Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24534644-20170131042047/@comment-4010415-20170131043529

We're actually uncertain of what's causing Raven's portals, but I do think that turning into birds is magic, possibly connected to yet another fairy tale or legend. That's pretty much what I've been saying every time someone goes "If it's not his Semblance, then how does he turn into a bird??" Magic. Qrow said that a lot of fairy tales and legends are true. Even the craziest ones come from somewhere, he says.

Also, the crow that turned into Qrow in Tipping Point had feathers on its head that kinda resembled his hair, and its eyes were a dull red like his eyes. The crow/raven that we keep seeing in scenes where Qrow is in his human form? No such "Qrow's hairstyle" feathers, and its eyes are vivid red, like Raven's eyes.