Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-16502426-20140525052751/@comment-10390252-20140525103744

A lot depends on Ozpin's position on those lies. From his opening lecture (which blends into the prologue narration) and his commencement speech, I got the impression that he does not approve of the official policy line of "an unprecedented era of peace" and "a free society". Instead he is advocating that society in general and Hunters in particular rediscover a nobler way of doing things, that "perhaps victory is in the simpler things that you've long forgotten. Things that require a smaller, more honest soul."

So, we have the situation where, ironically, Cinder, Adam and Ozpin have the same enemies - the corrupt, stagnating society of Remnant with its racism, casual acceptance of oppression and letting wealth blot out justice. It's just that their proposed cures and the methods they want to use are all radically different.

If I'm right Ruby will ultimately find her destiny in finding the path of the healer, opening minds with her open heart and navigating a path between the reactionary, peaceful reformist and radical extremes advocated by various groups and fixing the problem in a the least worst way. I also think that, by the last volume, RWBY, JNPR, Sun's team and Penny will be universally hated and hunted by all the factions with the possible exception of Ozpin, who will refuse to give his blessing to the government's proscription of them (possibly breaking his friendship with Glynda in the process). The story may end with our young heroes ending up in the one place they never anticipated or wanted to be - the leaders tasked with rebuilding a world that had the façade of a civilised society torn away from it.