Talk:James Ironwood/@comment-191.32.120.160-20151116164102/@comment-4010415-20151116211600

It's implied that Cinder already had control over the matchups in the tournament.

She already knew that JNPR would win their fight - she probably intentionally matched JNPR up against the team that has a guy with a cattle prod and set up the biomes to where they would get the stormy mountain biome.

She probably even set up for Team RWBY to get the two biomes that have Dust in them, for Weiss! Especially the ice biome! Weiss was able to use the Dust infused in the ice biome in order to create giant structures of ice, rather than the stuff she usually does with Myrtenaster!

When she told Merc and Em to go to their rooms, she said she would get everything ready, as if this was something she had already done before.

She has been controlling the matchups and the biomes since the very first match. This might be why she had Mercury and Emerald observe the other students and make a list. That way, they know what would put each person at an advantage and disadvantage.

Furthermore, when Cinder said they got a new access point, Ironwood's face appeared in the top screen, indicating that the new access point was attached to Ironwood, not Ozpin. Her virus infected Ironwood's scroll. He's not a bad guy. He just goes about things the wrong way.

I don't know why people still insist on this, when his interaction with Roman in Breach wouldn't make any fucking sense if they were on the same side. There weren't even any witnesses for them to act for, so they weren't putting on an act.