Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24993958-20170114144645/@comment-14909251-20170117212419

Arkantos95 wrote: The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: the first narrator was basically lying to viewers a few times. Wait what? I am specifically thinking of the Grimm episode. Her statements about the Grimm's origins are what I would consider lies of omission as she leaves out details she presumably knows given her knowledge of the relics and her presence in the center of Grimm territory. Qrow also indicates that Grimm were meant to attack all life and Salem suggests they only attack humans.

Maybe RT is picking the WoR narrators on the basis of how that character would handle the topic. Salem did the Grimm so that we wouldn't get certain things spoiled as she witholds information from the audience or just plain lies. Qrow, due to his hostility towards the bandits who raised him, presents a less favorable understanding of them so that the story can present a more nuanced perspective in the future.

This doesn't make them useless, because certain basic and uncontroversial details will be given accurately and there will be some element of truth even to the parts where they are fudging the facts a bit. Consider that Ozpin basically handled the most anodyne concepts that would reveal very little about the broader story. Presumably, Ozpin would reveal far more of what he knows regarding topics such as The Great War and the Grimm as compared to Salem or Qrow.