Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-69.138.248.186-20170111152805/@comment-25936766-20170329034938

Terminus99 wrote: 1-Actually, Qrow was using her as bait. Otherwise, he could have told them about his Semblance and travelled with them, simply keeping some distance like he did during the entire journey.

2-But, he knew that she painted a target on her back and that one of Salem's minions would probably go after her. So he decided to follow them closely, so he could protect Ruby and take the minion for surprise when he came to attack her. He would be protecting Ruby and would take out one of Salem's minions, probably after questioning him. So yeah, regardless of his intentions, Qrow was using her as bait.

3-Not only that, but Qrow (and most likely Ozpin) intend to use Ruby as a weapon against Salem. He told her about her powers, knowing that she would like to help, and then pointed her in the right direction, without actually telling her to go, all behind Tai's back. Ruby did exactly what he wanted her to do, and he made her think that it was her idea. 1-I fail to see the connection between these 2 things.

2-.....You are arguing that Qrow knew a Salem Minion would go after Ruby, and thus he used her as bait to lure the Minion and try to take it out while protecting Ruby, following them closely waiting for the moment.

But I could argue, using the exact same facts, that Qrow knew of the possibility of a Salem Minion going after Ruby, and thus decided to follow them closely, to protect her if one of them did appear and went after her.

You're arguing he used Ruby as bait to beat one of Salem's mooks, but the same factual evidence tells me he didn't, he just knew the chances of it happening and followed them for in case it did happen.

3-Let's be honest, Ruby would've tried to help anyway even if Qrow never told her about her powers. Even if she didn't know about them, she still knew about Merc, Emerald, and most likely Cinder's involvement in the Fall of Beacon, and Penny and Pyrrha's deaths.

And let's be honest, without the SEW powers, they are doomed. Without the SEW Deus Ex Machina, Vale would be a graveyard for reals, and Cinder wouldn't have needed to waste 6+ months to get back in shape.

Overall, without Ruby, they are literally doomed to die. Qrow pushing her to fight Salem and co., isn't because he's some manipulative bastard, but rather because without her, they're effectively dead, especially if Salem gets another Maiden.