Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130802021443/@comment-10390252-20130812083355

Further to my comment below, I think that, in Episode 3, Ozpin was emphasising that there are three questions one needs to answer in order to be even a good Hunter/Huntress, let alone a great one: What, How and Why.

'What' is the simple stuff - physical skills and fighting styles; most of the kids already have that although some (*coughJaunecough*) may have some self-confidence issues that will restrain them from showing it too blatantly.

'How' is the knowledge that Ozpin spoke of in his speech. It's the intellectual skills and methodology of a hunter - tracking, detective work and criminal psychology - plus the history of monsters and man that you need to know to fight them effectively.

'Why' is the tricky one and it is the one Ozpin was referring to when he told his students that they must take the first step: "Why do you want to be a Hunter?" For glory? For the legal right to beat up people and kill monsters? That's why Ozpin asked Ruby that pointed question about fighting monsters - he wanted to know why she wanted this life. What came out, of course, was that she was attracted to the romance of the Hunter's life but that she would have become something that is to do with helping people because that is essentially in her nature.

I think that at least one plot thread in the show will be about the various characters answering 'why' (and, possibly, Ruby answering 'how' because I think that, whilst she has physical abilites, she doesn't have the complete skill-set just yet).