Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20170108170343/@comment-2.80.229.69-20170121210058

Ah, what you're saying makes a bit more sense now.

What with the events of Volume 3, however, its hard to define whether or not a character truly does have plot armor anymore. Sure, they're the main protagonists and its early in the story, but arguably the most capable fighter of the key 8 [and a crowd favorite] was killed by a [near] unstoppable force, and another [one of our main 4 and another crowd favorite, to boot] was dismembered and gravely injured by another unstoppable force as well. If that hasn't destroyed plot armor to a degree, I don't know what else will. Plus, the more mature themes of this Volume would finally have a reason to end by climaxing in evil, and finally restoring good and recovering, as the theme song alludes to.

I do agree killing Qrow [especially when he just started getting development] would be too early to have any real impact, but between Qrow and Sun, Qrow is the more likely of the 2 to succumb to his wounds: they're more severe, and he's an adult. Animes don't like killing off kids or teenagers where that age group is usually where the protagonist lies, unless there's a meaningful reason for it. So, on that, I say that Qrow will most likely survive, but things are goign to get a lot worse before they get better.

Yep. Most bets are on some form of a horse, or a bull / minotaur. I dunno about you, but I haven't seen it yet, so I'll just have to wait and see. Well, Yang being dismembered doesn't really take her plot-armor. It's more emotional trauma than the actual injury, considering how easy it is to get arms in the RWBYverse. Also, team RWBY was always more important than team JNPR (with the exception of Jaune). It is also unlikely Jaune would die without revealing his semblance. I do worry a bit more about Nora and Ren - those 2 could die. As for Pyrrha... I wasn't happy with her death, but it made sense to kill her out of all teens, because she was the most mature and the one that was the most prepared.

I agree on Qrow is more likely to die than Sun. I was hoping he wouldn't when he got injured, but right now, there's still part of me that doesn't want him to die because it's too early and the other part is stressing out because of the cliffhanger that seems to be taking an eternity. That part is like "Just do it already! If he's going to die, do it fast, so I can start recovering"