Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-5136196-20181115013649/@comment-4010415-20181209010732

Whitennerdiest wrote: Whether it would have been good foreshadowing or not is irrelevant, as Miles and Kerry chose not to put Ravens reaction in the show. Same thing with the idea that Qrow would have noticed. We didn't see his reaction, so we don't know if he noticed anything.

All I'm saying is that, since it wasn't on screen, we have no way of knowing if she reacted or not. It's entirely possible that she didn't react, but since it's also possible that she did, Raven not reacting to the SEW powers cannot be used as an argument against them affecting maidens. Qrow would have noticed because he was fighting Raven at the time, and if he put two and two together and realized that Raven was the Spring Maiden, he would've made a big deal about it.

It's not even so much that it would be foreshadowing, as it is that not showing this would be neglectful writing that creates a plot hole of "Why didn't Raven react? Surely Qrow would have seen this, considering he was focused on her because he was fighting her. Why didn't he say anything? You'd think he would have a reaction to realizing his own sister inherited the previous Spring Maiden's powers and hid it from him. He confronted her about it in Volume 4 and thought the Spring Maiden was simply with Raven!"

Miles and Kerry aren't the greatest writers in history, but I still highly doubt they're that bad that they would leave out something as glaring as this.

Also, Cinder gripped her Grimm arm specifically, when Ruby used her silver eyes in Haven. Further indication that it's more to do with Cinder's use of the Grimm than it is with Maiden powers.