Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-25396609-20191102162031/@comment-14909251-20191117223904

Sentry 616 wrote: I'm saying thing should have been set up so holding multiple seats concurrently is illegal. That it shoudln't be possible  without breaking major laws, which should set everone's alarm bells to deathcon 3, maybe 2. I gotta admit that it is an unusual set-up. Holding multiple official positions simultaneously is not unusual in some areas, but I can't think of any equivalent to holding multiple seats on a deliberative body. Of course, if their laws allow then there isn't much to stop it. Given it is implied Oz's pre-Ozpin form was the King of Vale who established the academies, I suspect the original intent with the Council differed from what has ultimately taken hold. Atlas was said to originally be just the academy for the Kingdom of Mantle, but it merged with the military and went from the unofficial seat of power to the official one. Perhaps at one point the head of Atlas Academy and the head of the military were separate positions so their respective seats were held by separate individuals. Whether that change happened with the transition from Mantle to Atlas or at later point is another question.