Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-37673888-20190108184438/@comment-39854843-20190702055134

Here's my take on this.

Firstly, let me just agree with several of the posters here in saying: Pyrrha is dead. Not teleported, not dormant, not anything other than dead. Dead.

HOWEVER!

Dead is not the same as gone in RWBY, mainly because the afterlife is confirmed. It's not like the real world where dead is gone forever. RWBY submits to and confirms theism, eternal life, and all that nice, fantastical stuff. So she's still knocking about on another plane of existence, which means that the following are still totally in play:

A) Pyrrha comes back as a spirit.  Not totally unexpected considering Remnant is a world of magic where, let's face it, ghosts would be an unsurprising occurance.  Same goes for Summer while I'm at it.  And keep in mind, one of the characters on this show is based on a historical figure who's famous for communing (allegedly) with spirits.  So there's that.

B) One or more of the characters reunite with Pyrrha in the afterlife after being killed in the course of the show.  Wouldn't be shocked to see this either.

C) Pyrrha prequel spinoff.  You know, because cashgrab spinoffs are all the rage these days.

But the one thing I don't want them to do is resurrect Pyrrha in the flesh. For two big reasons:

1 - Pyrrha is too OP for this show, and her mere existence would give the other characters too big an advantage over their foes. Metal weapons? You lose. Giant robot? Lol. Most of the fights these characters have had over the last 3 volumes would have been over immediately if Pyrrha had been present.

2 - It would negate any of the emotional punch that was exerted by Volume 3. I like tragedy. It spices things up. Let's not retroactively un-spice-up this show.