Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-71.84.15.225-20150807131522/@comment-4010415-20150917194431

Like I said "unless the writers work really hard to do something different with it." Unless, meaning that it can be done well.

But the thing is, one of the best ways to use this trope is to do it in a way where the audience will actually be surprised when the character turns up alive. Right now? It wouldn't be surprising at all, with at least half of the fandom arguing that either

a) She might be alive

b) NO, YOU DON'T GET IT GUYS, SHE IS TOTALLY DEFINITELY ALIVE

At this point, if Summer does turn up alive, what will make or break it for me is the reason she disappeared and was thought dead. The only reason I didn't break from them unmasking Raven in the after credits scene is because we still have the mystery of why Yang's mom left, so I don't really care that it's obvious Raven is her mom. The reason her mom left will be the true reveal.