Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151206164217/@comment-26397825-20151207005022

I can't help but think that Ozpin may be choosing Pyrrha to be the Guardian, but she may fail at some point for some reason and another person Ozpin and Co didn't even consider will step up to the plate and do a better job.

Like Nora. Or Velvet. Or one of the other background characters (though I doubt that would happen). Or maybe Blake or Weiss will step up.

I don't think it will be Ruby though, as she's only 15. She still has a lot to learn, and I don't think the populace will look at her and go "Yay! Our Guardian!" They're more likely to go, "Yay! Our - wait. She's only 15? What?" Though age really shouldn't matter, it does. Especially to civilians who don't really know that much about what she may or may not have learned.