Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-38592229-20190620023959/@comment-4010415-20190814154514

Solaris XD wrote: Really, the worst thing he's done is withold information. He didn't say what the relics are, that Saleem can't die etc. iirc The only thing he has ever outright lied about is that Jinn was already used up in an attempt to save face. The only really fucked up thing he has done that I can think of is that he eventually entirely takes over a host body from someone else during his reincarnation process, and even then he can't help that, that's just the way light god made the process to be and Ozpin can't change or prevent that.

Despite being a meme, the bird thing would be fucked up if Qrow and Raven were forced or manipulated into doing it just so Ozpin could use them as spies, but because it was handled so badly, it came off moreso that the bad thing he did was give them the power to turn into birds after they both agreed to it. There is some theory and debate about how he handled the situation with Pyrrha.

Why wait so long to find a new host for the Fall Maiden powers? Amber was attacked before the school year started, possibly even months before. On top of that, the school year starts toward the beginning of the calendar year, and he waited all year until autumn to finally ask Pyrrha for help, then told her to make up her mind before the festival ends... in the middle of the festival.

On the other hand, though, he actually gave her a chance to consider it because he knows, from personal experience, what happens when you fuse two souls. Though, now that we know about that, it's evident that he and the others lied to Pyrrha when they said they didn't know what was going to happen to her if she went through with it. They full well knew. Every single iteration of Ozma has been living proof of what happens.

Anyway, the negativity in this is the idea that he waited until Pyrrha would only have a very short amount of time to think about it, which put pressure on her. Whether or not he did this intentionally to increase the chance of her saying yes is unknown. However, it's clear from how he apologized to Pyrrha during the transfer process that he would've preferred to have another choice.