Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31883133-20180114001435/@comment-25575741-20180115012706

80.192.76.76 wrote: I've mentioned this elsewhere but I think it could be salvageable provided it isn't the only part of his motivation. Gretchen's death is the reason for his animosity towards Ozpin but he may have other reasons for teaming up with Salem, since joining up with someone who plans to commit genocide makes no sense if you want to kill one guy (especially if the person you're teaming up with is related to the monsters that killed Gretchen). So things could get better if they go into more detail. I mean Salem's motivations for genocide are unclear (and while she wants to wipe out humanity, her inner circle are apparently exempt).

I mean we don't actually know Gretchen's death is the reason why Hazel is working for Salem, just why he hates Ozpin. It's assumed but not actually stated. To save the people they care about, some people will go to the very devil to make a deal. Case in point, look at Alister from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series. He essentially did the same thing.