Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140829002738/@comment-6863431-20140901025547

Shadow at Morning wrote:

As to your third, I disagree. Yes, Ironwood could make those arguments, but that would not let him take over. Maybe if it was done a certain way, but that would hinge on to many "ifs," like Ironwood having strong international influence, the Kingdom's having weak-willed governments, and a bunch of other situational conditions. And I was thinking more of a hostile takeover than reporting Ozpin to the Kingdom. Then, when the government comes to investigate, Ironwood would give that line as an "excuse" as to why he did it. If done that way (and if Ironwood has a lot of charisma and persuasive ability), then the government would let him off with a warning not to do it again and tell him that he could be in charge (because he's the only headmaster available) until the investigation into the Beacon incident could be concluded. Since we're only talking about a takeover, and we still lack a motive for it, I'll end there for now. After all, isn't the discussion just about whether Ironwood could takeover the school? Without a motive, I can see him gaining control, but not keeping it for long.

But in reality, this is just me trying to explain something that I don't really believe will happen. In my opinion, Ozpin is definitely one of those OP character's who could probably take on Ironwood's forces he brought head on. Besides, since they're machines, he wouldn't need to hold back and could completely destroy the mechs without worrying about the moral implications of slicing and dicing his enemies to pieces (if he does slice-and-dice while fighting, that is). I think a hostile takeover wouldn't work, at all. Also, Ironwood would have to be very different than who we all thought he was, as it would require a completely different type of character (as in personality) to spend so much effort into overthrowing Beacon (he'd be too much like Cinder). And don't forget that Ironwood is an extremely cautious man, as well. If he knows how powerful Ozpin is, then I don't see how he could think that his forces and political power (if he even has any) has a wide enough margin of error to successfully take over the Academy. So while I gave some crappy reason Ironwood could attack, I still don't think he'd do it, and even if he did I think that it wouldn't be successful.