Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-67.248.240.148-20170908201845/@comment-172.114.39.247-20171027235708

ChishioKunrin wrote: 172.114.39.247 wrote: Maybe Raven really does consider the bandit tribe to be more of her family than her own biological daughter, which is why Raven pulled the whole, "I'll save you this one time and that's it" thing and didn't feel any remorse when she found out about Yang losing her arm. I think she would still do that even if she considers Yang to be somewhat family.

Remember, she told Qrow her view of the world: "The weak die, the strong live."

I think her "I'll only save you once" rule was to encourage Yang to get strong enough to stand on her own and help herself instead of expecting someone else to save her. It was her own way of teaching Yang that she can only keep living if she's strong enough. But don't most tribes or packs; even bandit tribes, have some sense of family or camaraderie? I mean, if you're living in a tribe or a pack, then won't you  have  to rely on others in battle or if you need extra resources? You'd have to share almost  everything. And even if the tribe adheres to Raven's "the weak die, the strong live" philosophy, there'd be no point in joining a tribe or pack in the first place if you're just going to rely only on yourself and abandon teammates and children at the first sign of weakness. Not that I'm saying Raven left Yang because of that reason, I'm using that as a semi-general example, because that seems like something Raven and her tribe would do, anyway.