Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11188061-20141008045121/@comment-25555436-20141029040127

Zolnir wrote: You need to actually watch the interviews. Monty specifically said that he wants to show Ozpin fighting on the show, but could not because he is a character who would not fight unless facing a world ending level of crisis. When said if he has plans for anything like that to happen soon, the answer is no, and that it will happen at least a few Seasons down the road first. Heck, Ozpin's voice actor's interview specifically said that they haven't even nailed down his motivations concretely, and that he has this 'info envelope of Ozpin' that he hasn't even opened to read yet. Needless to say it contains information regarding Ozpin's role in the show, so tell me: if Ozpin's going to die now, then why bothering passing anything to the voice actor at all? His role is done.

Take Harry Potter for example. Would Dumbledore's life be as impactful to the readers if the wise old fellow died in the second book when he was still giving little to no meaningful guidance to Harry at all? Hell no. I don't care if you have a treasure trove of past ready to spill. It means nothing if he plays litte to no role in the present, like all those unfortunate streetside guards in countless stories who gets killed in the first chapter. Nobody gives a shit about them even if you write a river of tears about their past, and Ozpin clearly is not this type of character.

So we've already established that Ozpin will not die this Volume. He's too important, and has too little impact yet to be killed off so soon. Hence, this is my advice to you specifically: Stop reading TV tropes, because you're showing signs of a man blind to everything else but its chosen faith, and this isn't even a religion. I do admit defeat here, though I do believe I said, and someone else before me also said, that he would not likely die in Vol.2. It's very likely he will die, but it's very likely he won't die in ep12, but later. Still, grant you a point there.

Though you're forgetting that I also mentioned that 3rd option that is even more likely. The one that said how Ozpin would seem, just seem, to die, but at the end turn out to be still alive, if rather injured.

And in any case, I did decide to leave it to fate, to see what will happen in ep12. And if I turn out to be right....then what.

Also, "his role is done"? Not necesarily, his VA could still be used. Maybe a flashback, or maybe one day Monty makes a spinoff focused on Ozpin's past. Or in a case I seriously don't want it to happen, he could have a clone. Why I don't want that last bit to happen? Well, you did read it right? A twin would be better, but not too much.