Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-67.248.240.148-20170908201845/@comment-10390252-20180321110602

My guess as to an answer to the question in the  title of this thread is this: I don't think that Raven ever intended to be invovled in Yang's upbringing. She wanted an heir but had no illusions about her ability to be a mother. Additionally, I think that she felt that returning to lead the Tribe as a fighter rather than as a mother as well as getting out of Ozpin's immediate sphere of influence were preferable to anything else.

One of the regrets that the Mistral fiasco has forced Raven to confront is that, having had a parent-like relationship with Spring and Vernal has made her somewhat regret this choice. She looks at the stranger in her daughter's body and realises that Summer is the real 'mom' to her and I think that, now she has Yang in her life, that fact hurts her and she regrets her choices.

I suspect that Raven's arc going forwards is going to be a lot about regrets and dealing with them.