Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27397283-20160214182542/@comment-4363364-20160215090703

I don't see how Qrow's explanation contradicts, least outright states that Ruby doesn't possess Maiden power. Let us remind ourselves that that the group that Ozpin/Glynda/Qrow form are supposedly charged to protect the maidens. Thing is, until now, all we have been shown is that they were protecting the Fall/Autumn maiden. No word from Spring, Summer or Winter. From here, I branch into two theories, who would render possible Ruby's maidenhood either way:

1: The group aren't very good at their job, and thus only know of the Fall Maiden's whereabouts. Due to this, they lost contact with the other maidens, and gradually forgot what traits made them distinguishable. This brings nothing for the Summer/Spring maiden, but a lot for the Winter maiden. It is possible(and very likely imo), that the Winter maidens made a second name for themselves and forged a different legend: that of the Silver-eyed warriors, making the silver eyes a mere side effect of Winter maidenhood.

2: The group were very efficient at their job, and monitored Ruby ever since they knew she existed. In this version, the group actually knows and have been keeping in touch with at least the Winter maiden line, and as such recognised Ruby as the Winter maiden when they saw her silver eyes.

You can see in both cases that the silver-eyes legend is built by the Winter maidens themselves, and there is logical explanations as to why Qrow didn't outright talk to Ruby about the Maiden legend in both.