User blog comment:Fyrstknight777/Just Started Watching & done w it!/@comment-37207210-20190124160830/@comment-26018514-20190124195043

And I Quote; "...but why kill off Pyhrrra? She was in my opinion a great asset to the whole group! They could have seriously injured her instead, coma, lost the leg, life hanging in the balance and gotten the same result from Ruby!!…"

"It was just plain STUPID!! I know A lot feel like I do! We WERE LET DOWN!! I hope others stand with me and do not watch this any further!"

"... The creators of this should be ashamed of going that route..."

1. First off, Monty and the other writers planned this from the beginning,

2. There are many valid choices made in killing her off rather than just leaving her comatose or unable to do anything... could you imagine the "Get the fuck back to Pyrrha!!!" outcry that goalpost shifting would achieve? RNJR would need far more complex motivations to travel elsewhere while their friend needed help, etc.

3. Monty was dead BEFORE this was aired... how would he feel ashamed?

That is why I disagree the OP isn't in denial, the world would be no better with Pyrrha alive, it makes everyone's mortality questionable, there's no blatant plot armor on the kids, or the most skilled characters.