Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24934890-20180911200208/@comment-4010415-20181201212341

Faith334 wrote: 1. The only reason I could believe that is because she looks more like Qrow than she does Tai, but she could just have gotten her looks from her mom.

2. It's also a little weird of how protective Qrow is over Ruby. He was watching her and keeping her safe throughout season 4 which I get that he's her uncle, but still.

3. Even Tai isn't that protective.

1. Yeah, Ruby literally looks exactly like her mother. Same hair, same silver eyes, same shape to her eyelids, similar skin tone. It's hard to tell from the tint of the photograph, but Summer may or may not have actually been a little paler than Ruby.

2. You mean after he deliberately dropped a hint to her that she should travel to Haven Academy in search of Cinder, knowing that Salem's crew have "dealt with" (in Hazel's words) Silver-Eyed Warriors in the past? He was most likely going to Mistral anyway, but he told Ruby that the trail leads to Haven and then winked at her when telling her that would be quite a journey for her. He wanted her to go to Mistral, and he knew the journey would be dangerous, so of course he watched over her.

A Silver-Eyed Warrior is actually a really good asset in the war against Salem, which is likely why Summer was most likely doing missions for Ozpin back in the day.

3. Like Raijin explained. Also, Tai actually told us why he didn't go after Ruby.

Outside the house, Oobleck asked Tai if he had thought about going after her, and Tai looked toward Yang's bedroom window while saying there were things he had to take care of. That was him saying that he felt he needed to stay home and take care of Yang.

He couldn't just leave Yang at home while he went after Ruby because Yang was in a serious depression - something Tai has first-hand experience with! - and only had one arm (who do you think put Yang's hair in a ponytail before she got her prosthetic?). But he also couldn't take Yang with him for those same reasons. She was in no shape to travel or fight, especially since her depression would've drawn Grimm. All he could do was stay home with Yang and hope that Qrow kept Ruby safe for him.

And honestly, I think Tai's depression played a role in Ruby bonding with Qrow. Back in Volume 2, Yang said that Tai "shut down" after they lost Summer. With Tai being so depressed that he was shut down and Summer gone, the most functional adult in Ruby's life at that point was Qrow. Obviously she was going to bond with the one and only adult who actually had the energy to spend time with her and be enjoyable to be around.