Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25574297-20141024020130/@comment-4010415-20150912172107

174.50.207.29 wrote: Neo, at the sight of yang's mom nearly shits a brick and retreats, obviously having heard, or seen her in a fight and knew there was no way a battle with her would end well.

Another possibility is it's a future version of Blake, who's semblance seems to be leaving a shadow of herself elsewhere as she 'teleports' out of the way. With time, and training, that skill could develop [arguably] into a full blown time-travel. Only reason this seems plausible is because she looks more like Blake then she does yang, disregarding glowy eyes. 1. The problem with your theory about why Neo fled is that we have actually outright been told that Neo did not recognize Raven. We were told that Neo could tell that Raven was a powerful opponent who would be much harder to fight than Yang.

With that knowledge in mind, I went back and watched the scene at 0.25 speed and even did a frame-by-frame analysis. I then made [http://rwby.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:ChishioKunrin/%22Why_was_Neo_afraid_of_Raven%3F%22_An_explanation. a blog post], explaining what happened. Basically, in a nutshell, Neo barely dodged the first attack and actually got hit by the second attack, which knocked her backward. Then, Raven drew that really, really long sword.

That sword poses a huge problem to Neo, as Neo's fighting style, from what we've seen so far, is to get in close and dodge and block her enemy's attacks while hitting them when they leave an opening. That sword is too long for Neo to get close to Raven, and Raven actually landed a hit on her.

2. "Only reason this seems plausible is because she looks more like Blake then she does yang, disregarding glowy eyes." .... The only resemblance I see between Raven and Blake is that they both have long black hair. Though, Raven's hair is the same exact model as Yang's hair and has a red outline on it.

And no, don't let the "red and black hair" thing make you start thinking she's related to Ruby. If you say that, you might as well say that Yang and Jaune are related because they both have blonde hair that's lighter at the tips.

Raven's face even matches Yang's face. I did a comparison with an overlay quite a long while back. Though, her eyes are a slightly different shape than Yang's.