Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-8084172-20130502181304/@comment-9630583-20130516170352

Has anyone considered the possibility they might be stepsiblings? Stepfamilies are a common feature in fairy tales (Cinderella and Snow White for example) and since Team RWBY were inspired by fairy tales it would definately be a possibilty to work it into one of their backgrounds.

So maybe Adam and Ruby are stepsiblings/foster siblings/half siblings. I have mulled this over and come up with three theories.

Stepsiblings: Maybe they were rasied in a real cutthroat and competitive environment by one parent while the other parent (The Mother or maybe the Grandmother) was kind and supportive. So yeah I just see Adam coming into conflict with his parental figure and running away (So lives on the steets, cruel mistreatment and becomes Blake's "Beast"). After that well, some other event happens that causes less family tenion, that allows Ruby to be all happy and hyper despite an uneven backgroud (Little Red Riding Hood is a really twisted fairy tale if you look into it)

Foster siblings: I'd day Ruby was brought into Adam's family because she showed a lot of potential. Possibly because of favourism but I see it play out like the first theory. Adam running off and being all angsty street urchin and Ruby becoming the family darling.

Half Siblings: They are siblings born out of marriage posibly from two rivals - sexual tension - forcing the two apart. Ruby stays with her grandmother, Adam is left at an orphanange. So they don't actually know their related and it's played from drama.

Yeah. I could be completely wrong too.