Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160117163823/@comment-14138255-20160120234821

50.189.78.215 wrote: Krazyfan1 wrote: BenRG wrote: Krazyfan1 wrote: Imagine Pyrhha's face when Ruby tells her that Penny was a sapient being with a soul and everything, and finds she can't hide behind the "it was a soulless machine" defense... What if Pyrrha was already satisifed that these things were true? Maybe she could sense Penny's Aura during the duel, just as she was able to unlock Jaune's? Perphaps, by the time Ruby gets to Pyrrha, she's hysterically trying to put Penny 'back together' using her Semblance?

is she making things worse?

like, trying to weld the arm to the body, but its upside down, the uper and lower body are back to front e.t.c? I think you guys are overthinking just a bit. This may have been Pyrrha's first time interacting w/ Penny, but she's probably been watching the tournament, so she's seen and heard the name of this 'Penny Polendina' person, and Pyrrha could've simply assumed that Penny was a human girl with a soul and Aura and everything simply on account of

A: Penny looked like a human girl, thus in itself implying the presence of a soul, and

B: just the fact that Penny is participating in the tournament as a student of Atlas implies the Aura and everything else.

I don't think Pyrrha needs Ruby to tell her that Penny was a sapient being with a soul and everything.

As for Pyrrha putting Penny back together again using her Semblance, I doubt it. After slamming Jaune into a wall w/ her Polarity and then running away crying last episode, combined w/ that hallucination of her weapons distorting in her hands, I think Pyrrha was starting to fear her own Semblance, and this incident was the cherry on top. If the tears in Pyrrha's eyes in the last shot we got of her face this episode are any indication, Pyrrha now sees herself as a monster. The fact that Penny was a machine -assuming it's fully sunken in for Pyrrha- is irrelevant in Pyrrha's mind; she used her Semblance, and ended up murdering a girl w/out meaning to. In her own eyes, Pyrrha's a monster w/ a dangerous Semblance that she'll never want to use again, not even to put Penny back together again.

-He who is AWESOME Not only fearing her semblance, but herself as you've said. Since she sees herself as such a loose cannon and monster, she would think the headmasters and conspiracy members were wrong in assuming she was such a hero to warrent becoming the Maiden. Because of all that's happened, she wouldn't want to take this much power, having already effectively killed another with her innate powers.

Ruby by contrast might be a good candidate on the other hand. Her innocence (if it still exists, however modified) and strong faith in humanity and what the Huntsmen stand for are perfect. In addition, her failure to save Penny and get the information out will make her want to become the Maiden to ensure she isn't powerless to save someone ever again.