Talk:Downfall/@comment-34633327-20180116224110

Also, to anyone with mixed feelings on Hazel, I offer another interpretation, inspired by 73.Anon's interpretation of Hazel's Semblance: Hazel is a metaphor for a drug addict.

The pain of Gretchen's death is too much for him to handle so he constantly tries to numb himself. This actually makes the fact he uses Dust injection more poetic, in that the dust injections are done where one would typically inject a needle. The Dust is comparable to illicit drugs that Addicts use to try and numb their pain/get their fix. Hazel is using the Dust to give him a boost so he can kill the person that reminds him of the pain, Ozpin, much like how drug addicts use drugs to get rid of the pain. W hen the current amount of a drug doesn't give an addict what they need, they up their dosage. And what does Hazel do when his current Dust injection isn't enough? Loads up on more.

Hazel is a man trying to bury his pain {Ozpin and Gretchen} with Dust {drugs}, but the use of it is blinding him to whats going on around him. The reason he sees no issue with killing the other Huntsmen and attacking the kids is because the need to numb his pain is blinding him to everything else {Much like how in real life Drug Addicts tend to be blind to the effects their usage has on both themselves and their loved ones}. Hazel is a literal drug addict. I wouldn't be surprised if Salem is the one giving him so much dust and gave him the idea to inject it, cause if so, she would fit the role of his Drug Dealer.

His semblance is comparable to the tolerance an addict builds up until they overdose. Hazel's semblance merely ignores the pain, doesn't erase it, so he eventually won't be able to keep fighting even if he doesn't feel the pain. If he pushes himself too far, he'll end up destroying himself. Just as a drug addict, if they use too much substance, can be sent into overdose, the addict not being aware until its too late.