Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181116204649/@comment-25936766-20181124215213

Masma93 wrote: The fact that Raven is also a hypocrite who keeps informations for herself, lies to and manipulate and sacrifice others to save her own skin also stands. This needs to be emphasized a bit more. Raven doesn't just keep info from others, lie and manipulate. She does it for her own gain. She even put her own brother and daughter at risk just for the sake of a chance of getting the Relic, not even considering what would happen afterwards.

Ozpin, for comparison, when he lies or keeps secrets, he does it because he thinks it's the best for everyone (mostly on the lines of "I don't want everyone to panic", which makes sense since Grimm love panic). A rather minor case of "End Justifies The Means", even if the means themselves can at times be outright stupid and unnecesary.

In fact, so far there's only been 1 time where Ozpin has lied for selfish reasons. And those selfish reasons were trying to keep his past hidden. Considering he was literally in tears once Jinn stopped narrating it, it's clear it was because those aren't memories he wants to relive.

And of course, there's the other fact that Ozpin's been betrayed by close allies multiple times for centuries, which would cause trust issues no matter what. Raven, meanwhile, as far as we've seen has never been betrayed by anyone that she actually trusted (IOW not Team CAME), so she has no such excuse for her attitude and actions.