Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-34633327-20171002160810/@comment-14138255-20171031215616

Soarel, the ends justify the means as long as there is something to justify the end. Right now, nothing justifies destroying a kingdom, dividing the rest, and killing innocents while many are left homeless after what was an era of peace and prosperity. The only conflict left was the issue of the Faunus, which would have been better if it was allowed to be dealt with without the Grimm breathing down their neck. Now Beacon has fallen, and all recognizable signs point either to Atlas or the White Fang.

You constantly accuse us of being in denial and seeing things in black and white, but the truth is the grey is darker and lighter. As sketchy as having a world running cabal that keeps things from the citizens, it's certainly better than the shadow council that utilizes human killing beasts as their weapon of suppression that engages in destroying kingdoms. When your villain is this dark (as it seems) any hero could seem bright. And I'm not talking about Cinder.

Unlike others, I don't get hate-boners for villains. I'm indifferent to villains. But I know when they're obviously evil, and so far they've done nothing to dissuade me. They don't even have the common excuse of "they're better for the economy" that the Galactic Empire has.

You'd forgive me for wanting to stick to Ozpin's side when the only evidence for Salem's benevolence is a song she sings (or at least someone else singing for her) about Ozpin being a weiner who's gotten people needlessly killed and gloats on how she'll divide humanity.