Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4606441-20141024012020/@comment-25498704-20141103162228

Whoa... I like some of the stuff out here but guys, really? We're going waaaaay out on some really fragile limbs here.

Try not to pull other animes or mangas into this because, while the script writers were made to watch a bunch of animes, the story would be all over the place with deus ex machinas and unrecoverable plot holes. Already, Raven's appearance is a serious deus ex which will need some really serious explaining. Also note that when Yang took Ruby on that little journey that nearly got them killed, Qrow was watching over them. This makes perfect sense if you follow this line forward...

Firstly, We are making a big deal in how Raven looks really young. Well, this is a cartoon so its completely plausible. Also, "freaking Asians" - google "Masako Mizutani". She's 46 y.o.

Anyway, Raven and Qrow - really like how the names are basically the same type of bird. So these two are likely related given the thematic fetish this show seems to enjoy. It is completely possible for both of them to be brother and sister (Qrow has the same black and red color scheme in the flashback) - AND have Raven being Yang's mum. This is the strongest possibility because Yang has been searching for her mum all her life, they share similar features such as eyes, wild hair and even clothing style (except the colour scheme). There has been no suggestion in the series that children inherit their parent's semblences and even if this were true, it is possible that Yang inherited her dad's semblence - we are generally assuming that Raven's semblence is her tele-portal ability(?).

Also, it makes sense that if Raven were out on a mission and TaiYang "incapacitated", her brother Qrow would help look after her daughter - his niece, and Ruby. Her brother would naturally help on this.

It is weakly possible for Raven to be Qrow's daughter, making them cousins - this is a weak assumption because until now there's been zero hint, notice or foreshadowing on this line. And this would require EVEN BIGGER explanations going forward.

But here's the question - when Ruby refers to Qrow as "uncle"... was this an "Asian" designation of respect or are they really related? Oh, and it makes sense that her clothing theme would match Qrow's since he taught her all the kung-fu while still keeping her hoody thing similar with her mum.