Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-71.84.15.225-20150807131522/@comment-14909251-20150909232814

BenRG wrote: I'm hoping that Summer died in some dramatic, badass way, single-handedly saving the rest of Team TRQS by covering their rear. When Taiyang, Qrow and Raven returned with reinforcements, she was already dead, surrounded by hundreds of dead bad guys. None got past her.

However, I've got the horrible feeling that she was stabbed in the back, maybe by Cinder (who was her trainee at the time, maybe even personally recommended by Ozpin. One mistake out of so many others). It is rather strongly suggested that Summer went without her original team given that Taiyang is said to be teaching and Raven had left at that point. That just makes it easier to believe that she could be alive as other Hunters may not be as determined to find her or, alternatively, more likely to have betrayed her and thus less inclined to find her if they believed her dead.

173.23.46.31 wrote: If they bring back summer any belief that grimm are a threat in large numbers would be lost. Not really, since we have no reason to believe Summer's supposed death occurred during a battle with Grimm.