Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20161128203912/@comment-27745396-20161129143942

Personally I wouldn't say that Raven is a villain or even a bad guy. (Criminal sure but tha is a bit different thing)

Firstly, her discussion with Qrow and Tai's skirt story heavily implied that both of them grew among bandits and started "normal" life only after starting Beacon. This means Raven was raised to believe in the "only strong survive" idea. Why Qrow has abandoned this mindset is a completelly different topic.

Secondly, lets imagine you have a baby with a man who you may or maynot love and then you need to return to your family (Raven clearly says she sees bandit tribe as one) because reason x. Would you take baby with you in the wilderness full of literal monsters or leave her with her father in safety of kingdom? Of course Raven probably had other selfish thoughts too like how the baby would slow her down and make her look weaker in eyes of other bandits but safety of Yang must have been a big thing. And why she hasn't made contact with Yang at all while she was growing up? I don't know. She can still be a bad mother without being bad person. No one is perfect.

Thirdly... Why people always asume that when Qrow said Raven saved Yang once because it was her rule, that rule is only about Yang? Personally I see it like Raven has a rule that if she sees a person who need help she will safe them once. If they got in danger again, it's because of their own stupity/weakness. I'm not saying that it's right way to think, but I know that there is a perfectly normal persons who think in similar way.

And let's finally think how Raven reacted when Qrow asked if she even knew that Yang had lost her arm. She got angry and started defence her actions. Why would someone who doesn't care about her daughter become angry when someone says something like that?

Sure, I can be wrong. Maybe she is a rotten egg and heartless monster like people seem to like call her. But until we know more about Raven and her backstory and what kind of life she lives, I won't believe it.