Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24.247.91.107-20140511154823/@comment-14909251-20140804011127

Honestly, part of me kind of wishes that it was some tryst in the trenches. I don't think there is anything wrong with that and it is not uncommon for shows explicitly targeting a teen audience to have divorce or infidelity be a major thing. They already did mention it, even if it was just a joke. Seriously, though, it is weird that people think they would be all like "Those people just killed a guy because we're edgy!" and then be all like "We can't have divorce in this show! Kids are watching!" Murder is definitely worse than divorce.

That said, the statement in the first episode does suggest Summer would have been in the family picture, though it actually doesn't address the name issue. I like to think that Yang was looking for her mom and her determination makes more sense if she had time to know her. Especially had to have known her some if one presumes that Weiss saying "the innocent never run" had deeper significance for her and was about the woman. If Yang's mom is the one who left then it could mean that Ruby and Summer sort of came into Yang's life in the fallout or maybe Summer and Ruby arriving is what caused it all.

It would be meaningful if we saw Ruby and Yang have an actual serious fight about their respective mommy issues. Yang being all "it's because of your mom that my mom left!" and Ruby being like "at least your mom is still alive!" Then Weiss would have to intervene because you know Blake ain't gonna do nothing about that. One of them goes all "you don't know what it's like so butt out!" So Weiss is just "My mom's dead, you dolt!" Then they all realize their common bond of loss, hug each other closely, rub each other's back's, kiss a little, and then it just goes full-on WhiteRose, incest, and YellowSnow, in an explosion of fan service. And Blake joins in too. JNPR come in and are all "What's going on in here!?", see what's going on, go all "well okay", and pile on as well. Then they get suspended for their hot, steamy, orgy where there was some fire, some lightning, and I think some ice, but learn an important lesson about love and friendship along the way.

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That last part was only partly serious.