Talk:James Ironwood/@comment-25392279-20140927153954

I have an alternate interpretation for the disk Ironwood waves over the coffee cup Ozpin gave him.

Its not that "Ironwood seems to have a liking for alcohol, pouring some into a coffee cup Ozpin handed to him during his visit to Beacon. He owns a circular metal hip flask with decorations containing the distilled beverage, and keeps it in the inside pocket of his jacket"

I think it is a poison detector. It fits his personality, and boozing up in enemy territory--even among friends-- does not.

Yes there is a pouring sound when Ironwood does his pass of the disk, but Ozpin filled his own mug of coffee off camera at that time (look at the new mug in Ozpin's hand as he walks around his desk in the next cut).

I must admit that the flask idea is an interesting character point. It could be a poison detector and an antidote/medicine deliverer at the same time!