Talk:It's Brawl in the Family/@comment-69.85.195.254-20151119181922/@comment-24891101-20151119183122

Firstly: If they knew about the infection, they'd have taken measures to contain and supress its impact, and they'd have discussed it openly for us to know. Ironwood wouldn't have allowed his scroll to become infected. It was worldbuilding and namedropping of something we don't know anything about.

Secondly: Many have. It's been rejected, due to statements from the crew that he's sincere, simply misguided, and also a host of other reasons. He's being put in charge of security in a foreign country with his own troops. He's been carefully vetted by both his own government and Vale's. Nor does that scenario make Qrow's accusations make more sense; it makes them make less, because either Qrow knows or suspects and hasn't informed anyone about it who might be in better place to investigate (like either government, Ironwood's boss, or even Ozpin), or he's complicit. That barb was clearly aimed at Ironwood's lack of subtlety (as the later conversation made clear) and personal dislike of Winter.