Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20180105193053/@comment-2001:8A0:D212:101:3160:38A2:D9F6:43B6-20180106231514

I think Vernal is dead. I mean: 1) Jaune's semblance probably has limitations, and I'm guessing Vernal sn't on top of the list. Hell, Raven is going to fight Cinder now, so I'm guessing she won't be in a good shape either. And if it comes to be between Raven or Vernal, I'm pretty sure it's Raven.

Actually, I think I started to get Raven. Well she left Tai and Yang because she was scared, and probably because continuing to work for Ozpin and have a family would make them targets. Or she just disagreed with Ozpin's methods

When I thought Vernal was the spring maiden, I didn't get why Raven who decided to get away from it all would choose to have someone who would be basically a target for both sides. But, now, that Raven is revealed to be the maiden I can easily see 2 options:

1) her powers are really a burden and not something she chose - I mean the rules say they are passed to the last person on the maiden's mind, which does make things a bit unpredictable. Just because you kill someone doesn't mean you're the last on their mind, not to mention that maybe she didn't even killed her, they might have just crossed paths and Raven did something significant for her or maybe was part of the tribe but was killed by Grimm or hunstmen or something;

2) she has been trying to find ways to fight Salem all along, but having problems with Ozpin's strategy or something like that, decided to take matter on her own hands. This way pretending to be neutral but not really being would also still allow Tai and, more importantly, Yang not to be targets