User blog comment:Zolnir/RWBY Episode 3 Short Speculations/@comment-11188061-20130804204733

My very first speculation (written as a comment somewhere I couldn't remember LOL) was that Ozpin simply switched his character when he's posing as the Headmaster of Beacon Academy.

However, I'm very concerned about the strange amount of focus and directing Monty Oum placed on the scene. Normally such a switch would not be that noticeable, and it's as if he intended us to realize that something was weird with the current Ozpin. I'm also especially concerned about Ruby's words, "It's as if he wasn't there" too. All the signs are too obvious and deliberate to ignore, and hence the above speculation I've written here is actually possible (if it wasn't so, normally I would've kicked my own ass to the orbit).