Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-27366857-20151208163511/@comment-4010415-20151213220757

Guys. Now that the episode is public, I can state why I think they kept Raven a secret from Yang.

Raven is a Maiden. This explains


 * Why Raven left and never came back. Living with her husband and child would have put them in danger of anyone who would want to kill her for her power.


 * Why Taiyang, Qrow, and Summer kept her secret from Yang. Maidens are supposed to be a secret. Only the people who are actually involved in working with them, finding them, and protecting them are supposed to know about them.


 * Why Qrow sounded so bitter about how Maidens are chosen, and why he said that the way they're chosen is stupid. I think Raven was chosen randomly because the Maiden before her thought of someone who can't be a Maiden (a man or an elderly woman, according to Qrow). Qrow is pissed because Raven receiving a Maiden's power caused her to have to leave everyone. She was about to live a happy life with a husband and child, but all of that was ripped away from her, and he feels it's unfair and stupid.

He does not dislike Raven. He dislikes what becoming a Maiden has forced her to do. He hates that he can't tell Yang. Yang almost got herself and Ruby killed trying to search for answers, and all he could do was save them and take them back home, while keeping the answers she was looking for secret.