Talk:Battle of Beacon/@comment-184.53.32.51-20160131201307/@comment-2006510-20160131234308

You're assuming Penny's Aura is still in there. What if it isn't? What if it's well and truly died when her body ceased to function? Then Penny could come back, but it wouldn't be the same person, hence a real death in the metaphorical sense. Also, Weiss's ice sword in Breach wasn't summoning; that was her normal ice magic. Summoning has a distinctive visual effect that is completely different.

In addition, sometimes characters don't need to show up for long/do much to be important. Ruby mentions her uncle in the first episode, and we think little of it beyond what's stated, but when he truly does show up two Vol's later, he's much more important - Amber is no different, because while there is little character there due to circumstance, she is important to the current plot, given that half of her power is still in her body and Cinder wants it.

Maybe they don't have much importance in an episode, or a Vol - but over the course of the story, they generally do. Even not knowing what's gonna happen next, we can recognize that for this episode, and apply it as such