Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-108.23.229.132-20160618033840/@comment-28792888-20160618204247

I'd like to re-state the previously-mentioned fact that they are all students in a school. In a lot of schools, especially in fiction, both fighting and fighting back are punishable. It's entirely possible that, if someone stood up against Cardin, they'd only have three choices: cause a scene and end up attracting teachers, who would likely give everyone involved a detention; argue without causing a scene, which probably wouldn't change CRDL's minds in any way (bigots are some of the more stubborn people around); or get into a fistfight, which, although it would be satisfying, would definitely have severe repurcussions.

I do agree that Ruby, Yang, and/or Nora not jumping in was pretty OOC, but it's possible that each one's more sensible partner warned them not to for the above reasons.

As for why no one told a teacher... Victims usually don't tell on their attackers, so Jaune and Velvet are out. Ruby, Nora, and Yang(?) would probably never even think of that solution since they're so reckless. Weiss--I love her to death, but she probably wasn't concerned enough to risk putting her word up against CRDL's. Ren's quietness might have something to do with... well, his staying quiet. But I will admit that Pyrrha definitely had no reason not to run and get Goodwitch. The only justification I could think of would be that she was trying to spare Jaune's ego, but that's shaky.

I do wonder if CRDL ever got punished by teachers for what happened in "Forever Fall". I mean, Ren, Nora, Blake, and Yang all ran to get her; there's no way she wouldn't want to know why Cardin was covered in red sap and carrying a box of live Rapier Wasps.

TL;DR -- It's possible no one ever stood up for Velvet for fear of a Professor condemning them for it.