Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-68.13.203.44-20150818191038/@comment-4010415-20150821201443

1. Qrow (It's spelled with a Q) seems to know things that even Ozpin doesn't, and Ozpin has cameras set up all over the place, hence how he was able to get footage of Ruby fighting the henchmen Roman hired, how he and Glynda were able to watch all the students in the initiation, and how Ozpin got live feed of what happened at the docks in Black and White. I think Qrow has some method of surveillance, possibly aided by his Semblance, whatever it may be. This would also mean that Qrow was the one who somehow knew Yang was in trouble, and he sent Raven, possibly because Raven would be able to get there first.

In the Volume 2 Director's Commentary, it was said that the sound of flapping wings after Qrow appeared in the flashback is actually important. Crows appear in the Red, Black, and Yellow Trailers. I'm still not entirely sure how to connect those because I'm not sure if the crows literally have something to do with Qrow or if they were there to be a metaphor that Qrow was watching. Either way, it's possible that he was watching the events of Red, Black, and Yellow. Ruby and Yang are his nieces, so he's gonna keep an eye on them to make sure they'll be okay, and he's apparently been watching the White Fang.

2. We don't have 100% confirmation that Raven is Yang's mom, but yeah, it's most likely she is. She could've been wearing that Grimm mask for any number of reasons. She could've been working undercover, she could've been wearing it for intimidation purposes rather than as a symbol of being in the White Fang, she could just be using it to conceal her face because whatever caused her to leave in the first place required that she work in the shadows without being recognized. Who knows? We'll have to wait to find out.

Also, the after-credits scene appeared to be a dream. We have no way of knowing if Raven somehow magically got inside Yang's dream, or if Yang was thinking about the moment she saw Raven leaving on the train and ended up having a dream about her, hoping that the masked woman could be her mom.

3. It very well could be coincidence. They both use Japanese swords, and Iaido is a Japanese technique.

4. Qrow and Raven could very well not be associated with the White Fang (read above).