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For a few years following Volume 5, one point I really liked to bring up was that Raven Branwen and her confrontation with Yang at the Haven Vault represented a scathing rebuke of the whole ‘Daddy had a good reason for abandoning you’ trope. That Yang’s brutal verbal takedown and Raven’s ashamed, guilt-ridden breakdown demonstrated that there are no good reasons for abandoning your kids.

That all the high-minded and sympathetic hand-wringing excuses about it ‘being for the kids’ own good’ and ‘needing to keep the kids safe’ or ‘having something even more important to do’ and ‘this is some terrible but necessary sacrifice’ are exactly that: EXCUSES made to try and cover up shame and guilt at best or simply straight up not caring at worst.

And yet, ever since the ending of Volume 9 and in particular Ruby’s Tree Vision, I’ve found myself more and more not so much rethinking that stance per say, but rather seeing a further development and contextualizing of it.

Because the funny thing is, the major hints Ruby’s vision gives to the TRUE motivations for Raven leaving Yang (and Ruby) are actually providing… perhaps not the ‘one good reason’, but I’d argue the closest thing to a good reason, and certainly the most understandable and sympathetic one.

That being; it’s sounding like the real reason that Raven left was due to her believing that she simply wasn’t cut out to be a good mother and that Yang, and later Ruby, would be better off in the care of Tai, Qrow and especially Summer.

Which again, might be the most understandable/sympathetic reason one could have. It seems that Raven was genuinely acting out of what she believed was best for Yang.

Was it still misguided? Absolutely. But it also recontextualizes Raven’s character into someone FAR more complicated and INTERESTING than simply either a ‘good mom’ or a ‘bad mom’. If anything, she’s may well be BOTH.

Indeed, one of my major theories for Raven going forward is that the more we see of Raven with Yang and Ruby, we are going to see that Raven is surprisingly much better at being a mom than anyone ever expected, most of all Raven herself. And in a very stark parallel to how Qrow also once tried to distance himself from his friends and loved ones ‘for their own good’, it turns out that despite all her self-doubt and self-loathing (just like her brother), Raven really was/is the mother (along with Summer) that Yang and Ruby always needed.

Incidentally, this also ties into a theory I have about how Raven acts as a major foil to Taiyang, ie; Raven thought she isn’t/wasn’t cut out to be a good mother and Taiyang thought (and maybe/likely STILL thinks) he could be the ‘dad who stepped up’. Except that Tai turned out to be a complete and total dysfunctional fuckup who screwed up parenting so bad that Ruby considers Yang to be the person who actually raised her, and Raven turns out to be the mother that Yang and Ruby should have actually had all along.

And in a neat way, I feel like this could all potentially bring Raven’s character and this trope essentially full circle? First presenting Raven as this mysterious and unknown figure who may have had a ‘good’ reason for leaving Yang. Then confronting and interrogating both Raven and the trope, making it clear that there simply are no straightforward ‘good’ reasons for ‘Daddy to abandon you’. Only to later further examine Raven and her actions to show that; while there may not be a truly ‘good’ reason, Raven’s misguided actions nonetheless demonstrate a genuine love and care for her daughters. And finally demonstrating that regardless of what even she herself may think, Raven CAN in fact be the mother that Yang and Ruby should have had all along.

if you already have an LG monitor or TV or intend to buy one, you probably want to watch this video and keep an eye on gamers nexus for updates (or anyone else covering the LG spying situation):

posted july 16 2026

LG is doing some bad things. how bad? well. here are some very brief bullet points. I am not an expert, gamers nexus is, see the video for more information than this:

LG monitors (brand new and years old, cheap and expensive) auto-install LG's own adware-spyware called LG Monitor App onto windows 10 and 11 computers. you plug in an LG monitor for video output and this gets installed automatically. no hitting OK, no confirmation, no toggles, NOTHING.

the auto-installed LG Monitor App auto-grants itself access to your internet connection and ALL computer resources. the LG Monitor App has the ability to collect: geolocation data, device data, personal information, online activity data, contact data, and more!

...and it shows pop-up ads! because fuck you

on some affected versions of windows, auto-installed shitware like the LG Monitor App can be prevented by navigating to gpedit.msc -> computer configuration -> administrative templates -> system -> device installation -> prevent automatic download of applications associated with metadata

...but, if your LG monitor already installed the LG Monitor App, this is like closing the barn door after the horse got out. and that horse has the logs of everything you were doing on your computer! someone stop that fucking horse!!!

unrelated to the LG Monitor App, many LG TV owners are now required to tell all household members and guests that their LG TV is recording and processing ALL nearby voices. or else they may be in violation of local eavesdropping and wiretapping laws. for owning a fucking LG TV.

plus, how many businesses, workplaces, public spaces use LG TVs?

allegedly the microphone spying can be turned off by disabling microphone features, but LG has been caught disregarding opt-out settings before.

LG TVs can record everything that happens on the TV, including the video output of connected devices like phones, computers, gaming consoles, anything that happens on the TV screen.

LG was sued for their spying, and as a result of that spying suit, now shows pop-ups saying oops! they got caught spying and intend to continue spying. thanks for buying LG!

as of when the video was posted, there was no list of every spying LG monitor or TV. but this stuff is getting rolled out to more and more LG devices, including those purchased years ago.

and that is the shortest summary I can make of this situation without just summarizing more of the gamers nexus video.

⬆️posted july 23 2026

gamers nexus is fairly respected in technology journalism. they fly around the world investigating companies that fuck people over and have pressured major companies to make major changes over the years.

so for gamers nexus to say that this LG spying situation is both unprecedented in how uniquely bad it is in this era of spying, and that it gets even worse than their video where they already say to stop buying and using LG products while recanting every prior recommendation for LG products?

His joy and whimsy at seeing this

His acknowledgement of it not being as interesting as the chase