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Faith334 wrote: Even Tai isn't that protective.

Oh, he is. He's just also very protective of Yang, and Qrow went after Ruby. Knowing that Qrow is looking out for Ruby in Volume 4 allows Tai to focus on Yang. Remember, Tai was very against any information on Raven reaching his daughters until Volume 4 Episode 9. That's a little overprotective.

There was also the "You sound just like Dad" and "I don't think Dad would approve of all the boys, though" lines in Volume 1 that were the first things we knew about him. We were introduced to their dad as being protective.