Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27083726-20151109195755

I wonder if the Summer's last mission will be of any relevance to the plot? Like, will we ever know what she was doing? Does it have anything to do with what the villans have planned?

I have a theory (that's pretty much just from a, hey this will lead to character developement vs any proof in the show), but what if it had to do with Raven? We don't know why Raven left. We can assume maybe it was to protect her family (but who knows?) We don't know her relationship to Summer, but they were on the same team, and Summer seems to have been a caring woman, so I would think if she found a clue leading to Raven she would go looking.

When Yang found a clue it lead her to danger. What if the same thing happened to Summer? If Taiyang and Qrow knew this was the reason, it would make sense that perhaps one of them had a slip up about Raven (leading to Yang finding out about her birth mother) and also their refusal to really talk about her (if Raven was involved in something dangerous, it's best to keep Yang out of it)

So, to sum it up, what if Raven indirectly caused Summer's death?

I think this would be  great, because of it's significance to both Yang and Ruby as characters. How will they react to this? Obviously they'll be upset, but will it push Yang past her breaking point? I think Ruby could eventually forgive Raven for what happened to Summer (if her reasons for leaving are valid), but could she forgive her for hurting her sister? Or will the details of her mother's demise ultimately tear Ruby down too? 