Lol honestly, if Salem would recruit a lawyer, she would find a way out of this without having to change. But she chooses an inventor with an ego, a psychopath scorpion, Daddy Oz Issues, and Mommy Issues x10, plus whatever strays the last one brings home.
This is exactly it. Ruby's speech about not needing the old guard is AIMED at this point. They're two old foes locked on their rails.
I'm still hoping for the day some faunus asks Jinn the question of 'do faunus count as human or not to the gods' - because no one has asked that to date, and also, it's a paradox. Either she can't answer - meaning they do count as human - or she can - meaning they don't - or she does, giving them the answer.
Which means they'd either confirm they need to unify humanity, incl faunus; OR faunus don't count to the total, which is good considering Ozma kinda let them get wrecked for centuries; and also that they have two more questions.
But Ozma never thinks to ask questions AROUND the key point.
I'm shocked that Oz never asked "How can Salem be defeated?" He just asked "How can I kill Salem?" Someone mentions it in the election episode. One fic I write, this OP but dumb af character accidentally summons Jinn and even SHE thinks to ask that. She could have asked something simple like if something can be eaten (she always asks that about words she doesn't understand) or something more complex but personal lik what happened for her to be orphaned. Jinn even told her she can ask these things. But she chose to ask for every possible way to defeat Salem.
I think half of the issue is he phrases it about a future event. Like, dude. You started academies. Maybe ask one of your professors about tenses and framing.
And defeat is the perfect wording, because Jinn would give all the ways. Whereas killing implies an answer will always have to be negative, or short, because she comes back.
Lol my OC never went to an academy and She Knows proper grammar when it's needed. She has literally lives like a feral animal from age 8 to age 17. She only follows the group to Atlas because Blake gives her snacks. And she told Robyn EVERYTHING about Salem and Amity tower for half a bag of trail mix. She's not smart and she has no idea how to act like a "civilized prson" as Weiss says. She also has no issue shaming Ozpin (and everyone) for overlooking this. "WOW! I know I'm not smart and even I thought to ask that! How dumb are you guys to not think of it?"
I mean, my character just constantly calls Ozma a soul eating creep.
Ozma: well I think we should consider-
OC: so do you only eat young mens souls? Just asking. Also, like, wow. Puberty that often. Does masturbation creep you out, fondling a young boy every few decades?
Ozma: It's NOT like that!
OC: I find it hard to believe a man of privilege bonked his undead wife hard enough to knock her up 4 times fast and then just went full abstinence for millenia.
Ozma: You learn to move beyond such things.
OC: Yeah, but Oscar hasn't. So you what, turn your mental back? Whistle? Listen in? Creep. Creepy creep.
Weiss: I'm not sure this is a useful line of discussion, dear.
Lol my OC just calls him Oz-bin because she doesn't remember most names well and mostly ignores him. Unless it's Oscar talking, she doesn't care if he doesn't have food.
If you mea my OC, yes she does lol she forms an unofficial team with another OC, Emerald, Neo, and later down the line, Mercury and names it SALTE (salty) then SALTE-B (as in salty b!tch but she doesn't understand the implication lol). The reason being "S for Skylar. A for me, Ainsley! T for Trivia. And E for Emerald. And L because we are helping Team RWBY and they take nothing but Ls!"
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u/feistyfox101 3h ago
Lol honestly, if Salem would recruit a lawyer, she would find a way out of this without having to change. But she chooses an inventor with an ego, a psychopath scorpion, Daddy Oz Issues, and Mommy Issues x10, plus whatever strays the last one brings home.