Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171118002715/@comment-34633327-20171119222942

BenRG wrote:

1. That is why Salem could never win, even if she were a million times stronger than she was. In the end, she does not ​truly​​​ understand the bonds that hold humanity together. She just simply has no understanding of love and family.

2. As for Raven? She went to Beacon looking for enemies and so she found them. The darkness of her heart made her unable to see what Ozpin, in his imperfect way, was trying to do. All she was was her own cunning, cynical and destructive soul reflected back to her. She saw what, ultimately, she ​wanted​​​ to see.

3. I'm going to repeat a prediction that I made before. Raven murdered Summer, possibly when she tried to interfere in the Tribe's business. It will be Yang's destiny to balance the books.

I anticipate the very last words that the two women will exchange will be Raven trying to manipulate Yang into sparing her by reminding her that she is her mother. Yang will reply: "No, you were never my mother; the woman who was my mother...? You murdered her despite her being your closest friend in this world. This is for her." 1. Except Salem does understand the idea of bonds. Remember what she said in End of the Beginning?

Your faith in mankind was not misplaced. When banded together, unified by a common enemy, they are a noticeable threat. But divide them, place doubt into their minds, and any semblance of power they once had will wash away.

Or what she told Cinder in Dread in the Air?​

Never underestimate the usefulness of others. Take Leonardo; he was one of  Ozpin ’s most trusted, and yet now…

She understands bonds and the power of humanity, she just knows how to break those bonds and use the power of humanity against them.

2. Raven didn't go looking for enemies, she looked for methods on how to kill potential enemies as a way to defend her tribe. There is nothing to suggest what she saw is what she wanted to see, especially seeing as how Ozpin himself admits he's made more mistakes than anyone else.

3. If that were the case, Qrow wouldn't have been so willing to interact with her, nor would Taiyang still hold some fondness for her. And don't say Qrow wouldn't know, Qrow would probably recognize his sisters handiwork. Summer's death is more than likely unrelated to Raven. Besides, even if it was Raven, Yang wouldn't murder her. Yang has shown no signs of desiring or even having the capacity to murder someone.