Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-108.225.172.36-20160228081252/@comment-107.194.134.87-20160304034736

There is a lot of reason to speculate on why Pyrha may actually survive her death.

1. Obviously, the guys at RT are not going to give anything away, so you have to assume that when they give what appears to be a clear indication of something, the truth is likely to take you in the opposite direction. The voice actress may be totally right in saying that she is no longer voicing Pyrha Nikos, because in her new form, Pyrha is not Pyrha. Remember that Oz mentioned that she might lose herself by taking in the Fall Maiden's aura. Also, the work on these episodes happens months in advance, so there would be plenty of time to record audio scripts for season four. The animation always is done after the audio.

2. If you go back to season one, to the place where Pyrha unlocks Jean Arc's aura, there is a silent chant that Pyrha recites. I won't repeat it here verbatim, but it mentions passing on, and gaining imortality. This is of significance because Pyrha is the only character that demonstrates that she posesses a deeper understanding of auras, and although we do not see her teaching Jean on screen, it is implied that they have been training on how to use auras to discover Jean's semblance. This suggests that auras are good for more than just putting up force fields, and fast healing.

3. Before Pyrha "passes on" she asks Cinder if she believes in destiny. Cinder's visibly upset by this question, and answers that she does. This is not a response given with her typical confidence, which seems to imply that she understands that she has not defeated Pyrha.

4. The visual effect we see when Pyrha's body goes limp is a full body flash of blinding light, away from Cinder, not towards her. After her body goes limp, and begins to slump forward, Cinder catches the side of Pyrha's face, which is how she ends up holding her tiara. I don't know if it has much significance, but we did see that the transfer of the Fall Maiden's aura had partially taken hold in Pyrha, since she began to glow. If there was any of this aura in Pyrha we should have seen it transfer to the last peron Pyrha thinks of before dying. And it is with this, that I give you the final nail in the coffin, and leave your mind blown...

5. Jean Arc looks good in a dress! Who do you think Pyrha was thinking of at that moment? Duh! Jean's undiscovered semblance is the key to us seeing more of Pyrha.