Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4010415-20140421154105

So, I saw this on the RWBY-Confessions Tumblr blog. I've made brief mentions about the characters' emblems before, but this made me decide that we really haven't discussed them quite enough. I'd be interested to see other people's views on the emblems and their relation to the characters and possibly families.

I think it's possible that at least some emblems are associated with an entire family, rather than just one person.

Example 1: Weiss' snowflake symbol. We've seen it on the back of her bolero, on her dust vials, and on the Schnee Dust Company shipping containers in both the Black Trailer and episode 16.

Example 2: Ruby's "scatter" rose symbol. We've seen it on Summer Rose's altar/grave thing in the Red Trailer.

I also think that some characters' emblems have something to do with some specific, special aspect about them whether it's their semblance or something else.

Example 1: Weiss' glyphs often have a snowflake symbol in them that is very similar to her emblem.

Example 2: Ruby's cape gives off rose petals. Monty has actually teased a bit about the petals in a way that really makes me wonder.

Example 3: Yang's symbol is a burning heart, and when she becomes angry, she becomes covered in and/or surrounded by flames.

Example 4? One thing I've been wondering about Blake is a single moment in the Black Trailer, where she appears to have black petals trailing behind her, coming from her hair. Her symbol is a nightshade flower, so I suppose she could have flower petals associated with her as well. The only thing is, I haven't really noticed that happen again ever since that moment.

The thing with Weiss makes me wonder if multiple people who're related can have the same or a similar semblance. If so, maybe the Schnee family bloodline carries that glyph semblance or several different semblances that all manifest with a snowflake symbol, resulting in them choosing a snowflake as the family emblem.

Little note: The keyword in this post is some. I honestly can't say that this stuff would apply to all emblems, just some of them. 