Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27745396-20170213143845/@comment-34633327-20170811060957

ChishioKunrin wrote: At some point, but probably not soon, since the show is apparently focusing on the Spring Maiden at the moment... unless they decide to go "Haha, what a twist, am I right?!" and create some kind of series of events that somehow lands Winter Schnee as the new Spring Maiden. "Just because her name is Winter doesn't mean she'll be the Winter Maiden, LOL" Even if they were to make Winter a Maiden it would be kinda hard to do story wise. She obviously isn't a current one, otherwise the Ozluminati wouldn't have made her leave. So if she were to become a Maiden, she'd need to either 1) Be in the thoughts of a dying maiden, 2) transfer the maidens powers into her like what they attempted with Amber and Pyrrha, or 3) Be made one at random due to Maiden's last thoughts being incompatible. 2) seems unlikely as that would mean another Maiden was only injured, not killed/captured by Salem's group, and we don't even know if the process works. With 1), the only reason she would be in a Maiden's thoughts would be A) Winter was by the Maiden's side as she was dying, B) Winter and the Maiden were acquainted with one another, or C) The Maiden just happened to see Winter before she was blindsided and instantly killed. The only feasible one would be A), as B) would mean that a Maiden just happens to be friends with Winter (As they seem to be Reclusive if Amber is anything to go by and the lack of knowledge on Spring's location even with Qrow) or that Winter made friends with her because she is a Maiden, which would mean she'd need to know about the Maidens, the only possible way being Ironwood telling her after Beacon fell which is stupid. As for 3) & C), that would be incredibly stupid and a contrived way to make Winter a Maiden.