Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160214165601/@comment-14138255-20160217162739

Cyrania de Bergerac wrote: @77.103... Also, Pyrrha's death was necessary. If she hadn't died, Ruby would not have been upset enough to finally unlock her powers.

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.

(Anyone think now that when Ozpin talked about the guardian, he might have been talking about Ruby?) Ozpin I feel was definately talking about Pyrrha at the time, but his speech did make sure to adress anyone else who could step up to the plate, including his back up plan: Ruby. Ozpin's actions are kind of the same actions a typical fantasy teacher would make, except with real world consequences. Him sending RWBY to Mountain Glenn was ultimately a good descision (disrupted Cinder's plans, ensure Vale wouldn't be immediately overrun and thus ensure a safe zone, attract further attention of Atlas ensuring more security) but it still gave him the short end of the stick in the end (assuming everything went as planned on his end).