User blog comment:TheChosenOwl/Epiphany about Ozpin's speech/@comment-23784953-20130812005618

Alright, let's pretend there's a magical Dust that allows the changing of appearance.

There's still a couple of problems with this. Roman holds his cane in his right hand. Ozpin is in his left.

Another is if Glynda's aware of it in some way, she had no reason to protect Ruby from Roman's grenade Dust. And she wouldn't have that laser light show with Crimson and nearly hit Roman in the face with an icicle.

And shouldn't Ozpin be at least fatigued once he comes by to check on Ruby? That said, why'd he even bother to let Ruby attend Beacon if she nearly just got him arrested? That'll be a massive liability since Ruby has already seen both sides of the same coin.

Finally, the design style of their cane is different. Ozpin's cane is straight, Roman's crooked. While it's easy to say that he owns a hundred canes, it makes no sense to swap it around his hand.