Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20151115174306/@comment-10390252-20151116113550

@MetallicArcher,

Well, we know that Taiyang had a breakdown after Summer was KIA and Yang pretty much helped raise Ruby after that. It's implied strongly that Taiyang and Qrow are frequently on missions and Raven has been on what looks like detached deep-cover for around 16-17 years. It doesn't seem likely that either of the girls have had regular adult guidence or parental figures in their lives.

So, yeah, Ruby probably hasn't had the most emotionally healthy of childhoods. Then again, which of them have? It's to her credit that she's grown up so determined to accept people, seek the best in them and reach out to those who are high-maintenance friends.