Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24016701-20131007192753/@comment-15374346-20131121235604

Angren Túrë wrote: I think the Native American analogy stands up, because the Faunus were originally confined to Menagerie, not entirely unlike a reservation. That, and the 'racist' view of the Faunus mirrors that of the Native Americans--"savages". I wonder if there was a mix-up of the name also. Columbus referred to the Native Americans as 'indians' because he thought he had come to India. I wonder if this is parodied in the RWBYverse as well.