Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160214165601/@comment-25555436-20160217225518

Cyrania de Bergerac wrote:

-I don't consider Ruby's powers Deus Ex Machina since lots of people thought that Ruby was a Maiden, so we expected a sudden unlocking of her powers anyway.

-We knew that there was something special about her or Ozpin wouldn't have been watching her that often (the recording of the Shop fight,during the forest trials, after the dock fight before Qrow sent his "the queen has pawns" message), let her in two years early, first comment on her silver eyes, let her and her team go to a search and destroy area reserved for second-years. -If Ruby was a Maiden, it would have still been bullshit since the only hint to that then would've been of her mother's name being Summer, which is also horribly uncreative. What I don't know is what is worse: Ruby being a Maiden with no hints given to having such powers, or being from an ancient line of Ultra Rare OP Warriors that can defeat high-rank Grimm and Maidens without lifting a finger with no hints given to her having such powers.

-To be fair, he was watching everyone in the forest trials, the comment on the eyes could've been of Ozpin remembering Summer and identifying Ruby as her daughter via her eye color, and being let in 2 years early for her great combat skills is not something so special, it happens rather often in Real Life. Many colleges and similar offer students the chance of entering earlier than normal if they great skills or inteligence for their level.

As for the being sent to Mt.Glenn, I could say it's because they have the most experience with the WF, between their fights with the WF, with Roman, and having Blake.