Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140829002738/@comment-6863431-20140901062945

@SaM: I shall address your points in order.

Yes, most would. but again, I said that i had assumed that the governments were weak, and had no real power. I was thinking that Government and Hunting were separate, kinda like the "church and state" deal in America, but instead of a Protestant group invading a Catholic church and government has little say, it's a military-centric cult of killing machines invading the training grounds of a civvie-centered cult of killing machines and the government has little say. This is an obvious flaw, but I explicitly pointed out that my thoughts on the matter hinged entirely on baseless conjecture.

Criminal? Hmm, I'd disagree. Yes, it's far overstepping his boundaries of authority, but I'd ask you to define exactly what's criminal about it. But please, don't just say that it's because he's using his authority internationally, because then you'd also be implying that America's "world police" ideal is also criminal (if you were to apply that principle to a real world setting), and that would break my little patriotic heart.

I meant that if Ironwood took over, I assume he'd kick Ozpin out (otherwise, why'd he take over in the first place?), so the only person who has both the aptitude and experience would be Ironwood (not Ozpin), at least until the Vytal Festival was over. Again, decided on a whim and no real force driving the thought process I used.

Of course now that I think about it, Goodwitch could always take up the role. She's kinda been second-in-command this whole time, so it makes sense she'd inherit the title. Kinda like the vice-president of MIT taking over after the President disappeared.

But remember, I was only talking about Ironwood taking over. I already said that since I can't see a motive for this move, I can't see any way that Ironwood would be able to keep the position for any period of time. So, all my ideas were just towards giving him an excuse for commiting the action. It's not a good excuse, mind you, but an excuse none the less. And just to point it out, I actually agree with most of your points. But I have a habit of creating a defense for the side I'm against and then attempt to dismantle it. (that'd be the first five lines of the third point, then the rest is my pointing out the flaws. In this case, that every event [action] must have a cause [motive], which this one lacks). I'm sorry if you took this as my opinion. I firmly believe that Ironwood would never even think of attacking Ozpin, and that even if he did he would surely fail, for multiple reasons.