Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20160116155944/@comment-24994749-20160116211101

Gastropod wrote:

Phantomlink959 wrote: People in general, that was the single most obvious "i actually set this up but am trying to make you think someone else did it" speech of all time. She's not trying to build trust in herself, she's trying to build distrust in Ozpin and his allies. And from the public's perspective, there's no denying that
 * 1) Beacon students apparently maim (and kill) people without hesitation. A misrepresentation sure, but it's what people have seen and they have zero reason to doubt their own eyes.
 * 2) Atlas is building killer robots and disguising them as children. Why the hell are they doing that in the first place? The best part is, this isn't even a lie or a misrepresentation of facts. It's just the truth exposed. She's literally showing people the truth for this one.
 * 3) And most importantly, there are Grim everywhere. Again. The second time this year alone. Clearly Ozpin (and now Ironwood) can't be trusted to keep anyone safe.

It doesn't matter that Cinder is behind all of this, the fact that people aren't safe (as per #3) is cause enough for concern and mistrust in Ozpin and his allies. The other two are just bonus. There is also she is giving implications of equally bad stuff going up at Mistral... The home of the "poor innocent student who got his leg broken".

With the communications network down, there is no way for the people to find out about what's going on in Haven. Once things calm down, the only thing people will be able to do is imagine, and Mercury now exists as a face and name to whom attach the things they imagine happening.