Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24098614-20180511224556/@comment-34724302-20180512140548

Soldwolf wrote: Raven is very complacated as a character. Her modivation is at the base is pure survival. But if we look into the why and when  of Raven's departure from being one of Ozpin's eyes We find that something rather intersting and profound in this action. It may be that Raven suffers from PPD ( Postpartum Depression) this is just a theory but her actions after giving birth to Yang are in line with some of the more extream symptoms of PPD. Now I will admit that Raven's actions are over the top  but from what I have been able to gather it was around the time of her pregnancy  that Raven started to fear that Salem was unstoppable. Given the biological changes that happen during pregnancy  and the fact that Ozpin fundamentaly altered Raven with magic, could have been the trigger for Raven to have PPD. This in no way exonerats Raven from her actions and lets face while she loves Yang she is still a bad mother and Yang had the right of it Raven at her core. at the moment, is scared of Salem  and what Salem can do to Remnent.

This could change in Volume 6 as we know she ran to Patch and Taiyang after Yang verbably ripped her apart in the Hall of the Spring Maiden. And being with Taiyang the only person Raven might beleive still loves and cares about her might start the healing process. but we will just have to wait and see, what the writers have in store for Raven.

PS: No Raven isn't one of my favorite persons in RWBY. I don't think that RWBY would show that PPD thing or use it to justify Raven's actions, and I doubt that Ozpin giving magic to her would have given her some psychological syndrome but that's just my opinion. I do think that it was a combination of her being terrified of Salem, her distrust of Ozpin and thinking that he just use people and her fear of being a mother which motivate her to leave her family and teamates. The tribe was the perfect excuse for her to justify her actions to Qrow and to herself because she was too prideful to admit to others and to herself that she was doing it out of cowardice and selfishness.