Ironwood's plan was never feasible to begin with. Dust loses its ability to function at extremely high attitudes. Which means the shield to keep the atmosphere would cease function along every other device on Atlas.
Plus it would disconnect from the Schnee dust mine supply tubes; which supplies all the Dust TO Atlas.
Plus it would disconnect from the Schnee dust mine supply tubes; which supplies all the Dust TO Atlas.
The opening song "For Every Life" contains visual clues and lines that spoil parts of the story.
"Some lives will end too soon. Some dreams will rot on the vine" refers to the deaths of Penny and Vine.
Ironwood is first seen with Atlas Academy in his silhouette; only for it to become damaged and in flames. Foreshadowing not only Atlas falling, but Ironwood also "going down I flames"
Salem having the Hound's wings foreshadows that it's true nature; a human mutated by Grimm ooze.
The Schnee family depressed and then their Glyph shattering; symbolizing their break away from the shadow of Jacques' influence and their own issues.
The chess board with Salem and Ironwood. While Salem has an army of Grimm, Ironwood's side of the board is empty and collapses with only his square still there. Showing how everyone, even his own soldiers would ditch Ironwood.
Penny is shown on one side of a mirror with her father, with Watts on the other side. Representing her fight to help everyone and the virus he planted. Her reflection comes to life and looks at her; foreshadowing her new life a human, while leaving her old robot body behind.
Cinder walks through a time frozen battlefield with Neo and Emerald watching. Foreshadowing her use of the lamp.
"Some evil, never ever dies" plays just as Salem comes into view from the flames transition; referring to her immortality and her cruelty and selfish desire to destroy the world and finally die. Which is evil by default.
The words Happily Ever After glitch into Happy? Never Again. Refers to all the death and loss in this volume, while foreshadowing Volume 9.
"Some lives will end too soon. Some dreams will rot on the vine" refers to the deaths of Penny and Vine.
Ironwood is first seen with Atlas Academy in his silhouette; only for it to become damaged and in flames. Foreshadowing not only Atlas falling, but Ironwood also "going down I flames"
Salem having the Hound's wings foreshadows that it's true nature; a human mutated by Grimm ooze.
The Schnee family depressed and then their Glyph shattering; symbolizing their break away from the shadow of Jacques' influence and their own issues.
The chess board with Salem and Ironwood. While Salem has an army of Grimm, Ironwood's side of the board is empty and collapses with only his square still there. Showing how everyone, even his own soldiers would ditch Ironwood.
Penny is shown on one side of a mirror with her father, with Watts on the other side. Representing her fight to help everyone and the virus he planted. Her reflection comes to life and looks at her; foreshadowing her new life a human, while leaving her old robot body behind.
Cinder walks through a time frozen battlefield with Neo and Emerald watching. Foreshadowing her use of the lamp.
"Some evil, never ever dies" plays just as Salem comes into view from the flames transition; referring to her immortality and her cruelty and selfish desire to destroy the world and finally die. Which is evil by default.
The words Happily Ever After glitch into Happy? Never Again. Refers to all the death and loss in this volume, while foreshadowing Volume 9.
The Longest Volume of the Series (Runtime 3 hours, 51 minutes)