Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26099499-20150226151824/@comment-4010415-20150806071610

MentalMaster wrote: 1. all i really got to say is that the first thing my dad says after finishing the scene with the unmasking of Raven was 'It's Ruby...' (technically it was a gasp but whatever). he explained that it might very well be a time-travelling Ruby (from the future obviously). that possibility got me excited because i love time travel, and its not too much of a stretch, feature-wise''. ''we've never actually seen Ruby with long hair so it  could very well end up similar to Yang's; its already been stated that Raven and Yang look very similar; i heard earlier on this thread that Raven might be a manifestation of Yang's mind teaching her a new ability, and while that might be right, it could also be that something like this happened to Ruby, giving her an ability that has a side-effect of her now-red eyes. (this wouldnt explain Ruby's new weapon though, because that is nowhere near a scythe)

2. the possibility of Raven being Yang's mother is entirely possible, for some of the same reasons as it being Future-Ruby, but youd have to work through  the difference in hair color and *significant plot things*.

1. Really, there's nothing in RWBY that suggests that time travel could be a possibility, and if there is time travel, then this comes completely out of left field and should've been foreshadowed. Time travel wouldn't feel like such a weird thing if RWBY was completely sci-fi, but it has sort of a "high fantasy mixed with sci-fi" feel to it. Like, it's not 100% sci-fi because of the magic-like elements to it, and the magic-like elements aren't 100% magical due to the science side of things.
 * stuff like her grimm getup, teleportation, and seeming recognition from Neo

How Ruby will look when she's older if she grows out her hair is debatable, due to the fact that we currently don't know which of Ruby's features come from Summer and which come from Taiyang. Same with Yang, we don't know which of her features come from Taiyang and which come from her mom.

Personally, I don't understand why some people's minds instantly went to "It's Ruby from the future!" when we got an entire scene that revealed "Hey, Yang is only Ruby's half-sister, and she has been searching for her real mom ever since she was a child."

All in all, "Ruby from the future" takes way too much explaining and justifying for it to be the right answer. It also wouldn't be very good writing.

2. The difference in hair color really would not be that big of a problem. There are many fans who headcanon that Yang got her blonde hair color from Taiyang. It's entirely possible that Taiyang is blonde with lilac eyes, just like Yang. It's also possible that the reason Yang's eyes turn red, rather than any other color, when she gets angry or uses her Semblance is because her mother's eyes are red. This possibility was pointed out by the camera-work in that scene.

Raven takes off mask and looks at the camera -> Raven has red eyes -> Camera switches -> Yang is looking at the camera with the same exact shade of red eyes.

As for Neo's "seeming recognition" of her, I think one of the crew members said somewhere that Neo did not recognize Raven. She simply realized that Raven is a powerful and skilled foe and decided not to take her chances. It's not too hard to believe that from watching that scene, especially if you watch it at 0.25 speed and pay close attention to how both Raven and Neo move when Raven attacked her. Neo only just managed to block Raven's attacks, and Raven actually knocked her back.

Raven's portals could have something to do with her Semblance, but we're going to have to wait to find out for sure.

Her Grimm mask... Fans have come up with multiple possible explanations:


 * She could be an undercover spy in the White Fang, in which case she just blew her cover.


 * She could wear the mask just for intimidation purposes.


 * She could be a bird Faunus, with feathers in her hair. If she's Yang's mom, this could make Yang half-Faunus, and her Faunus traits just didn't manifest. Kinda like how, if one of your parents has brown eyes and the other has blue eyes, you might be born with brown eyes, but you'd still be carrying the trait for blue eyes.


 * Personally, I think Yang's mom may have left because she gave herself a secret mission. Maybe there's some kind of conspiracy she found out about, or maybe Cinder's not really the one in charge of the bad guys and Yang's mom found out about what Cinder's boss had started planning back then. This secret mission requires her to work in the shadows, so she wears the mask.