Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-25396609-20191214150938/@comment-14909251-20191225052606

ChishioKunrin wrote: Hazel = Hansel, if he lost Gretel

Watts = James Watson, having connected with Moriarty instead of Holmes

Tyrian = The scorpion from The Scorpion and the Frog, if the frog hadn't taken him across the river

Cinder = Cinderella without her Fairy Godmother

Quite a theme. Again, I think the real theme here may be that Salem changed their stories. It is not exactly hard to imagine that Salem had Gretchen killed somehow since she was a huntress and may have been favored by Ozpin in some way. Now with this story about Tyiran, we have the possibility Salem had Lionheart pull the frog from the transport, perhaps because she sought to recruit Tyrian and didn't want the frog ruining it. No doubt a Sherlock Holmes-level intellect would be seen as a threat to be eliminated by Salem and that created an opening for Watts to be recruited. Of course, they wouldn't reveal that this is the truth behind the change in the story of their inspirations as it would be a huge spoiler.