Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160214165601/@comment-92.236.194.211-20160214232425

Zenbast wrote: 92.236.194.211 wrote: Pyrrha got her Pyrrhic victory... Cinder was beaten, but the cost was pretty devastating. And if you pay close attention, they said she was gone - not dead. Possibly, with all that "Believing in destiny" talk, she's done a Ben Kenobi. Gone, but not gone. And it looks as though somehow both she and Cinder understood it, which is why Cinder was crying. Maybe they both know that they are simply tools being used by powers that neither of them could ever have controlled. I feel like Pyrrha said that because she accepted her upcoming death. Kind of "So ... it's like that, isn't it ?". And maybe a bit of "My death will ignite something else that will come back at you" but I think it's too much, Pyrrha can't possibly expected Ruby (or someone else) to have the power of take her down at that moment.

Well, at least I think she is dead-dead-triple-dead and will never come back even in ghost form or whatever. I kinda like the "Salem Puppet" theory though where a zombified Pyrrha is sent against Jaune but for now I feel that would be too much. I think it all depends on Monty Oum's original vision for the whole story, which they've only just scratched the surface of.

Is it about following destiny, or re-shaping it? If it's about re-shaping and overcoming destiny, then quite possibly Pyrrha is utterly and completely gone. It also gives Ruby a chance of twisting fate, and making her own path. It also gives Cinder a chance to stand up to her own destiny, and possibly choose another way for herself to follow.

But if it's about following destiny, then Cinder and Ruby's paths are mapped out for them, and Pyrrha may yet have some part to play, even if her mortal body has been obliterated.