RWBY Volume 6 Episode 3 - The Lost Fable: Review

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To quote Marty McFly from Back to the Future, “Woah, this is heavy.” There’s a lot of information to discuss in this episode, so I’m just going to highlight some key points in this review. This episode is a huge lore dump, we finally see the backstory of Salem and Ozpin, the origins of Remnant, why Ozpin has to gather all four relics, and some other details. The writers and animators did an amazing job presenting the story in a very immersive way. An amazing job well done by the CRWBY, they absolutely nailed this episode. This is one of those episodes that you can’t only watch once, because there are some things that you will miss.
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A lot of questions were answered and many things were revealed. One of the big details was that Salem and Ozpin (originally Ozma, a reference to The Wizard of Oz) were lovers. Going into this episode, I thought Salem was originally a pure, innocent, and kind-hearted person. Nope, she was the complete opposite. Salem is very arrogant, stubborn, and self-centered.

Her motives and actions stem from her failure to deal with Ozma’s death and anger towards the God of Light and the God of Dark for thwarting her plans. She tried to manipulate the gods and pit them against each other. Which led to humanity’s destruction and the Gods’ distrust of humanity and loss of faith in humanity. This shows that Salem has no compassion or sympathy.

On a minor note, we finally get an explanation of what happened to the moon! Also, we learned why Remnant is called remnant, because it is the remnant of the world that was. Plus, we learn about the origins of the Faunus. Furthermore, we now know why Ozpin is trying to get all the relics. The god of light brought him back to life to gather all four relics which in turn will summon the gods back to the earth to reevaluate humanity.

When Salem and Ozpin reunite, both of them don’t tell each other the full story of what happened to themselves. Even the God of Light didn’t tell Ozpin that everything was Salem’s fault. Their relationship fell apart because neither one told each other the full truth. This experience acts as justification for Ozpin as to why he keeps secrets and does not tell the whole truth to team RWBY. The scene where the two are fighting with their magic, is similar to the duel between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2. One big detail that was revealed is that Salem cannot be killed. So knowing that bit how the heck is Ozpin going to stop Salem? We will have to wait to see what unfolds in the next episode.

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