Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26955331-20150903191738

This is just to put all evidence we have on display and use it to determine how likely different theorys are. This will include all theorys I have seen, even the stupid ones.

Looks -

>She has the same facial structure as Yang, possibly sugesting that she is related in some form. >She is dressed in black and red, differing from Yangs yellow and brown. Howevever, since she left when Yang was very young, possibly nearly newborn, it would make sense for Yang to not have her fasion the same as her mother, so this argument against her being Yang's mohter is null and void. >Her eyes are the same red as Yangs turn when she gets angry. >Difficult to tell age due to the art style of the show.

Name -

>Branwen is the same last name as Qrow, who is Ruby and Yang's uncle. >Branwen is welsh for 'blessed white raven/crow'. It would make sense for the two charicters with the nameto be Raven and Qrow and for them to be named by the same people, possibly increasing likelyhood of thembeing siblings. >Raven could possibly be the daughter of Qrow. >Raven could possibly the sister of Qrow.

Context -

>Yangs mother not being Summer brought up just a few episodes before Raven shows up out of nowhere. >Yang was hunting a woman with black hair in 'RWBY Yellow Trailer'. Yang says she spends a fair amount of free time hunting for her mother. This means Yangs mother likely has black hair and she got her yellow hair from Taiyang. Raven has black hair, so it's possible that it was a picture of Raven from when she was younger. >Yangs eyes go red after seeing Ravens face. If she was her mother, this would make sense because Yang has been hunting her mother after she abandoned her, nearly dying in the process of searching for her, only for her to show up again and act like nothings wrong and she didn't abandon her and her father, which would make Yang angry enough to transform her eyes. >Raven seems to know Yang even though Yang doesn't seem to know Raven. >No mension from Ruby or Yang about having cousins or an aunt.

Theorys - (All the ones I could find from people, from making perfect sense to being completely rediculous.)

> Raven is Yangs mother - Most likely. Makes most sense with given evidence. > Qrow is not actualy related to Yang and Ruby - Possible, but with little evidence and a high degree of uncertanty. > Raven is Yang and Ruby's aunt - Possible, but unlikely due to lack of mension of an aunt. > Raven is Yang and Ruby's cousin - Possible, but unlikely due to lack of mension of any cousins. > Raven is a time-traveled Yang or Ruby from the furture - No. This is dumb. > Raven is a clone of Yang - Again, no. There is nothing in the show to sugests clonging tech exists and why would they spesificly clone Yang of all people, and if they did why would she have different hair and eye colour? > Raven is another daughter of Yang's mother with some other man - Possible, but not very likely. > Shapeshifting Grimm - Seriously? Where do you even get these theorys from. > Synthetic person like Penny - I can't even begin to understand any logic behind this theory. It's unfounded, disregards all evidence and would not even begin to make sense. 