Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-31396746-20180804000809/@comment-36105773-20180813164421

ArcWraith wrote: So since all teams each have their own theme that all members follow (RWBY = fairy tales, JNPR = genderbent heroes etc) I was wondering what the theme of Team STRQ could be. In the end I figured it could be poems as thats the closest for what we know of them so far.

Summer Rose: Based off the Poem The Last Rose Of Summer. From her name to her gravestone quoting the poem.

Taiyang Xiao-Long: ???

Raven Branwen: Based off Hugin, one of the raven's of the norse god Odin from the poem Grímnismál within the poetic edda

Qrow Branwen: Based off Muninn, one of the raven's of the norse god Odin from the poem Grímnismál within the poetic edda. He is also based off the Scarecrow from wizard of Oz to a lesser degree since he serves under Ozpin.

So what do you think of this theory? And what poem could Tai allude to? There's been several poems that people have suggested for Tai's allusion, and I think that Xiang Taiyang by Ai Qing is one of the most likely. The poem means "towards the sun".