Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160214165601/@comment-26018514-20160225000119

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: 73.Anon.52 wrote: It's already been given, Penny(or Penny 2.0, etc.)

She fit's Jaune's criteria(a quirky redhead), fulfills Pyrrha's role as "the OP one", and fulfills both JNPR's Genderbend theme and CNR, meanwhile unlike Pyrrha she hasn't peaked skill-wise so the rest of JNPR can still shine in plenty of situations. The only difference is that Pinnochio doesn't die at the end of the story. Otherwise, it does work very well and I didn't even consider the gender-bending connection. It certainly lends more credence to the possibility of her being the replacement for Pyrrha.

I don't see that as part of the theme at all tbh. If I'm not mistaken Mulan lives in multiple versions anyways, and Thor dies during Ragnarok... which no character in RWBY could be reasoned to make it to anyways.