#this isn't ozpin bashing because like

[soapofbar]

the staff of creation is really bad because it makes everyone who was even slightly aware of it's existence look like an idiot but it especially makes Ozpin look like an idiot because he literally could've solved his problems at any point he had it and the lamp.

You have a lamp which can answer any question about past or present knowledge and you have a staff which can make anything as long as you have a blueprint for it. Even if Oz isn't personally smart enough to figure out how to make some kind of cage for Salem he could just, ask Jinn.

Oz: "Hey Jinn, how can I use the Staff of Creation to stop anyone from entering or exiting the continent Salem lives on?"

Jinn: detailed instructions

Oz: "Hey Ambrosius, build that."

instead we made rich people float, and I don't think that was ever explained why.

[strqyr]

I think, Salem, is a wonderful gal yknow, she's seen the rise and fall of humanity, the good and bad, I think if all of humanity needs a villain to hate, she'll take that role. Is she bringing back the gods, to finally die, or is she ready to remove them, what good has the gods done to her and her people, all of them lived a life forsaken. I have no idea what I'm mumbling about here, but basically everyone in the rwby fandom hates Salem because she's a woman with a mixed moral compass, and thus must been seen as a bitch, she's 'evil' so she must of course have all these flaws, but in reality, remove the context and compare her to Oz, and you'll find similarities, if the genders were swapped, I think Salem would have been someone the fandom praises, for being a hot immortal man

i've been along this ride since day 1 and lemme tell ya, at this point it's mostly just funny to watch the absolute pretzels people will twist themselves into to "prove" their point, like.

salem (allegedly, can't exactly say for certain at this point of time) lying to her followers about her true goal is manipulative, but ozpin lying about salem being immortal, the actual reason he was made to reincarnate by light, and the true nature of this war (it's unwinnable y'all) isn't. he's just some guy :( he has trust issues, of course he wouldn't trust team rwby with everything right off the bat even when yang made it clear that she'd follow him as long as there were no more lies and half-truths... eh, qrow branwen? never heard of him! yeah he's made some missteps but he learns from his mistakes!!... let's just ignore how he's been running in circles for who knows how long. he's doing his best :( and he cares about people :( that makes everything he does actually okay, right? at least, you shouldn't bring his mistakes or fucked up things up or blame him! that's bashing :(

salem though. what a bitch, she should have accepted the death of the only person in her life who truly cared about her (pyrrha and penny though, they're coming back any day now, even if it's in someone else's head). it's not like watching humanity get wiped out and the utter solitude she would have lived in for thousands, hell, millions of years afterwards would have some effect on a person. no sir, she's always been mean and manipulative and evil and have you considered her father kept her locked up since she was a baby for a reason????

the last part about her father is a hyperbole... i think. i hope.

anyway. the double standards are funny.

there's also the aspect of people taking a simple statement like "salem isn't planning the destruction of the world and instead wants to fight the gods and this is a good thing bc the gods are the main problem here", read way too much into it and end up turning it into "so you think salem's the actual good guy and oz is the villain???" and it's like. no one said that but you. like, man...

my dog has a better reading comprehension than this, and he's five months old and chews walls. c'mon.

[ozcarpin]

Hello! I hope that all the asks you are getting isn't making your day bad because if it is, I hope this lil message from me can help you feel better. I too am an Ozpin supporter and I hate to see Ozpin get disregarded like that and I hope one day people like the last anon finally understand uwu.

Thank you for this message dear. In all honesty, I’m just tired of seeing them all. Its hard to remain active and positive in a fandom where no matter where you turn your favourite character is being bashed and dragged through the dirt for reasons that just keep getting more ridiculous as time goes on. 

I don’t expect the people who send these messages to understand because genuinely I believe that they just don’t want to. There’s no point in debating with someone who 1. isn’t even listening and 2. is just making stuff up as they go along. Their only goal is to ruin your day and you lose just by bothering to answer most times. I usually just ignore these messages when I receive them these days but they’ve already won in that whenever I log on and see I have asks, instead of feeling excited about it there’s just this quiet sort of resignation because I know its just going to be negativity. 

This, on top of the general negative environment in the canon show is why my activity has become so reduced here, it just feels pointless logging on knowing what I’m going to find. 

I am thankful to be in a community of people who do enjoy Ozpin as well though, and I’m grateful for the people like you that do send these kind messages. I hope that people like this don’t ruin your enjoyment of the show and fandom, and that you can find ways to remain positive and have fun with our sweet hot chocolate-addicted wizard. 

I hope that you have a lovely day/ night wherever you are friend.