Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-28745050-20160614060931/@comment-86.131.151.3-20160626232037

As an anonymous RWBY fan, I have to say I fully believe the Qrow is Ruby's Father theory. For starters, and obvious evidence a lot of you haven't mentioned: Ruby looks absolutely nothing like Taiyang. Like, at all. Now you could say that it's because she takes after Summer Rose genetically- but Yang takes after Raven, and she still has some resemblence of Tai in her. Yang has his hair and eye colour, whereas Ruby has none of Tai's traits. Now compare Ruby to Qrow- MUCH more of a resemblence, you cannot deny.

Secondly, note how much Tai seems to hate Qrow. Now there's plenty of reason for that, I am sure- I mean he's arrogant, reckless, an alcoholic, and shows no sense of responsibility. Not the kind of person you want hanging around your daughters, even if they are family. So, why does Tai allow Ruby to see him as some-form of role model- especially to the point where Qrow becomes her MENTOR in combat and teaches her how to wield what is described as one of the most advanced and dangerous weapons in all of Remnant? Some estranged drunk uncle? Never. But her real father, someone not even Tai could deny her knowing? Perhaps.

Thirdly, examine the current story- Tai, who seems like a reasonably respectable guy, has dated AND had sex with not just ONE of his own teammates and friends, but TWO of them! Given Yang's age, he MUST have dated Raven first. And we all know Team STRQ has a thing while they were at Beacon, so Summer, Tai, Raven and Qrow have been more-or-less inseperable since then. But then at least a year after Yang is born, either he and Raven go on a break OR Tai CHEATS on her, and sleeps with Summer in order to concieve Ruby. But then, for Yang to know Raven as her mother, he goes BACK to her? And the reckless aggressive Qrow doesn't rip him limb-from-limb for cheating on his sister? And the four of them REMAIN FRIENDS for at least the next 2 years while Summer is pregnant with Ruby, gives birth, at least up until her death? Am I the only one calling bullshit here?! It's FAR more plausible that Tai and Raven were together FAITHFULLY, and meanwhile Qrow and Summer hooked up (either as a one-night-stand OR a full-blown relationship) sometime after Yang's birth and conceived Ruby- making Ruby and Yang cousins and not actually sisters.

Finally, let's refine that second point a bit, and theorise how Team STRQ disbanded. Raven has gone AWOL and begun wearing a Grimm mask; Summer Rose is dead by means/for reasons so far unconfirmed; Qrow is a drink-abusing, workaholic Hunter; and Tai is a single father to two girls. How does link in to Qrow being Ruby's dad? Bear with me. We can assume Raven must have been the first to leave- given her new mask, perhaps she abandoned her team and way of life because she has identified with the Grimm in one way or another, or believes the 'need' to hunt them down is wrong. Now if Ruby taking after her mother (as some characters have commented) is anything to go off, then we can assume Summer wouldn't have accepted that- she'd have gone after her to bring her home. Along the way, Summer is attacked by Grimm and killed- Raven could have stopped it, but she didn't.

Tai is destraught and betrayed, his wife Raven being responsible for his dear friend/possible crush's death. But he can't go after her himself- he has a daughter to take care of- so he demands Qrow brings Raven to justice. But Qrow can't do it. Raven just killed the woman he loved, but he can't take her down just like that. Not a valued teammate, and certainly not his own sister. He hits a depressive state and goes his own way, diving into his work as a Hunter and taking up the drink to forget his pain. This leaves Tai having to give up his own career as a Hunter and become a devoted father, his friend un-avenged and his wife a traitor. But wait, what'll happen to his newborn niece, Ruby? He can't leave her to travel the world with an irresponsible, reckless lowlife like Qrow. So he takes her in as well, raising her as his own. As far as he is concerned, Ruby is HIS daughter, not Qrow's- and he's raised both her and Yang to believe that.

Then comes the day Yang takes Ruby to go searching for Raven, and are saved from a Grimm attack by Qrow. Qrow brings the two girl's home, Yang remembering him as Uncle Qrow, and now Ruby knows him by that name. After that, he can't keep Qrow out anymore- so Tai introduces him forever more, as Uncle Qrow. He still hates the man for betraying him by not going after Raven, but he can't keep him away from the last bit of family he has either.

This is getting long, so I'll stop there. Now you're thinking "But Monty said they were sisters, so they have to be sisters and nothing else can possibly be a thing ever at all no way na-ah. not having it!". Well it's always a possibility that's true. But consider this- if Monty was planning to reveal 'the truth' behind Ruby's parentage later on down the line, why on EARTH would he spoil it before Qrow was even properly introduced in the show? Consider it another "Arkham Knight" scenario (if you ever played Batman: Arkham Knight*)- Monty told us one thing and claimed it to be fact, to deter us from figuring out what's going to happen later in the show. And on that, I'll tip my hat and leave.

(* for context if you didn't play that game- Rocksteady claimed, after many people theorised his real identity to be the existing character Jason Todd, that the new villain known as 'the Arkham Knight' would be a completely original character and will NOT be any pre-existing character in any way, shape or form. But before the game's official release people leaked out that the Arkham Knight WAS in fact the former Robin, Jason Todd, who Rockstar swore it wasn't.)