Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24534644-20170131042047

So a friend of mine recently brought up to me an interesting theory, one that I desperately don't want to believe but can't help acknowledging. We all know how in the show, Qrow is often shown vanishing off screen only for a literal crow to appear where he was an instant later, and vice versa. So far the animators have made it a point to never the the exact moment of the transference taking place, but many people have nonetheless theorized that Qrow's Semblance is turning into a literal crow. Now obviously this would be stupid, for a person's Semblance to be straight turning into an animal, the one they're named after no less, and Qrow has recently alluded to his Semblance being the ability to cause some type of misfortune to those around him. But then, if you all recall from the end of "A Much Needed Talk", when asked if there was anything else he wanted to share with them before he left, Qrow's gaze was drawn up to a peculiarly red-eyed bird in the trees, watching him. This bird - not a crow, but a raven - has been theorized by some to be his sister, Raven, in similar bird form. Following him for whatever reason.

Now I'm personally of the mind that it was nothing more than a case of chronic symbolism, and we already know that Raven's Semblance is opening interlocking portals or something like that. But the friend I mentioned earlier said that, rather than it being her Semblance, turning into birds (or animals in general) might actually be some sort of magic ability inherent to Qrow and Raven's tribe, wherever they come from. I don't WANT to think about it like that but... does it make sense? Is this the twist that we're building up toward, that there are still other magic abilities in the show besides what's been stated so far? I don't know if this theory has been brought up before anywhere, but this is the first I've heard of it, and I wanted to know if anyone else was having thoughts. 