Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4415312-20131105163950/@comment-28792888-20140322155210

The Devil's Advocate WP wrote: Maki Kuronami wrote:

Canonically, there's no mention of Summer Rose. However, you'll find that particular name is a bit common around the wikia. Actually, as noted above, her name is included on the grave stone in the Red Trailer. The trailers are canon, so that name is legit. Nothing is confirmed about the connection to Ruby, though all signs point to her being some sort of relative of Ruby's and Red Like Roses Part II certainly makes it seem like this would be her mother.

Although I mostly agree that Summer Rose as a person is basically canon, it's worth noting that "Summer Rose", while not technically a line, is a major feature of the poem "The Last Rose of Summer" by Thomas Moore, the thirteenth line of which is "Thus Kindly I Scatter". So, despite the fact that Summer Rose is pretty obviously a name, especially what with there already being a character whose last name is Rose, there's still a possibility that it's not a name, but a reference to the poem.

At least, I think. There may have been some canon release or Word of God from Monty saying that Summer Rose is a person, in which case you can just forget I said anything.

For my cent: when it comes to a Summer Rose trailer, I think that she probably wouldn't weild a scythe, which would be a major hint that it wasn't Ruby early on. Even if she did weild a scythe, it wouldn't be the custom-made Crescent Rose, which would be another big issue. How to fix this problem? Show a man who we either all assume is Qrow or actually is Qrow teaching Summer how to weild a scythe. It could be a "training scythe" in this case. We see him instructing her for the first half of the trailer and she makes a few mistakes, maybe fighting Beowolves or training dummies, but she picks it up quickly and the last half of the trailer is just her becoming progressively more awesome as the fight goes on. With only a few seconds left before the trailer ends, Qrow says, "Nice job... Summer." And she turns around, revealing eyes that are not silver. Dun dun DUN!