On another topic, I can't help but notice that there's a mildly Unfortunate trend as far as female authority figures in RWBY go, namely that pretty much all of them (Salem, Raven, Sienna Khan, Cinder prior to volume 4) are villains, in contrast to the "good" authority figures who are male with the exception of Glynda. Hopefully that will balance out over time.
I am not even sure Raven counts as a villain though considering she does not seem to be aligned with Salem. She more the third party faction that has her own objectives, but definitely gains nothing from the main antagonist winning.
Sienna Khan seems to be a neutral party to a degree since based on the conversation Salem is looking to establish an alliance with her. So it could be a matter of seeing if she is useful or allow Adam to go through with the power play I imagine she knows about already.
"Shall I use you, or make you mine... I'm not so sure what I'll do." - Dorthy![]()
There are, but the hierarchy of characters is what makes it slightly problematic; the top dogs on the hero's side are men in charge of a disproportionately female cast, while their villainous counterparts are women in charge of a (slightly) disproportionately male cast.
It's probably not intentional, and it's a fairly mild case which I suspect is more due to order of introduction than anything else, but it's noticeable.
edited 9th Mar '17 9:47:53 AM by CaptainCapsase
Imo, Raven is going to be RWBY's equivalent to Warhammer 40,000's Cypher.
IE: We have no fucking clue whose side she's on for most of the series, but will eventually (possibly) be revealed to be Good All Along.
edited 9th Mar '17 11:11:04 AM by BlackSunNocturne
Summer had her eyes removed so Salem can study them and make some sort of weapon out of them.
INB 4 Cinder gets her eye replaced with a weaponized silver one.
They're always remembered fondly, anyway...
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Which is why I've been speculating that perhaps it's deliberate that silver and grey eyes don't have much visual difference in Remnant. For all we know, the 'silver' part of 'silver eyes' refers more to the power unleashed than the eye colour being visually different to grey eyes.
We didn't get a clear shot of Ruby using the power, but I wonder if a controlled use actually would turn her eyes the colour of the power's light when she's activating it.... like Yang's eyes turning red when her Semblance activates.
In other words, it's when the power is activated that Ruby's eyes are visually 'silver'.
Assuming Sienna is female, that is. When the three silhouettes of the White Fang leadership were shown, the silhouette on the left did look like a cat faunus of some description, but they also looked male.
On the subject of names... the two White Fang leaders we have names for (Adam and Sienna) are both named for soil colours... Adam is a name that refers to red-coloured earth, and sienna is a yellowish-brown earth pigment, too, one that becomes reddish upon heating (burned sienna).
I wonder what kind of name the final leader of the White Fang will have.
edited 9th Mar '17 2:50:18 PM by Wyldchyld
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.To play devil's advocate, 90 percent of the authority figures/warriors/people of importance in the world of Remnant/most of our main cast are female. In that event, does it matter? There's no lack of strong female characters in this show (Debate their levels of character depth as you wish)
edited 9th Mar '17 8:38:45 PM by Soble
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!Gray-eyed people are the descendants of silver-eyed warriors. But they don't get awesome Grimm killing Eye Beams.
I'm starting to think genetics doesn't exist on Remnant. Red eyes + blue eyes =/= purple eyes. Then again, with the whole color theme Remnant's got going, and the fact two characters have radical eye color changes...
I would also like to point out that red and purple eye colors IRL are usually the result of albinism, and there is such a thing as ocular albinism, which only affects the eyes. Accurate depiction of albinism be damned, but... Raven and Yang are colorblind.
edited 10th Mar '17 11:04:15 AM by WillDeRegio
Fiction as a whole doesn't really do genetics right, nor, does it really try to. After all, most people don't understand the intricacies eye color or hair color, I mean, even experiments don't understand everything about them. The science of genetics is complicated.

I know, I'm the one who said it. I'm just saying the existence of people with gray eyes (just gray eyes) doesn't mean "silver" eyes isn't supposed to be something special and rare. They've explicitly said it is. I'm not seeing anything to indicate, in story, they're supposed to be the same thing, even if in real life it would just be semantics.
edited 8th Mar '17 9:47:59 PM by LSBK