Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181116204649/@comment-27312496-20181117232442

I don’t think it’s fair to compare Yang’s secret to Ozpin’s.

Now I’m not arguing that either is in the right or wrong, and both at least have personal reasons for keeping them. I’m going to argue that they are not on the same level as each other.

Yang keeping Raven being the Spring Maiden a secret hasn’t actually caused any issues for the group. Even if they knew that Raven is Spring it’s not like they can call her up and ask her to come back to Mistral so they can lock the Relic back up. So rather or not Yang kept that a secret wouldn’t change anything.

Ozpin’s secrets however are causing problems. There is also the context of the situation they are currently in. First, they get into a battle with Grimm and have to protect a train full of people. This alone can cause some stress. Then they find out that they were the ones that brought the Grimm to the train because the Relic attracts them and Ozpin didn’t tell them that. Which has not only put their lives in danger but a lot of innocent people as well.

This later leads them into finding out that he lied about using up the questions for the Relic when there were in fact two more that could be asked. This adds distrust into an already tense situation.

They the find out that Ozpin reframed from telling them that Salem cannot be destroyed. Which leads to the group wounding how they can beat her. So, when Ruby asked what Ozpin’s plan to defeat Salem is only to be told he doesn’t have one breaks the dam of all the stress and emotions that everyone has going through them at that point.

Is Yang a hypocrite in the sense that she has a secret, yes. However, it is a far cry from what Ozpin has been keeping secret.