Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170417075739/@comment-26397825-20170507054420

Yes, actually. I'll paraphrase SomeoneYouUsedToKnow here, since he listed it better.

>Evidence for "Bran the Blessed" is literally nothing more than being the brother of a Branwen.

>Evidence for the Scarecrow is that 1) "he's drunk",  2) "gathers inteligence for Ozpin", and 3) "his connection to Ozpin and Ironwood", compared to the Scarecrow searching the Wizard to find a Brain.

The former's not a really strong comparison, the second's pretty much the inverse, and the latter means nothing, since multiple related characters (connected in any way) rarely have any connections in their allusions (Adam and Blake are 1 in a hundred).

There's also evidence for Hugginn (and Muninn), which is comparatively stronger:

1) Gathers inteligence for Ozpin, very similar to Odin and his ravens.

2) When Yang was narrating about how Qrow saved her and Ruby when kids, in the chalkboard, there's an extract from a poem about Huginn and Muninn. Especially conspicuous considering the extract itself has nothing to do with the story in any way (likely Monty's idea).

Total: Evidence suggests Qrow was meant to allude first and foremost to Odin's raven(s). The "allusion" to Bran the Blessed could go from accidental to coincidental, and the allusion to the Scarecrow depends more on association than any real evidence.

And as for the Ruby thing...she's Littel Red Riding Hood. She may have a few accidental allusions to Dorothy, but she's overall Little Red Riding Hood.

Oscar, however (grabbed from the same conversation, only my words this time), alludes to Dorothy directly through a lot more links: I think Oscar is Dorothy, more specifically Dorothy from Return to Oz, which includes references such as Ozma/Ozpin first being spoken to in a mirror and living on a farm alone with Dorothy's/Oscar's aunt, and having to make a dangerous journey to Oz/Haven.

And then there's the whole "young person/teenager thrown into dangerous journey with no warning or training" paralel between Dorothy and Oscar, and the fact that neither really has the option of just staying put (Dorothy becaus she wants to go home and Oscar because he's...too noble? And Ozpin is annoying), they both listen to a green wizard, and are opposing an evil witch.