Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27397283-20160214182542/@comment-27404453-20160220063031

Evnyofdeath wrote: Dude. There is no evidence for Ruby being a Maiden. Everything I knwo and have learned about writing conventions and techniques tell me she isn't. The simple fact Qrow told Ruby about the Silver Eyes and not the Maidens is the evidence we need.

Why is it that everyone who supports the "Ruby is a Maiden" theory is so...defensive? The whole damn point of a speculation board is to post and debate theories. That means people are going to tear it down and point out flaws if there are any. And the Ruby = Maiden theory has pleanty of holes.

Thematically Ruby cannot be the Winter Maiden. Both characters who have been the Fall Maiden have names and color associations with Fall. Ruby's name has no association with Winter, and her color theme is red and silver. And silver is not white. If Ruby were a Maiden she would be the Summer Maiden. And I take it you're a published author? A writer for RT? No? Then your statement is just so much more arrogance being thrown up as defense for her not being a Maiden.

You say I'm defensive, but at no time have I said that Ruby has to be a Maiden. All I've said is we don't know. You're acting way more defensively then I am in order to be able to claim she's not.

All I'm defending at this point is how we don't know anything. What you're defending is that you seem to think yourself an expert on literature and therefore the authority on what makes a good story. Just because Qrow didn't tell Ruby about the Maidens, doesn't mean she's not a Maiden. After all, we all saw the emotional turmoil Pyrrha was going through when she was chosen to be a Maiden. Do you think that maybe as her uncle Qrow wanted to avoid that?