Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-68.13.203.44-20150925014952/@comment-14909251-20150925200908

There was some speculation that Ironwood is an allusion to the Tin Man. I think your theory is a nice one, though, and I wouldn't be surprised if the references to Wizard of Oz aren't just limited to specific characters. Yang is kind of the ditzy one of the group, hence needing a brain, and she's also yellow same as a scarecrow. Plus, there is the likelihood that her blood relation is to Raven and Qrow, keeping with the links to scarecrows.