Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140926004722/@comment-25368811-20141001031104

Mercen-X wrote: The transcript for Field Trip recorded Ozpin as saying the War was to destroy "art or self-expression. And as you are all aware, that is something many of you could not stand for." So, I read into that as meaning my theory about Ozpin being from another world could be plausible... but that recording was wrong as Ozpin actually just as "many could not stand for."

Natedog5105 wrote:

Problem: some people, such as myself, believe that there may be more than one group taking initiation, resulting in a larger class. So would Ozpin have divided the group into different forests or different time slots? We saw, at most, 16 people at the initial lineup, but 20 chess pieces were at the meetup location. It's possible that at least 24 other students were not shown as they were flung into the Emerald Forest on that particular day. But since there were only 20 chess pieces (2 pieces per 4-person team) that means that any other group of 40 could not have participated in the same forest or at least not on the same day. While it was not specified that the Initiation would last a day or less or that it would only take place in the Emerald Forest, clearly the chess pieces would be used during each iteration as Glynda had mentioned they were the relics Ozpin had chosen for "this year". I also have a sort of theory about the chess pieces being like the titles from homestuck. All the pieces and colors are like predictions of how the teams that pick them will act, with black going against their roles and white going with them, for example, Team CRDL picked the black bishop, and Cardin basically gave Jaune the advice that if he does what he says, his secret would be safe.