Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4606441-20141024012020/@comment-25399914-20141102131624

Shadow at Morning wrote: That Ozpin bit would be poor writing. You don't just introduce temporal shenanigans without clearly telegraphing that it is a possibility. In this case RWBY is not really science fiction of the sort that would allow it, nor is it fantasy of the similar type. To give Ozpin temporal manipulation is completely unbalanced. Shadow at Morning wrote: That Ozpin bit would be poor writing. You don't just introduce temporal shenanigans without clearly telegraphing that it is a possibility. In this case RWBY is not really science fiction of the sort that would allow it, nor is it fantasy of the similar type. To give Ozpin temporal manipulation is completely unbalanced.

Yea I really can see your point about why temporal manipulation could go off kilter. It's easy to screw up and just make it a get out of jail free card in all situations.

There are ways of gaining some balance: 1) The possibilities of making things worse (which happens in most of this type of story)

2) Severe health effects as in the Butterfly Effect (each time he time travelled he gave himself brain damage)

3) A limited number of uses as in The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

4) A perquisite condition as in the Misfits TV series (where the perquisite is regret and the protagonist Curt has no direct control over the power).

There has been possible foreshadowing such as Ozpins office being the clock tower and Ozpins symbol being the clockwork cogs. This is as much foreshadowing as we've had for him being really old. Again the mention off Ozpin having experience nobody else has works just as well for both age and time travel.

As for overpowered from what's been said so far Ozpin is the most powerful character on the show which I've never liked the idea off. I don't mind powerful but the most powerful needs a downside otherwise there would be absolutely no point in watching the show. The situation would go things get bad Ozpin shows up and saves the day AGAIN everyone goes home happy which would be just so dull.

Temporal shenanigans is almighty but having a limiter at least reigns in the power.

I'd be happy for Ozpin to 1000 years old due aura but and have a different semblance but I'd like an explanation as to why he will only use it when the end is neigh. Something like having an aura so mighty that like the Gatchaman Crowds character OD activating his power and losing control could destroy the entire planet.

Shadow at Morning wrote: As to it being a dream, I'm firmly in that camp. I don't see the problem with it being "just a dream," as you put it. It's a scene which is all of a minute, in which very little happens. More importantly, it's an important dream, because it signifies that her mother is haunting Yang's dreams, impelling her to reinvigorate her search for her mother. And what, pray tell, is the "Bobby fiasco"? The reasons I don't think it's just a dream are:

1) It's the primer for the next volume so it would be a waist of a primer if Yang just woke up and nothing had really changed. She's already looking for her mum so if it was all just a dream it would have no impact.

2) If it was just a dream with Yang seeing a reflection of her self In Raven would make vastly more sense to have Raven voiced by Barbara and uncredited. The fact that they have different voice actresses makes no sense in context.