Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151206164217/@comment-26872876-20151206195449

SketchyOpus wrote: I can see Cinder pitting Penny against Pyrrha in hopes of outing her as a robot (and embarassing Ironwood / getting him in trouble), and then saving Pyrrha for the finals where she'll fight Cinder. And perhaps be the place where she gets hurt/can't fulfill her role as guardian. Now, is Cinder gunning for the role of guardian? Or just taking out Beacon's top candidate for such?

-- Before the convenient scene of the magnet on her head, I'd wondered if Penny wasn't made of composite materials or a metal not affected by magnets.

-- Would be neat to eventually see who Penny's dad is.

-- I hate to be that dick, but if Pyrrha dies, RWBY and I might be done for a while ... They can kill off everyone but Yang and Pyrrha and I wouldn't shed a tear. OK, fine, Glynda, too. But the rest? See ya. That being said, I would think that RT would portray a background/secondary chracter death or two before taking out one of the main charcters. Other than anonymous WF members we are led to believe die and the bookstore owner,  who else has died? And definitely no one on-screen, right?

Well the finals will not have Cinder. It will be either Mercury or Emerald. Considering Weiss's 0 aura injury deal, it seems more likely Yang will carry on. Which likely means Mercury carries on.

I'd say Pyrrha will fight Penny. Her semblance makes her realize Penny is all metal. Penny takes it as Ruby told Pyrrha, but really it's Pyrrha's semblance. Causes Penny to have some drama with Ruby, and possibly helps make her a tool to aid Cinder's plan. Pyrrha then loses to Mercury.

Then we will have Yang moving up in the other bracket, and she will probably beat Sun assuming he moves on. Final fight is Yang vs Mercury. Maybe at that time Cinder's plan starts.