Talk:Qrow/@comment-99.110.76.203-20150216173705/@comment-26119307-20150217180525

It's also quite possible that Ozpin himself is giving information to someone else. I definitely already knew that Ozpin was inspired by the Wizard of Oz, though hopefully Ozpin's not a fraud like the original character in L.F. Baum's original story. Though the high tower that Ozpin uses for his office does remind me a lot of Odin's high throne in Asgard. Now if only we were to find out that Ozpin is blind in one eye... ;-)

Honestly, a lot of the things anyone is saying about Qrow and Raven currently are speculation. I do think there is going to be a definite reason that we have two characters called after birds that are very similar, whether or not Q & R are confirmed to be related to each other. I do find it suspicious that they are both named after birds that were in mythology used by Odin.

It's also possible that Raven Branwen is part of Cinder's Faction, and was interfering either because Yang wasn't actually supposed to be killed (remember that the White Fang chainsaw-wielder didn't kill Weiss, despite what he said about "finally getting to kill a Schnee"), or because Raven has plans of her own. In which case I still that Raven will probably be some kind of information source for somebody in the cast, possibly being to Cinder what Qrow is to Ozpin.

Bottom line is, there are a lot of possibilities. BUT I do think Qrow and Raven may both be rooted in Norse mythology. Plus I wouldn't put it past Monty to have written more than one reference into any given character--Ozpin possibly as both Wizard of Oz and as Odin, Raven as both Odin's messenger/spy and as the peace-offering Queen Branwen. Qrow himself might even have the same kind of double background, as might Cinder.