Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20160123155826/@comment-24994749-20160123164335

Malcolm Neill wrote: If we go by the theory that RWBY will be Maidens

Weiss = Winter

Ruby = Spring

Yang = Summer

Blake = Fall I personally believe their appearances are a big red herring.

The Winter Maiden also looks more like Winter than Weiss.

That reinforces my feeling it's a red herring. All the other maidens can be easily linked to R_BY, except the Winter one. Unless this is to mean Winter is a Maiden now and then she is going to pass down the power to Weiss.