Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-11188061-20131008154955/@comment-15108745-20131010231209

True. I don't know if mentor is the right word to use in that case. I guess the better word would be idol or role model. Well, in either case, Ruby aspires to be like her.

As for the weapon, it's true that what you said is leaning towards "it can't be proven as of now" rather than "it's probably not true." I still think that Ruby built Crescent Rose and I don't think it was given to her just because of what she said about Signal and forging weapons. But perhaps she could have been emulating White Cloak's weapon, which happened to be a big gun scythe.

Oh and another statement that I agree with is the "Position" that Ruby is headed towards. I don't know whether White Cloak held that position previously or not, but if White Cloak did, then I guess it's safe to assume that this is some sort of position like the Avatar, from Avatar: The Last Airbender, right? (Or like Buffy's Slayer status from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'm not sure if you know much about that series) We definitely saw some kind of "chosen one" vibe when Ruby took out the Nevermore and stood at the top of the cliff staring down at everyone. And then there's the whole line about victory coming from a simple soul.

But what exactly the "Position" entitles, I have no idea.....

My headcanon has it like this: The "Position" is held by one person in Vytal and has something to do with the Grimm. Maybe the "Position" allows you to somehow harness the Grimm power or understand it or....something like that. My reasoning for that comes from the songs, which always talk abotu some kind of revolution and a new way of doing things. I feel like since humans on Vytal have been fighting the Grimm for a long time, maybe Ruby's here to do something differently. Maybe even White Cloak had failed to do her job.