Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160214165601/@comment-14138255-20160216232856

73.Anon.52 wrote:

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote:

73.Anon.52 wrote: I still think JN(P)R will return to former status(Pyrrha replaced, not resurrected... though possibly returns in episodes as a character like Obi-wan and Sokka's first Girlfriend) while RWBY is re-united at some point next volume. Well, there is one "P" person who wanted to stay at Beacon who has a far more plausible case for being revived. Now wouldn't that be awkward?

If you'll recall I posited that exact scenario around a year ago, the only thing stopping it at the moment is Penny's death, though as you say that could be a re-direct... I'm not sure it will happen soon next season, as best case I see the series diverging into alternate stories, with Ruby and JNR journeying to Mistral, Weiss possibly finding and befriending a rebuilt Penny... though I doubt she will just leave Atlas without either Blake or Yang or Adam forcing her to.

Blake and Yang seem to me to be the biggest wild cards... Will Blake stay in Vale? leave for Sun in Vacuo or Mistral? try to warn Weiss about Adam? Help Yang out of her Funk?

alternatively when and how Yang gets out of her funk changes where and when she re-enters the story. They're probably going to make a "Blake Alone" episode (a play on the episode "Zuko Alone" episode from Avatar, where the former season 1 villain gets some more insight into his childhood while in the present day). Blake will be out of focus for a fair chunk of volume 4 before getting an episode or even an entire ARC to herself, summarizing her life up to that point. I have a feeling, of all the people she'll end up helping out, Yang seems like the one she'll end up running into and helping (I wouldn't even be surprised if they kiss and make Bumblebee canon when they meet up, probably after working out their issues with each other first).

Yang herself will probably end up getting out of bed at somepoint and drag Taiyang into her quest to find their mother/ex-wife. I imagine Taiyang will directly confront Yang's new, cynical personality and counter with all the misery he had to got through, and how much that meant to him (ae: not much, considering he still maintained himself despite being a single dad who was dumped by one girl and divorced by death with another). I can even see Taiyang saying he didn't want Yang to end up like her mother (ae: cynical).

On a lighter note, I can see a comedic recollection of why Yang kept her old jacket.

(Scene with Taiyang and Yang arguing while a smaller Ruby and Zwei watch)

Taiyang: I said no!

Yang: Why not!

Taiyang: It's indecent, I don't want random boys oggling you!

Yang: well maybe I'm giving them something to oggle at!

Taiyang: Not in front of Ruby!

(Present day, Ruby is with RNJR)

Ruby: I still don't know why dad was so upset though.