Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-74.104.206.83-20130729211725/@comment-4830106-20130802193857

BenRG wrote: Angren Túrë wrote: TBH, I think Ruby would take that harder than Weiss would. Ruby already wants to avoid looking 'special', and her being team leader over a group of girls all two years older than her wouldn't really help. That, and she wouldn't really respond to the sudden responsibility too well either. I think that there will be some kind of test performed by the teams to determine who will be leader. Both Jaune and Ruby will seem to be out of the running because they come in second or worse in eveyr exercise. However, it turns out that Ozpin isn't looking for power, lethality or efficiency - he's looking for positive personal qualities such as leadership, empathy and perspecuity in difficult situations.

It will be a bit like the shooting range test in Men in Black - the issue isn't one of ability as a warrior but whether they have the right mind-set. Ruby and Jaune will be head-and-shoulders above the others. They'll all bitch at first at the 'injustice' (maybe they'll even accuse him of favoritism because of Jaune's famous ancestor and the fact he had hand-picked Ruby for the academy two years early). However, after Ozpin dryly tells them about the number of innocents they'd have just killed if they had performed their grandstanding in a real combat situation, they back down, chastened and maybe understanding his commencement speech a bit better. Which makes sense, given his "innocent soul" line in the Pilot. Pretty much, the same effect Hobbits had in Lord of the Rings. None of the Hobbits were great warriors or particularly wise, but they had perseverance and loyalty, with a healthy dose of raw courage as well.