#Grimm tried so hard to find their mentor XD

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I present to whoever stumbled upon my D&D Hermes 😂

This is all of the shenanigans my party got into. Enjoy!!! (There’re Alt text for every pic you can read hehe)

Yes, our mentors are Animal. They are people who choose animal form to communicate with the party and yea that’s a small midget.

[littlemisssquiggles]

I feel Qrow and Team RWBY overreacted to learning everything from Jinn I watched in utter disbelief as they looked down on him coldly not an ounce of sympathy in any of their eyes and brutalized him I mean what did they actually learn from Jinn that was so earth-shattering besides that Salem can’t be destroyed at least not by Oz, that warranted them bullying him to the point of withdrawing deep into Oscar’s head. I get being upset, but man, that whole scene is still hard to watch. Your thoughts?

Hellothere anon-chan. Apologies for thelate response. Well from this squigglemeister’s perspective, once the truth came out, it wasn’t so much that Ifelt the heroes overreacted in theirtreatment of Oz. I’d like to believe that their resentment was warranted giventhe nature of the circumstance and especially since Oz did promise Yang no more lies and half-truths back in Mistraland ultimately, he did break thatpromise. Although I stand firmly in the Courtof Oz, that doesn’t mean that I’m going to deny or excuse the wrongfulnessin his recent actions towards the team placed in his care. That much I willsay.

However,that being said---for me, the thing that bothered me the most was how everyone on the hero team more or lessadopted the SAME type of reaction towards the revelation of the truth;including certain characters I expected to be a little more considerate.

 Afterthe events of V6CH2- V6CH4, what I found interesting about the reception ofthose episodes was how divided the FNDM became afterwards on their differentstances on Oz. This led to some pretty cool discussions and heated yetrespectable debates between folks who believed the heroes were in the rightagainst folks like myself who believed Oz’s actions were properly justified anddidn’t favour the others’ treatment of their former mentor. Till this day,those conversations still exist. Heck I’m even discussing it with you now anon-chan XD And that’s fascinatingbecause it shows that not every opinion is as all black or all whiteas some might perceive. They’re might even be some grey in there too of allshades.

Basicallythe point I’m making here is noteveryone is going to share the same kind of reaction to the same issue or whenreceiving the same information and this was something that I wished wasreflected in the series.

Ididn’t like how the Writers portrayed EVERYONEas being angry at Oz’s choice to withhold the truth. I didn’t like how EVERYONE turned their backs on Ozincluding the characters I expected to be in his defence. Characters like Ruby Rose and Blake Belladonna; who Oz had shown compassion and understanding toin the past when they were enduring their own personal qualms. I’ll come backto that point in a minute. Let me just say this.

Saywhat you will about Oz being in the wrong in his choice to deceive and continueto deceive even when asked the truth in light of it being promised of him. Youare correct and I will give you that. However, on the flipside; you can’t denythe fact that our heroes were also wrong in how they chose to treat Oz in theaftermath in spite of learning all that he and the other Wizards went throughwith their own eyes.

Fromwhere I’m standing, it’s not just Oz whomade a mistake. Everyone---QROWBY as well as Oz---made bad moves followingthe events of the Argus train crash. I’m just better able to excuse Oz on hisactions as opposed to rest of the team.

Ozwas wrong for continuing to lie to everyone even when asked of the truth. Asbad as the truth may be, I will admit that Oz dug himself his own grave themore he continued to deflect Yang’s questioning of the truth leading to Oscarneeding to intervene.

Iwant to say that the heroes were wrong for forcingthe truth out of Oz via Jinn, however on one end I sort of can’t since Oz’sown actions did bring him to this point. I have to acknowledge that that wholescenario could’ve been easily avoided if Oz had been upfront especially afterhe promised that he was going to be. Jinn would’ve probably never been summonedif Oz had just told the truth right then and there in his own words. Hecould’ve even summoned Jinn himself and shown the heroes the truth whileexplaining, again in his own words, why he didn’t want them to know. He didn’twant them to lose hope since it fed into his fears that they would.

Butas we know, this didn’t happen. Oz tried to get the Relic from Ruby leading toOscar taking control to stop him. Oscar tells Ruby about Jinn. Jinn is summonedand we get that whole ordeal. Like I said, my beef with the heroes isn’t somuch that they used Jinn against Oz. That I believe was justified. Oz’sresilience brought the group to this point so I’m looking at it as him notgiving them much of a choice than to do this since he refused to do it himselfeven when asked and after he promised he was going to be honest.

WhatI took issue with was the whole aftermath scene where, even after seeing thetruth for themselves, what everyone chose to focus on in the end was ONLY thepart where Oz didn’t tell them about Salem’s immortality.

WhileI didn’t like how Oz choose to withhold the truth from the others, how I internalizedthis newfound information was that, rather than focusing on one part of thepicture---the part where Oz didn’t tell the truth---I took into accounteverything that the Lost Fable revealed regarding the Gods and Ozma and thecycle and pieced together the grander picture.

Andonce I saw the bigger picture, I was able to come to the conclusion that Oz(and by extension all the Wizards) was justified in his choice to keep thetruth about Salem under wraps. While I’m not condoning his lies, I can’t helpthat part of me that felt his actions were just. That type of information inthe wrong hands could’ve led to chaos and widespread panic thus bringing forththe Grimm. So I don’t blame Oz was choosing to keep the truth close to thechest before deciding who to disclose this type of info to and when.

Callme weird but am I the only one who thinks that Oz might’ve eventually told theheroes the whole truth about Salem but during a moment when he felt the timing andsetting was more appropriate? Likewhen they’re probably safe and sound in Atlas among their Atlesian comradeswhere everyone could’ve learnt the truth together at the same time as opposed tobeing stranded in the middle of the northern Anima tundra where tensions were alreadyhigh and they also happened to be carrying a lamp that was a homing beacon forthe Grimm?

Iunderstand that this is a stretch but I can’t help but consider thatalternative. When asked why he still continued to deny information from thegroup following the train crash, Oz didn’t exactly say he wasn’t going to tellthe truth. As a matter of fact, if I remember correctly, his exactly words toYang were:

“…Please,now is not the time…”

Hedidn’t say yes. But he didn’t say no to answering Yang’s questions either. Ifanything, all he said was the more calm and collected equivalent of “NOT NOWYANG!”

Andy’know what? When I look back on that scene, Oz was actually kind of in theright in that moment for telling Yang that then would not have been theappropriate time to reveal the truth. Like I said, they were stranded in themiddle of the northern Anima coastline, far from Argus with their weaponry andaura possibly depleted from their previous run with the Manticore and SphinxGrimm.

Theywere also down one third of their original party unexpectedly joined by MariaCalavera---the blind and hard of hearing defenceless old lady who hadunknowingly remained a stowaway on the then crashed train.

Notto mention that at that point, the two remaining thirds of the hero team were alsocarrying the Relic that was originally said to attract the Grimm and speakingof the Grimm, the team weren’t exactly chipperafter the train crash either so emotions were already starting to peak at thatpoint.

Sotaking all of that into account---Oz opting to not reveal the truth in thatmoment now more feels more like a wise and conscious move appropriate for thetype situation the group were saddled in which makes Yang’s choice to continueto challenge him on the matter in spite of their surroundings and predicamentat the time come off as…rash.

Imagine if…right after the traincrash, Yang and Ozpin’s dispute was interrupted by the arrival of more Grimmwithin the area attracted by the Relic and the rising tensions as a result oftheir argument.

Imagine if…our heroes were forcedto abandon their left over supplies from the train and actually had to find away to survive in the cold of northern Anima while protecting Maria and while underthe strain between Yang and Oz as a result of their previous spat whichautomatically placed a wedge within the remaining team causing further divisionin a time when standing together for their successful survival was the betteroption.

Imagine if…we had received thatstory for seven episodes of V6 before arriving in Argus?    

Asa matter of fact, I’m now forced to consider the alternative scenario since wealready know the opposite outcome. Now this makes me curious.

What would have happenedif Oz had actually revealed the truth to the team right then and there?

SomehowI’d like to think that Oz would’ve eventually told the group everything. Afterall, the Wizards did choose to eventually confide in others they chose totrust.

Ozpin’s Inner Circle is an example of this.While Oz never told his peers the final detail about Salem’s immortality, itdoesn’t deter the fact that he did ultimately tell them and given his past, whoknows how many years it took for Ozma; and by extension his descendants, to rebuildtheir ability to trust others with the truth especially following what happenedbetween him and Salem.

Basicallywhat I’m trying to say is…I get why Oz chose to do things the way he did in thetime he did it. Again, not trying to give him a pass on his lies. I’m justsaying that I understood his reasons given his experience and the past heshared with Ozma and the other Wizards before him. Oz could’ve broken the cycleif he saw it fit but I figured he too must’ve had it rough during his time(which is why it’s a good call on the story to have the Cycle of Deceit bebroken with Oscar instead as the current successor to Oz).

SoI get Oz’s reasons. I just wished the actual canon characters showed adifferent range of understanding as opposed to the hive mind mentality of everyone sharing the same reaction to thetruth: Nothing but resentment and mistrust of Oz all around.

Tome, that kind of took me out of this conflict and is why I believe this is onlybeing done to push the PLOT. You really expect me to believe that aftereverything revealed in the Lost Fable, after everything revealed about Ozma’spast and his struggles that no one---NOT ONE PERSON---was willing to try and atleast understand Oz and why he made his choices.

Seriously?NO ONE? I mean there is best boy Oscar but noone else? Not even the characters whose personalities and past storiesshould have allowed them to have this level of understanding? Sorry but I findthat hard to believe.  

Andthe real kicker for me with this whole charade is that Oz has always beenportrayed as someone willing to help anyone regardless of their backgrounds andtheir own past mistakes. This is the same soul who even defended a man who had downrightbetrayed him; choosing to honour his memory only for the good he hadaccomplished in his life rather than focus on the negative.

That’show much props I at least have to give to Oz. This is also the same soul whonever once turned his back on anyone on his team. No matter how angry hispresence made them, no matter how distrustful others might’ve painted him, evenwhen his whole team have turned against him even, Oz never turned his back on anyone. He was always there to offer guidanceor extend a helping hand to his comrades.

Hehad his faults, quirks and own fair share of obvious skeletons---most belongingto his fellow Wizards and the rest his very own---like everyone else. He may bea being in an endless cycle of magic and immortality with other great menbefore him but at his core, meaning the man he was and is, Oz is still a humanbeing. He’s still a person. His own person and this same person wasstill willing to do everything he could for the people in his care. Even whenthey themselves might not trust him anymore.

Andyet, the one time he needed that same level of empathy in return, everyone gavehim the cold shoulder.

Nota selected few of them. EVERYONE and by Gum, does that stillbother me.

EvenRuby turned her back on Oz! RUBYFREAKING ROSE! Our so-called indomitablespirit, spark of hope and smaller, more honest soul…turned herback on Oz and wasn’t willing to at least try and understand him? What? 

Youmight find that I sound like a broken record by mentioning Ruby but in allseriousness, I am in awe at how the Writers have been portraying Ruby as oflast season. This is the same girl who has always been willing to understandeveryone she meets; human or otherwise.

Thesame girl who was willing to extend a hand in solidarity to Raven Branwen even after she was shownto have betrayed both her daughter, her brother and their friends to theenemies.

Where was that hand toOz? I’mnot trying to imply that Ruby isn’t allowed to be upset over the news regardingSalem. I’m more saying that in spite of everything that’s been thrown herway---the good, the bad and the ugly---Ruby has always been depicted as someonewilling to put her faith in others and givethem a chance.

Maybesomeone else can help rationalize this for me in their own words but from myperspective, I can’t help but feel like that aspect of Ruby’s personality waswritten out of her character for V6 and by extension V7; at least when it comesto the Ozpin Dilemma, purely for the sake of advancing the current story.Because right now, the agenda seems for everyone to remain resentful of Ozuntil the Writers are ready to reintroduce him back into the PLOT and haveeveryone miraculously reconcile with Oz in the end in the most contrived waypossible. Not to sound like a negative Nancy about this kind of stuff, but Ican’t help but feel like this is thecase given certain patterns I’ve beenpicking up with how the CRWBY Writers have handled their story in reference toconflict and resolution.

IfI may be so bold in saying this but I haven’t exactly been enjoying the way inwhich the show has characterized Ruby for these past two seasons (V6 and V7) ESPECIALLY for this season. I may evengo so far as to say that personally I think V7 may probably be the worst portrayal of Ruby Rose I’ve seen todate and I’m saying this as a Ruby fan.

Ruby’sbehaviour and actions have felt so unlikeher in comparison with her demeanour from previous seasons. She’s still heradorkable self but what I’ve disliked is how the show has had Ruby say and dosome questionable things that haveotherwise resulted in poor consequences for other characters who committed tothe same type of actions yet…Ruby gets away unpunished nor does she get theopportunity to make up for her mistakes.

Casein point, how she made the same decision to lie and withhold secrets fromtrusted allies, similar to Oz and in the end, it’s not even Ruby who gets totell Ironwood the truth about Salem. It’s Oscar. I get that Ruby was neededdown in Mantle at the time and I get that she expressed wanting to tell theGeneral the truth. However…that doesn’t hold the same level of poetic justice as Ruby being the one tospeak to Ironwood herself and reveal her own reasons at the time for choosingto withhold the truth at the time.

Iget that Oscar is meant to be the Little Prince and him talking on Ruby’sbehalf could be seen as an example of to him ‘being responsible for his rose’, however I only saw that moment asOscar making amends for the actions of Oz and his past Wizards.

Tome, I wish the Writers had have both Ruby and Oscar reveal the truth to Jamestogether; providing a platform for both our two smaller, more honest souls to rectify the penalties of theiractions and others before them. Plus I would’ve loved for Ruby to be present inthe room when Oscar voiced Ozpin’s rationale for withholding the truth. Iwould’ve loved to have seen Ruby’s reaction to hearing Oscar say that Oz didn’t wish for everyone to lose hope and that washis reason for holding onto the truth for so long. This could’ve provided amoment for Ruby to rethink not only her own recent actions again but also howshe treated the ole soul last time and thus reach some level of empathy towardsOz.

Istill can’t get over the fact that Ruby mimicked Oz in the same actions thatlanded him in the dog house with everyone yet the PLOT portrayed her deceit assomewhat of a positive thing. Atleast in the sense that it never had the same payoff as Oz. What? In my opinion, you can’t have two characterscommit the same type of wrongful action and only punish one while the othergets a free pass. In the spirit of fairness,it doesn’t work that way. Either both characters are held accountable for theiractions or both of them are excused of their actions.

Youcan’t have Ruby commit deception and have the other characters stand with herin solidarity of this with a willingness to cooperate even when doubt isclearly shown when previously you highlighted these same characters instantlyturning their backs on Oz for the same deceitful action. It doesn’t matter ifone kept a secret for several thousand years while one only kept their secretsfor only a few weeks. Deception is deception. If the other heroes werewilling to stand with Ruby in spite of her dishonesty then they should be ableto extend this same olive branch to Oz.

Thisis where I’m praying Oscar will come in. Since Oscar seems to be the onlyperson willing to understand Oz and vouch for him then I’m hoping we get a momentwhere, through Oscar’s help, the group is able to rectify things with Oz.

Myone concern with this is whether the PLOT will portray the other heroes onlywilling to give Oz a second chance becauseof their trust in Oscar and not because they themselves actively desire torectify things with the spirt of their former headmaster. I’m not sure if I’dlike this idea if done in the canon. To me that sounds just as bad as having thehero team miraculously forgive Oz just like that without any real kind of nuanceto it or regard for a proper reconciliation moment so it just ends up comingoff disingenuous (like how theyhandled Jaune and Oscar’s patching up back in V6CH9).

IfOz is to somehow make a return, I’d rather it be before an audience whoactually want him back; surrounded by people who now better understood the hugeamount of pressure he and the other Wizards were under for so many lifetimes.Basically what I’m saying here is that I don’t want the Writers to half-ass it. I’d rather watch an entireseason partially focused on Oscar possibly working together with Ruby to mendthe tethered trust between their teammates and Oz as opposed to watching yetanother moment of conflict be resolved sloppily and half-heartedly by the PLOT.

I’mhonestly growing weary of those but we shall see how things go for theremainder of V7. In the meanwhile, I hope this answers your question anon-chan.

~LittleMissSquiggles (2020)