Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24934890-20180911200208/@comment-4010415-20180915015432

W4rma wrote: 1. When Summer disappeared did TaiYang decide to avoid Ruby for the rest of her life?

2. She has none of TaiYang's hand-to-hand capability

3. And yet, Ruby looks like a smaller, female version of Qrow. They share color schemes, weapons,

4. capes,

5. facial structures,

6. ethics.

7. And the way that Qrow dismissed TaiYang from Ruby's bedroom gave the impression that TaiYang referred to Qrow because Qrow is the "real"/real father. 1. Nope. Taiyang was there for her. We have quotes from Ruby in Volumes 1 and 2 about him.

"My parents always taught us to help others," - While rambling to Ozpin about her decision to become a Huntress in the series premiere.

"I don't think dad would approve of all the boys, though." - In response to Yang saying it's like they're having a slumber party; The Shining Beacon Pt 2.

"Ugh, you sound like dad!" - In response to Yang telling her she should meet new people and learn to work together with others; The First Step.

"Believe me, I know the feeling." - In response to Penny saying that her father worries about her a lot; A Minor Hiccup.

The reason Tai didn't go after Ruby when she left for Mistral is because he felt he had to stay home to take care of Yang. This is literally implied by the show. Oobleck asks Tai if he has thought about going after Ruby, and Tai looks toward Yang's bedroom window while saying he has other things he has to take care of. Yang was in no shape to travel where they might encounter Grimm, and in her depressed state, he couldn't just leave her at the house alone. Meanwhile, Ruby had her friends and had Qrow following her, so there was no doubt she would be safe.

2. Because she had no motivation to learn it. We even see Yang trying to teach her in the Volume 5 Yang character short, and Ruby just plain would not put effort into it.

3. "She just looks up to him so much that she mimics a lot of things about him." - Miles Luna, in regards to Ruby's similarities to Qrow. (Source)

And honestly, it makes sense. Yang stated that, after they lost Summer, Tai shut down. This means that, most likely, Qrow was the most functional adult in Ruby and Yang's life at the time. Yang had already had a couple more years to bond with Tai than Ruby did. With Tai shut down from depression, Qrow became a figure for Ruby to look up to.

4. Her cape is more likely inspired by Summer's cape, not Qrow's. It even resembles Summer's cape way more closely, minus the color.

5. Do you mean the shape of her head or her actual face with her eyes, nose, and lips? Because, either way, I've gotta tell you, head shape and facial structure don't mean anything in this show, considering that the majority of the characters all had the same base models in Volumes 1-3 and only started to get some real variance in Volumes 4 and 5 with the new characters. This isn't Steven Universe where everyone has a different head and body shape.

Hell, in Volumes 1-3, there were only about four different eye shape types for the female characters and even less for the male characters.

For example, in Volume 3, Winter had the same eye type as Cinder. That doesn't mean Cinder and Winter are related. It just means they used the same base face for both of them.

6. It's entirely likely that Ruby's ethics more so come from Summer.

7. I got the impression that Tai knew Qrow was gonna tell Ruby about the Silver-Eyed Warriors and was angry about it and Qrow knew Tai wouldn't want him to tell her.

My reasoning is Tai's behavior beforehand. When he tells her about what happened at Beacon, at first he's freely talking about what she did to the Grimm Dragon. When she makes it clear to him that she doesn't remember it, his attitude suddenly changes. He backs off and tries to change the subject when she questions it. I feel like he didn't want her to know about the silver eye powers, possibly because he didn't want to lose her the same way he lost Summer.