Talk:Raven Branwen/@comment-74.14.36.91-20160715141448/@comment-27350660-20160716102305

I don't hate Raven! I wrote 12K words on her over at AO3, and turned that into Baby's First Podfic.

I do agree with ChishioKunrin that she's probably not a very nice person. Anarchist, social Darwinist, not at all opposed to culling the weak from Humanity. We don't know all that much about her. We know she's pretty damn scary. We know that she abandoned Tai and Yang probably as soon as she recovered from childbirth. We have this dream sequence of her at the end of V2. We have Qrow's words on her way of looking at the world and his reluctance to put her in touch with Yang. We have her message to Yang via Qrow. We have a cut scene referenced at where she fights JNPR.

We don't know why Raven left, but there may have been a very good reason. Maybe her sword was needed in the war or something. Yang's dream may have been prophetic, telepathic, Yang's wish fulfillment, induced by someone who wants Yang to go look for her, any number of reasons. Qrow is still in touch with her now and then. If Raven was completely evil, he wouldn't even have considered helping Yang find her. Why Raven wouldn't help Yang against Adam is up for grabs too. She may simply not be able to, or indeed she may not care, or expect Yang to take care of herself.

As for Raven's confrontation with JNPR, I can think of a few reasons why that would happen. JNPR are green as grass, and they may have stomped on one of Raven's carefully laid plans. But that's neither here nor there - that never happened.

I kind of want Raven to be on "our" side, or even better, on her own side, with her interests and "ours" lying in the same direction for now. I like to think she's still feeling motherly towards Yang, with perhaps a few nice little messed-up twists. Wouldn't want her to go all sugary on Yang.

But come October, we'll know more.