Talk:James Ironwood/@comment-2602:306:805D:8C10:A8A0:C670:B1A:75C-20180220014640/@comment-25936766-20180221024450

Except that Ozpin's "subtle and analytical" way of doing things, in practice, is nothing more than Inaction, he did not do anything to try to stop Cinder from doing any of the things she did, he did not do anything to alliviate the effects of what she had already done, he didn't even seem to care about preparing for anything, he just waited and saw what happened until the Battle of Beacon inevitably happened.

Aside from in-a-way telling Pyrrha "become a Maiden or we all die", which was quite late, all things considered.

Sure, Ironwood's method of sending a whole army was stupid, but he was willing to do something, unlike Ozpin. And yet he's more or less painted as the one in the wrong when he questions Ozpin's Inactive way of dealing with the situation in front of him, as well as when he doesn't seem to trust the man who demands his trust yet is doing nothing in spite of the situation.