Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-1996340-20130815235115/@comment-115.114.27.211-20130827171640

I had posted speculation as comments to both the Ruby & Yang pages that the grave is Ruby's deceased mother (Summer Rose), and that her father remarried Yang's mother. That would therefore make Ruby & Yang STEP-SISTERS.

This makes sense for a handful of reasons: 1) It would explain why Ruby and Yang have different family names, 2) there's a tip-off that the connection between Yang & Ruby is through Ruby's father ("You sound like Dad"). Uncle Qrow is another world-building implication that refocuses the character cast around Ruby/Yang's parents (i.e. which side is Qrow on). 3) It would also make sense why Monty has been reluctant to confirm that they are adopted - if it was a step-sister situation, there is a clearly more of a story to tell and there could be emotional baggage that's waiting to be uncovered around Ruby's mother and her father remarrying.

The song's reference as "White is cold and always yearning" is almost a certain reference to Weiss, not the graveside image we see in Ruby's trailer (which, for all we know, could simply be Ruby's imagination, reflecting on her mother).

-Nathan J Xaxson