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Blackchaos27 wrote: Who knows? Some theorize that her cape was brought back to her family, soaked in blood based on the lyrics It's you blood that's Red Like Roses. Of course, if they ever say in the story "all we recovered was her cloak soaked in blood" then the odds of her actually being alive go up, storywise. I do feel as if the Silver Eyes thing and how they played it out, was meant to be a head fake to fans who were already speculating that Summer was a Maiden and that she would have passed her powers on to Ruby. They lead on viewers with Qrow's explanation right up until he says it was about her silver eyes. Ruby having Maiden powers would basically confirm Summer as dead in-universe and they sort of dangled it out there for a moment before pulling it away. Such is what I would expect if Summer were actually alive and reports of her death had been greatly exaggerated.