Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-27366857-20151208163511/@comment-206.167.128.26-20151214115344

Read the lyric of "Red like roses", there is a part where the lyric are written by Summer's POV(as a message for Ruby) as she was dying or before she died(some parts are written as if in the future, Summer ghost was still being aware of the events)), explaining that she was scattering/disappearing, though this might only be metaphorically. But Ruby being similar to Summer should actually be weird, since as mentionned by Winter, heriditary semblance is something extremly rare, that make the Scheene semblance unique in the world of Remnant, as Ruby has the exact same semblance as her mother(as hinted in the song) would be like winning the big prize in the lottery, unless the writers introduce a way for someone to inherit someone else Aura... Oh WAIT!!! They did. So Pyyrah can inherit the Fall maiden's power as the latter is dying. (Might be unlikely, but the writers did create the perfect loop hole and served it on a silver plate for that to happen) Beside if such a method was used on Ruby, as she was in the developping stage of her persona(being 3 years old and all), changes as for Pyyrah was warned about would have gone unoticed.

"I didn't have a choice, I did what I had to do;" "I made a sacrifice, but forced a bigger sacrifice on you."

When Summer died, Ruby was between 2 and 3 years old, and she herself said that she don't have much memories of Summer because she was too young. So I doubt, the bigger sacrifice forced on Ruby, is about Ruby losing a parent as without much memories would recover better than others(would still be hurt, but nothing as horrible as otherwise), so the bigger sacrifice Summer unwillingly pushed on Ruby as she died has to be something else... remind you guys of something it might be?(*cough* maiden's powers *cough*)

"I caused you so much pain." "But, baby, please don't do what I did;" "I don't want you to waste your life in vain."

Just as higher, just reinforcing that Summer doesn't want Ruby to meet the same fate as her, initially I though it was about being a huntress, but nowhere in the song it is specified it's about being a huntress and is left up to interpretation.

Also remember that RWBY put a heavy emphasis on character names being relevant to the plot. Cinder is nearly confirmed as the one who stole half of Amber's power. Qrow and Raven do works from the shadows as they name theme imply(Crow and Raven). Ozpin acts like the Magician of Oz, keeping the brave souls and the heroes on the right path when he can help it. Even Ironwood act as his name origin would suggest it.

So Summer and Winter are hinted to respectively be the Summer and Winter maidens(would explain Qrow dislike of Winter and why Ironwood included her in their inner circle and Qrow himself being included because he was in the same team as one maiden).

This would also means, that the chances of Raven being a maiden too, would be at the very least, pretty low for now. Not impossible as nothing is confirmed, but unlikely. Portal leaving? We see Glyndas and Neo do bigger and magic like feats and we know they aren't any of the season maidens(we have yet to the maidens power in action).

PS: Raven leaving her family might not be because she wanted to protect them either. Maybe she had doubt on being a mother and left the moment Yang was born, maybe she had a fallout with the inner circle(if Qrow was included I think she might have been part of it before leaving) while Taiyang stayed on Ozpin and Qrow side, maybe she leaked information or screwed something and was kicked out. The thing is, we have testimony on Summer loving both of her daughters, however we have yet to know anything about Raven's personality.