Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-10403005-20130604071723/@comment-10390252-20130728142631

Bigbadwolfman wrote: The only problem is that I can't think of why it's white. As odd as it sounds, why not white. White and red roses are easily distinguishable so it is an artisitcally easy way to compare and yet contrast Ruby with Summer.

I'm thinking that, just as Jaune has the memory of his great-great grandfather hanging over his head, Ruby has the memory of Summer Rose hanging over her head. Being something other than Summer Rose's spitting image ("You have silver eyes...") may turn out to be a major motivator for her later on.

Here's a prediction though: She doesn't know about Summer yet; she's an orphan raised by Yang's folks and found out about her real family only by luck through going to a school where Crow worked. One of the main elements of Volume One (and possibly Two as well) will be Ruby finding out the truth of her heritage and the load that it places on her shoulders.

You see... I'm pretty sure that statue in the opening is Jaune's great-great-grandaddy and Summer Rose saving the world. Now everyone looks at them and comments about how they are their ancestors' spitting images. There might be a 'reincarnation/past lives' trope in there somewhere too.