Talk:Pyrrha Nikos/@comment-26512661-20151214151625/@comment-410526-20151214230038

She obviously doesn't want that, though. Her already great skills don't bring her much happiness. To the contrary, because of her talents she's been put on a pedestal and separated from everyone else for all her life, unable to have meaningful relationships with people (until, of course she met Jaune and the rest of the JNPR/RWBY friendship circle).

Honestly, becoming the Fall Maiden would probably be the last thing she'd do if she were thinking of herself at all. She's already so distant from people due to being a minor celebrity and her astounding abilities (four-times regional champion, etc). Imagine how much worse that would be if she wielded immense power which she had to keep secret from everyone? That's just another thing that would set her apart from everyone else. She'd never be able to tell anyone about a pretty major part of who she is.

Worse, we don't know much about the lives of the Maidens, but she'd probably be heavily protected by Ozpin's little group, which might even mean she would be isolated for her own safety. And on top of all of the above, the procedure might even change who she is as a person, potentially robbing her of her personality and individual identity.

She doesn't want "immense power". What would she do with that? It's not relevant to what she wants, which is companionship. The only reason she's doing it is because it will help mankind.

This is a recurring thing, she did the same thing before by giving Jaune advice on asking out Weiss, she just wanted him to be happy even if it meant that she wouldn't be (although, it's funny how much higher the stakes are this time). It's almost a personality flaw of hers.