Talk:Qrow Branwen/@comment-67.10.20.60-20161024041632/@comment-1716874-20161026061347

Why can't he be? If you're thinking about that old Tweet by Monty, it had been about someone supposing Yang was actually Summer. And since it was early in the show's lifetime, he could have still referred to Ruby and Yang as "half-sisters" to preserve certain plot twists. The idea that Taiyang/Raven and Qrow/Summer were items concurrently would be easier to grasp than the idea that Tai and Summer's relationship blossomed right after Raven flew the coop.

What if at some point Qrow left Summer (to look for Raven?) when neither knew she was pregnant with their daughter, and stand-up guy Taiyang offered to help her raise the child (two single parents uniting as a working pair?), and maybe during that time they developed feelings for one another. At some point Qrow comes back to find the happy family and is either none the wiser about Ruby's paternity, or does know but decides not to mess things up (again).

Having failed to find his sister and lost both his lover and daughter, he drinks to cope. Little Yang, ignorant of the ways of babymaking, naturally assumes Ruby is also Tai's daughter and fills in the details herself, which may not be denied by Tai or Summer to maintain the facade. And I don't see the girls' relationship with Qrow as being "uncle was there for us while dad was sad." Instead, I think  Qrow decided to make up for being a deadbeat dad by becoming the cool uncle, much to Taiyang's consternation (possible explanation for look in Volume 3 finale?).