RWBY Volume 8 Episode 8 Reaction 

An interesting detail that was pointed out to me, the Person with Silver Eyes inside the Hound was a Faunus, specifically a Fox Faunus. So it was a Fox in the Hound, from "Fox and the Hound"

They explained in Season 3 that the Schnee families semblance is hereditary, so all Schnees have the ability to summon, its wether they have practiced enough to use them.

The Hound leaving bones behind is so viscerally unsettling every time i watch this episode because i always forget that grimm are supposed to disappear completely when they're killed. The fact that it's his actual body under there and it's HIS bones that have grown and warped into this shape is so much worse than, say, a guy who just got absorbed by a grimm or something. That paired with the choir music...just haunting

Just a little reminder for after V9, there is the V9 Animatic Epilogue, the original finale for V9 that was cut due to budget cuts (V9 was supposed to have 12 chapters, not 10). Make sure you watch the full 15 minutes version. Also there is RWBY Beyond, 4 short anthology 2D animated episodes of stuff after V9. You can find them all on youtube. After that I would highly recommend RWBY Chibi, 3 seasons (technically 4), first 2 seasons is 24 episodes, season 3 is like 16. Each Episode is about 3 minutes so I highly recommend watching in bulk, maybe 8 or 16 episodes per reaction. There is also the RWBY Justice League Crossover Movies part 1 and 2 which are semi-canon. Love your reactions! I would also recommend Camp-Camp, I think you'd really enjoy that over Red vs Blue even though I *prefer* and *love* RvB more!

I adore the scene of Blake and Ruby. The reveal of a person being inside the hound brought a new level of twisted to Salem

As other comments have said the guy that was in The Hound had silver eyes just like Ruby and another thing it was Willow that summoned the Boarbatusk to save Whitley

When I saw the episode and saw that the hound had a silver-eyed person, I could only say Summer.

The way penny just gets up and pushes him when doing the way she does when taken over is slightly funny.

The people haven't been under this kind of threat before, so Whitley is doing some pretty quick recalculating of priorities. Makes me think he wanted to be a good person but only got any kind of approval from his dad. We did see Qrow after the explosion in bird form.

Everyone had the same reaction what happened to The Hound at the end.

I remember a lot of people complaining that they didn't fight well and lost their aura so quickly. But for us, a year of waiting for the season for them meant days and hours without sleeping or eating, they were exhausted. Poor team RWBY

I absolutely love RWBY one of my favorite shows to ever exist. It was Willow’s boar that attacked, so yes, the mother saved Whitley. I am sad that Roosterteeth was unable to finish this masterpiece, as well as a few other shows they started, Nomad of Nowhere for example didnt get more than one season. Camp camp got finished I think, and was amazing. Also, I think it would be amazing to see you guys react to RWBY Chibi episodes, and RWBY fairy tales.

Few things this Chapter; The Grimm that Blake faced was called a Cenitaur, an alpha version of the Centinels designed to combat Huntsman. With a giant acid champer and more developed arm blades, it's perfect against rookie Huntsman. Whitley and Willow came in clutch. Watts programmed that chip as further revenge on Ironwood(who doesn't want Penny destroyed due to her being an "Asset") and Pietro. And that was why the Hound was capable of adapting to any situation.

“It was … a person … “, then quick transition to CINDER’s Grimm arm as she recovers Watts. Ohhh that’s some dark foreshadowing there .. 😮. I wonder what will come of that?

The entire mansion layout being used in a horror monster stalker situation has big original RE and RE2 and 3 vibes with the essence of Nemesis and Mr. X stalking players specifically around a maze like structure with Nemesis in particular speaking a single line but it being iconic that he's here for you. Also Weiss chastizing Whitley about working on his sass is a treat considering you cant call her the kettle so much as the entire tea set in that department.

The Hound is an analogy for Salem. There's nothing human underneath that Grimm-ifed facade

This is one of my favorite episodes of the volume, it's amazing! Not in vain is it the 100th episode of the series 🤭 - By the way, the invocation that saved Withley was performed by Willow! It's great! Winter in volume 3 confirms that the Schnee family's semblance is hereditary, they have this peculiar trait - The first time I saw the hound I only realized it was a faunus but I didn't realize it wasn't just any faunus but it had silver eyes! 🤯 That sparked a lot of theories in the fandom haha - Blake and Ruby's talk is so sweet and sincere, you could tell that Blake always admired her for her tenacity, bravery and always being a pillar for the group, this is something very interesting to keep in mind.

And here we have a fine example of Ruby slowly getting overwhelmed by the continiously escalating situation. Signs were already subtly present in Volume 4, but its more evident in this Volume.

20:12 Winter did explain in Volume 3 that the Schnee semblance was hereditary, and Winter had to learn how to use it from someone.

All the Wiesses family semblance is hereditary. Winter mentioned it last volume or another previous volumes. I don't remember.

When's Chibi? (I've been saying since the end of season 3) You"ll finish Volume 9 before 10 is out, so get the lead out and watch it already 😄 From my understanding, Viz Media is going to host RWBY episodes, not produce new ones. I'm hoping you're right and I'm wrong, that Viz will produce new Volumes. Next episode is one of my favorites of the series. In Volume 3, Winter explains that Schnees are different - their semblance is hereditary, so all are able to use glyphs/summon. (Except Shitley. He hasn't trained to do so) The Blake fight where she gets saved ny Ruby seemed a bit.... forced, bit overall, great episode!

6:49 And at that moment they're both thinking what a great sister-in-law the other will make.

I will not say enough about Ruby's VA, her "that's enough" always deliver for me. Simple yeah, but really efficient.

It was definitely the mom that sent the first boar. Remember way back in Volume 3 when we first get introduced to Winter? She talks to Weiss but it's really for us, the audience, about how the Schnee's are different in that their Semblance is hereditary to their entire family. Willow also has the same Semblance as Winter and Weiss. This is the first time we ever see her use it, obviously. Regarding Weiss' line, she was more referring to the near-save of putting up the giant wall of Ice Dust just before it caught them.

I think it's been said somewhere that their plans are for somewhere around twelve seasons total. They may have had to downsize those plans to ten when RT started having troubles, but hopefully with VIZ acquiring them, the originally-intended twelve is back on.

Great reaction, looking forwards to your next one! Surprised no one seems to have mentioned it, but this is episode contains references to Jurassic Park (the first movie), similar to Maria's reference to _Aliens_ back in Chapter 5. Specifically the scenes where The Hound interrupts Blake and Ruby's conversation and Whitley finishing up with the computer. Fun fact: the chess set model had to be broken apart and all of the pieces re-modeled individually so they could shake correctly when the Hound passed it.

Ruby has been strong enough to hold onto that part of herself, true, but as we saw at Penny's bedside, it's starting to weigh on her. She, (and perhaps Jaune) of all the characters has never had a moment to pause and deal with the various traumas that have occurred since Volume 3, she just keeps pushing forward. It's great that Blake got that moment with her (they have I think the least interaction as a pair across all volumes) After Volume 9 and its epilogue series RWBY Beyond, there remains RWBY Chibi, a short light hearted skit show made to raise the spirits in the wake of Vol 3 onwards, it's delightful good fun. RWBY: Ice Queendom, Rooster Teeth partnered with an anime studio to craft a new story set during the events of Volume 1. RWBY X Justice League parts 1 & 2, being owned by Warner Bros afforded at least the one perk of access to the DC universe, its canon status is questionable, but that doesn't mean it can't be enjoyable. With luck, by the time all of that is out of the way, some news on Volume 10 will have surfaced.

The Hound had SILVER EYES. Salem is capturing anyone with silver eyes to experiment on them. Which made people more curious of what could have happened to Summer Rose when she confronted Salem.

The word self terminate is grime word coming out from a sweet android to the point the viewers gasp in horror

Fun fact: Willow's booty was originally so thicc that the animator actually had to temporarily edit her character model by pushing her hips up into her torso for it to look more natural, and to not distract from the dramatic scene of her and Whitley pushing the statue down onto the Hound.

We're closing in on the home stretch of Volume 8. Been waiting since I first found this channel back during like... either Volume 1 or 2? But been waiting for this Hound reveal, and can't wait to see how you all handle the rest of this volume.

Did anyone feel this episode was a resident evil inspired idea for an episode

Something that is never really talked about or revealed in the show is that SEWs may not actually have originally been human, or were a separate “clan” entire. As there is a side story that talks about how Humans “wiped out most of their people” which is from a perspective of a SEW, but they managed to intermingle with others. Meaning SEWs seemingly were originally neither Faunus nor Human, but something else entire.

VIZ media now owns the rights to RWBY. And all of Weiss' family have the same semblance ( as stated in one of the early volumes). They can all manifest grimm they have beaten, Winter can summon Nevermores (as she did fighting Qrow outside of Beacon)!

A few hours away from Jacques and look what Whitley is capable of. So proud of the kid. I love that Blake and Ruby got that moment. They're definitely the pair that have gotten the least amount of time together, so to get this really sweet moment of Blake telling Ruby why she looks up to her and that she believes in her is just... It's so nice. So, so needed. I love this bit of growth from Willow as well. It doesn't completely erase all the complicated feelings but when the chips were down she chose to help her kids. It's a great starting point. Also, seeing her summon was so cool, since it is HER family semblance. And thus... the reveal of what Salem's experiment was. A human turned into a Grimm. And not just any human, a Silver Eyed Warrior. That poor guy. That is some messed up stuff there bro. And the implications are just... ugh. Gotta say, when CRWBY want to do horror they do it well.

It was moms summon on that frost boar, the semblance is hereditary

Whitley is very intelligent, he is a problem resolver, he became like that to be useful to his father but now that is surrounded with good people he is resolving good problems, he just needed the correct evironment. PS: This is one of the few moments where Ruby and Blake have a close moment since their meeting each othe back in Beacon, but was such a good one, if you remember last season, when all the gang arrives Atlas and are arrested and going to meet Ironwood everybody is worried but Blake was the only one that said ''whatever you think that should be done, we are going to follow your lead Ruby'' and now with this conversation confessing that Blake have always look up to Ruby, made Blake become the Knight in ''Ruby's army'', Blake is like that loyal soldier/warrior that was looking for the correct leader to follow, her Father was not persistent enough, Sienna was not aware of their own soldiers needs, Adam was a monster and even Ozpin was not trustful, but Ruby, she never disapoints as a leader, may not be the most experienced, stronger or intelligent, but she is all of that things when leadership is the point, she is persistent, care for her friends, have a pure soul and most important she is trustful, Ruby is the leader that Blake was looking for, and a true friend, even in this season she sided with Ruby even with all her feelings and attachments to Yang, to me, Blake will follow Ruby to any war because she knows that Ruby is the leader with the right heart and will be always be her Kinght and her friend.

No wonder that grimm was so smart. Because a person was inside of it. This episode really is scary.

I've gotten thoughts that this Faunus was a huntsman that Qrow couldnt find thanks to Lionheart giving away the info to Salem which applies to his combat skills but moreso strategy and him appearing fresh & still alive, he also is unique & we never heard or seen any Silver Eye Faunus before and for his combat skills & strategy and capabilities from his Faunus and Silver Eyes aspects, he survived long enough but definitely got the worst from Salem for surviving so long, being impressive in fights and just a SEW.

15:20 Love how this reveal is so much more devastating than this episode indicated and really gonna screw Ruby and Yang up... thought they could have, ultimately, done more with that, ngl

Klein is the 7 dwarves in one

Ok i have 2 things to tell u guys 1 the grim had silver eyes like ruby and 2 only the girls in the family can do the summons

Not only is it disturbing that the hound had a person on the inside. What makes it even worse is that he has silver eyes. And what did Salem say to Cinder and Tyrian? She wants ruby alive…

I am not sure if I had previously mentioned this on your channel. But I truly believe that RT missed a golden opportunity to create animated horror content. The Apathy episode, this one, even when the hound was introduced.

Since the final episode of Murder Drones was released i guess its time to find a new show and this looks very interesting so far ill have to go back and watch the rest.

Didn't want to say before because spoilers, but season 8 (and the end of season 7) is the only one I haven't watched more than once before watching along with you guys. I know there's been some heart-breaking moments in previous seasons, but the ones at this point of the story just hit me harder for some reason.

00:09:45 Nora is good for more than just being strong and hitting stuff!

I did say your in for more nightmares, i did say its was gonna get more messed up, Did you notice the silver eyes? The schnees semblance (gliffs) is hereditary so, willow, winter, weiss and whitley can all use it provided they trained to use it, even the grandfather could use it but the Jacque only married into the family and would have his own semblance if he could be bothered to unlock The nightmare isn't over yet so grab yourself a drink, something cuddly and have tissues on standby

You guys focused on the wrong detail with the guy in the Hound. The fact he's a faunus is irrelevant, the important part is his eyes. They're silver. Schnee family has a hereditary semblance. We've seen this with Weiss and Winter many times. It's not actually clear if it *was* Willow who summoned the Boarbutusk or not, but remember, she's the daughter of Nicolas Schnee, a renowned adventurer and combatant, it's likely he taught his daughter at least something about their family semblance and maybe gave her some sort of training. This episode marks Blake giving Ruby a much needed pep talk when she's at a pretty low point, similar to one that Yang gave to Blake back in volume one, and Weiss gave to Yang back in volume 5. All we need now is for Ruby to give one to Weiss and the circle is complete!

Been waiting for this one.

Summer is definitely still alive I’m just afraid of what we will see when we see her

This is actually the 100th episode of RWBY. Something about the person in the Grimm is that he had silver eyes. Makes you wonder if she was specifically taking silver eyed warriors due to their powers, whether because something about them made them easier to turn into Grimm, or to prevent their powers from spreading and as a show that these people meant to be the ultimate weapon to fight the Grimm can be made Grimm. Also he was a faunus and the first faunus we've seen with silver eyes (granted he's only the fourth person we've seen with silver eyes but still).

I wonder if They’ll watch RWBY X Justice League?

What big eyes, big ears, big teeth you have

Did you both notice at the very beginning of the episode who tried to warn Qrow before the walls exploded? That was Raven in her raven form (see the bird with red eyes). ALSO! That Boar that was summoned to save Whitley was done by... Willow. 😎

Yay, got to be the first like for once! Lucky

Anyone else noticed how each Silver eyed individual plays a part in Red Riding Hood. Maria - grandmother Hound - big bad wolf Summer - could say is the huntress(huntsman) Ruby - is obviously red riding hood.

With regards to the Schnee's semblance, it is the only known semblance that is hereditary. Nicholas (Willow's Father), Willow, Winter, and Weiss all have the same semblance.

A note about Willow. I've seen the suggestion that in addition to the issues she has from her marriage to Jacques, she may also have some PTSD, since she would have had to fight Grimm in order to have that Boarbatusk summon, but despite that she is still sweaty and shaking as soon as danger nears. It's just a theory, obviously, but I think there's some merit there.

Yes 'The Hound' was a Random person with Silver Eyes, When they defeated it the song was being sung in Latin and in English: You, Silver-eyed warrior Salem took me Don't fret for me, don't you cry Your Silver eyes for me

All kinds of interesting but half-remembered trivia here. Comments will correct me but I believe this episode marks the point where Yang is now the least featured member of RWBY in terms of episode counts. And it’s something like the 4th time ever Blake has spoken directly to just Ruby. A lot of fans thought (briefly) that it was Adam in the Hound, but no, just an anonymous silver eyed fox. Interesting if you subscribe to the theory that Silver Eyes are a trait inherited from the Ozma we saw with two daughters. The summon was Willow’s. She’s a fully capable Huntress when she’s sober.

I remember i saw a comment about this episode a while ago on when Blake talks to ruby about how she looks up to her; looking back at the series, blake always supported Ruby and never questioned her leadership even when others, including Yang, defy her

I love Blake’s talk with Ruby to try and boost her up. This is one of the first times Ruby seems completely overwhelmed by everything that’s happening. Blake was right though- even when she hasn’t known what to do, she has still tried to do something. Which is the most important thing.

"All I know is this is a faunus..." Don't worry... you will find out next episode WHY that particular faunus was chosen to be transformed into a Grimm.

If you didn’t catch it, the person inside the Hound Grimm was a Silver Eyed Warrior. This new revelation along with what we knew about Summer’s last mission, a lot of us thought “this is what happened to Summer. Salem possibly turned her into one of these or something similar.” At the final scene where we see the Silver Eyed Warrior’s remains, you can hear a sigh of relief and a faint ‘thank you’, as if he was saying “thank you for releasing me at last”. The choir singing at the Silver Eyed Warrior’s death translates to this: Tu, Sivo-Eisa Varia (You, Silver-Eyed Warrior) Sarehma tayka me (Salem took me) Donu frayst vo me, donu cri... (Don't fret for me, don't you cry) U-tu sivo-eisa me (Your silver eyes for me)

The thing abut Shitley, it was brought up in volume 4. He said that with the company or an army he could accomplish that much more than Weiss, a single huntress. This brought it home, showing that without his dads awful influence he CAN do that. He is smart and resourceful enough.

Remember in volume three when Winter told Wise our semblance is inherited.

17:00 “YOU MISSED?! HOW COULD YOU MISS?! SHE (HE) WAS THREE FEET IN FRONT OF YOU!”

I told you this chapter was worth waiting for, Ken & Beth!! Be lucky your wait was far less than ours was.....lol This was the most horror filled volume of the series to date!! And the CRWBY worked the vibe to its limits!!! Especially with the Hound attack & Blake's fight. Plus Penny's internal fight with the virus, we didn't have a moment to even breath til the end. And what an ending..... The Hound's horrible secret revealed!! He was a Faunus.....and had SILVER EYES?!? That poor soul.....😢 Salem has really been doing some ungodly things, indeed. Between this & Cinder's jailbreak of Dr. Watts, things are getting darker for Atlas. But, wait...... There's the search for Oscar and the Aceop's bombing run. We got a lot to see yet!! Til next week, STAY GOLDEN, FOLKS!! 😅🌹❄️🖤🔥

Willow did indeed summon the giant boar. Like mother like daughters.

Whitley Schnee becoming Oskar Schindler was not on my RWBY Bingo Card but I welcome it.

The Chorus singing when the Hound is killed translates to (at least ive seen it): You silver-eyed warrior Salem took me Don't fret for me, dont you cry Your silver eyes saw me.

And little Whitley became a responsible boy...maybe may become a good man?

You poor beautiful fools. You crossed the forbidden line of Vol 3. I wish I could tell you it gets better but sadly it doesn't

Sadly one of the worst fights in vol 8 between Blake and that thing but these last couple eps are so exciting. Then finally it’s vol 9 can’t believe it

You guys are awesome yall should react to left dead your my dream Animatic by goldenlane studio.

I've been binging your reactions for a while now and I finally caught up and then I had to wait. 😭

only important thing about guy turned into a grimm is his eye colour

1:06 There's also six "Fairy Tales of Remnant" episodes that you should watch after this volume.