Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-9058532-20130807182204/@comment-226878-20140525063414

Like Katniss Everdeen?

You know a theory that I've not heard/read suggested: Cinder is Ruby's sister. We know that Ruby and Yang are blood-related, yadda. But maybe the Red Like Roses II song is sung between Cinder and their mother, which is why Cinder has gone down a darker path.

Like Snow White, Cinderella's biological mother is dead (which lends next to nothing toward my point). A trait shared amongst RWBY, through their allusions, is the absence of a mother (of course Red and Gold simply make no mention of a mother). Most known iterations of B&tB make no mention of a mother either but the original version had it that Belle was part fairy which could explain why Blake's a Faunus. Anyway, my point is that Cinder actually doesn't have to be related to Ruby in order to be the young voice singing in RLR2. As far as I know, LRRH has never really expanded on Red's life. Some iterations give her a father and a legacy of lycanthropy.