Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20161120163758/@comment-70.195.142.49-20161120231526

I'm getting the sense that Raven is meant to be somewhat of a complex character. When the destruction of the village was mentioned she made a comment about not being able to know the grim would move in that fast (possibly they now arrive quicker then before the events of Volume 3). Impying she may have order the tribe to hit in a way that she beleived would allow the village to survive or let the survives flee to safety before the grim arrived. Her voice sounded strain to me when she repeated the strongest of the fittest line.

I've played every American released version of the Fire Emblem games (many of which cover the gray morality of war), and Raven in this episode gave me the same vibes as FE enemies who don't completely agree with what they're doing but do so out of their sense of duty and loyalty to either their superiors or people. I get the feeling she's with her tribe out of a sense of loyalty for raising her (which would gain additional meaning if they took her and qrow in after they found them while looting a village destroyed by the grim, as opposed to being born into the tribe).

Honestly, the tribe might have sent raven and qrow to beacon to sharpen their skills. It's also possibke that raven and qrow left for beacon with both intending to leave the bandit life behind, Raven has a kid with Tai, then she hears how something bad happened tothe family who raised her, and that they deserately need her. I honestly see Raven as a morally ambigous character at the moment, and hope she remains so (I love characters like that when they're done right)

-DefconDeceiver