Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151213162620/@comment-26206856-20151214032113

So. That was a thing. I was so damn close. Maidens are almost the four guardians of the four cardinal directions.

Maidens

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Raven is getting more suspicious. She either has maiden power(though her motif seems more fall than any other season), has a maiden assisting her with power, or is just imensely powerful and a protector of the maidens (like Qrow and Glynda).

Though I'm not sure I want to back it yet, the theory Summer was a maiden, and that Ruby has been passed on her powers seems likely. Hence the eye comment and her general status of moving up a few years and becoming leader. HOWEVER, I feel much better saying Yang was passed on the summer powers, since she is tied to the sun, and a warming heart/caring person. This would be why Raven was so on top of being there to protect her (and also possibly why Qrow was there to watch over and protect her when she went wandering with Ruby). It may also be why we get the weird dream sequence if her power is starting to manifest with some sort of precognition aspect. (Then there's the whole burning heart symbol, I Burn, yadda yadda to match up to a summer theme as well.)

Maidens- RWBY matchup

I get where you guys are going with the matchups, but if all of RWBY eventually becomes the 4 maidens (not exactly my favorite story direction), I'd see Yang as Summer with her warming heart, Blake as Winter for her isolated and soul searching demeanor, Ruby as Autumn/Fall for her nature of being thankful for everything, and Weiss as Spring when she finally turns a leaf/breaks out of her shell and becomes a spring chicken (and also becomes a fresh breath who revitalizes her family's name). And yes, I realize how counter intuitive Weiss' glyph is to not being winter.

Pyrrah

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Pyrrah will probably go forward with the plan anyways. Sure, it puts her on edge, but she won't turn it down. Besides, if she doesn't accept, what are they going to do? Use Penny? Find another random candidate? In the case of using a robot, I think they are afraid it won't work on an inanimate object or that they won't be able to control the last thought.

Anyway, I see the transfer going down as a bolster to herself. However, the 'intertwined' lives will mean Pyrrah will start having bad flashbacks about the attack, putting further stress on her which will get noticed by Jaune. (Sleepless nights, off moods, or general sidetrackedness) How they handle it from there is uncertain, but Jaune becomes a wild card. Why? Because the two have resonated their souls when Pyrrah unlocked his aura. With the cross dressing at both the dance and as part of his inspiration, I wouldn't be surprised if he's the first/only male who can accept the power. Especially in the case if Pyrrah is only a vessel until Amber dies, and thus the power gets transferred to her last thought of Jaune at that moment in time. The fact he has a lot of Aura can also come into play later if things go wrong and he needs to overpower or contain something (Pyrrah or Amber).

Seeing Double

I'm pretty sure Emerald is responsible for the funkiness going on. Note she was the first on the scene to come to Mercury's aid. Her semblance is not illusion, but control over perceptions, much like the Cheshire cat. By altering one's perception of what is going on around them, she can make them think things are going on when they aren't, and she doesn't have to physically be a part of the illusion either. This means she's putting the thought into Coco's mind that Yatsu is behind her when he isn't, changing Coco's focus so she can move around. It means she can suddenly 'dissapear' like she did behind the tree if she wanted to (though that may not have been the case of using her semblance). It means she's good at pickpocketing because people would either not see her reaching for their pockets, or they wouldn't percieve her touch while rummaging through their pockets. It means that she can make Yang think Mercury is kicking her face when he isn't. Since it is all contained in the victim's mind, no one else can tell or see what the person thinks is happening. It may also explain the weird voice changes for Merc and Yatsu and Yatsu's uncharacteristic walking if she can't exactly replicate something. (Though I think in the case of Mercury it was an effect to make it sound like it was in her head or right next to her (which he was in real life) when he clearly wasn't when Yang heard him speak). Remember Monty's line to the effect of: sound is my portal into your mind.

The Cinder Plan; I May Fall

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Cinder is my girl. All scheming and right in line with what I thought she wanted. Tear down the trust of your highest rank Huntresses, and people will start to second guess giving them so much leeway/power. Create more distrust to lure more grimm, and maybe even add some more. If we can't trust hunters, who will protect us? Look, a gian't military with ships and robot soldiers that can't go against orders, lets follow them and give them power/ put them on a pedestal even though we don't really care for Atlas' practices. Then stolen palidans wreak havoc, possibly controlled by WF, and even more distrust ensues, or the virus manages to hack robots, turning them rogue, just like 'Yang'. Then there's the reveal about Penny and how Atlas is imbuing souls into things which as Pyrrah said, is "wrong". Think the grimm were just knocking outside the walls before? Here comes a tidal wave.

The virus? I bet the main purpose was to keep communications open and streaming Yang's incident even after they 'cut the cameras' so the whole world could watch and go into panic mode. Anything else like filtering incoming/outgoing traffic, intel gathering, high level access priveleges came as bonuses.

The question is does she need the rest of Amber's power, or does she even know Amber is still alive. If she does, is she aiming to kill her to take the rest of it? This line seems off tangent from her current plan, so I'm not sure she realizes Amber is in stasis, or that she may be up against another Fall maiden with the same powers.

Oz/General Speculation

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I liked Ozzy's little crew. The scareQrow, the Tin general; the question is whether Glynda is Glinda, the Lioness or both. Remember, we still have 2 other headmasters who are part of the crew. My guess is Vacuo's headmaster is a Dog Faunice to resemble Toto, but could be the lion/lioness.

Note we see glyps/runes in the first ep of Vol1. This could be the 'magic' of the maidens, which questions the similar runes Glynda shows for her barier. Could Glynda be a maiden that hasn't passed yet? You only receive the power when you're young, and it gets dispersed when they die. Maybe the wand is for show to make people think she has a semblance for telekenisis when she's just using magic...