Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20140808001942/@comment-11188061-20140808022334

I see Ozpin and Ironwood as two sides of an extreme, changed by the same incident - Ozpin became all accepting and loving, because he feels that he's the most sinful person in the world, and that anyone else better than him is a welcomed individual.

Ironwood became a person who's strict, controlling, with a clear definition of right and wrong and other concepts; this is like his personal trait even before the incident, but afterwards he turned towards the extreme. He's always alert, always wary, always scared of the consequences he once faced so much that he would do anything to stop it from happening again. Unlik Ozpin, his love and care an shared with very, very few individuals - Ozpin, Glynda, and perhaps a few other very close frends from Beacon, maybe even Penny's father. But in general, he's an incredibly distant person who dislikes the notion of relationship (because he was hurt badly by it by the incident).