Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171118002715/@comment-34633327-20171119024958

I know Raven is biased, but this episode is raising some red flags for me about Ozpin. Namely how she said he treated Team STRQ, letting them get away with stuff most students can't, and just how much that's like what he did with Team RWBY, and how he brought STRQ in on what was going on. Was he going to actually get RWBY involved if the fall of Beacon didn't occur?

It comes across to me as him taking an interest in a team, letting them do more dangerous things as a means of testing them, then recruiting them if they satisfy his interests. I know he is fighting for the greater good, but now that's twice he's pulled this stunt, with one implied to be as a means of recruitment, it just comes off as manipulative. Give a team some leeway so they trust him and think he's a nice guy, have them go on a dangerous mission and succeed, then invite them into his circle and convince them to fight with him while reminding them they can trust him.