Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-29684190-20191109160654/@comment-37320542-20191109235723

I agree with all of the people above that Ironwood's attempt to reveal the existence of Salem to the public might hugely backfire, both for stock panic reasons and because Salem could and would likely manipulate her public unveiling and try to become a sort of God King again, bringing numerous layabouts, criminals, and others under her banner, and of course, the things the group didn't tell Ironwood would definitely complicate things. However, as Ironwood himself said, secrecy hasn't exactly helped the fight against Salem, and well, it hasn't really served to contain the scope of their war either. Perhaps putting it out in the open will basically force people to pick sides, making humanity decide its own future, and also just making it harder for Salem and her cronies to hide (though it could also make people paranoid about double agents and the like). Also, I wonder why Ruby and Oscar had the gut feeling that they needed to omit certain facts in their telling about why Oz isn't present. Didn't they already learn last volume that keeping secrets from allies was a bad thing?