hero doesn't these days?
 

Speaking of loss, Hazel. It hurt when Emerald said his name. She is now the Gohan, as Oscar wants to keep her around, which Jaune and Yang aren't okay with (although, aside from fighting for Cinder and losing her mind when she thought she died, all she did was cause Phyrra to kill Penny and had nothing to do with Adam's actions and hated seeing the fall of Beacon). Ironwood is a monster. I would've liked to see Glinda take him down, but we’ll see what Qrow and Robin end up doing. I appreciate the Archer references - Elm yelling “WHAT?" after the explosion and Cinder just sitting and pouting after Watts took her down verbally. I can't believe that worked. Watts misunderstands Salem's intent, though - Cinder was racing the Hound to Penny, and she thought she would need to break him out to get control of her. Salem had left him to his fate. The Hound is the reason Penny hasn't reached the Vault yet, as her still unconscious body is shown lying next to Nora's bed. As for how Cinder's supposed to get the maiden powers once Penny's dead, she may not have absorbed any of it for the rest to come to her or she wouldn't be in Penny's final thoughts. If Penny had died thinking of Ruby, then Cinder would have to fight Ruby and keep her promise to Neo. We'll have to see what, if anything, gets sorted out in the next four episodes.