Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-226878-20140801055824/@comment-226878-20140803070339

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The fact that Ironwood is unveiling advanced robots seems to indicate he is responsible for their manufacture. This, and he runs an academy out of the military. It ties in to the Tin Woodsman's fate in the Oz books where he was made ruler of the Winkies who were a culture of talented smiths and also to his nature of having no heart in that this is how the military is often perceived, as being "heartless." It's one of those necessary evils.

Scarecrow in the Oz books was made leader of Emerald City. However, in RWBY, he is simply an academy headmaster for a school that is apparently a lower tier than Beacon as all students who train at battle schools like Signal expect to transfer to Beacon to complete their education. Of course, in RWBY, Ozpin is still present whereas in the Oz books, he leaves.

Given these details, I predict that whoever the "Cowardly Lion" turns out to be will be an academy headmaster, possibly at Menagerie (as I've predicted they'll be Faunus). Of course, this would echo his path in the books as the CL became the ruler of all beasts.

Dorothy... I think that if there will be a gay character in this show, Dorothy will be one of them.