Talk:Maidens/@comment-74.96.111.152-20160915231623/@comment-4010415-20160917053823

Actually, if you recall, with Raven, the fandom was split into 3 groups:


 * "It's Yang's mother!"


 * "It's Summer Rose!"


 * Weird-ass baseless fanfic-like explanations, such as "Ruby from the future, where she lost her scythe and became corrupted by Dust", "Yang from an alternate universe", "Yang's long lost twin sister who they never hinted to once, despite making an effort to hint to characters before they appear/become significant in the show (Summer, Qrow, Taiyang, Raven, Winter)", etc

As for how they could've foreshadowed the silver eyes thing better... They could've put some more focus on fairy tales, rather than just stuff like

Ruby: I love books! Stories of heroes and monsters...

Blake: The real world isn't the same as a fairy tale, though.

Ruby: Yeah, but we're here to make it better!

They could've talked about fairy tales more, given some kind of hint that fairy tales could be real in their world. They wouldn't necessarily have had to keep bringing up the silver eyes, just the fact that legends and fairy tales could actually have basis in the truth.

This is why I'm glad they included the Maidens because the Maiden situation introduced us to the fact that some fairy tales in Remnant are real, which made the reveal about the Silver-Eyed Warriors legend much less sudden. What were they going to do before Monty came up with the Maidens? Just come out of the blue and say "Oh, by the way, some legends and fairy tales are real, and there's one about warriors with silver eyes!"? That would've been terrible. But it was made less terrible by the Maidens plot.