Talk:STRQ/@comment-72.33.4.20-20151201055958/@comment-165.120.152.13-20151204013157

I don't think you're overthinking it. Circle over her suggests that he's been trying to blot her out, yeah, but the colour is wrong for it to be coffee. We already know that Qrow is a heavy drinker, could be he picked that up to drown his grief over whatever happened to Summer. Not to mention that Qrow is clean-shaven in the picture, but heavy stubbled when the story is set, he's clearly let himself go  And look at the marks over him and Raven. Those are tear stains.

Out of the four of them who founded team STRQ, Qrow and Taiyang are the only ones still at large. The fact that Qrow mentions he could tell Ruby and Yang stories about them that'll have to wait until Ruby is older suggests that maybe once they'd grown up a bit the four of them were more than just friends (more or less, I doubt Qrow went that far with his sister).

No wonder Qrow is in such a state and Taiyang almost shut down emotionally. Qrow lost a lover and his sister, and Taiyang lost both his wives.