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** In order to build Amity Tower and reestablish global communications without dipping into his own resources, Ironwood \
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** In order to build Amity Tower and reestablish global communications without dipping into his own resources, Ironwood \\\"diverts\\\" materials assigned to repair Mantle\\\'s outer walls, figuring his army can handle things. This and the resentment from the increased military presence merely increases Grimm attacks, meaning his forces are continually exhausting themselves.
** He assigns Penny and Marrow to guard Robyn Hill\\\'s election day party, but this puts Penny in the position to be framed by Tyrian and Watts.
** [[spoiler: When his paranoia consumes him and he begins lashing out, his orders to arrest the heroes backfires on him \\\'\\\'epically.\\\'\\\' First, Clover\\\'s BlindObedience ultimately gets him killed by Tyrian. His order to have Winter take the Winter Maiden\\\'s power leads Cinder right to her. And his soldiers attacking Team JNR gives Neo the opening to steal the Relic of Knowledge.]]
Reasons:
* The Vale Arc is a long, carefully executed plan to attract the Grimm to Vale based on hacking the Vytal Festival Tournament. Much of what Cinder did with Ironwood and his army was adapted on the fly as advantages came her way (the two biggest examples being Team RWBY getting in over their heads at Mountain Glenn and Qrow\\\'s Misfortune Semblance kicking in). FailureHero stresses that FailureIsTheOnlyOption counts against the trope, and the Vale Arc was YouCantThwartStageOne.
* The Haven plot had very little to do with anything Ironwood did. The lack of defence and protection was due to Leo being a mole for years and ensuring the kingdom\\\'s Huntsmen were killed off and the Academy empty at the right time. Salem\\\'s plan was a stealthy B&E designed to ensure the world never knew her people had ever been there. The Faunus Militia had nothing to do with either Ironwood or Salem. It was solely in response to Adam\\\'s activities and a desire to curb the White Fang\\\'s terrorism. We know Ironwood mistrusted Leo, but there\\\'s no indication he was clued in on the extent of Leo\\\'s betrayal or what was about to happen.
* The show never claims Ironwood is avoiding \\\'dipping into his own resources\\\'. The show implies that Ironwood is using every resource he has access to, which is why Mantle\\\'s resources are being diverted. They\\\'re even avoiding flying resources to the tower in order to conserve Dust. He also asks the heroes to help protect Mantle\\\'s outer walls precisely because he doesn\\\'t have enough man-power to do it without them. The reason his army gets exhausted is because they\\\'re trying to fight a Grimm invasion (triggered by the machinations of the villains) and evacuate an entire city at the same time.
* Villainous plot includes the successful massacre of a crowd of people and framing one of the heroes isn\\\'t this trope. That\\\'s blaming Ironwood for things he actually can\\\'t know at that point in the story, which isn\\\'t the trope.
* Hero\\\'s character flaw is successfully exploited by a villain to tip him over the edge and locate the Winter Maiden isn\\\'t this trope; Clover\\\'s character flaws are Clover\\\'s responsibility, not Ironwood\\\'s; Neo stealing the Relic of Knowledge has very little to do with Ironwood or his soldiers. Yes, she takes advantage of the soldiers to escape. However, the show also indicates there was nothing Team JNR could have done to stop her, soldiers or no.
** He assigns Penny and Marrow to guard Robyn Hill\\\'s election day party, but this puts Penny in the position to be framed by Tyrian and Watts.
** [[spoiler: When his paranoia consumes him and he begins lashing out, his orders to arrest the heroes backfires on him \\\'\\\'epically.\\\'\\\' First, Clover\\\'s BlindObedience ultimately gets him killed by Tyrian. His order to have Winter take the Winter Maiden\\\'s power leads Cinder right to her. And his soldiers attacking Team JNR gives Neo the opening to steal the Relic of Knowledge.]]
Reasons:
* The Vale Arc is a long, carefully executed plan to attract the Grimm to Vale based on hacking the Vytal Festival Tournament. Much of what Cinder did with Ironwood and his army was adapted on the fly as advantages came her way (the two biggest examples being Team RWBY getting in over their heads at Mountain Glenn and Qrow\\\'s Misfortune Semblance kicking in). FailureHero stresses that FailureIsTheOnlyOption counts against the trope, and the Vale Arc was YouCantThwartStageOne.
* The Haven plot had very little to do with anything Ironwood did. The lack of defence and protection was due to Leo being a mole for years and ensuring the kingdom\\\'s Huntsmen were killed off and the Academy empty at the right time. Salem\\\'s plan was a stealthy B&E designed to ensure the world never knew her people had ever been there. The Faunus Militia had nothing to do with either Ironwood or Salem. It was solely in response to Adam\\\'s activities and a desire to curb the White Fang\\\'s terrorism. We know Ironwood mistrusted Leo, but there\\\'s no indication he was clued in on the extent of Leo\\\'s betrayal or what was about to happen.
* The show never claims Ironwood is avoiding \\\'dipping into his own resources\\\'. The show implies that Ironwood is using every resource he has access to, which is why Mantle\\\'s resources are being diverted. They\\\'re even avoiding flying resources to the tower in order to conserve Dust. He also asks the heroes to help protect Mantle\\\'s outer walls precisely because he doesn\\\'t have enough man-power to do it without them. The reason his army gets exhausted is because they\\\'re trying to fight a Grimm invasion (triggered by the machinations of the villains) and evacuate an entire city at the same time.
* Villainous plot includes the successful massacre of a crowd of people and framing one of the heroes isn\\\'t this trope. That\\\'s blaming Ironwood for things he actually can\\\'t know at that point in the story, which isn\\\'t the trope.
* Hero\\\'s character flaw is successfully exploited by a villain to tip him over the edge and locate the Winter Maiden isn\\\'t this trope; Clover\\\'s character flaws are Clover\\\'s responsibility, not Ironwood\\\'s; Neo stealing the Relic of Knowledge has very little to do with Ironwood or his soldiers. Yes, she takes advantage of the soldiers to escape. However, the show also indicates there was nothing Team JNR could have done to stop her, soldiers or no.
