Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171216025048/@comment-26018514-20171222060623

Arkantos95 wrote: Phantomlink959 wrote: I've been interpreting it as though they have conflicted repeatedly over the centuries, neither has ever won or lost; that they consistently end up at a stalemate leading Salem to retreat and plot while Ozpin attempts to prepare for the next attack. Except it really doesn't even seem like he's done that much. Really by what they've shown us, I'd say humanity's continued survival has been almost if not entirely its own doing. Ozpin hasn't shown a single sign of proactivity or urgency, even after the Fall of Beacon, which is unfathomably idiotic. Loss of urgency is a very common trope with immortal characters... and it's a sensible one, leave rushing in like an idiot to creatures with lesser lifespans, if you can out-wait any ambush or tactical advantage you'll win eventually, and as I've told you before, if her own immortality is similar to his KILLING her does NOTHING, it just makes her harder to track, cage her and you risk looking the monster, while some power hungy idiot will just eventually try to surpass him by allying with her. Ozpin doesn't appear to be after her at all for the moment, just trying to stop her increasing power, he may never have intended to kill her at all.