Talk:Raven Branwen/@comment-26286858-20150706100743/@comment-24891101-20150706154810

The tells for the dream are Yang mentioning that she's going to sleep the last time we see her, the visual distortion over the scene, and the eerie music, all of which are diagnostic of fictional dreams. There's also no reason for Yang to be outside at night. It also seems stupidly early to have Raven reappear otherwise; you don't introduce a mysterious savior then have them explain everything an episode later. Having it be a dream neatly sidesteps the issue and gives Yang a much-needed character driver in-show.

As to the asset-reuse argument, while I sympathize, I appreciate the power of the dream theory to explain away even issues such as that. While the proper explanation is indeed the Doylistic, it is ultimately unnecessary in the face of a larger theory.