Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-11188061-20131011033824

The general community portray and hate him as a slimy, evil, son of a bitch who would do everything from raping little girls to raping little bunny girls as long as it suits his means. And I generally love screwing with the community. Hence.

The recent episode however has shown an unexpected side of his. Despite the fact that Cardin treated Jaune like a slave, he was unexpectedly honest when he told Jaune clearly that he wanted payback against Phyrra. It would seemed that despite his current twisted personality, he's a person who's protective of his properties - as in Jaune Arc is 'his' and so is his other teammates, so I wouldn't actually be surprised if someone else tried to toy with Jaune and Cardin would step up and shut down the rival.

Note that this is simply because of Cardin's selfishness, and that anyone screwing with his 'property' means screwing with him, but I can see this as a focal point of character development where he could possibly grow into a better person in the future. 