Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24993958-20160209135716/@comment-209421-20160218091704

VedranTheII wrote: Except Pyrrha isn’t exactly a random stranger no one ever heard of. Remnant wise Pyrrha is famous in at least 2 kingdoms by people that can find out Jaune was on the same team as her. If she goes to ask them about her name, she’ll go and ask them because someone compared her, in a small or big way, to the OTHER Pyrrha, comparisons that multiple other people will make because the first thing they will likely learn about her is her name, and immediately think of that other Pyrrha, precisely because she was so famous.

Even if, Jaune and Ruby name her that not out of sense of lingering regret and do it purely out of love, the rest of the world won’t know, and there are only so many times you can hear lines like “why can’t you be more like X” before you get a really bad taste in your mouth.



Generational divide. Now, Ruby is 15. Likelihood of her having a kid any time soon is next to zilch, since teen pregnancy is something nobody would want to touch in an animated series, and any attention to a major protagonist getting knocked up at such an age also highlights issues... even in fanfiction. So, we can't use "immediate timeline influence" to the material here. We have to add at least three years to get to the traditional age of consent, 18. Might as well bump it up an extra three, making her 21.

Now, Pyrrha was a big deal all of six years beforehand. The communications network went down in the moments before her death, so her passing would not be global news at the time. That being said, you pointed out the other side of that: she was famous. Now, I don't know what it's like for America, but celebrity names are often popular amongst parents considering names for their children. With the color naming rule in place in Remnant, that actually restricts the pool of common names to a degree; although not a large restriction, depending on population size, you could expect to probably find multiple people with the more popular baby names among each class. For all we know, there are multiple Ruby.

It is possible that, because Pyrrha was famous, there would be an increase in the number of children named Pyrrha, because the name is out there. Yes, the close proximity between Jaune and Pyrrha would encourage comparisons between her and her namesake. But, at the same time, her parents would be Jaune Arc and Ruby Rose - two rather well known hunters. Mentioning her parents names to anybody who knows these people would immediately create comparisons between her and her mother. Yes, I know these are theoretical, but remember: in the real world, celebrities name their children weird things. Look up any "weird celebrity children's name" list on the internet, and you get names like Apple.

This child is already going to be the target of comparison if she becomes a huntress. Ruby and Jaune, theoretically, would be legendary figures in the field after this six-year gap, with reputations similar to Qrow or Glynda at the very least. Adding another comparison is nothing.