Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24.247.91.107-20140511154823/@comment-4010415-20140829224054

I think scythes are considered the most dangerous for a number of reasons:

1. Apparently, they may be harder to learn how to wield properly.

2. They don't seem quite as easy to use in a group without risking collateral damage to your teammates. This is something Ruby should look out for and a reason she is having to hold back when she's near her teammates.

As for the parents... It occurs to me that it's possible that their father didn't marry either of their mothers, which would mean that Yang got her last name from her mother, just like Ruby did. I thought of this because there's a fairly good possibility that Qrow's last name is Branwen, and since he's Ruby's uncle, and Summer's last name is Rose, that just leaves him being their father's brother, meaning their father's last name is probably Branwen.