And now for something a little different: AU where Qrow and Glynda got together during or soon after school, and have a baby around the same time Yang is born. (sidenote for my fandom-blind readers *coughdragongcough* - Raven is Qrow's twin sister.)
~ Shards of Obsidian ~
Things were tense in the Xiao Long/Branwen/Goodwitch household in the weeks leading up to the births of two new additions to the family. The cause of this tension was, of course... the two sets of expectant parents arguing about what to name the children - and also what they would definitely not be naming the children.
Tai had gotten attached to the idea of the two couples giving their children matching names, but the twins swiftly struck down that idea. They knew what it was like to be close relatives growing up with matching names, after all, and it was not something that either of them wished to inflict upon their offspring.
Other things that quickly ended up on the ban list were: names of birds in the corvid family (unless the child turned into one within three days of being born), any form of 'Junior' or 'the Second', names of birds not in the corvid family, and Scythe.
"So, what did you end up naming the baby?" Raven asked.
After a long pause - during which Glynda debated lying - she finally answered: "Glaive."
"Ah," Raven replied with a knowing smirk. "My brother slipped that past you while you were high on painkillers after the birth, didn't he?"
She spoke from experience, as the naming of baby Yang had taken place much the same way.
Her interlocutor's heavy sigh was answer enough.
Raven patted Glynda on the shoulder in a show of sympathy. "Don't worry," she said. "It does sound kind of pretty, and people who aren't polearm enthusiasts probably won't realize..."
~oOo~