Talk:Raven Branwen/@comment-24113789-20180501045209/@comment-5430952-20180502060559

I also question how much she really values her tribe, if her heart was wholly devoted to protecting them then she would've returned to Anima once she graduated from Beacon. Instead, she joined Ozpin's inner circle, fell in love with Tai and had Yang with him. Then she ran into something that shook her to the core, possibly one of the "things she's made," and thus fled to Anima so Salem wouldn't target her any longer. Basically she was hiding behind the tribe, but of course she would never admit it, she probably spun the facts so that she'd achieved her mission but Qrow had "betrayed" them by joining Ozpin, conveniently ignoring the fact that she had also joined him for a time.

But despite all her efforts to hide, it seems Salem never truly lost sight of her. Becoming the Spring Maiden put the tribe in even more danger, yet Raven stubbornly refused to admit it. And had her plan to steal the Relic succeeded, she'd be all but guaranteeing their annihilation per Salem and her forces.

Not to mention if she truly viewed them as family, she would've been irate at Yang for hurting so many of them outside the camp. And yet how does she react?

Raven: You were patient, determined, and strong enough to make your dream a reality. Well done Yang. (snarky smirk) But did you have to be so rough with my men?

Not exactly how a tribal leader should react in such a situation, is it? So that definitely makes her claims about any familiality with the tribe seem rather... dubious.

And note how she didn't return to the tribe after fleeing Haven, if they were her family why wouldn't she return? Well, save for losing Vernal, whom the tribe believed to be the Spring Maiden, how was she gonna explain that? No, I'd say we're gonna see what she truly deems family in this upcoming episode, now that Yang has broken through her BS we're gonna see the real Raven Branwen, and about time I say.