User blog comment:Duskeh/Velvet! Antagonist?/@comment-24038268-20131004032901

I also hop on the Adam-is-part-of-the-Pro-Faunus-White-Fang group, and you have an interesting interpretation of her character.

I'm a sadistic person Junko Enoshima=the best who thoroughly enjoys deconstruction/reversals of normal tropes, so this thread definitely piqued my interest. It would be interesting to see if Velvet - and maybe even Jaune, if his problems only continue mounting - turns "dark" due to her experiences at Beacon. Perhaps she went to Beacon because she thought she could make a difference for Faunus, only to be disillusioned and leave the school for more radical methods.

Thinking about Jaune Arc --> Joan of Arc, I had a throwaway idea. What if one of the people behind Crimson isn't just some mook, but Jaune? I've seen shows where they hide/change parts of the openings that turn out to be spoilers (with varying degrees of success). Joan of Arc was executed via burning alive at the stake. Jaune "dies" to Beacon and maybe even his friends by turning to Crimson's side, a (so far to be shown) fire-manipulating person. He tries and fails to help Velvet and be a hero, so when Crimson appears, promising that she can make him a saviour to the Faunus and effect change in the world, he buys her claims. He decides to turn his back on Beacon, probably with some struggle because of his attachment to his friends, but ultimately thinks it to be for the better. Velvet could perhaps end up going with him for similar reasons - she thinks that Beacon and similar schools are mostly just for fighting monsters and not for helping people.