#the summer maiden

[farsight-the-char]

Jaune's mom as the Summer Maiden....

Sent into protection/hiding with a warrior family (Arcs), larger number of kids to potentially serve as the next candidates.

Family that caused Saphron and Jaune to Get Out (but still have attachment)...

People theorizing Jaune having magic, magic being inherentable potentially from magical parents....

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I need sleep.

[temporary-tats]

Drew a little comic today!

Viz, let Blake be a little shit to Raven in v10 and my life is yours.

Per usual, do not reupload without credit/permission. Thanks folks!

(My ko-fi, should you wish!)

[chittychittyyangyang]

Like mother, like daughter

[a-titty-ninja]

[doubletalkingmaeve]

Support the arts: sleep with a rockstar

[averagemrfox]

Yea ok but if that really is the Summer Maiden behind them and she’s just a kid and they put these two in charge of training and guiding her

The mother who abandoned her own child and killed the prior Spring Maiden both out of fear and the sibling who was loyal to the wrong person until it was almost too late and was unable to save her baby sister… I’m sure they’re coping fine with that responsibility

[strqyr]

sometimes dreams come true 🥰

[matt0044]

Theory: The Summer Maiden will be Ruby's foil.

That is to say, the Summer Maiden will be young and terribly unsure of the duty she must fulfill. Additionally, she will find herself as a fan of Ruby Rose during the time she's presumed dead in seeing her as a more proper Maiden.

Seriously, I can see Salem's cronies hunting her down only for Ruby to ward them off. The Summer Maiden's first words to her idol?

"Can I have your autograph?"

Essentially, Ruby would find herself in this teenage girl who similarly has great power and too much responsiblity. Helping her would help her with her lingering issues from the Ever After.

It would also give Team RWBY full connections with the Maidens themselves. Obviously, RWBY's commited to not making the four main characters the chosen ones even with Ruby's Silver Eyes but the "chosen ones" are those they trust.

[cruelangel94]

「BEAUTY FULL SHOT」

[thegothicalice]

🌿💐🍃

[strawberryteabunny]

package arrived ૮꒰ ྀི◜༝◝꒱ა

[fadedneonzzz]

Now that the first episode of RWBY Beyond has dropped, we got a new nugget of information. Besides Raven showing up out of nowhere and everyone apparently knows she’s a maiden, which is weird because Yang never told anyone Raven was a maiden (on screen at least) but that’s a discussion for another time. No the point of interest here is the new character who we know is a girl and she’s covered up.

What’s even more interesting is that when you brighten the image (credit to twitter user @rainyloona )

It appears to resemble Ruby or most interestingly Summer. Now I’ve never really supported the “Summer is still alive” theory, but it’s certainly a possibility now. The only thing that hurts this theory is that the character looks really young, and while RWBY doesn’t really show age that well, the fact that Sun and Neptune described her as a “girl” and not “woman” implies she looks young.

Another possibility is that this is another Silver Eyed Warrior related to Ruby and Summer as they seem to share hairstyles. This is also reminiscent of the first picture we saw of Summer Rose from V3.

I like to think Silver Eyes are a genetic trait, it’d make sense for Summer and Ruby’s direct relatives to have them.

What is certain is that this person is either the Summer maiden, or someone who knows the whereabouts of the summer maiden. Either way, we’ll know for sure if/when RWBY V10 comes out.

[brokentrafficknight]

If the Summer maiden isn't May who had her death faked then GG. Dropped :^)

[earth-unicorn]

We finally got to see Headmaster Theodore. I love his design.

And we got a Summer Maiden teaser.

[a-titty-ninja]

[stoneillustrations]

THE SUMMER MAIDEN??

What if Glynda is the Summer Maiden?

In Vol. 3 they tried to transfer the Fall Maiden powers from Amber to Pyrrah. Why do that when a trained and experienced Huntress was already right there? Reason: Maybe Glynda already has the Summer Maiden powers.

The Fall Maiden (Cinder) is supposed to be able to unlock the Beacon vault (Sword of Destruction), but Ozpin put extra measures to keep this vault hidden. The sword sounds like the perfect reason to add extra protection to this particular relic.

When Cinder arrived, Ozpin told Pyrrha to get Glynda and Qrow, but she didn't. She tried to face Cinder alone. Maybe aside from the Academy and himself, Ozpin kept one of the Maidens there to help protect this one very dangerous relic.

Meaning that if Glynda was there, she would not only provide another layer of defense, but the Crown of Choice (in Vacuo) could not be opened either because it's Maiden (Summer) was not there (Atlas was Winter and Mistral was Spring).

The Fall Maiden (Amber) was found too late, the Winter Maiden (Freya) was with Ironwood in Atlas. Everyone had been looking for Spring (Raven), but no one knew who she was. The last season (Summer) no one seemed concerned about her whereabouts...unless they already knew who she was.

In the very first episode we meet Roman, Ruby, Ozpin, someone in the shadows (Cinder), and Glynda. When Roman and Cinder try to make an escape, Glynda conjures a storm above their airship. Only maidens can conjure weather.

Glynda has had such a small part in the series, that I could see her arrival in the "third act" as having some significance. Ozpin, Qrow, Ironwood...all the inner circle we have a lot of backstory about, but not Glynda.

What do you think? Could Glynda be the Summer Maiden?

ALSO: A lot of people are saying Glynda is too old and thirty is the supposed cutoff line, but what if Glynda gained the power when she was younger and still has it now? Freya was an old woman who had the ability. Glynda, if she's say...40, may have gotten it years ago? Just something to think about.