Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20140905003518/@comment-79.97.93.179-20140906141624

Maybe Jeff was told to write it that way and kept in the dark about where the plot was going. It being Red Like Roses "Part II" WOULD be pretty consistent with it being about Yang (Like, maybe Part I refers to sister 1 and part II is for sister 2), and I don't understand how Ruby would really be able to feel abandoned or distraught if she was that young at the time, you know? Terms like "prison of abandonment" seem to fit a lot more with what we just learned about Yang. One mother left her, another mother died, and her father shut down, and she was old enough to remember everything in vivid detail. That's pretty much abandonment on all sides. Not saying it's for definite but it could be an interesting thing to ask Monty at a Q&A or something, whether any double meaning was intentional or if it's just about Ruby and Summer.

I got to thinking about what Yang said about her father "shutting down", as well, and is it just me who's kinda suspicious now that their relationship might not be as happy as it'd seem? Who leaves their two kids, one who's a toddler and the other who's about 5, all alone in their house (which I'm not sure but I got the impression must've been at least bordering or near a Grimm-infested forest, which would fit with both the Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks motifs) for a long enough stretch of time that one can put the other in a wagon and walk off through some spooky woods? And Yang must've been walking HOURS and hours to get cuts and bruises all over her body. Just makes me curious to finally meet their father.

Also, I know this has been covered here but, yeah, I was not ready for those feels, and this ep definitely made Yang my favorite now that we've actually seen the depth of her character. She was like 5 when this happened and since there was a younger toddler in the house, probably would've been... well, not neglected, but overlooked as a child in favor of Ruby after Summer died. Like, I can imagine she had to grow up VERY quickly for Ruby's sake, to step in and fill the gap for her now that she didn't have a mother figure to look up to - the thing is, there was no one to step in and fill that gap for her. She should've had two mothers to talk to and to be there for her, and instead, she grew up with none, and with a baby of her own to care for in her little sister. It's tragic and completely awful.

I doubt she's as academically smart as someone like Blake, but I think she's gotta be wiser than the other 3 members of her team. She's the same age, but she's got a bucketload more life experience - because it was forced on her. At least she'll be an awesome mom in her own right some day.