Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20180112214926/@comment-34633327-20180116130606

2001:8A0:D239:EE01:1CE7:B6EC:7E87:A3A wrote:

Alhazad2003 wrote:

KingFubuki92 wrote: I kept seeing mention of the veins on TV Tropes and how the injection spot is the same as real life drug injections, but 73.Anon's theory made it all fit together. Hazel is a man trying to bury his pain {Ozpin and Gretchen} with Dust {drugs}, but the use of it is blinding him to whats going on around him. The reason he sees no issue with killing the other Huntsmen and attacking the kids is because the need to numb his pain is blinding him to everything else {Much like how in real life Drug Addicts tend to be blind to the effects their usage has on both themselves and their loved ones}. Hazel is a literal drug addict! I wouldn't be surprised if Salem is the one giving him so much dust and gave him the idea to inject it, cause if so, she would fit the role of his Drug Dealer! You're right! And especially since Salem's Domain is rich in Dust, her supply is immense, so she is his dealer! Wow, how diabolical, she's got him wrapped around her finger, now his backstory makes more sense. Kudos to RT on his design. How do you know she has a lot of Dust? Also, isn't his own sembalnce the drug? It's not dust that allows him not to feel pain - it's his semblance. I mean, he could have developed that semblance because of the way he injects dust into his body No, the metaphor is that like a drug addict, Hazel is using Dust (The Drug) to try and get rid of his pain (Ozpin). And when the current amount of a drug doesn't give an addict what they need, they up their dosage. And what does Hazel do when his current Dust injection isn't enough? Loads up on more.

If anything, his semblance is comparable to the tolerance an addict builds up until they overdose. Hazel's semblance merely ignores the pain, doesn't erase it, so he eventually won't be able to keep fighting even if he doesn't feel the pain. If he pushes himself too far, he'll end up destroying himself. Just as a drug addict, if they use too much substance, can be sent into overdose while the addict doesn't notice.