Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25713341-20140905032400

So with this new episode (Episode 6 of the Volume 2), we have gained a lot of backstory on Ruby and Yang. One of these informations is that Yang's mother did leave her and her spouse to go no one knows where. Could Cinder be Yang's mother?

My first point is how aura and traits are passed on in the RWBY universe. As of right now, we have no (that I know of) official information as of to how those are passed on, but if we look at characters, we can extrapolate that aspects such as combat preferences and powers are passed on. Let me explain:

First will be Weiss. The Schnee Dust Company uses what looks to be the Schnee family crest; a snow flake. Since it is a family symbol, it should be representative of most of it's member, thus asserting that snow/ice is a trait running in this familly. In fact, it can be considered a defining trait that they share. This corroborates the hypothesis that traits related to aura run in the family. It could be further stipulated that those bonds of blood have an impact on one's semblance.

Second case where we have a family that can be looked at is Ruby's and Yang's family. The both share a blood bond by there father. What do these two have in common? They both are melee fighters, much more than any other characters in their team and have a temperaments that shows their inclination to get upclose for a confrontation. We could even suppose that their father was somewhat of a brawler. However, these two have their differences. Most things Yang related in combat have fire screaming about them, yet Ruby has yet to show any signs of interest in pyrotechnic other than explosions. This is a separation that could be explained by their different lineage. Who else do we know of in the show that has a particular - if not defining - association with fire? Well Cinder Fall, of course. For what we know she could be Yang's mother, thus passing along her fiery aspect to Yang.

Keep in mind that this is merely an hypothesis and a small tought experiment, as of such it does not give much importance to physical aspect. All I would have to say on that matter is that anime are often known to either show lots of similarities between siblings and parents or none at all, which is why I consider appearance to be somewhat of a moot point.

Personnaly, this prospect does not excite me. There is however ways to pull this off very well without falling in cheesy X, I am your mother territory. For exemple, given how Yang could not remember her mother due to how little she were with her (well, maybe from that picture she saw), the same applies in reverse. Despite all the the properties of maternal instinct, I doubt Cinder - if she is Yang's mother - could recognize her baby. How could she link an 18 years old woman to a baby she only lived a few days (maybe less) with? So either Yang would recognize her from the picture or someone else, such as Qrow, will reveal it.

What's your thought on the subject? Complete crack or could there be some value of truth? 