Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160214165601/@comment-27265101-20160217041739

If Raven were Salem's familiar, it wouldn't necessarily make her evil. It seems to me like the show has a lot of morally gray characters, and Qrow's rather ambiguous statement about Raven's worldview implies that it is rather unique. She could have been pressed into Salem's service in some way, have entered into a pact and broken away from it, stealing Salem's power like a 4e DND Infernal Hexblade, or could be serving some agenda that happens to be furthered by Salem's schemes.

In Qrow's case, he's the familiar of Ozpin--not evil, but maverik and jaded. If the Branwen's ancestors were created to serve Salem, he's trying to redeem his family by serving Ozpin instead.

I love the Hugin and Munin comparison. I hadn't even thought of that. With the winged eyes, Biblical symbolism represents knowledge with eyes and power with wings. That's why, for example, seraphim have six wings and are covered in eyes. Qrow's symbol, then, could represent his knowledge and power gained in the service of Ozpin and mankind.

You pointed out in your original thread that Raven being able to turn into a Raven explained why she could just disappear and reappear on a whim. Wouldn't her abilitiy to teleport actually be a beter explanation for this, You did talk about it  in conjecture with her supposed allegiance to Salem. Also why would Neo who was at least somewhat knowledgable of Cinder's goals and their for Salem's flee in fear at the sight of Raven...I know thatcolor is important to this series but as we know with the main character black and red doesn't always mean evil or malicious. Salem may have red eyes as you mentioned but her are a lot different then Raven's, Crow's or Yang's. It is an interesting theory and I do like it a lot but their are a few sticking points for me.