Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-87.102.2.235-20160720090052/@comment-25936766-20161013040200

SpiritedDreaming wrote: 1-For your third point, it would still only effect her visual range. So if the horde is large enough, she's not going to be able see all of the Grimm.

2-Also, about the suicide mission...the lyrics of Red Like Roses Part 2 do say she made a sacrifice, and how she doesn't want Ruby to do what she did. 1-It's still quite a lot bigger than otherwise, however. It's not like she needed to take out the whole horde. Even taking out a big chunk would have been great enough, for she could rely on her skills to finish the rest.

2-"I made a sacrifice....", true. Something that troubles me is what comes after. "...but forced a bigger sacrifice on you".

One could say the "bigger sacrifice" was leaving Ruby, never to return, knowing how she would feel. But what if it's something else.........

I was thinking: If, before Ruby, Summer was Ozpin's Ace in the Hole, but then that mission happened, and she was the only one that could stop the Grimm, forcing Ozpin to send her there, knowing the risks, for the sake of the people. Summer died fighting Grimm like any other Hunter, and now Ruby was going to be Ozpin's Ace in the Hole in his fight against Salem.

After Amber got sucked by Cinder, seeing how Ruby wasn't ready yet, Pyrrha then became Ozpin's plan B along with the transfer. Ruby lacked experience, while Pyrrha didn't have much left to need to learn, and using her meant that if it failed Ruby would be fine.