Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20151116021418

For those of you who have seen the new episode, you probably caught that Qrow, Ozpin and the others seem to be referring to a mysterious "she", likely as their main antagonist. I think we can reasonably assume that they're also referring to the Black Queen, with the recurring chess motif. This of course begs the question of exactly who the Black Queen is.


 * Cinder Fall: Definitely a candidate, given she is a female antagonist and is clearly pretty dangerous in multiple ways. She's also infiltrated the festival and rigged the competition to her choosing, so she's a clear and present danger, as well as the one candidate we know the most about. However, I don't think it's her, because she's already on the inside, and I just get the sense that she isn't as grandiose as the Black Queen is made out to be. I could be wrong.


 * Jen Taylor: If she ends up voicing a character, then my hunch is that she will be the Black Queen, since (given the opening narration), she seems to be very wise and powerful, on equal footing with Ozpin if not higher. Plus, we currently know nothng about her, thus nothing is off limits (within the bounds of practicality).


 * Raven Branwen: This one's a long shot, but I actually think it'd be really interesting if she ended up being the Black Queen. She fits the criteria of being enigmatic, and given Neo's reaction to freak the f**k out when she saw Raven, she's probably quite the badass as well. Furthermore, her appearance isn't exactly what I'd call heroic, and I'm getting strong antihero vibes from what little we know of her. And I think it'd be great if the Big Bad (whom the Black Queen is certainly being set up to be) were a fallen Huntress that was once noble. Again, a long shot. But I'd love it if it happened.  