Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-9058532-20130807182204/@comment-65.8.67.193-20130920003235

Well, time for my two cents.

First of all, are we even sure that "Summer Rose" is the name of the person that grave/marker/momument thing is for? We assume that is such because the words Summer Rose seem quite prevalent on the marker itself, but think like this: it could be likely that it's just poetry as an epitaph. I mean, Summer Rose. I will admit, since Ruby's last name was revealed as Rose, it does kinda make sense that Summer Rose may be a relative. But if this turns out to be the truth, then we can cross off Summer Rose as being a relative any more distant than Mother or Father at best.

Why? Because Summer Rose, based off of the statue as possible evidence and the ghostly figure, Summer Rose is most likely female (also, I've yet to see a guy named Summer, but it's Monty, so meh.). Now, as we know, the naming system nowadays mostly has the families retain the surnames of the male side. If Summer (still uncanon as to whether it's a person or not) is indeed a person, and is indeed a relative, then it's likely that Summer would be Ruby's Mother or Father, or maybe even a sibling we've yet to know about. Outside of that, it's highly unlikely she knew anyone named Summer Rose closely enough to visit the grave.

And to another point, is Ruby's trailer even canon? Monty said that the trailers are precursors, save for Ruby's, which is more of a "weapon resume." Ruby's trailer may very well hold no meaning to the actual show period. Now, bear in mind I maybe wrong on that point. But again, Monty stated her trailer was simply a "weapon resume." If this is the case, then can't we assume her trailer does not take place in the RWBY storlyine, or even before/after it? But rather, we can view it like we do with most anime movies. Possible in the universe, but non canon in the overall story? If we view it like this, then Ruby's trailer may hold no actual significance, and Summer Rose may not even exist.

Well, that was just my two cents. Comment, hate, do what you do best. Lemme know what you think. Ruby Rose forever.