Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-31953669-20180124124137/@comment-25936766-20180314220730

70.164.250.74 wrote: A good ass-pull example in RWBY though would be that if Torchdick survived the ship explosion/crash.

Or if Vernal turned out to be alive. That’s also a good example. Vernal somehow still being alive, would definitely be one.

With Roman though, it wouldn't. His survival is actually fairly believable due to the circumstances.

>Roman had full Aura

>He was swallowed, not chewed one bit, so he wasn't actually damaged

>Grimm don't need to eat. They don't even bleed. So anything that could happen inside a Grimm is nothing more than an hypothesis, speculation.

>Since Roman was inside the Grimm, and had full Aura, both the Grimm and his Aura could've easily shielded him from both the crash and the explosion. Not to the point that it becomes harmless, but enough to make it not-necesarily-lethal.

And of course, RT can always pull the "SEMBLANCE" card like they did with Jaune and Hazel and to an extent Ruby after V3.