Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-114.142.221.203-20150819060941/@comment-4010415-20150827015023

Ruby is evidence of "getting the same education, but being better" considering she moved up 2 years to Beacon.

If Yang had a cousin, shouldn't they have mentioned it by now? I know the writing in RWBY is pretty bad, but one thing we can give 'em is the fact that they actually let us know of the existence of a character's relative before they introduce them.


 * Summer Rose - We had the altar in the Red Trailer, marked "Summer Rose, Thus Kindly I Scatter." We had White Cloak, who may be Summer Rose, appear in the volume 1 opening.


 * Taiyang Xiao Long - Two mentions of him in volume 1 ("I don't think dad would approve of all the boys, though" "UGH, you sound like dad!"). He was mentioned again in volume 2 before Yang's story about her real mom and before he mailed Zwei to them. That was when Ruby was talking to Penny and mentioned she knows what it's like to have a really protective father.


 * Qrow Branwen - The very first episode of volume 1 ("That's my Uncle Qrow!"), the message from him at the end of volume 1, mention of him in Ozpin and Ironwood's conversation early in volume 2, mention of him in Yang's story.


 * Winter Schnee - Mentioned in the CCT.


 * Yang's mother - We saw Yang interrogating Junior for clues about her mother's whereabouts in the Yellow Trailer, and Yang told a story all about finding out about her in volume 2.

If Yang had a cousin who was going to be introduced, they would've mentioned her at some point, subtly or not. There has been no mention of any cousin. There has also been no passive clue of "Haha, what if I had another sister, though?" By "passive clue," I mean what they did with writing a clue about Blake being a Faunus in Yang's lines: "I like your bow! It goes great with your... pajamas!" <-- Miles said they wrote that line as a way of saying "Hey, audience, isn't it weird that she's wearing her bow to bed?"

The only relative of Yang that has been mentioned or even hinted to is her mother.