Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-174.135.62.244-20160603201323/@comment-26018514-20160804060125

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote:

-I don't remember the Ragnarok being a mass-extinction event. More of an Armaggeddon instead of Apocalypse. And I don't remember Jean D'Arce taking any fall and getting killed for it. I do remember Jean being accused of being a witch and being burned for it, which is different from Jaune being blamed for Ren/Nora's death. My point about "extinction event" is that I can't exactly see a secondary character pulling the deciding sacrifice of the apocalypse, I also don't see Jaune surviving long without Nora or Ren... or being capable of being sent back into the field alone... so unless at that point he joins CRDL and dies because Cardin goes even more despicable(which seems out of character with their development) I can't see him getting in more trouble that causes his death.

-Why would it do that? Really, why? Must their impact be so tied together to their friends? RWBY can each make an impact in multiple ways that do not involve their friends. And their friends dying does not mean their impact in the story would be diminished.

Their purpose, their point, should not be tied to their friends's lives. My point is not that their point would be tied in to JNR's lives... it's that if JNR all die spectacularly it would Overshadow RWBY during that arc(which would need to involve some kind of apocalypse or other extinction type event) and when the only reasons to kill off JNR are to shrink the ranks of the main cast and push forward RWBY that removes half of the point.