Talk:Taiyang Xiao Long/@comment-28171999-20180213154238/@comment-35961613-20180623053827

Ruby and Yang weren't left in Qrow's care at that time, they were in Beacon's care. Qrow was there, and he visited them, but he wasn't in charge of protecting them. Tai might not have even known that Qrow was even there until he brought them home (actually, we don't know how they got home, so Qrow might not have been there when they got home). Because of that, I can't see how Tai would try and place any blame on Qrow for the states of his daughters when they return home. Beyond that, I would say: Shock, then disbelief, then anger, then self-deprecation (parents almost-always blame themselves first) and other types of false associations of how things could have been different to prevent the situations from occuring (including trying to say Qrow could have done more - but this wouldn't be his initial reaction when Qrow showed up), then acceptance of reality. Of course this happens over a greater length of time. I would assume that Tai is between the anger and false association stage at the time that Ruby wakes from her coma.