Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32346149-20190505185133/@comment-29684190-20190505203606

Why is Ruby Rose not even remotely curious about her mother’s fate?

She died a while ago. She was told that she went on a mission and "never came back" (Which with the context and the mood and the phrasing means "she died") What do you want? What context do you have where that would make sense. For her to ask how her mom died every time she sees her dad? She doesn't have memory loss. Huntsmen die, you just have to move on. She probably doesn't want to remember that.

I'm curious how you imagined Ruby talking about Summer. Tai, Yang and Ruby are sitting and eating dinner and Ruby randomly brings up her dead mom. Most people don't randomly bring up their dead parents. If she were alive then maybe, but 10 years after her (supposed) death, just why?

"Not coming home" has always been a synonym for died. Especially to young children.

Did you just compare this to Cast Away? I hope you understand that movie is about the 1 in a 1000000 chance that a person would survive a plane crash. If a plane crashes in real life and people are not found for around 10 years, are they considered dead or are they considered just missing?

If you hear someone's plane crashed and they haven't found the body for 10 years, do you assume they died, or that they're talking to volleyballs. If you heard a huntswoman go on a mission and never returned after knowing that they go on missions where thy fight monsters... Sure, now I want an illustration of Summer talking to coconut Tai, Ruby and Yang, but

Yang has a reason to bring up Raven since she is still alive. What's Ruby gonna do, search for her grave?

Yes, RWBY could have better writing, we all know that. She may be alive. But she is presented as dead. And nothing from having a gravestone, people mourning for her, and us being told that "she's gone" and "never coming back" says that she is still alive.