User blog comment:Zolnir/Welcome To Beacon/@comment-108.16.0.12-20140802065104

Ozpin might not be as smart as people think. He's smart, definitely, but I feel that he's a tad too optimistic as well, meaning that he might not recognize the threat of the White Fang, Torchwick, and Cinder for what it really is. He's clearly got an idea of what's going on, but he doesn't want to start anything big and deal with the problem while it's still small, when that ship may have sailed already. Plus, I doubt he knows who Cinder, Emerald, and Mercury are. Notice how Emerald and Mercury just walk around Vale in broad daylight. I assume the three have taken great care to hide their identities from the public. Because if he actually knows who they are, I have no idea why they'd be at Beacon! He would either be really dumb or have some kind of master plan to dispose of them.

Also, I wonder if this new development destroys the theory that Glynda and Cinder knew each other? After all, Cinder must be quite a bit younger than Glynda if she's posing as a student, and Glynda would certainly recognize her.