Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27397283-20160214182542/@comment-4148456-20160220024814

Korrde wrote: Can someone explain why its poor from a literary perspective to have Ruby be a Maiden? Because I keep seeing that as an explanation here as to why she can't be one, but no one is actually saying how it detracts from the story to make Ruby a Maiden. Is it because it would be cliche?

And I agree with the people saying that she might have obtained the powers at a young age. If she got them young enough or was never taught how to use them, then it stands to reason she doesn't know how to use the. Additionally for all we know the powers were sealed by Qrow or Ozpin or something like that. Because she probably had the Silver Eyes from a very young age, but I don't remember seeing any Grimm fearing her until after Pyrrha was killed.

So to say she would "know" how to use Maiden powers because she might have had them from a young age is like saying she should have "known" how to use Silver Eyes powers from a young age because she grew up with them. As we saw, she didn't know how to use the Silver Eyes powers and in fact didn't remember using them at all.

I'd say the idea that Ruby is a Maiden is no less strong then it was when the theory was first introduced. Now is it separate from the Silver Eyes powers? Maybe. Are the Silver Eyes the sign of a Maiden? Again maybe. Is it possible she's not a Maiden? Also possible. To discount any of these at the moment is making a statement no one but those at RT can legitimately make.

This probably best sums up what we can and can't surmise based on our current knowledge.