Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-17760348-20131021233145/@comment-4830106-20131221085808

There's that possibility, or she might have destitute parents. What I mean is, perhaps Pyrrha needed to become a warrior to get her family out of the slums (I imagine Hunters aren't too low on the financial ladder), and she fought her way to the top through sheer willpower and determination. And now that she's become a celebrity and a superstar, she has to go through the whole 'holding on to your beginnings' struggle.

Alternate (and less likely) theory: Her parents are estranged. While being a warrior may not be taboo in Mistralii (Y/N?) culture, perhaps her parents wanted Pyrrha to be a businesswoman, or some other, more respectable profession. Problem is, Pyrrha makes her own decisions. So after a certain point, her parents hypothetically threw her out of the house. This is less likely, because it would just be too much like Weiss.

ANYWAY: to tie it all back to the thread, perhaps my first theory offers a possible explanation for Pyrrha's attraction to Jaune. He reminds her of a good friend (perhaps even a childhood sweetheart) that could have died (disease, malnutrition, mugging, etc) before the two of them could get too close. Thus, Pyrrha feels it's her obligation to look out for Jaune, because she couldn't take losing that figure a second time. To make things even more interesting, perhaps she blames herself for that theoretical friend's death. I say that because guilt is an excellent tool for giving character depth.

Okay, I'm done cracktheorying for now. (Haven't done that in a long time, it feels good).