Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151101163739/@comment-3257939-20151107033430

Here's something that I believe no one has considered before because they're too busy shipping them:

The SDC is involved in Cinder's plan. Someone in the company, who Roman refers to as their employer, was the one who gave them the Atlesian Paladins.

''Qrow: You sent me to find our enemy. And I'm telling you, our enemy is here.''

He's been investigating. He knows that the enemy is hiding at the Festival. And given the clues, everything points out that the SDC are the enemy or at least, working with the enemy. Therefore Winter is a potential threat.

Perhaps the entire clash they have during the opening will be a result of the SDC being involved in whatever Cinder is planning thus causing Qrow to point his finger at Winter who claims to be innocent and there's her little sister Weiss who believes in her. But Qrow is Ruby and Yang's uncle and he's saying that Weiss' family are the bad guys here.