Talk:Neopolitan/@comment-6003266-20160530083546/@comment-410526-20160530145816

Okay, I don't want to type a whole essay again so a couple key points:


 * The distrust of the Faunus will likely skyrocket after the White Fang attack. This we agree on. Note that this is a distrust that is likely to take place within the borders of a Kingdom, since White Fang don't respect national boundaries.
 * People will distrust Atlas because they were responsible for a massacre that was televised worldwide. This we also agree on.
 * Yang broke Mercury's leg and Pyrrha killed another competitor. This is in a sporting event commemorating the end of a war between all four Kingdoms. If nothing else, this can be seen as a highly symbolic breach of a sacred trust between Kingdoms. Cinder emphasizes this in her speech, which was again televised worldwide. From other's perspective, Pyrrha literally is a murderer. Cinder plants seeds of doubt against Vale in the minds of the other Kingdoms. *In her speech, Cinder mentions she's from Mistral.
 * Throughout Cinder's speech, the theme of distrust wasn't just towards the other Kingdoms, but to the headmasters of the academies as well. This has ramifications both from an in-universe perspective and out. In-universe, the people will more than likely heed her message, even if they know she was responsible for the mess in the first place, because the Academies are supposed to kepe them safe and they utterly failed. Out of universe, they certainly put that line in for a reason, and it might be explored further. This shows that the distrust may also occur within Kingdoms (directed at the ruling establishment) and not just between them.
 * Salem's plan is to fracture humanity and divide them from within so that they fight each other. Her speech heavily emphasizes this.

All of these lead me to believe that a theme of unity will not be a theme. If they emphasize unity to the exclusion of others... That's not true unity, as I've stated before. That's still factionalism, no matter how you spin it, which is again a form of division.