Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-74.104.206.83-20130731122709/@comment-4830106-20130807165757

BenRG wrote: Realistically, it is implausible that Ozpin would have been able to advance Ruby two years on a whim. It is also unrealistic that he would want to - prophecy or no. Dropping her in the deep end is an easy way to kill her and that isn't exactly in his best interests (or that of the wider world).

I suspect that, as Ozpin apparently knows Crow personally, he may have spent the time whilst Glynda was playing 'bad cop' on the 'phone to his old buddy Crow to find out just what the deal is with this girl who looks spookily like one of the figures on the statue in the centre of the Academy gardens. Everything that he asked Ruby when he spoke to her was a test to see whether she would tell him the truth and how mature she was emotionally. "You have silver eyes"...

I agree, Ozpin must have some hidden motive for advancing Ruby two years like that. My theory is that Ozpin knows more about Ruby's backstory than she does, and there's going to be some kind of reveal where she finds this out.

But back to topic, I agree with WC-83, the first year won't contain any scheduled combat missions, but if my "Environmental Conditioning" class theory holds ground, they won't be spending the entire time at Beacon. Of course, them not being allowed to leave campus to pursue a target is pretty much arbitrary, especially with Ruby and Yang in the picture.