Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171118002715/@comment-26018514-20171120074240

2600:1017:B109:B1AD:949A:19A0:FFF9:6040 wrote:

I think Raven may have believed in Ozpin once, but then became discouraged that lives were being lost or sacrificed to maintain the status quo of a never-ending war. Maybe it happened over time maybe it was because of a tramuatic incident, but one day she probably said "no matter how hard you try, you can't save everyone." Now she's just focusing on the survival of herself and her people.

-Defcon Deceiver Personally I think if we apply Qrow's thoughts on STRQ's past it sheds light on why Raven joined an why she left, hubris​. they thought so much of themselves that when Ozpin said "let's save the world", they said, "sure, we'll get it done by the end of the month though right?, we wanna get to the tribes annual pillage party after we save it so we can lord it over them".

I doubt at the time they thought they would be part of a greater struggle, but rather believed they could solve the problem themselves, and when they learned they weren't able to, Raven left, and Qrow retreated into drink(I don't think he wasn't an alcoholic before, but he wasn't drinking to forget before).

Raven's semblance seems rather direct and best at getting to the heart of the matter, so I believe she was forced to face something she couldn't kill or injure, and chose to blame Ozpin for her failure rather than her own fallibility.