Thread:EmBELLEm/@comment-28303588-20200130213209/@comment-28303588-20200204232643

Normally, we say a character is active because they are still... you know active and engaging in the story, and deceased when they are no longer. Ozma is a unique case. Due to his reincarnation, he is the soul. As such, to say the soul is active is to say he is active.

For Ozpin, his soul merged with Ozma: there is no difference between the two. So when the man known as Ozpin died, the soul of Ozma latched onto Oscar. That's why his page is listed as deceased. Basically, Ozma merges with his host, they become one, he dies and moves on to the next host with the previous dead.

Honestly, to me this the best way to explain his confusing status.