Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-28745050-20160614060931/@comment-4010415-20161023043459

97.94.237.124 wrote: Yes. Monty Oum had stated that Yang and Ruby are half-sisters, but since (I am sorry) he is no longer around (may he rest in peace) the new creators may have changed the characters' backstories. In addition to this, Monty Oum had also stated that Blake and Adam only had a student/mentor relationship but that was proven to be no longer the case, since they were in a romantic relationship before Blake left. In the last episode of the volume 3, when Qrow asked to talk to Ruby alone, there was unnecessary tension between Qrow and Taiyang. That tension may be because Qrow went against Summer's wishes to teach Ruby how to fight, but that would and should have faded due to the choice being Ruby's. Although, Taiyang seems like he would respect his children's wishes. Furthermore, Taiyang teaches at Signal Academy, which he could have easily stopped Ruby from attending that started her career as a Huntress. 1. There's no reason for them to change the backstory to say that Qrow is Ruby's real dad.

2. I don't recall Monty saying that Blake and Adam only had a student/mentor relationship. I recall him saying that they had a student/mentor relationship but not saying that was all there is to it. In volume 2, Blake even said that Adam was a mentor to her. "I had a partner named Adam... more of a mentor, actually."

3. I have a theory that the tension has to do with the silver eyes, not about teaching Ruby to fight. Taiyang knew that Qrow was going to tell her about the silver-eyed warriors, and he may not have wanted Qrow to tell her.

Hell, Summer may have been part of Ozpin's brotherhood because of her silver eyes and could have died on an incredibly dangerous mission she was sent on due to her being powerful enough to take it with less risk than anyone else. If this is the case, does Taiyang blame Ozpin for Summer's death? He may have wanted to keep the whole silver eyes thing secret from Ruby, for fear that she would do the same thing her mother did: Decide that, since she's special, she should help. And that's exactly what she did.