Talk:Qrow Branwen/@comment-142.163.148.61-20170101170808/@comment-92.169.13.82-20170102205536

Turning into a crow might be a next level of semblance thing, just as the Schnee glyphs can also allow for summoning and time dilation? After all, crows are a sign of bad luck so the link is pretty clear.

If it's not related to his semblance, one could speculate it's some form of magic more similar to the Maidens', possibly hereditary or bestowed upon him by (some incarnation of) Ozpin as a protector of the maidens... if so do other protectors also have an extra magical ability? Could that be the reason for Glynda's weather mage powers? Etc.

Else, this might not be a magical trait but a species trait, similarly to night vision in the Faunus. We know about Humans and Faunus, but what if there's a third race, small enough to be regarded as 'in-between' - the members of the (Qrow and Raven's) Tribe? Not faunus, but not faunus either, but shapteshifters. I've seen people speculating on the RT website that each of them might have the ability of turning into a different species of bird representative of their personality, and could have tried to settle out in villages outside of the kingdoms.

As to Qrow and Raven sharing a Semblance, I wouldn't really like that, it's supposed to be rare?! But it cannot be disproven, in fact back while vol 3 was airing fan theories had supported that Raven's semblance was misfortune; as one of the reasons why she had to leave Yang behind. Also note that Qrow and Raven's emblems (as appearing in Burning the Candle) are mirror images of each other, so the idea of their semblances being identical or opposites of each other wouldn't be so out there...