Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26273984-20150403165812/@comment-24198837-20150404204054

ChishioKunrin wrote: Most people assume the white cloaked person is Summer. Yeah, pretty much.

On the topic of the cloak - We can assume Summer's cloak was white. So... what if Ruby's cloak is Summer's cloak? (Because I'm sure that this idea is totally original and has never been mentioned before by anyone :P)

Dun-dun-duhhh.

But seriously. Maybe they couldn't wash all the blood out. It's a major stretch, sure, but it's also a stretch to say that none of the main cast realized that Penny was a robot or that Jaune is really as oblivious to Pyrrha as he is.

And even then, I'd label it of less of a stretch and more as a comicbook-y / stylistic feature.

In that vein of thought, maybe RT could use it as a symbol as well - when Ruby finally comes to terms with her loss, when she and Summer reconcile sometime down the road - the blood finally washes out and she's left with the cloak in it's original color - White. She's moved on.

If the cloak was Summer's, it would also explain a few things - why is Ruby so attached to it (Always wears it, even where out-of-place like with her uniform and "under-cover" outfit, and almost sacrifices her life to a Deathstalker because she won't leave it, etc) for one. It's because the cloak is all she has left of her mom.

If it's not actually Summer's, I hope Ruby finds or somehow obtains Summer's cloak and switches to it, at least for a major/final battle.

IDK why, but I really want the cloak to be something more. There's a lot of good roads Kerry and Miles can go with it.

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On the topic of Yang... I'd say less affected then Ruby, but still majorly shocked and hurt by it -  as much as anyone loosing their (precieved) parent would be. Doesn't Gohan have basically an entire plot line based around resurrecting Piccolo when he dies in DBZ? Same deal, except Yang doesn't have dragon balls to resurrect the people she cares about - and considering Yang's so strong - of body and spirit - she likely got over/accepted the loss rather fast. Not out of cruelety or lack of caring, just because she doesn't seem like the type to break down in sadness, and when your done the greif part of ge

She seems to be more or less over it by now. I'm guessing Ruby isn't... she's just extremely good at hiding it. Maybe that's half of why Yang is so protective as well - she knows how hurt Ruby really is inside.