Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181116204649/@comment-4141313-20181117194828

Fellgrand wrote: BlizzardDragon wrote: To play devil's advocate Thank you for getting it. I am not saying its wrong for Ozma to keep trying. I was arguing it was wrong for him to do it in this particular manner. Keeping secrets only feeds into the cycle of betrayal. He was worried that anyone would betray him, but by doing shit like this its what leads into the betrayal.

Its the fact he is leading people on in thinking that Salem can be beaten when he thinks she can't I'm most angered by. Because he is doing what Raven did, he's giving up. He's still fighting Salem, but again, its just a game of keep away. If he can't kill Salem now, find a way to kill her! Jinn can't answer the future, so there just isn't a way to kill Salem in the present.

I find the Ozma was progressing, but after learning Salem couldn't be stopped, he regressed. Just look at Inventor!Ozma, he actually went onto the front lines and fought the Grimm himself, built the cane for future users, and was proactive. But after Investor!Ozma, he started operating in the shadows. Advocating for nonagression as the Warrior King at first before nuking Vacuo and reestablishing the Kingdoms with the academies, content to not cause a panic by doing nothing.

I think this is the kick in the pants Ozma needs to get back to being proactive. Seeing these people, namely Qrow, who had faith in him, learn his past and denounce him, is what he needs to stop playing in the shadows and get serious again on finding a way to beat Salem. He can't just go in without a plan: He needs to make one.