Talk:Taiyang Xiao Long/@comment-5430952-20160707090814/@comment-4010415-20160708095707

One thing I came up with for why Taiyang has such an attitude with Qrow is that it has to do with Summer and Ruby. And no, I do not mean "Qrow is Ruby's real dad" or "Qrow was in love with Summer", God no. I hate the "Qrow is Ruby's real dad" theory (mostly because I'm just tired of seeing it).

I like to imagine that Ozpin brought Summer into the Ozluminati because of her silver eyes, and he had her go on missions for him and use her silver eye powers for them. It was during one of those missions that she died. In some way, Qrow was connected to that, whether he helped recruit her into the Ozluminati or he was the one telling her what the missions are or something like that. So, Taiyang blames Ozpin and Qrow for Summer's death and wants them to not get Ruby involved in any of that, for fear that she will die too. That's why he glared at Qrow. He knew that Qrow was going to tell her about her silver eye powers, which would cause her to want to go out and use her powers, just like Summer did. That's why Ruby didn't know about her powers until then - Taiyang didn't want her to know.

Think about it. Ruby woke up, Taiyang started telling her what all happened, and when she questioned what he meant when he said she did something to the Dragon, he gave her a look and then suddenly changed his attitude and said it's not important. It's like, at first, he thought she remembered what she did, and when he realized she didn't, he backpedaled. Then, Qrow came in and asked to talk to her alone, and it was obvious to Taiyang that Qrow was going to tell her the truth.