Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181201123231/@comment-4141313-20181204134122

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: Arkantos95 wrote: Letting other people deal with the problem is all Ozpin's been doing for the last 80 years.

When you get down to it, Ozpin's biggest faults are his inaction to certain regards, lack of a long-term plan, and major trust issues.

Like, I get that he has been betrayed countless times and therefore would develop some big trust issues, but asking others to trust him when he doesn't trust them is kinder hypocritical. Especially considering it creates a vicious cycle. He doesn't trust them, they want answers, they force the answers out of him or learn through outside means, they lose their faith in him, and he finds he was right to think they wouldn't trust them. It feeds into itself, when really had he offered an olive branch and been more forthcoming, they wouldn't be so willing to distrust him. Like, say he admitted that Salem couldn't be killed, but that doesn't mean they can't imprison her, telling them he is trying to rebuild his forces and then brainstorm from there. It doesn't change the fact he has no long term plan for stopping Salem, but it instead gives the impression he's trying to make one but first needs to establish a solid power force to hold her off. It's not even a half-truth, its pure truth, just not the ideal.