Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130802021443/@comment-4830106-20130803021455

Kyra Xyrespace wrote: TheNewProtagonist wrote: I find it difficult to belive our main 4 will form their team of their own volition, unless thats the crux of the entire season. Weiss is probably going to take a Carolina route, so something big will have to happen to finally get her vulnerable enough to let her trust someone (and since Ruby is the honest girl and our main protagonist, I guarantee she will be the one to get her to talk).

I can see an almost Tex vs Carolina battle mirrored in Umber vs Ruby. However, I'm a failed psychic.......so my prediction is probably wayyyyyy off and should be ignored and/or laughed at.

I'm interested on who Apricot and Nero are based on. Umber looks Greek, maybe a mixture between Greek and Roman since Rome just adopted whatever culture it beat up. Apricot has axes, so who knows, maybe someone from Russian history (or folklore)? And Nero's been compared to Mulan a couple times. A few comments:


 * I totally agree with the Weiss -> Carolina prediction, but let's hope she doesn't follow Carolina too closely (I lost all respect for Carolina after she abandoned York).


 * While I can see Umber being aggressive and confrontational, not the same with Ruby. But you did admit you were probably way off, so I won't go too into it.


 * While the Apricot Russian theory is clever, the idea of Throwing Axes is a more Nordic thing to me. She could be based off someone from Norse Mythology.


 * And with Nero, I honestly can say I have never heard him compared to Mulan, but I can see him being similar to another figure in Asian history/folklore. Like Sun Tzu, Admiral Yi Sun-Shin, Genghis Khan (probably not, tho), or a famous Japanese shogun.