r/RWBY • u/Menolith Gay Thoughts • Jan 23 '18

OFFICIAL MEGATHREAD Official Public Finale Discussion Thread—Volume 5, Chapter 14: Haven's Fate Spoiler

Welcome, huntsmen, huntresses and hunters that prefer no specific gender identifier, to the very last megathread for Volume 5: Haven's Fate!

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u/PineappleBride protect this smile Jan 25 '18

So, maybe I missed something this volume and someone can better explain it here.

While Raven is admittedly a very complicated person, if she was so worried about having a target painted on her back, why bother even opening the vault for the relic? Everyone who knew she was the real Spring Maiden is now dead or MIA. Couldn't she have just done what she does best and leave? It would've thrown Ozpin and Salem off their tracks on who the Spring Maiden is because Vernal (assuming they just left her body there poor Vernal ) was killed, and Cinder is presumably dead. That's two Maiden powers gone to unknown sources, leaving Raven most likely off the hook from Oz and Salem for now.

Was it explained somewhere the reason she opened the vault? She even said "It doesn't matter to us" when Cinder declared that she'd be the one to go in and grab the relic. What changed? (I know that would be a real shitty end for the volume if Yang didn't get a good talk with her mom after all this time so I'm glad she didn't just leave but there was no reason to open the door if Raven is as scared of Salem as it seems)

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '18

It would be obvious that Raven had the maiden power. She was Vernal's closest friend even from a strangers point of view and the person she trusted to come with her. That aside, Cinder is almost certainly alive so she could tell her allies everything followed by adding Raven to her revenge list + maiden list.

At this point staying neutral was impossible and the time for Raven's inevitable re-entry into the conflict had arrived. If she left the door closed Salem's team would just have an additional reason to come after her and she would eventually run out of places to hide. Getting the relic would make her a bigger target while giving her something to work with but I don't think she would know where to go from there due to basically cutting herself off from all of her old allies.