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ChishioKunrin wrote:

I like to imagine that Beacon has rules against unregulated fighting, so the only time students are actually allowed to fight each other is in a monitored, regulated spar in class. Otherwise, they'd end up with dickheads like Cardin going too far and actually injuring or killing someone in a childish brawl. You saw how he was about to finish off Jaune in volume 1, before Glynda stopped him.

That said, Velvet would curbstomp Cardin and his team, but if unregulated fighting is against the rules, then rules are rules, and Velvet doesn't wanna get in trouble. So, she doesn't wanna start anything with him. Also, maybe her parents taught her to just ignore the racists. "Don't be like the White Fang," they say. "Don't beat someone up because they're ignorant and mean," they say. "And don't forget to eat well and make good grades," mom says. Also, some people just become really inhibited when they become the focus of group disapproval, indifference and laughter (which is all three Velvet was facing in the cafeteria, as Cardin was mocking her looks, his team was making fun of her and none of the background students stood up for her).