Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32346149-20190505185133/@comment-32346149-20190505221839

Sentry 616 wrote: One of the main reasons I don't think Summer is alive is because this is her daughter's story, and her mother is prumably more skilled at both combat and being an SEW, and half of team RWBY would almost immediately defer to her lead.

This would necessitate getting her out of the story, at which point she may as well have been dead from the start. Unless, of course, Ruby and Summer are the same person.