User blog:RaijinRising/Ozpin and the Color Naming Rule

When Monty released the Color Naming Rule all that time ago, we learned that Ozpin is pretty much the only person in Remnant that doesn't follow it, or at least the only one in the show. We tried to see what everyone's names meant, but I don't think people tried to decipher the "reasons..." why Ozpin does not follow it. The reason why everyone else does, to recap, is because after the Great War was fought, everyone named their children after color so that their posterity would vie for individualism and expression. So in this blog, and maybe at least one other blog for this exists, I am going to run through what I think the "reasons..." are for this.

Here they are.

1.) Ozpin's parents were on the side of the Great War that fought against individualism and expression, so they did not name him after a color. It's safe to say his parents were alive at the time of the war.

2.) Ozpin was alive during the war, and thus did not be named after a color because that trend had not started yet. Now, the Great War concluded 80 years before the series takes place.  Ozpin does not look eighty years old. He's got gray hair, but he doesn't look that old. Solution: What if his semblance is time?  He could use it to age more slowly and live longer.  Where can we see proof of this?  His symbol is a cog/gear.  They're found in clock towers.  Also, his office has a bunch of cogs/gears in the floor and his desk and such.  I will even go so far as to say that he fought against individualism in the Great War.  He told Ruby in The Badge and The Burden that he has "made more mistakes than any man, woman, or child on this planet."  So... the thought is that he realized how criminal it is to fight against individualism, and devoted his time to clear his name and such.

I think #2 is more on-the-mark. Remember, Ozpin is said to be one of, if not the, most complex characters in the show. That comes with their histories.

I think I nailed it, but there is always room to learn more and refine ideas.

Did I miss anything? What are your thoughts/theories on him?