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BenRG wrote: Angren Túrë wrote: BenRG wrote: I'm not sure what Ozpin thinks is necessarily relevant as there may be iron-clad laws, much like the segregation laws in the US south, that stops it from happening.

I suspect that there may be a racism/self-hate aspect to this - that a part of Blake desperately wants to be 'normal' and the bow is a subconscious affectation to that end. Your reference to the Civil Rights movement would mean the White Fang are the Black Panthers, I suppose. There's not necessarily a direct corellation between White Fang and any RL organisation. Of course there are plenty of historical examples of previously-peaceful civil rights groups that have been progressively radicallised and marginallised until they ended up turning into a terrorist group. That's certainly true. Groups like that constitute some of the many horror stories of American and European History alike (cough cough the Balkans cough).

But back to topic, I think your original theory about Blake is probably the one that has the most ground. She's either part fauna, or a human raised by Fauna and she's going to Beacon in order to find an alternative solution to her people's oppression that doesn't involve direct violence. Basically, it's a "genius kid from the impoverished family goes to college in order to get their family off the streets" sort of thing.