User blog:Marinettedupaincheng1011/Neo's voice

==''     Neo is one of the most mysterious charicters on RWBY. She has never said a word, however Gray G. Haddock has confirmed that Neo has a voice actress, and she has not spoken once during her screen time. To make things more interesting you can see/hear she never makes any vocalizations whatsoever in Volume 2, including grunts in combat, she does make some nonverbal sounds in the episodes "Round One" and "Heroes and Monsters". ''So the question is... Does Neo actually have a voice, and if she dose why doesn't she use it? ==

   One theory Is intimidating. We see that Neo Is pretty good at it. Simply Smiling during all her battles, messes with her enemys.



   The second theory is her name... so I began resurching The meaning of Neo, and found out this. Neo is a Greek prefix, meaning "new". In English, neo is also used as a prefix to denote something that is contemporary, recent, modern, or new. The word Neopolitan itself derives from the Greek Neápolis, meaning "new city". Neo also means 'young' and 'immature' in Greek, usually in medical terms. If we assume her name comes from the Greek term, then we could get a little more insight on her. However "new city" dose not seem to fit in with her at all.



   The third theory has to do with Neos age. now I couldn't find Neos age anyware, not on any informational sources. However, if her Greek name is true, then we can take the word "young" and apply that to Neo. It would make since with Neos hight (being the shortest on the show, well besides velvet) we can assume that Neo is at a younger age. She could be 13, 14, or 15 years old. However her skills in combat strongly counter this argument, unless she is just really, really talented.



   If her age is alot younger, then it wouldn't make sience that Neo knows how to drive. as we see in volume 3 Neo proves to be a competent getaway driver, as shown in "Beginning of the End," where she drove Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald away to an unknown location in an Air Bus after their plan to frame Yang was initiated. If we assume she is younger, then she sould be able to drive. Unless she illegally dose. She did pretend to be an adult paramedic in the same scene.



The Fourth theory is, mabye something happened in the past. like mabye she broke her vocal cords. Neo could have damaged her voice somehow. It fits on with Neo still being able to make gasping and grunting sounds. Although her vocal cords are damaged, sounds can still be made.

We still don't know that much about Neo, mabye she will speak in Volume 4. Then we might get a backstory......hopefully. 