Ironwoodatl01 - James Ironwood Hangout

The death of Apollonia was a good thing.

This point is better established in the novel instead of the movie.

In the novel, it is made more explicit that the idea of the Mafia was a system that would cause more harm than good and that Michael, during his sojourn in Sicily, was aware of the negative impact of the Mafia lifestyle.

However, Michael meeting Apollonia kept Michael within the status quo of the Mafia system despite him knowing the dangers of that life. Apollonia's family had connections with the Mafia, and Michael's courtship of her was done within the context of the Sicilian traditions which are strongly connected to the concept of Mafia.

More importantly, Apollonia clouded Michael's reasoning and logic. His possessive desire of Apollonia replaced the logical reasoning that was Michael's strongest trait and made him comfortable in the lifestyle that he knew was harmful in the long run.

Thus, Apollonia's death broke Michael from the fantasy and galvanized him to take over the family Corleone. So he could make the family legitimate and break away from the Mafia lifestyle that would doom him in the future.

This was a good thing in the Novel as the story ended on a triumphant note. Michael succeeded in going legitimate, his family was secure, and he took revenge on all fronts for all debts incurred. All this was because Apollonia dying broke the dream of the Mafia life. The movies ended more ambiguously and made the story about Michael's fall from grace as it ended with Michael becoming Don, but not with Michael going legitimate. In that context, Apollonia became the straw that broke Michael.

Instead of the hammer that broke Michael from his chains, and freed him to take the right actions and to break away from the Mafia once and for all.

Felt like Ironwood trained Watts at some point in time.

Watts uses his pistol the same way James does in melee.

Watts could time James's movements to lure him into traps.

Watts knew James would be counting his shots. Counting bullets may be something James taught Watts.

Which begs the question; Does James teach everyone in Atlas who uses pistols? Specifically revolvers?

Roman Torchwick's Semblance

I believe Roman has a semblance, an undiscovered one, but a semblance nevertheless.

That semblance involves technology. Namely, Roman has the ability to innately understand and use advanced technology without prior training or knowledge.

But because it's undiscovered, Roman's semblance is unpredictable and circumstantial.

Therefore, the more advanced the piece of technology, the faster Roman can master it. But less complex pieces of technology escape his understanding.

Firstly, Roman manages to pilot a Paladin, without any prior experience with the machine.

Roman also manages to fight very well against Sun Wukong and Ruby Rose. Both of them use very advanced and complex weapons.

He loses to Blake, however, who uses a simple sword.

This is why Roman could operate Ironwood's ship and jettison the Knights during the Fall of Beacon. Roman had an instinctive grasp of how Ironwood's tech worked, and this is due to his semblance.

But because this Semblance is untrained, it only works on very advanced technology, which is why Roman's fight record against the Huntsmen is hit and miss.

Therefore, it is possible that Roman may have a tech-based semblance that wasn't developed.

Port to Ozpin's inner circle: Everyone! One of us is having relations with General Ironwood!

Qrow: You mean 'Daddy'?

Port: Exactly ...

Bumblyby

Incomparable to BlackSun

As much as RT tries and tried to push Bumbleby in the present and in the future, Sun going to Menagerie with Blake is an arc that essentially nailed the coffin shut on any attempt with Bumbleby. This is because the Menagerie Arc was an arc that had extremely intimate implications between Sun and Blake.

Sun, as a Faunus, had the chance to get back to his roots. Reaffirming and rebuilding his identity as a Faunus after seasons of being a rootless rogue. Fighting the White Fang, fighting for the family who represents the Faunus, taking a bullet for the only other Faunus Sun truly interacted with. These events contributed to an Arc where Sun got to get down and dirty with the identity of 'Faunus', and the consequences of that identity.

Sun's journey is intricately bound alongside Blake's quest for identity as she grappled with her White Fang past and Huntress future. Sun fought alongside Blake when she fought the White Fang Assassins, took the bullet meant for her, and was essential in helping Blake resolve herself to confront the White Fang instead of run away like she had always done. Without one or the other, the Menagerie Arc could not happen.

Furthermore, Sun had a chance to see Blake at her most essential. Sun met Blake's parents, learned that she was the Chieftain's Daughter of Menagerie which Yang doesn't yet know, and dealt with Blake at her worst. When she was conflicted and angry and lashing out because of what Adam had done to her.

Therefore, the Menagerie Arc had tied Sun and Blake together in ways that RT could never replicate as the unique narrative moment had passed. Whatever Bumbleby does in the future can't really compete with the degree of intimacy developed between BlackSun in the past. Even if Bumbleby became canon, it would be a hollow shell compared to what BlackSun built.

Although Sun x Yang is not a bad ship though.