"The single quality that is common across every living creature on this planet is fear. It's funny then, that as common as fear is we so easily underestimate it's power. Fear of growing close to someone. The subsequent fear of loss. Fear of failure. And as more people depend on you those fears can take on greater power, but fear itself is not worthy of concern. It is what we become while in its clutches. Will you be proud of that person? Will you forgive them? Will you understand why they felt the need to do the things they did? Will you even recognize them, or will the person staring back at you be the very thing you should have feared from the start? I suppose we all find out sooner or later..." ~Ozpin (Pin this. It took me a really long time)
@@AriaK_YT I can't hate him as much as others do, both in real life and in the show. Ozma (that was his original name so that is what I am calling him), has lived as long as Salem. I wonder how many people he tried trusting eventually left him. His morals probably became warped over the course of his lifespan. I just want to know why. What was it that caused him to end up like he did in Volume 6. To be honest, I am more angry at Yang for how much she has shamed him. I even hold some resentment towards Qrow. I doubt Ozpin wanted to lie to him, and I believe he was honest giving him purpose.
@@phillipmoghaddam7240 I personally cant see it like you do since i see it as basically remmant being the fallout of a bad divorce/breakup.. and so it ticks me off to no end..
Honestly, Ozpin is easily my favourite character. In my eyes, this guy in the biggest chad in RWBY: 1) Meets new students, the first thing he does is catapult them off a cliff 2) His amazing speech skills 3) He fought a maiden with insane firepower with an extendable walking stick and was absolutely dominating, had no idea how he even lost 4) The fact that he's still sane and trying to fight against Salem after probably millennia of pain and suffering is incredible And to the people that hate on him: Stop trying to fucking villanise him. That pain in Oz's voice when he talks about Leo not being the first one to betray him. We've all been backstabbed, betrayed or let down by people. Imagine that feeling multiplied by who knows how many lifetimes. Why would you tell anyone anything they did not explicitly need to know to complete their mission when you have lifetimes on lifetimes of experiences that say people will let you down, and betray you. They will give up. They will run. They will turn. In ONE volume alone, he's had Raven, Leo, and to a lesser extent, Ironwood all bite him in the ass. He has mountains of evidence that say trusting people any more than absolutely necessary is a bad idea. Everyone is always talking about how Ozpin is always lying, but from where he's sitting, everyone who's ever said "You can trust me" is the liar. Salem is terrifying. So terrifying that some of the most powerful and skilled people Ozpin ever worked with have gone running scared. Sometimes to her. Obviously, Oz messed up, but you know what? Now Salem is trying to end humanity, and Ozpin is trying to stop her. He has spent gods knows how many lifetimes trying to keep the world safe from his mistake, to find some way to make it right, and the best he's managed is slowing her down. He is in a war with a devil that he thinks is of his own making. The world is in danger because of him, and that is a burden he has spent lifetimes shouldering. RWBY don't even have two decades of life experience under their belt. They haven't had to live with the shit Ozpin has had to live with. Had to see. Love and loss and betrayal and disappointment and guilt and shame, again and again and again. After thousands of years, it's obviously going to take a toll on him. Hell, it's amazing he can still keep his composure most of the time. He is doing the best he can, shouldering the burden. Now you can argue that maybe at this point, he shouldn't be shouldering this burden. And quite frankly, I think that's one of the main points of the series. They say from the very beginning that it's going to take a more simple, honest soul to win this. Ozpin is not simple or honest. How can he be, after everything he's been through. I'm not going to pretend that what he did was right, but I understand and sympathize with everything he has done, poor guy.
Yes! So much yes! I’m so glad someone else gets Ozpins greatness! Team RWBY seems to conveniently forget these facts as well as the fact Ozma was cursed by the god of light because of Salem. Even before the gods cursed him, she made Oz come back to life only to be killed a few times by both gods. Imagine being killed over and over again by real gods only to be cursed and have them throw their failure upon you. Ozpin has every right to hold his own secrets as there’s so much I doubt he could remember every single thing they think he should be telling them.
This. THIS! And those kids have the sheer audacity to demand truths from him, and prying into his past without permission. I can understand if it's Qrow, because he's working for Ozpin for years, and trusted him. But RWBY and JNR? They have no rights. They're too arrogant, thinking they can solve problems better than him. It's ironic that they don't want truths is hidden from them, but instead they hid the truths from Ironwood. What a bunch of hypocrites. And the results? Ironwood paranoia skyrocketed, and some of their decision caused the fall of Atlas. Ren is right, they're not ready to be Huntsman and Huntresses.
I wholeheartedly agree, Ozpin deserves more love than he's being given, He's a poor tormented soul who's simply trying his hardest to save the ruined world of Remnant
Uh those hypocrites have the sheer audacity of asking children to die over and over for their mistakes and lying when they did the same ? Yeah you taught them it was okay. Then they’re supposed to follow you without question, to accept their private life being pried upon ? They have no rights to ask for trust.
God Ozpin is such a good character. From his tortured past to him learning that secrets and lies aren't the way to save everyone to his wisdom and belief in humanity, even in it's worst moments
I had to write a thesis paper about the philosophy of humans. Things about what makes humans different than animals or any other creature, but also about what makes humans the same. I wish I had this for inspiration, because it is true that fear is the singular quality that connects us but is also the quality that makes us different.
@@PigOfGreed A prequel novel was released. Not only was Neo mute from birth she is also a composite personality composed of Trivia, her birth personality and Neo her fabricated personality. So the Neapolitan you see is sort of an agreement between her two personalities. Fitting that she’s modeled after Hecate, goddess of three road junctions and Neapolitan ice cream, a vanilla which exists between strawberry and chocolate.
Oz is the 🐐, it pains me how the other characters in the show fail to realise his sacrifice, efforts, pain and loss he has had to endure for the greater good.
"The single quality that is common accross every living creatures on this planet is fear" I thought it was having a structure of hydrocarbons and a DNA-based genome, but what do I know
We need the clean version of the song that’s playing during Ozpins speech it is amazing, it really reflects everyone’s feelings, especially when it cuts to Crow.
A wise man once said... Three men stared once, into the void of fear; a coward, a fool, and a hero The coward stared into the void and coward, for her was afraid The fool simply sneered, thinking he was without fear But the Hero, he stared into fear, and when fear stared back at him...It blinked.
I think we've all lived through fear and had to make choices based on it, so I'd like to start a chain: I am proud of that person, not for what they did, but for how they changed because of it. I do forgive them. I understand why they felt the need to do what they did. They were _exactly_ the very thing I should have feared from the start, but they are not anymore. I found out, sooner, rather than later.
This is beautiful and rather therapeutic so I believe I'm going to give it a shot I'm by no means proud of that person, it's something consistent yet they always miss the point I don't know if I forgive them, I guess only time will tell I certainly understand why they felt the need to, but don't like it either way I immediately recognized them, I've always known them It was way to late for me
I'm not proud of that person. I know it's natural, I know that they weren't expected to make the brave decision, I know it was okay. But knowing isn't enough for me. I still see them sometimes. I want to forgive them, but I want to forget them, and all I know is that both of those solutions mean that I'll become them. I didn't recognize them, I wasn't supposed to, but thats not enough. It will never be enough.
Throughout a majority of my childhood, I always lived in fear because of what my former stepmother done to me. I always used fear as an excuse to get through the situations I was in. But my time at college woke me up and showed me that I needed to forgive her and I have. Even after that forgiveness, there were a few things I still fear about life. My childhood fear doesn’t bother me anymore, but I know that fear lives on in me and so does hope. Hope can help anyone face the things they fear the most. Whenever someone gives in to fear like failing an assignment, being alone, or thinking about death, there’s always hope in that person to try to be better and learn from that situation.
I remember back when I saw Volume 7 as it aired, when I saw Cinder shouting the first thing that came out of my mouth was "Aw, Cinder's angy." and that threw my friends into a laughing fit, so we paused and rewound a bit so we could watch the speech without laughing.
@@riiaok448The lead character of Doctor Who. They're a time traveling Alien with a similar immortality to Ozma. Each time they would die, they regenerate into a new body. Same memories, but they often change drastically in personality.
And thus, the nightmare fuel began burning in us all.... There's hasn't been a better chapter cliffhanger in animation in quite awhile. Even in the best from anime!! Just an old otaku's opinion. 😎👍🌹
Sadly just watched this. Now my intent to write a fic that has "Live without Fear" as a message told to people seems to be a slap in the face to canon. I'll keep doing it, but it just won't be right now...
Honestly, I don't like the series. I think it really lost its touch. However, I adore this speech. It's something that I Honestly agree with whole-heartedly .
