Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24.247.91.107-20140511154823/@comment-97.86.87.50-20150210173030

I only recently entered the RWBY universe but have watched both volumes and have become increasingly interested in the storyline and characters related to the RWBY universe. Over the past weeks I have been catching up on a lot of chatter and discussion. For one I didn't watch the ending credits of volume 2 so I never actually watched the Raven part but picked up on it from other sources. It looks like this thread diverted from the Ruby x Yang topic so I'll bring it back a bit. First I will start with either what is generally accept or supported by strong evidence. Yang and Ruby are half sisters that share a Dad (Taiyang Xiao Long according to Wiki). First in the time line Taiyang Xiao Long had a child with Yang's mom which was named Yang Xiao Long obviously after the father since it's his entire name minus the "Tai". Now either Taiyang and Yang's mom were either married or it just so happens Yang was named after her father. I'm traditional so in my own preference I am going to say they were married. Yang's mom leaves right after she was born, don't know why but there it is. Now for embellishment sake I am going to say that probably Summer Rose stepped in to help Taiyang raise Yang hence single father with a baby also a Hunter and former/current team member it would be only logical for her to help out a friend. After a year or more they developed feelings for each other and Ruby was born (for extra drama one could even assume maybe Summer had feelings for Taiyang the whole time but kept them hidden for the sake of Yang's mom and Taiyang's relationship since it could be assumed that since they were on the same team they would be close friends). Some time after Ruby was born (not sure how many years) Summer Rose lost her life either in a battle or some type of sacrifice. I say sacrifice only because of the Red Like Roses song (Part 2) is obviously a song of the feelings between Ruby and Summer (just read the lyrics). Those are pretty much the facts with minor embellishment to make a better story. Now as for Raven being Yang's mother. There is a lot of evidence to support this. For me on a personal level I hope she is not and is just another half-sister like Ruby. I also believe her maybe to be a couple years older than Yang. Why? Just the way I would prefer the story. The only other reason is her hair. I have an assumption that there is some type of genetic trait thing in the RWBY universe which is why Yang and Raven share the eyes. Whether Raven is mother or sister both would mean the eye trait was passed on so that confirms genetic passage. That being said in near all anime/games/stories traits are passed on to children. So this would tell me either Taiyang or Yang's mother would be blonde also. If Raven was mom then Taiyang would be blonde so why is Ruby red/black? Is it really Yang took after her father and Ruby her mother is phyiscal features? If Taiyang took her blonde hair from her dad then why not his semblence? And if Yang took hair from dad and semblemce from mom then what did Ruby take from her dad? Ruby's skill comes from Crow and we can assume the rose petal ability came from "Summer Rose". I just think sister fits better than mother, just my personal opinion. One last thing I wanted to bring up that is a bit off topic is that the comment made at the very beginning made by Ozpin about Ruby's eyes being silver. I think this is a very important note. One thing RWBY does in it's universe is symbolism. Also everything is inspired from something or is a reference to something. Examples - Red Riding Hood - Ruby  Goldilocks - Yang  Snow White - Weiss. Out of everything I have seen or read the last couple of weeks nobody has ever touched on the fact of Ruby having a lot of traits similar to that of a vampire. She is first seen caped in deep red and black (colors often protrayed on vampires). There is also the matter of her being adorned with crosses all the time. Then the silver eyes also associated with a vampire at times. The scythe that is like a fang, the super speed albeit near disappearing act she can do. The fight with wolves (vampire and wolves don't generally get along in the vampire universe). I am not saying she is a vampire but maybe as she grows up we will see more ablities that are along these lines. Remember she is two years younger than everyone else so her powers are going to be 2 years less developed then everyone else.