User blog comment:Samuelshadow16/Ironwood's REAL purpose/@comment-10545520-20140817041930

Hey Samuelshadow,

In fact, I was thinking the exact same thing, in my blog!

My own theory was that Cinder was trying to launch a coup because 1) she wants more power 2) she believes she's a better leader than all the others. Ironwood, from his militaristic stance, absolutely agrees. He thinks the current regimes aren't heeding his warnings, and so believes what he is doing, although illegal, is for the greater good, and both are using the Faunus to get their way.

I think your thoughts are pretty awesome though. In fact, now that I think about it, Cinder really doesn't seem to be the HAHA! I am the King! type. She seems...I don't know...evil and mysterious? So I guess, maybe she could just want revenge, and is helping Ironwood.

Hm.

That would actually make sense, all around.

At this point, to sum everything up, I think there are two possibilties for Cinder stealing Dust. Either, after they seize power, they know that Papa Schnee will resist having his company turned into a subsidiary and so are taking it beforehand, or, as episode three implies, Ironwood has a close relation with SDC, and so to deflect suspicion, Papa Schnee is purposefully allowing the WF to steal dust from him to deflect suspicion.

Either way will cause much tension for Weiss, either to work for her dad or against her dad.

And, my own personal theory for Penny was that she is the prototype for the "Army of One." My friend told me about a series of books called the Culture series and a line of RPG books called Eclipse Phase. In both series, people can upload their minds and thus, are functionally immortal.

Think about that.

Penny has to think like a human, obviously, to use Aura. But, because of her unique status as a robot, if her physical body is destroyed, she can upload her soul and escape.

She is, in a way, the ultimate weapon. Always learning, always adapting, unkillable, infinitely customizable.

No wonder she called herself the "savior of the world."

If an army of Penny's where properly trained and unleashed, they would be unstoppable. The Grimm would be facing infinitely adapting immortal super robots with Aura. Even the Knights and Paladin's and Hunters and Huntresses would fade to obscurity.

And Ironwood knows that.

What do you think?