If you thought we were done with episode 4, well, not quite yet. Fault is mostly just the latter half of Mulan.
Two scenes after Salem vs Oscar, we jump back to Ren and Jaune and Yang. Interestingly, Jaune jumps between the role of ‘Mulan’ and ‘Mushu’ in this conversation, acknowledging the mistake he made with his deception, and then trying to comfort and reassure Ren.
“You’ve got people around you too. You don’t have to force yourself to be strong.”
Essentially, “You’re not alone in this.” Though not a perfect mirror, the conversations are thematically similar enough that the connection is pretty blatant.
Of course, immediately after Jaune says this, Ren goes outside, and perfectly mirrors Mulan once again.
Let’s just sit and brood in the snow, shall we?
And then, let’s continue the mirror, with the Ominous Crack In The Snow,
And The Ominous Hands Popping Out Of The Snow
Zoomed in on it. We love parallels.
The final mirror between the two is, of course, the realisation that the enemy is headed toward the city.
“It’s heading straight for the kingdom”
That’s all I’ve got for mirrors and parallels… so far.
But honestly, it’s perfectly following along, and I’m loving it. Finally getting to see the connection between Ren and Mulan is so satisfying, but the minor differences that RWBY is doing makes watching the whole thing come together and play out intense and exhilarating.
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