That's the thing, Rajvik - Everything that's been going on has been with Cinder standing behind it all and chuckling coyly - like a cute and sexy gender-flipped Gendo Ikari going "All according to the scenario" the whole damn way through. Normally by this time in a story the heroes are starting to get an idea that something is definitely not right and begin turning up clues that might point them in the right direction.
Seriously, if you're gonna have things go to shit, you do it early on. Puella Magi Madoka Magica did this very effectively by having the WHAM! episode be No. 3 in a twelve episode run. By comparison, if RWBY were a twelve episode run, this is taking place at about episode 8. An example that COULD play Devil's Advocate would be Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar, where things go to hell in episode 8 of 13. But even then, that's not a very good one since Kenshi pretty much ensures the survival of the entire student body and makes the antagonists look like chumps even though they achieved their objectives. And I definitely do not get that vibe from RWBY right now.
Seriously, if you're gonna have things go to shit, you do it early on. Puella Magi Madoka Magica did this very effectively by having the WHAM! episode be No. 3 in a twelve episode run. By comparison, if RWBY were a twelve episode run, this is taking place at about episode 8. An example that COULD play Devil's Advocate would be Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar, where things go to hell in episode 8 of 13. But even then, that's not a very good one since Kenshi pretty much ensures the survival of the entire student body and makes the antagonists look like chumps even though they achieved their objectives. And I definitely do not get that vibe from RWBY right now.