Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140829002738/@comment-25154376-20140901003830

"... That's... an exceptionally childish way of interpreting the state of Remnant."

-It's always a good idea to start a rebuttal with an insult; kudos to you.

"Why the hell will they not have degrees?"

-Well, not degrees in the traditional sense we know them (Although it be pretty funny; "Hello, I'm Ruby Rose, B.A. in Grimm-Killing). But, yes they would have a some kind of way of showing they attended Beacon and actually graduated.

"...the Hunters are definitely under a nation's sovereignty."

-Proof?

"...anyone with half a brain will try to control as many of these Hunters as possible..."

-Keyword: try. It's possible that happened to Hunters in other locations (Atlas is very likely), but not only are Grimm still a threat in Vale (it is reported to be a Grimm stronghold), but Ozpin seems very resistant to being under any one's control and is too smart to not realize countries would want to control the Hunters.

"Like, the Kingdom are preparing for war against each other. Where the hell do you think they're getting their troops?"

-Obviously.

"Just the rich outlook of Beacon Academy is enough to tell that they're at the very least government-sponsored..."

-Since when we state schools the richest? Seriously, if we're talking about Beacon's wealth, then all signs point to private funding. Like many prestigious schools in real life, most of Beacon's money probably comes from graduates who got high-paying and prestigious positions and then donate back to the school.

"As they are the best Hunter Academy in Vale, that also indirectly puts Beacon under direct control of the Vytal Kingdom."

-Again, proof?

"Ironwood will not pull a direct confrontation against Ozpin..."

-I don't think so either.

" To begin with, he cannot. At the moment I cannot prove this, but Ozpin is probably one of the few Huntsmen who can easily massacre an entire army singlehandedly, and that's without mentioning the professors who seems entirely capable of taking down a battalion or two themselves. You're looking down on Beacon way too much."

-If you can't prove this, than this entire paragraph is meaningless and is only your opinion. And if we are going by opinions, than I think you are over-rating Beacon. If Ozpin can massacre and army single-handed; well from a narrative perspective that is lazy and stupid and completely overpowers him. It's the Superman effect, if you make a character so power that no one can harm him then your audience no longer cares what happens and becomes bored because there is no sense that said character is in danger. Miles and Kerry aren't dumb enough to commit such an obvious fallacy in writing as that.

" ...if only because Beacon is Vale's military unit..."

-Again... proof? You don't back up any of your arguments with facts, so why should I believe you?

"but I'm not understanding your insurgent comment. Since when was such a thing ever mentioned?"

-The whole WF thing. Apparently they've been violent for the last 5 years, as evidence from Ep4 they've got a huge amount of supporters joining everyday and are radicalized into completely hating humans, not to mention ex-members are hunted down and killed (Tukson). I'd call that an insurgency.

" ...Ironwood cannot justify shit especially if he loses..."

-Who said he'd lose? These are Hunters NOT SUPERMEN, they can lose in the face of overwhelming force. All Atlas needs is the slightest excuse to pounce, wars in real life have been started over manufactured incidences all the time (ex. The bay of Tonkin incident that got the US involve in Vietnam was faked).