Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-226878-20141028201230/@comment-24891101-20141028210408

The big sticker for me is age. Yatsuhashi is sub-20 or so, right? I cannot see him rising to any form of significant authority, certainly not enough to apparently command an entire cell, in that short of time. Plus, given that everywhere we've seen him is several hoursaway from Beacon, I don't really see him being able to do that without his team noticing.

Furthermore, I see no reason why they would be conflated. For all intents and purposes, CFVY arose to provide Velvet with a team; they're basically just warm bodies. On the other hand, as soon as the White Fang plot was devised, the need arose for a minor character who would be in organizational command of the local cell, since none of our other antagonists are actually members of the organization, merely using it.