Talk:Raven Branwen/@comment-34724302-20181012185549/@comment-25936766-20181013192355

1) A total noob SEW who used the powers by accident was able to petrify an ancient Grimm in a literal flash with the only drawback being falling unconscious, and not for long. Imagine what the same powers would do to Grimms weaker than the Dragon, which are literally every other Grimm we've seen, including the "Cavemen Age" Deathstalker in the Emerald Forest.

In terms of killing Grimm - which, I hope you remember, is the very reason for existance of Huntsmen as a whole - yes, the powers made Summer "infinitely stronger". We could assume she's as dumb as Ruby and just happened to not give a single fuck about them her entire life, meaning she really never knew how to control them at will, which given their power against the monsters she trained to kill would just have been moronic.

Or, we could not. We could, instead, assume Summer really was not an uncaring dumbass like her daughter, and actually at least tried to find out more about the Silver Eyes and how to use them right. Maybe even ask Ozpin about it, seeing how unlike Team RWBY STRQ actually finished their 4-year studies at Beacon.

And even if she really wasn't capable of controlling them, the powers still matter a lot. The 2 times Ruby used them? The first time, she saved Vale from inmediate destruction by Grimm flooding. The second time, she prevented Jaune from dying like a moron, leading to the heroes's off-screen victory at Haven.

Even if Raven was a better fighter against people, Ozpin had every reason to favor Summer instead, as a Huntress and as an ally against Salem and her Grimm horde.

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2) "As for her being in denial for 17+ years, that just shows how insanely stubborn she is"

No, it just breaks the willing suspension of disbelief. Being in denial is understandable, but for almost 20 years? That, is just absurd. It's not "smart" or "good" or "deep" writing, it's just dumb.