Talk:Penny Polendina/@comment-43817279-20200208152052/@comment-4010415-20200208190057

Dude, it's not like they brought Pyrrha back.

And even thought Penny was brought back, her temporary death still served a purpose. It allowed Cinder to make people assume that Atlas has been working on creating disguised robots to use in surprise attacks against other kingdoms.

"What need would Atlas have for a soldier disguised as an innocent little girl? I don't think the Grimm can tell the difference."

Here, she implies that Penny was not built to kill Grimm, since it's unnecessary to disguise a robot as an innocent girl when the Grimm don't care what she looks like. The only conclusion that the people of Remnant can think of from there is that Penny was built to kill people.

Cinder had Penny ripped apart to


 * Generate more negative emotions from people's shocked reactions from seeing what they thought was a young girl being torn apart.


 * Show everyone that Penny is a robot and make them think Atlas wanted to use her for a surprise attack on Vale and possibly other kingdoms, which helped make people distrust Atlas.

The negativity from both helped spark Grimm attacks worldwide, and the distrust in Atlas had an effect, as Jacques mentions in Volume 4 that the other kingdoms actually blame Atlas for the Fall of Beacon.

Penny's "death" still had an effect, and her being brought back doesn't undo or ruin that. There is also the fact that she cannot be brought back infinitely, and if she is destroyed again, Pietro will die if he brings her back.