Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27517554-20160125045528

In the opening titles of Seasons 1 & 2, people associated with the Maidens Power seem to give off a form of tangible residue.

Pyrrha, the possible next Fall Maiden is seen to be producing maple leaves.

Cinder, holder of most of the Fall Maidens power has a form of fire coming from her eyes and dress, something she actually seems to do in the show.

Ruby and Summer (season 1 opening), are producing red and white rose petals respectively. Something which Ruby does in the show.

Now in the season 2 opening, all of team Ruby is producing something. Only Ruby's petals and Yang's fire are distinct enough to actually identify.

Now if Cinder has most of the power, then Amber has a small portion. Unless her comatose state in which she will die, as stated by Mr. Ironwood, counted as close enough to death that her power left her. That would mean that the power of the Fall Maiden in the new maiden would be less visible or less active. Similar to Cinders and Amber's eyes, both which glow with a fire when using the power of the Maiden, Yang's and Amber's have a reddish tint when their powers are active. And Yang's fire is extremely similar to Cinders (the unconscious produced, not purposeful). Also, when Yang becomes angry, her semblance affects the terrain in odd ways. Lava geysers exploding in perfect sync, fires igniting, etc.

And finally, why was Qrow near to Amber at the time of her powers being stolen? Either he was recently assigned to be her protector, or he had been her protector for a while and had just returned from a break. We know he was supposed to be her protector, because Taiyang told Ruby and Yang that Qrow was supposed to be gone on a mission that would last "forever." Now if he was new, that means that her old protector died, which would make it highly odd of her to be traveling while she waited for the next one. This implies to me that Qrow was just on a break, and he actually was returning. And if he knew Amber, and was a protector of sorts, then they would know each other well and likely their relationships to their families respectively. That would mean that Amber knew about Yang and Ruby. And she was awake as Qrow saved her. So the most likely course of action was for her to think: "who can Qrow protect now that I am going to die?" Obviously she though of Yang and Ruby, but Ruby already being the Maiden of summer (possibly), it therefore defaulted to Yang. Thus Yang received some of the last bits of the Fall Maidens Power.

Other supporting facts: Qrow is in the brotherhood of the Maidens, why? Unless he is involved with one of the Romantically, familiarise, or in a protector fashion, he should not be in that organisation.

Cinder decided to pick on people she knew were candidates for the Maidenship, her "list," and so far she has only attacked Yang, Coco, and Pyrrha specifically. Why were these girls singled out? Pyrrha we see added to the list, and Coco and Yang were probably on that list too. 