Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-11188061-20131228183604

It has not been the first time since I've pondered about this.

Ruby Rose's crimson cloak is a mysterious item. For one, whenever Ruby uses her Semblance, it scatters a trail of red petals. Granted, from the Red Trailer we can see that the enemies slain by Ruby also leaked red petals, so I'll assume that this is just a fluke.

On the other hand, this was not the only peculiar thing about her cloak. In Episode 8, we clearly saw it pierced to the ground by the Nevermore's feather attack, and by all logic the cloak should have a hole on it. But there obviously isn't one.

Also, the size of Ruby's cloak always seem to be changing. We may attribute this the fact that they hand-draw its animation, but the size difference is a little too huge to be just that. In some scenes her cloak appeared to be large enough to cover her entire figure. In other scenes it can be slightly smaller than Superman's cape, just barely extending down to her knees. Sometimes even the thickness of the cloak seemed to different.

And then there was Ruby Rose's strange obsession with the cloak. She wears it everywhere. You never see her without it, and I half suspect she even used it as a towel during baths (lol). This at least, is a strong indicator that the crimson cloak is a very precious gift from a loved one. We may also assume that the cloak is a gift from Summer Rose, her speculated mother.

Lastly, I'd also like to deduce that the cloak is a form of Semblance. 