User blog:Zathronas/Analysis by an author: CRDL Cardin Winchester

Hello and welcome once again to author analysis. Today I give you the big bad boy bully from Beacon: Cardin Winchester.

Before we begin I just wanted to tell all of you that I will only do Cardin from team CRDL as his teammates have been nothing more than stooges in volume 1. Now on to Cardin and what makes him tick.

I've seen a lot of negative comments on the forum and chat about Cardin, I see him in a different light. Cardin is the classic bully archetype and as such, has the classic bully vulnerability. His intent to dominate come from deep insecurities which you saw when Pyrrha one up him. Because of his insecurities, he is easily manipulated by those around him if they wanted to. Why is he insecure? Usually it comes from family environment but we know nothing about him so we'll have to wait and see.

What's in store for our favorite bully? I see 2 possibles paths for him. Redemption or betrayal. The redemption path would come from him standing up to whatever frightens him, probably his father. The betrayal path will come with him being manipulated by either Roman or Cinder and betray Beacon in the worst possible moment. I'm a sucker for happy endings so I hope for the former.

Next time on Analysis by an author. We start the teachers of Beacon academy with the big man on campus himself: Ozpin, hold on to your britches this one might get interesting...