Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-226878-20140810021742/@comment-107.195.92.37-20141031024328

In opinion I think that the mentor's theory is the most sound of all. On Summer's wikia page here it states that she was on a team with Qrow, Taeyang Xiao Long (Yang's Dad) and Yang's Mom, even though I have no idea where any backup for this information is, obviously someone does. But back to the mentor's theory; Similiar to how Spring leads to Summer leads to Fall leads to Winter, so on so forth, I wouldnt find it so hard to beleive that this would be the case with the seasons characters, expecially if we where to  think that they also represent different age groups:

We can presume Winter is the youngest, early teens to mid twenties, (let me explain) perhaps younger than Weiss herself or just the youngest of the four;

Cinder is obviously in her late teens to maybe late twenties(?) and could just be hiding out at Beacon in relation to her plot, whatever it is, that includes Vale (I also think its stupid to presume her and her team are 1st years like team RWBY, as they obviously look older and could easily be 4th years (which would make them at least 19-22 years old))

Summer, has a very wide age gap as it hasnt been confirmed when she gave birth to Ruby, however I think that she had at least graduated from Beacon by that time (we also have to think on the fact Ruby's conception happens 2 years or so after Yang is born, and thusly at least 2 years after Yang's Mom and Summer's fellow teammate dropped off the face of the Earth and at least 3 years after she married Taeyang/Yang's Dad, and again we have no idea how long they dated/were married etc.) or had been a graduate for at least 2 years, so as very foggy assumption is that she was 19-22 when she graduated, and thusly her age could range from early twenties to mid thirties.

Spring also has a very wide age range, as we dont even have confirmation on her being a real character, however as their has been major foreshadowing on it I can at least think she's going to be a character, and in accordance to the age group theme, might range from late 30's onwards.

What does this have to do with anything? Again as the season's pass from one to the next, mentor's pass on their knowledge and wisdom on to a younger generation, and this knowledge possibly has to do with something philosophical. So the 'first' season, Spring, is also the oldest with the last season, Winter, being the youngest.

I like to think that Spring taught Summer/raised her in someway, and while Summer may or may not have raised or mentored Cinder I think she still played as a massive influence in Cinder's life. Cinder's relation to Winter I think hasnt actually unfolded yet, but at the end of this season when Cinder's plans have fallen through the floor boards and is left standing alone (I honestly dont think Cinder wouldnt be above leaving behind Emerald and Mercury, despite Emerald's obvious admiration for Cinder, for her own benefit) and if Winter has come to see Weiss in action at the Vital Fesival, they encounter somehow and become entangled with each other, passing on from fall to winter. Also as how Winter leads on to Spring, I also think Spring could also have personally sought out Winter to keep up with the passing on of information from teacher to student.

As with the major antoganist who will span across all of the Volumes, while I dont think it's Spring, the Season's probably have something to do with it. The philisophical information that is passed on from student to teacher could be related to it. So Spring could be the masterming behind the Season's, who tought Summer who through some relationship was going to tell Cinder but died first/told her then died/told Cinder who in turn killed her(Maybe?) This could support how Cinder is a baddie as she either a) Wanted to know but didnt then was misinformed by the BigBad onto their side, b) Was told then Summer died by the hands of the BigBad for knowing info on him so Cinder could be trying to avenge her friend through her own messed up means, or c)Was originally working for/against the BigBad and killed her after getting the needed info. Cinder again could be trying to influence Winter onto her side a she could be trying to use her as a pawn (since she's related to one of the biggest coorporations in the kingdoms) or see's in Winter what Summer once saw in her and is trying to duplicate that relationship. When Winter thusly leads back into Spring, they meet offhandedly and through some chain of events Spring learns of she's the newest apprentice and of team RWBY.

Also (last thing I promise) with how the Season's themselves relate to team RWBY I think it goes like this; Winter relates to Weiss obviously, Yang actually relates to Summer, Ruby is Fall and Blake is Spring.

Winter is Weiss's sister so theres their connection and while I dont have a good reason to pair Spring with Blake other than they where the only two people who werent paired in the end its Yang/Summer and Ruby/Fall who are important right now.

Now Yang and Summer being each other's mirrors makes even more sense than Ruby and Summer, in all honesty, as even though Ruby and Summer are obviously blood related, it can be presumed that Summer died when Ruby was fairly young, young enough to understand who she is but not really remember her. This is similiar to how Yang and her mother are; with her own mother leaving when Yang was one or two, and thusly leaving Summer to be a more prominent mother figure to Yang than to Ruby. So now Yang has two mother figures who have left her, leaving her to ask about both. While Yang is obviously seeking out her own mother this is mostly due to her not having any closure. Why did she leave, why hasnt she come back, who is she even, etc. If we where to consider Yang's nature, once she got her information she would effectively cut her mother out of her life (or attempt to) in anger. With Summer, Yang did get a sense of closure and thusly she doesnt need to investigate her further as the excuse she died on whatever mission she was on was probably a sufficient enough answer for a 7-ish year old (and when you're young things like that can stick with you) Yet if she where to be given the chance to learn more on the only mother figure she had I wouldnt be surprised if she took it.

Now onto Ruby and Cinder. In the opening sequence for Volume 2, the main protaganists (team RWBY) are seen paired off and fighting with the subsequent members of Cinder and Co. with Ruby and Cinder being put together. Now while this can be explained by the facts that the heads of each team need to face off as is typically expected of action series', I think the previously stated reasoning of 'We are more alike than you think' (said from Cinder to Ruby) is a better explanation, in the ways that they both have close relations with Summer and once in fact where very similiar people (when Cinder was Ruby's age) Cinder would probably go into battle prepared and would have gotten information on team RWBY to play against them, and during this finds out Ruby is Summer's blood daughter. She in turn tries to find out more on her and investigates her more thoroughly, and she leaves this investigation with the impression that she was once like Ruby, and Ruby would end up like her, if only Ruby where to understand how the world truly works and is only a naive kid.

IDK this is just my incredibly long, poorly worded, too in depth impression of team Seasons..