Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181110034633/@comment-37471367-20181111013556

Masma93 wrote: This chapter obliterates the theories of "Ozpin being evil" or being an asshole making his detractors Raven and Hazel looking like saints in comparison, it's clear now that Ozma and his reincarnations are by far the most tragic characters in RWBY given all the terrible things Ozma had to endure and the terrible burden on his and his reincarnations' shoulders.

Which will make me all the more happier when this goes to the rest of RT. Personally, I grew tired of people trying to paint false equivalence between Ozpin (I’ll stick with that or Oz. It has a better ring.) and Salem.

By false equivalence, I mean how some insisted that the same guy responsible for defending humanity for so long and helped build humanity up was somehow just as bad as the woman who was bent on destroying everything. Nope. Just a person doing his best to defend Remnant from an evil that by and large was not his fault.

Raven is now at least a little easier to understand as to her view of Oz and Salem. That said, it does not excuse her preying on the innocent, like Salem, or her cowardice.

Hazel’s position is well past the point of reasoning with at the moment. While Ozpin was indeed headmaster, it was not him that killed her. In fact, it’s very likely it was Grimm that killed Gretchen Reinart. As many have doubtlessly pointed out, allying yourself with the very entities that she swore to destroy, that likely killed her, is a poor way to honor that memory. That said, imagine what would happen if someone told him what would happen if his mistress succeeds.

While I do not condone his deception, I can understand Oz’s position on secrecy. This is war. Secretive or not, this is conflict with incredibly high stakes.