Talk:Pyrrha Nikos/@comment-27170788-20170430010514

Alright, I know I just made a long post on this yesterday, but something else occured to me today... I've been doing a little digging, and while this is all speculation of course, I've still found it quite fascinating...

I casually looked up phoenixes-- after all, any talk of Pyrrha coming back would involve her rising from the ashes. I wasn't expecting to find much, but what I did find made things a whole lot more interesting.

-Phoenixes herald from Greek mythology-- the very same mythology from which Pyrrha gets her name. This could be coincindental, however we do know the creators drew deliberate parallels between her and Achilles when she was shot in the foot by Cinder (Achilles' heel).

-According to Wikipedia's article on the phoenix... "Associated with the Sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. According to some sources, the phoenix dies in a show of flames and combustion, although there are other sources that claim that the legendary bird dies and simply decomposes before being born again." I don't know about you, but that seems like a very good description of Pyrrha's death to me. Which also brings up the fact that Cinder didn't HAVE to burn her-- Pyrrha was already dying! But Cinder burned her anyway... and while this could have been her living up to her name and/or trying to make a statement, it's not something we can ignore.

-According to the trivia here, Pyrrha's name means "flame-colored"-- another fire reference. And, of course, both names originate from the Greek language.

So yeah, I just got to wondering, and I thought I'd throw my findings out here. This is all speculation, of course-- I have no idea what RT is planning-- but I found it interesting. Will it play a role in the future? I have no idea. But it intrigued me, at the least...