[quote=@Plank Sinatra] [hider]I doubt this. Whatever's been happening to Ironwood seems like it's long-resolved, and just something he utilizes the way anyone with a prosthetic does. I think Penny was Ironwood's attempt at creating an eternal Maiden who couldn't be killed under normal circumstances, to protect the powers from falling into the wrong hands. If things had gone wrong with Ozpin's pick, he would have proposed her for a candidate, the same way he got himself made head of security for the festival. Just another way of subverting the rest of the group in order to do what he thought was right.[/hider] [/quote] [hider] I don't get all this distrust for Ironwood. I get that he's the odd man out of the Ozluminati, that his methods aren't particularly wise or effective, but so many people seem to think he's this underhanded schemer trying to usurp the secret group. I think it's the opposite: Ozpin and the crew are the sneaky schemers, and Ironwood is the guy who tries to get everything done through brute force. We all knew his robotic army was going to fail because we knew before anybody else that Cinder had a backdoor. As far as he knew, it probably couldn't be done. Ironwood didn't want to be made head of security for the festival, he was put into that position after RWBY set off the White Fang's plans early. Which, as we all know, was a failing on Ozpin's part. He sent team RWBY there, knowingly "bending" the rules because they were up to something. Sure, he's not wrong that they would have found a way out there on their own, but part of being a leader is taking the blame for when your plans go screwy, just like Ironwood's going to be taking a huge hit once people realize that his glorious robot army turned on the people, regardless of whether he was behind it. [/hider]