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I hope that she keeps the bow. It may be because I'm not a big fan of change, but it would also make sense.

So far, the only people who (probably) knows that Blake is a Faunus are Sun, RWY, Adam, and possibly Ozpin as well. We did see how Cardin/CRDL was treating Velvet and Professor Oobleck asked the class if anybody has been "subjugated or discriminted for their Faunus heritage". Blake probably hid her ears underneath the bow to A) avoid harrasement over the fact that she's a faunus and/or B) to hide suspisions about her (previous) afflition with the WF.

Even if her teamates know about her being a Faunus, Blake would probably still wear the bow around everybody else because they don't know about her secret and Blake would want to keep it a secret. Sure, she might take off the bow when she's just in team RWBY's dorm, but that would probably be the only time she won't hide her ears.