History Recap / RWBYV7E8CordiallyInvited

* PutOnABus: When arriving at the Schnee Manor, Weiss asks where Klein is when Whitley answers the door instead. Whitley says that Klein was fired after Weiss escaped, and implies that Jaques had figured out that he had helped her do it.

Jacques puts the Atlesian Council on a collision course with Ironwood, while Watts carries out the next stage of the villains' plans.

* LampshadeHanging: The show's LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters gets a lampshade when Ironwood comes to the door of Schnee Manor accompanied by no less than sixteen other characters, every one of them named and well-established. Whitley's response when he opens the door seals it.

Jacques and Ironwood engage in a dangerous game of wits. Meanwhile, the kids must face their most dangerous threat yet: a high class dinner party.

* OhCrap: Nora builds up a massive tower of food on a serving tray for the express purpose of "accidentally" losing her balance and throwing the food over Whitley. When he sees all the food falling his way, he has a moment of complete shock before a woman walks in front of him. As it becomes clear that the wrong person is going to get hit by the food, Ren and Jaune have a brief moment of silent horror.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Over the course of the series, Jacques is shown to be a self-absorbed executive who abuses his family, personal staff and workers. When Winter notes that Jacques can't buy trust like he buys everything else, he uses that point to demonstrate how untenable Ironwood's demand for the council's trust is when he refuses to share information and keeps classifying things for military purposes to prevent anyone finding out about the Amity Tower project or Salem's activities in the kingdom.

-->'''Whitley:''' General, exactly how large do you think our dining room table is?

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'''Volume 7, Episode 8:'''

* SnowMeansDeath: Earlier in the volume, Weiss comments that the cold of Solitas is so extreme that people will die in a matter of hours if they don't have heating or a projected Aura. After Watts deactivates Mantle's heating grid at the end of the episode, the rain cools back down into the snow, leaving the city at the mercy of the tundra weather.

* InsultBackfire: After Winter explodes at Jacques about earning trust instead of buying it, Jacques quickly twists her words around. He tells Ironwood that remaining tight-lipped about the Amity Project and becoming increasingly secretive about everything when his critics are getting murdered isn't a good look, and that Ironwood can't expect trust when he gives none in return.
* {{Irony}}: Watts has spent Volume 7 carefully manipulating technology to ensure he and Tyrian can't be captured on any security footage, and refusing to allow Tyrian to have a single base of operations because it increases the chances of them getting caught. However, his decision to turn up at the Schnee Manor to talk to Jacques results in him being captured on private security footage because Willow has secretly installed cameras in every room of the house to collect information on all of Jacques's activities.

* SnowMeansDeath: Earlier in the volume, Weiss comments that the cold of Solitas is so extreme that people will die in a matter of hours if they don't have heating or a projected Aura. After Watts deactivates Mantle's heating grid at the end of the episode, the rain cools back down into snow, leaving the city at the mercy of the tundra weather.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Over the course of the series, Jacques is shown to be a self-absorbed executive who abuses his family, personal staff and workers. When Winter notes that Jacques can't buy trust like he buys everything else, he uses that point to demonstrate how untenable Ironwood's demand for the council's trust is when he refuses to share information and keeps classifying things for military purposes to prevent anyone finding out about the Amity Tower project or Salem's activities in Atlas.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: At the end of the episode, Watts stands on a rooftop overlooking the city while sheltering from the falling rain under his umbrella. When Watts deactivates the heating grid right across the city, it quickly cools enough for the rain to turn back into snow. As Watts discards his umbrella in satisfaction, an innocent child watches the falling snow with excitement, unaware of the life-threatening implications of a tundra city losing its ability to heat itself.

* InsultBackfire: After Winter explodes at Jacques about earning trust instead of buying it, Jacques turns her words straight back onto Ironwood. He notes that remaining tight-lipped about the Amity Project and becoming increasingly secretive about everything when his critics are getting murdered isn't a good look, and that Ironwood cannot expect trust when he gives none.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Over the course of the series, Jacques is shown to be a self-absorbed executive who abuses his family, personal staff and workers. When Winter notes that Jacques can't buy trust like he buys everything else, he uses that point to demonstrate how untenable Ironwood's demand for the council's trust is when he refuses to share information and keeps classifying things for military purposes to prevent anyone finding out about the Amity Tower project or Salem's activities in the kingdom.
* OhCrap: Nora builds up a massive tower of food on a serving tray for the express purpose of "accidentally" losing her balance and throwing the food over Whitley. When he sees all the food falling his way, he has a moment of complete shock before a woman walks in front of him. As it becomes clear that the wrong person is going to get hit by the food, it's Ren and Jaune's faces that morph in horror.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After his alcoholism spiraled out of control, Qrow is trying to stay dry. When he's offered wine at the party, Qrow decides to avoid temptation by patrolling the grounds outside. Marrow, upon spotting that the waiter is [[FantasticRacism a Faunus]], decides he feels the same way and follows Qrow.

* BaitAndSwitch: Team JNR conspires to distract Whitley by throwing food at him, under the guise of Ren knocking a tray of food out of Nora's hands by accident. At first, the camera shows Whitley's face falling at the incoming barrage - only for a woman to walk into shot and cop it instead. She then throws her glass of wine straight into Whitley's face, thereby creating a double subversion.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Once Jacques accuses Ironwood of not trusting the council, Winter explodes at Jacques, telling him in no uncertain terms that he can't just buy trust like he buys everything else. When Jacques ends up twisting her words around, she tries calling him out again only for Ironwood to stop her.

* FreudianExcuse: Ever since his first appearance, Whitley has been antagonistic towards Weiss under a thin veneer of being a supportive sibling catching up with and checking on her sister, but otherwise wants nothing to do with her. When Weiss confronts Whitley in Volume 4 about his false affection for her, Whitley reasons that they must follow Jacques's expectations. When Weiss tells her mother about the situation with Whitley, Willow effectively confirms what Whitley said by telling her that's because Weiss's departure left Whitley alone with an abusive father and a negligent mother.

* InsultBackfire: After Winter explodes at Jacques about earning trust instead of buying it, Jacques turns her words straight back onto Ironwood. He points out that remaining tight-lipped about the Amity Project and becoming increasingly secretive about everything when his critics are getting murdered isn't a good look, and that Ironwood cannot expect trust when he gives none.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Jacques is an awful person who abuses his family, personal staff and workers. When Winter snaps at him about earning trust instead of buying it, he states that's an excellent point and uses it to demonstrate how untenable Ironwood's demand for trust from the council is when he refuses to share information and keeps classifying things for military purposes to prevent anyone finding out about the Amity Tower project or Salem's activities in the kingdom. Winter is horrified by how her words are turned against Ironwood and Ironwood has to silence her before she can continue.
-->'''Winter''': You can’t just buy trust like everything else, you have to earn it!\\
'''Jacques''': I [[InsultBackfire couldn’t have said it]] better myself. General, if I may be blunt, you have spent what little trust this Council had left in you. The hacker who turned Atlas drones against us was never captured, whoever’s been murdering your critics is still at large. How are we supposed to give you our trust, when you’ve given us nothing as of late?

* JerkassHasAPoint: Jacques is a complete bastard for sure, but when Winter snaps at him about earning trust instead of buying it, he makes a damn good point when he points out that Ironwood remaining tight-lipped about the Amity Project and becoming increasingly secretive about everything when his critics are getting murdered isn't a good look, and that he cannot expect trust when he gives none. Winter can barely muster a response before Ironwood quiets her down.
-->'''Winter''': You can’t just buy trust like everything else, you have to ''earn'' it!\\
'''Jacques''': [[InsultBackfire I couldn’t have said it better myself.]] General, if I may be blunt, you have ''spent'' what little trust this Council had left in you. The hacker who turned Atlas drones against us was never captured, whoever’s been ''murdering'' your critics is still at large. How are we supposed to give you our trust, when you’ve given us ''nothing'' as of late?

* BaitAndSwitch: Team JNR conspires to distract Whitley by throwing food at him, under the guise of Ren knocking a tray of food out of Nora's hands by accident. At first, the camera shows Whitley's face falling at the incoming barrage - only for a woman to walk into shot and cop it instead. ''She'' then throws her glass of wine straight into Whitley's face, thereby creating a double subversion.

* BaitAndSwitch: Team JNR conspires to distract Whitley by throwing food at him, under the guise of Ren knocking a tray of food out of Nora's hands by accident. At first, the camera shows Whitley's face falling at the incoming barrage - only for a woman to walk into shot and cop it instead. She then throws her glass of wine straight into Whitley's face, thereby creating a double subversion.