Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140801004849/@comment-9090085-20140801030107

Zolnir wrote: I think he's expecting trouble from the Grimm, not Cinder. Also, James is a lot more kinder than I thought - he just overreacts. Probably. I personally think Ozpin is underreacting, like the whole city is down on Dust and he's like, why do you bring all this reinforcement my city so desperately needs?

I would go one step further and say Ironwood's scared - whatever Qrow told him has shaken him up to the point that he feels bringing along a few hundred solders as protection for his students is a perfectly reasonable thing to do.

On that note, Qrow is clearly much more then just a teacher. Old friend or no, Ironwood and Ozpin clearly put alot of stock in his words.

But I really do like just how balanced this scene is compared to the trailer; James comes across as a genuinely good person(he wasn't off-put in the slightest that Glenda couldn't stand his flirting with her), and while his highly pro-active approach may end up fanning the flames of war; Oz seems to fervently hope that a war will never come, and so has adopted a passive "wait and see approach", which may leave him under-prepared when war does break out. I certainly think he's underestimating just how far along Cinder's plans are.

Basically, I see them embodying two extreme approaches to the problem they have been faced with, nether of which is "the answer" they need.

Or something like that.