Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-28792888-20140620221642

Okay, I could just be reading an unfortunate combination of posts, but I seem to be one of the only people here who seriously doubts Pyrrha is going to die.

First of all, Jaune/Pyrrha isn't even close to being confirmed, but I think it's pretty hard not to see that she likes Jaune and he likes her. I'm not sure if both--or even either--of them are really in love with each other, or if they just like one another as friends, or if it's just infatuation that won't last, but the fact of the matter is that they're really, really close. Killing her off would create a lot of angst, sure, but it would mostly just rattle the roster and probably just end up turning into needless wangst that could very possibly make quite a few fans dislike Jaune (I find that a lot of people are a lot more likely to dislike a guy who angsts than a girl). That isn't really a reason to definitely not kill her off, but it would be a reason to look for a better alternitive if they're planning on killing someone.

Secondly, there's the simple fact that killing her off would leave us with two main teams, one of which is a member short. This would make the scale even more unbalanced than it already is, given how the members of RWBY are all hyper-competent and Pyrrha is probably the strongest member of JNPR. Alternitively, they could bring in another member on the team to replace her, but a very good portion of the fans would probably hate the new girl/guy solely because they replaced Pyrrha, and it would feel pretty weak, at least to me.

Also, although RWBY is obviously taking a turn for the darker, what with the lyrics to "Time to Say Goodbye," but I feel like killing off one of the main eight really isn't in this show's style. I can see characters getting killed, and I can even see major characters getting killed, but RWBY and JNPR seem just a little too plot armored. After all, there's a good reason why main characters are approximately twenty times less likely to die than side characters: no one (okay, I shouldn't say no one.  Almost no one) wants their favorite character to be killed off.

I could be wrong, and it wouldn't shock me too much, but I just don't think it's likely for Pyrrha to get killed off. And, if she does, than I really, really doubt it will be any earlier than late Season Two (not Volume Two, Season Two.  Killing her off Volume Two still would mean she gets killed off in the first season, which would be pretty ridiculous). So, what about everyone else? I'm curious about why people think she's going to die. (Besides the whole "Achilles heel" thing) 