Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26099499-20150226151824/@comment-3257939-20150317081636

LiveandSound wrote: DiegoAnime3000 wrote: 1. Not entirely true. If Yang's mother is actually Qrow's sister then it's entirely possible that they share the same surname thus explaining why Yang has her father's surname (Xiao Long) while Raven has her mother's (Branwen) just like Ruby has her biological mother's last name (Rose).

2. So you're saying that Yang is not 17 years old but rather +30 years old? That makes sense considering the fact that their faces are exactly the same despite one is way older than the other.

3. This makes no difference, especially since you bring up the idea that it's likely also shared by Qrow which means Raven can also be a sister.

4. Whoever said that RWBY had ultimate good storytelling? If we judge the quality of RWBY's storytelling based on the bully arc then your argument is invalid.

I've seen this many times and the result is always the same: Raven can be Yang's mother or twin sister. Both theories are valid. 1-Isn't that what he said?

2-Anime, son. In Anime, mothers commonly have extremely young looks, sometimes even younger than their daughters's. In some cases, they even look like they were their sisters instead of their mothers. In more extreme cases, they go from looking like sisters to even almost like twins! And we all know Anime is RWBY's inspiration. As such, the "Raven's face looks just like Yang's" part, is still valid, via those tropes.

3-You have kind-of a point there, I admit.

4-When did he say RWBY had good storytelling? He just said, doing that would be bad storytelling, doesn't mean RWBY's writing has been 12/10 so far. If anything, it's mediocre at best, which means that doing bad storytelling, would be even worse; instead of improving, it would feel like the contrary's happening writing-wise. And that, would be bad for the show's future. 1. What Mercen said is that Raven is obviously Qrow's sister because her surnames is Branwen. However, if we use the logic of how Ruby and Yang have different surnames then the fact that Raven has Branwen as her surnames does not mean that she's Yang's mother. She could be her sister which is the idea Mercen is against.

2. Considering that the shopkeeper and Port actually look and talk old, it means that the animation style doesn't necessarily make everyone look young. They can make them look older but giving them the exactly same face and then telling the audience that these two characters are mother and daughter is just a really stupid anime trope. I'm actually surprised you're ok with that Live, considering this is you we're talking about.

3. Thank you, I guess?

4. My point is that saying that Raven is Yang's sister is entirely possible and if done right then it can be saved from ultimately bad storytelling. It's true that RWBY is showing traits of a repetitive plot if we compare the finale of Volume 1 with Volume 2 but Raven as Yang's sister is still a good idea. We can't judge that until we see the outcome.