Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-35447933-20180627105853/@comment-26018514-20180628024456

Rion Dragonheart wrote: As I've mentioned, I'm not particularly mad at this Ruby's Dad theory but I'm really really tired of seeing it. So I'd offer a new one:

Qrow and Summer were lovers before Summer got together with Tai. It can be when they were still at Beacon. So Qrow breaks up with Summer at some point. Summer would sympathize with Tai on his predicament with Raven and that's gonna be why they fall in love too. She still has her last name as Rose because they never really get married.

This is a better theory for me and it makes more sense than Qrow is Ruby's dad. And it's probably something that is mentioned in passimh during interviews since it's not really relevant to the story. Animating it is a waste of time. I agree completely, and this is why I dislike the Qrow as Ruby's dad theory: it literally adds nothing to develop except for angst against Tai-yang and Qrow for lying to her(or regret after he dies).

We literally don't have time to waste on angst in Ruby's relationships, and we already have it with Weiss, Yang, Jaune(with Qrow), and even Blake.

I can see Qrow starting a relationship with Summer(and ending it due to feeling he couldn't possibly be a dependable dad with his semblance, thus not wanting kids) that is partly why he loves Ruby, but Ruby already loves him like a father, and he obviously loves her. There really wouldn't be anything added to their relationship with blood relation.

It would actually take away from Tai-yang's relationship with her, which tbh has been barely explored in the story yet... she loves that damn dog more than she's shown love for Tai-yang, and he hasn't shown much specific concern either.

It would also further separate her and her sister... when they are pretty much just getting back to a similar space.

In short, it doesn't pull the story anywhere I'd want to see it go, and in fact would return it to boring angst I'd rather see at least one character(which she already fits the bill perfectly for) avoid.