Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-129.49.100.25-20170629195235/@comment-9912927-20170804191726

Blackmailing General Ironwood it's the only thing i can think of.

Ironwood knew how Ozpin and the other saw his actions, and now he brings a weapon disguised as a little girl in the festival, really? Many fans didn't catch that Ozpin didn't know about Penny at all, he clearly would stop the fight if he knew, and Ironwood would be the same if he knew about Pyrrha's Semblance, I'm assuming he didn't know because Ruby knew both facts and was able to figure out the connection easily, and Ruby is not the brightest banana in the bunch.

That's why Cinder's improvised plan was perfect, improvised because she didn't know about Penny before Yang and Weiss double fight. The revelation was supossedly made to make Ozpin feel a stab in the back from Ironwood. If Cinder JUST wanted to bring the Grimm, then she would just make Emerald use her semblance on another fixed match again.

When Penny said about her plan she had a pretty devilish smirk, and she seemed confident, like she knew it was gonna work yes or yes. She would've asked little for not dropping a nuclear drama bomb after all. Penny didn't know all these reasons i'm mentioning, but she knew the basic reasons and that would've been enough. It sounds like a very dark plan for Penny to use but i find this to be the most logical option, assuming the plan didn't involve some facts that were not shown.