User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author: Ozpin, the great and powerful/@comment-10390252-20140831163030/@comment-25195920-20140902210732

Man, this entire little comment line seems to be one massive argument, what happened to getting along? Inputing my theories to be attacked here, note everything i post here, and everywhere else is pure speculation and opinion, sometimes backed by evience, sometimes infered through clues and hints that are dropped, don't agree with me fine but don't launch an assault against me because of it. For the case of Ozpin keeping an eye on Team RWBY, i think he is but at the same time there are only so many Proffesors and many times more sutdents and he is unlikely to show favoratism to any one group of them no matter how exceptional or how much trouble they get into. I'm probably messing up what he said a little, but i believe Monty stated during the director's commentary (funny as heck get the disk and listen to it, trust me) that Ozpin is the kind of guy who has enough faith in his students to allow them to make mistakes and learn and grow with minimal protection from him. There is a fine line between over-protectiveness and actually protecting them with space to grow and i think Ozpin realizes this and is willing to let RWBY handle things on their own, though i bet he wishes they would stop and let the proffesionals deal with it, he is a teacher after all.

As for the threats posed, I agree that the Nevermore was a powerful opponant but i think the Atlesian Paladin and Roman are both just as dangerous but in different ways. Goes back to something i said before i made my account regarding Ruby's fight in the Red trailer and Weiss's fight in the White trailer; while the Armor Weiss fought was stronger than a beowulf, the beowulf's numbers and mobility made them at least as dangerous if not more so. Kinda a similar situation here; sure the "goons" aren't as dangerous as the nevermore but they are more agile and there are a lot more of em. That and the nevermore had only i ranged attack and it was rather limited while the "goons" have multiple ones that are less powerful but quicker and easier to maintain. As for the paladin, yeah might give you that one, sure went down fast, but it had to deal with a team that knew how to work together. I think both were equally dangerous but in different areas so it could have been worth worrying about but i again point to Ozpin's trust in his students and the sheer number of students he has to oversee, it is possible RWBY slipped through the gaps and he didn't know that they had taken off and the Paladin chase and fight were both pretty fast so even if he did know and dispatched backup it is unlikely it would have arrived before the fight was finished anyways. If Ozpin did know what was going on, he likely knew that backup would never arrive in time and just let RWBY do their thing and had faith they would win which they did.

Now for the while Cinder equals/ does not equal the Queen thing, i honestly can't tell at this point. My gut says there is more going on and she isn't the root of this plot but thats only a gut feeling so there is a possibility she is the root of the plot. Whatever the case, Cinder is currently the greatest threat (human or faunus anyways, lets leave the obvious major threat out of this for the moment please) that we are aware of and she does fit Qrow's meesage about pawns well. Qrow was warning Ozpin that the WF and Roman were both pawns and to look for someone higher up as the mastermind which could be Cinder but could also be someone bigger.

Back to Ozpin for a mintue here. I read down some mroe and saw the bit about the debriefing and what-not. My opinion is that sometimes Ozpin does debrief them on an incident like the Paladin fight and sometimes he doesn't with each case decided by what is needed and what is not. In the case of the docks fight, obviously needed due to the fact Blake ran off alone (mostly, reffering to this at the Team level not other people) and that would likely have come out before too long especially if he reviewed what happened, which is possible, or read the police report, which is highly likely as a couple of his students were involved in stopping a robbery, bet anything the police let him know that. In the Paladin incident i cannot definitevely say that he didn't debrief them but i will say that it would have been less neccessary than the docks fight and so he might have let it go. As for Blake's jitteryness and problems, i bet thats not because they are cooped up and she wants to get working again, i think its more because they aren't getting anywhere. I don't see Ozpin as the kind of guy to "ground" them for sneaking out at night, little too overbearing and overprotective for what we've seen of him. Blake is just obsessing over the WF problem and is getting more and more nervous that they won't get anywhere before they launch their grand plan.

Now for the Ozpin and Cinder connection, while Cinder does appear to be hiding in her room i think it is inevitable she would have to go out at some point which would run the risk that Ozpin would see her and would recognize her if he does know her face. With that in mind, i think it is safe to assume that while Ozpin may know of her, or know her name, he doesn't know her face or she has changed enough (assuming they ever met) that she feel confortable exposing herself.

Back to Ozpin again, geez i need to read all the comments, i get the feeling my post is jumping around like an overcaffinated rabbit with how much i got to add in here............

Actually you know what, forget it, i've pretty much said all i need to about Ozpin and frankly i'm dissapointed in you Zolnir because I see you being a lot more offensive towards Zathronas that he is or ever was being to you. My main point is we simply don't know enough about any of this to call anything Fact and trying to force connections, or shooting down someone else doing the same, is detrimental to the situation. I'll be hinest, i didn't give Ozpin's reaction a thought before now, and now that i do i think he just let things be on the grounds people learn more if you let them make mistakes than if you make sure they always get it right, i sure as hell do. Whether Ozpin knows about Cinder or not is irrelavent, if he does then she is keeping enough of a low profile to not raise suspicion, if he doesn't then she is free to roam and plot. If Ozpin did crack down on Team RWBY, they are ignoring him which i feel is unlikely for Ruby, if he didn't they got nothing to worry about. If Cinder is the Queen that Qrow mentioned, then we just got to wait to see what she is up to (see http://rwby.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:145493 for my theory on that one, or a partial one) but if she isn't then we got to wait to see who is and who is powerful enough to pull her strings. We need to quit arguing like 3rd graders over this stuff and just sith back and enjoy the show, seriously, its a lot more fun if you just let go and enjoy to ride.