Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-6493589-20151008152837/@comment-4010415-20151013150318

It'll probably be fine as long as they don't have Raven immediately start revealing stuff to Yang. If that scene really was a dream, good. Wait to have Raven come back, and when she does appear again, have her be hesitant to stick around, with Yang calling out for her to wait right before she disappears again.

Now, as for her not being Yang's cousin or sister or aunt... I've said before that the RWBY crew has made a habit of making sure a relative is mentioned before they show up in the show.


 * Ruby's mother, Summer Rose - The stone altar in the Red Trailer has her name on it. In the first episode, Ruby mentioned "my parents." Yang has told the story of Summer's disappearance.


 * Ruby and Yang's father, Taiyang Xiao Long - Ruby mentioned "my parents," has mentioned her dad multiple times, Yang mentioned him in her story, they got a letter from him with Zwei.


 * Qrow - Mentioned in the very first episode, Ozpin got a message from him at the end of volume 1, Ozpin and Ironwood talked about him early in volume 2, Yang mentioned him during her story.


 * Weiss' sister, Winter Schnee - They went out of their way to force a mention of her into volume 2 because she's going to be in volume 3.

There has only been mention of Yang's mom. Nothing about a cousin, a sister, or an aunt. No one has even hinted, like jokingly saying how weird it would be if Yang and Ruby turned out to have another sister, or what-have-you. Just a mom.