Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4609679-20131011075732

So. Jaune's arc got me thinking, and I've come up with a theory for Blake's arc that will undoubtedly hit us in the next few weeks.

Basically, think about Blake's background - pretty much nothing at all is known about her. All the other characters at least have some connection to one another (Ruby knows Yang, Nora knows Ren, Weiss is a Schnee and should be well known, Jaune knows Cardin, Pyrrha went to Sanctum, etc), but we don't even know what school Blake graduated from. We don't know if she even went to a school to graduate from in the first place. She is not affiliated with anyone or anything at Beacon in any way, and that's something that made me suspicious.

Bear with me here. What if Jaune actually gets found out in the next episode? And, regardless if he gets expelled or not, what if Ozpin and Goodwill do not actually know about Jaune's lie already? What if they - alerted by the events that surround Jaune - re-evaluate every submission, every student, and (re-)run extensive background checks? And you probably know where this is going already, so let's cut to the chase:

What if Blake got into Beacon the same way Jaune did?

I know that it isn't canonically safe to reference the trailers in theories, but after all, Weiss' scar appears in the main show as well, so I suppose there must be at least some merit to the trailers' events. That being said, in Blake's trailer, we basically start off the same way - we don't know jack about her. All we know is that she has some connection to a guy called Adam, and that they're apparently on a mission together. However, things go awry, and she cuts ties due to her partner's morally ambiguous practices.

At this point, she had to be full of doubts about herself, especially considering what secluded, introverted kind of person she is. Why did she work together with a man/organization who/that would blow up a train with no regards to its completely innocent passengers? Maybe she had committed similar atrocities in past missions and felt regret. Nevertheless: Made evident by the fact that she cut ties, we can safely assume that she wanted to change. To change for the better, to switch from shadows to the light. She'd need training. She'd need self-confidence, and she'd need perseverance. What better way is there to acquire all of the three but the most renowned combat school of the continent? She'd only need a way in. And since she didn't attend any school... well, look at Jaune.

It would also explain why she's constantly keeping in the background. She has not had any major fights except the one from Episode 8, and that was the whole team fighting for their lives. She did not cause any trouble or had any personal talks with any of the teachers. She's rarely the one who initiates a conversation; she does absolutely not want to draw attention to herself. She just blends in, basically hiding in plain sight.

Now, the last episode took place in Forever Fall, or the Red Forest, which is incidentally where her mission also happened. Whether it's a background check caused by Jaune or whether Adam just pops up out of seemingly nowhere, I believe we're in for a surprise when it comes to Blake's background!

Regarding her heritage, I don't have much to say, as this is not part of my theory. I do, however, want to point to the fact that she verbally assaulted Cardin in Episode 12, which was the first time we saw something that could be considered an outburst from her. Now why would she anger someone like him unnecessarily when she had been almost exclusively in the background up until that point? Maybe because he picked on a certain girl that may share a trait or two with her...?

No matter what her story ends up to be, I'm excited to hear it. Its one of the big mysteries in the series, and a darn good one at that. 