RWBY Vol. 5 Chapter 8 Thoughts

Like I said, I can never watch these episodes without getting red in the face and my heart rate speeding up.  I mean, the episode does start out all fuzzy but as soon as Ruby mentions Blake, Yang gets hostile towards her. 
Can't say I blame her.  Yang's character is that of a mother; after Raven walked out on everyone's life and Summer died during a mission, she had to pick up the pieces and be that mother figure to Ruby.  It only makes sense that she would apply that sentiment to Blake, especially that talk back in Volume 2, when Blake's obsession to find out what Roman was up to was eating her alive.  Unfortunately, the fandom is probably gonna see this as Bumbleby proof.  My point is that Yang did the best she could to try and have Blake open up and see that she has family in that of the friends she cares about and to have her go back to the way she was and run away as soon as things went wrong, betrayed Yang in a way.  Friends do not run out on each other, they stand by you through all the bad and the good.  Although, looking back at Volume 3, it did seem that Blake still had a difficult time in trust, especially when the world was convinced that Yang broke Mercury's leg during the tournament and Blake didn't side with her team and only believed Yang when she looked her in the eye and said Mercury attacked first.

That aside, I do like the talk with Yang and Weiss.  I'm glad these two are spending more time together as they do have similar pasts as they do mention how each was lonely in a way.  I'm just glad that Weiss managed to get away from that prison she called Atlas.

Now for the episodes end.  Oh boy do I have a lot to say, and some of it is not good.  At first I thought that Illia could be sympathetic, but no, she is exactly like the Stormtroopers of the First Order: following orders without question because she believes that they are the future of the world and will bring order.  Also, THERE ARE SPIDER FAUNUS NOW!!!  How many varieties of Faunus are we going to get?!?  Also, Illia is turning out to be just as hateable as Adam and Mercury.  I mean, she says there is no such thing as innocent, sacrifices must be made to move forward and violence gets them results.  On top of that, Blake was to be taken to Mistral, to Adam, and then Illia said it.  She saw the way Blake looked at Adam; that is not something you say just for the heck of it.  How could I have been so blind?  Blake actually did have a thing for Adam before coming to her senses but then Illia says that she wished Blake looked at her the same way.  That is not only creepy but sounds like Illia was obsessed with Blake.  I thought Illia could be redeemed, but she is beyond redemption.  She's like Azula: Insane to the point where she needs to be put away.

As for the tail end of the episode, so much for taking the White Fang back.  You know a group has hit a low point when they outright attack the leader/governor to "move forward."  At least Kali is no pushover and defends herself and Ghira, he is about to go Wolverine on Corsac and Fennic.  I REALLY don't want anything to happen to the Belladonna's.  They're the best parents aside from Tai in the show.