Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24098614-20180508224452/@comment-34724302-20181205210535

BlizzardDragon wrote: Masma93 wrote: BlizzardDragon wrote: Raven basically confirmed than she killed Spring to Yang by saying "What I did" and by justifying it as "mercy".

There is no need to doubt anymore than she is responsible for Spring's death when she all but confirmed than she is responsible for it. That's not what I'm saying.

I'm saying, yes, she did kill Spring, but her motivation for doing so is not known. We have no canon basis for why she killed her.

Either she:

A) Killed her in cold blood to get the powers.

B) Killed her to get rid of a burden to the tribe in that it makes them a target, and got the powers accidentally.

C) Killed her to spare her from being hunted by Salem and Ozpin and living in fear, and got the powers accidentally.

We don't know why she did it, and therefore can't judge her based on it.

To clarify, killing in itself is not an evil act. Euthenasia is a form of killing and its done to put people and animals out of misery in a lot of cases. Its the motive behind the killing that makes it evil or justified.

We don't really know Raven's motive, therefore we can't judge her on it.

Simple as that, and its over and done with. Whatever the reason for which she killed the Spring Maiden, the result is the same, she murdered a young girl than she had taken in the tribe and under her wing.

And that is only one of the many terrible things Raven has done including to her own family. While she can't be described as a pure villain like Cinder or Salem she's still far from a hero or even an anti-hero.