Talk:Raven Branwen/@comment-26306690-20181102234947/@comment-25936766-20181105222558

Well, the thing is that "grooming Vernal" and Vernal being a cover for the Maiden powers, are actually irrelevant to one another. If Raven wanted a cover she didn't need Vernal specifically, and Vernal being a cover doesn't explain why Raven treated her 10 times more nicely than she treats everyone else up to and including her own brother and daughter.

You can say a hundred times that Raven wasn't trying to push Yang away, but the thing is....she was. Whether she knew it or not is a better question (and if she didn't she's an idiot). The only time she actually tried to convince her to stay with her in any way, was while praising her for finally finding her.

But the moment Yang said no to that, she didn't really try to give her any reason to change her mind beyond "Ozpin is not to be trusted"...which in itself fails because he never actually explained why, and most importantly, Yang was going there for Ruby before anything else.

And everything before and after that was either making excuses or talking shit about the people who have been there for Yang, as if that wouldn't piss off Yang and make her more likely to leave. Which means that either Raven didn't care that much about recruiting Yang, or she has some horrendous social skills.