Talk:Ozpin/@comment-24254036-20131205080547

I feel like Ozpin may have been a little inspired by Vash from Trigun. If Vash had been human (more so for purpose of a limited lifespan influencing his development) I feel he would have turned out a lot like Ozpin.

For one thing, he perpetually seems tired/exhausted as though he's been worn down by his life/duty, also giving him his 'older' sort of appearance even though he doesn't sound old. He always seems to be watching out for people in general, not just a select amount of favorites (similar to Vash's near omnipresent awareness).

When he's speaking to Ruby about her position as leader for team RWBY(episode 10), he mentions that he's made "more mistakes than any Man, Woman, and Child on this planet..." alluding to the impossible global guilt of some mistake(s) made, very similar to Vash's continued need to feel responsible for a world he's barely a part of.

Another, albiet weaker reference may be his glasses. I mean look at them...the "W" bent wire frames, small round lenses...I can't be the only one that sees it. I mean, Monty had the team do Anime Homework and one such anime on the list was Gurren Lagen, and from my experience, if you've seen one classic anime, you've probably made a point of seeing a few of them, Trigun being a very popular classic.

Just a fan theory I came up with, but I wouldn't be shocked to see Ozpin sacrificed for purpose of protecting a large group/the whole planet, and as a device to further unite and drive the cast.