Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25177439-20170708072801/@comment-30530552-20170713030634

There's definitely some disparity between who I want to be redeemed and who will actually be redeemed, if anybody.

Emerald: She's quite an interesting case, because aside from the fact she was key in orchestrating the Fall of Beacon, she seems like she's definitely not down for the whole destruction of the entire world deal, seeing as she seemed to show at least some level of remorse when seeing innocent people be killed during BoB. The only reasons I think she stays is because A) she feels indebted to Cinder, and B) its out of fear of what happens if she leaves.

The other thing to note is that her Semblance is perfect for her to ditch the bad guys, by planting mistrust in everyone with her powers and causing some sort of raucous, and during the commotion quietly slipping out unnoticed. I want to see her redeemed, and above several people on this list I see her with a high chance or redemption at some point. Even the eyes too, could suggest that, seeing as she has wide, round eyes, typically reminiscent of good guys or innocent people in most animes.

Mercury: I don't see redemption for him, but I do see betrayal of the evil cause as at least semi-likely. He only has a loose obligation to Cinder, seeing as she took him in after losing his home, his father, and his legs, and no ties to really anybody else there. If Emerald ditches, I think he might clear out too, and vice versa, since he has no real reasons to be there other than "all my options were/are shit and I'm bored so I'll be your assassin."

Cinder: An interesting crackpot that she's soem sort of anti-hero, and it'd be a crazy twist if this were actually true, but she's kind of a megalomaniac, and wants power. Now that she has it, she will use that to roast the shit out of Ruby because she has revenge, and if she tries to do that she's basically condemned to never being redeemed. About that too, I'm pretty sure none of RNJRWBY are going to have any remorse for her due to the whole Pyrrha thing. I don't think she'll ever get redemption, because are heroes hate her with a vengance, and she killed my/(most of) our favorite character with no remorse.

Adam: Not gonna happen. He mutilated Yang's arm, stabbed/abused Blake, and was going to attempt on both Yang and Blake's lives. To anybody who's anybody on the hero side, that's also unforgiveable. I have no hopes for him, and want to see his pretty little mask break to a shotgun gauntlet, gunchuk, or pistol-whip.

Tyrian: Too loyal to Salem to even consider it, unless she like literally disowns or tries to kill him or some shit.

Salem: She's the big bad. I doubt this'll happen.

Neo: I want to see her be a good guy, or at the very least be redeemed, because she was working for Roman and by extension Cinder because of the need to survive and be on the winning side. I don't know how easily she'd be convinced to change sides, but since she has a vendetta against Ruby and Yang has a vendetta against her, I don't think it'll happen for awhile unelss one or the other gets revenge or closure.

Ilia: She seems conflicted, and I think she will do a turn of heel at some point, if only because she finds out Adam's a bad deal or because her desire to help Blake will overcome everything else. Like Emerald, she also has very round, wide eyes, which I offer the same argument as Emerald's redeemability here.

Albains: Don't really know enough about them, so I don't think that they're changing anytime soon. Plus they're foxes, so I don't trust them at all. (*cue THAT'S RACIST* meme here*)

Hazel: I would like to see him be redeemed, or at the very least be a villain with morals of some sort who does his job and nothing more or less. The likelihood of this happening though, I think, is low since he's in Salem's inner circle, but it would be interesting.

Watts: Not a lot of info, and even less screen-time than Hazel...so no, I don't see it happening, also because he's in the inner circle. Plus, he's an ass.

Whitley & Jacques: Not true villains, but I see this happening at some point.