Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160214165601/@comment-17760348-20160222203100

SketchyOpus wrote: -- Well, they went from implied death and off-screen killing for 2.5 seasons to completely turning a major character into dust (not Dust™) on screen. I think the dust/ash part has people wondering if it could be less her burning and more of an energy/life/aura transfer?

-- It's also a big shock, despite the basis for her name. I think a lot of people knew it wouldn't end well for her, but not many thought it would end so violently, so soon.

-- Wishful thinking.

-- Personally, I refuse to believe she's dead (and not coming back, in any form) until we get confirmation from RT. And this is a weird reason, but it's because I like how her last stand played out, I like how RT sailed Arkos and sank it in less than 5 minutes and I like how they had the balls to kill her. I LOVE Pyrrha, but she went out fighting, and she went out on her own terms, and I'm OK with that. I'm just terrified RT's going to screw it up by bringing her back, be it as a physical person or some spirit bullshit. I want confirmation so I can rest easy.

(Conversely, if they did a Pyrrha flashback scene here and there, I would be OK with that.) Honest question:

Why do people insist on connecting Pyrrha with Pyrrhus of Epidus (origin of the phrase "Pyrric victory"), is it just becuase they happen to sound the same?

Everything I can find tells me that Pyrrha's name was not chosen to highlight her fate but rather becuase that was the name Achilles chose when pretending to be a women. The mythological story of Achilles predates the historical story of Pyrrhus and the name Pyrrha originates with the demi-god of the same name. the name simply mean "red" or "redish" and is supposed to respresent the colour of the Godesses hair (I think this directly effected her character design). If anyone can confirm where Monty et. al connected Pyrrha to "pyrric victory" I'll happily reconsider, but until then the connection seems coincidental at best.

I strongly agree with your last point. I Also dont see any harm (as some uptight people on this wikia seem to) in speculating how she might return. It seems like a bit of harmless fun to keep me ocupied in the off season.