Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160214165601/@comment-14909251-20160214194704

WC-83 wrote:MY '''BRAND!!! '''Hahaha OMFG, it hurts to laugh. Confession: I didn't actually say that it just came to me as I was thinking up my post.

As for the maiden thing, most people suspect it's something entirely different (it came before huntsmen, but that's not saying much, the Maidens were probably before that too). Yeah, I just think everyone watching that initially thought it was proof of Ruby being a Maiden until Qrow was all like "You have special eyes" and so that got thrown out the window. It doesn't prove Ruby isn't a Maiden either, only that what we saw was not Maiden power but some other power. So, we still do not have firm confirmation that Summer is dead as Ruby having Maiden power would pretty much make that a lock. From a writing perspective, it actually makes Summer being alive much more likely as they would obviously know that viewers would think those are Maiden powers from Summer, but making them something else seems like a way to not only head-fake the viewers but leave open the possibility of Summer being alive.