Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-121.222.136.235-20140704221339/@comment-25155350-20140708212827

Clarification: The guy that people refer to as the robot guy or whatever, and some speculate to be Weiss's father is this guy, yes?

We see this same guy in the trailer talking to Ozpin, and again as a holograph.

I personally do not see the connection between him and Weiss. I do, however, have a similarly outlandish theory: I think that he is Penny's father. (Note: I'm on the Penny-is-100%-human bandwagon. Though, I guess this would work as her creator just as well.) He strikes me as the head of a high technology/robotics corporation. At least in the picture from the Vol 2 opening, Penny does not seem to belong there at all. She doesn't look like she wants to be there, and everyone else looks serious and almost like a sort of army, which does not seem like the sort of place where Penny would be by choice. This makes me think of the end of Episode 16, where Penny was driven off. My opinion is that this guy was the one driving the car (or, like, a chauffeur was driving, but the guy was also there). In addition, Penny appears to be younger than the other two, and they are wearing what appears to be a uniform. Penny strikes me as the "boss's daughter" who is not allowed to leave the company property (thus her being completely oblivious to how "normal people" act; she's completely sheltered from the world), and is kind of there in the background at her father's work. She has very technological weapondry, and there was a power button symbol somewhere on her person - on her swords, if I recall. It would make sense for her to have a high-tech theme if her father is the head of a technology company. In addition, Penny does not have a confirmed last name. Monty has posted most other characters' full names on his Facebook when he posts all the screenshots (of course, he didn't do this for Neptune, but Penny is from Volume 1, so it's slightly inconsistent). He could just not have thought of it, she could be a robot/android and not have a last name, or her last name could be a spoiler. Now, we do not know the name of the technology company that that guy is the head of yet, but what if when the name is reveiled, he does not want us to immediately go, "Oh, yeah, that's Penny's name!"? So, maybe it will be a spoiler and he cannot give her last name now because he is looking ahead.

If this guy is Penny's father/creator, it would go against the earlier theory that Qrow is Penny's creator, because this guy is quite obviously not Qrow. (I mean, maybe, but the silhouette of Qrow on Ozpin's device has messy hair and doesn't look like this guy to me.)

(Please do not argue with me about Penny's species/robot-status, since that is not even the point I am making here, and I think my theory can work no matter what you believe her to be.)