Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25250830-20140905030244/@comment-2.31.7.132-20140908115704

Weiss

Ruby

The Malachites

Are not exceptions to the rule of choosing your own name it just means that they chose the same names as someone close. It might be traditional as BenRG initially said to select the name of a parent or mentor. As stated Weiss chose to be called Schnee because she in an heiress. She might have been or felt pressured into doing so as we know her farther was "difficult". It still would not stop the theoretical convention from being true. As I said Ruby could have chosen Rose as a tribute. Her visiting the rave was her making sure it felt right. Yang selected her farthers name or even Qrows (for saving her life) because why as Mercen-X stated would she select the name of her mother who ran out on her (unless she was after drawing her attention). The Malachites are twins, maybe they chose the same name as each other to symbolise there closeness. The main argument for at least Patch if not Vale or the entirety of Remnant is that nobody seems fazed by two sisters having completely different surnames. Blake Belladonna did not seem to realise that they were half sisters up until Yang told her during Burning the Candle.