Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-38824479-20190502191634/@comment-4141313-20190505172754

ReikaTachyon wrote: -Qrow (Death Odds: 5-2): Let's face it, with Qrow's VA gone, his lack of agency last volume, and an inevitable clash between RWBY and Cinder, somebody's probably going to get bumped off this volume. And that somebody is probably Qrow.

-Maria (Death Odds: 4-1): Old, Yoda-type characters typically don't have a long shelf life. So I'm going to assume that she's not long for this world.

-Tyrian (Death Odds: 4-1): The most expendable villain at this point IMO. If Salem's forces are going to take a hit, expect Tyrian to bite the dust.

-Neo (Death Odds: 5-1): As much as I love my ice cream waifu, even I have to admit she's in a pretty precarious situation. Partnering with Cinder has, historically, not gone well for those involved.

-Watts (Death Odds: 8-1): I see him as more of an overarching villain right now, so it would be rather odd for him to die at this juncture. Still, mustache twirling villains (of which he is the literal manifestation) tend to meet their makers when you least expect it.

-Ironwood (Death Odds: 8-1): Probably going to end up a target of Salem's forces during this season. The most logical way to prevent him from assisting team RWBY would be to just kill him. I wouldn't be surprised to see an assassination attempt on him early in volume 7.

-Jaune (Death Odds: 10-1): I've said it since volume 1, Jaune is doomed. DOOMED, I SAY! But when, exactly, he'll meet with his fiery fate remains to be seen. Consider this, though. Jaune is based on a person famous for being burned to death. Jaune's mortal nemesis is a woman who shoots fire out of her hands. And that very woman is currently en route to Jaune's location. Doesn't look great for him.

-Winter (Death Odds: 12-1): Honestly, she'd be higher on this list if I had pinpoint assurance that she was going to be present in this volume. I'm about 90% certain that she will be, but nevertheless. ..

-One of the other Schnees (Death Odds: 15-1): I'd love to see Weiss' evil father or brother die a painful death, but in all honesty I don't think it's likely. I wouldn't be surprised if the Schnees played a very minimal role this volume, as there are simply too many other, more important plotlines to explore right now.

-Cinder (Death Odds: 15-1): Everybody hates Cinder (except for Emerald, because she's a naive moron of the ages), and most everybody wants her dead. But let's be real. Cinder is not going to be killed off without first establishing some backstory. So unless they give her a full character study early in this volume, I'm going to bet that she's pretty safe, despite being in the process of walking into a veritable hornet's nest.

-Hazel (Death Odds: 20-1): Not even sure he's going to be in this volume to be honest. So, naturally, I doubt he's going to die.

-Emerald (Death Odds: 20-1): Same with her.

-Mercury (Death Odds: 20-1): And him.

-Oscar (Death Odds: 20-1): Oscar's death wouldn't serve much of a point. I mean, he'd just reincarnate in another teenage farmhand's body shortly afterward, right?

-Raven (Death Odds: 25-1): What ever happened to her, anyway? I don't even know if we're going to see her again anytime soon, much less see her get killed.

-Ren (Death Odds: 50-1): I don't see them removing the late, great Monty Oum's character anytime soon.

-Nora (Death Odds: 50-1): Sorry, but I can't see Roosterteeth killing off the only ginger representation they have left on this show. Then again, they have shown a certain enthusiasm in brutally murdering redheads in the past, so I wouldn't exactly put it past them.

-Blake (Death Odds: 100-1): I'll be honest, I don't think all the lovey-dovey hand holding last volume helps Blake or Yang's chances at living long, happy lives. Miles and Kerry seem to take some sort of sick satisfaction in snuffing that kind of thing out. Still, I don't think they have the balls to kill off a member of team RWBY. Yet, anyway.

-Yang (Death Odds: 100-1): See above.

-Weiss (Death Odds: 150-1): I expect volume 7 to be rather Weiss-centric. I don't expect her to die, though I wouldn't be surprised to see her lose somebody close to her. *cough* Winter *cough*

-Ruby (Death Odds: 500-1): Man, wouldn't that be a twist, though?

-Salem (Death Odds: 1000-1): Short of Thanos decending from space to disintegrate her with the infinity guantlet, I think it's safe to say that Salem will live to see another volume.

-Pyrrha's Mom (Death Odds: 1000000000-1): Roosterteeth wouldn't do that to us. Would they?

-None of the above (Odds: 10-1): I mean, they haven't exactly been slaughtering loads of people over the past three years. Wouldn't be totally shocking if everybody lived to see another volume.

-Somebody not listed (Death Odds: 20-1): I don't really see Ilia, Sun, Neptune, or Velvet being relavent this volume, so I'm going to assume they're all safe. Rebuttals

Qrow's death would actually have to impact the narrative, and as we are just coming off the controversy involving his former VA, it would be a poor marketing decision to suddenly decide he die because of it. They aren't going to suddenly change his fate just cause of a change in VA, otherwise Mercury would have died awhile ago. So unless he was written to die before the VA change, the VA change isn't justification.

Maria may be a "Yoda Character", but Yoda characters usually teach something before they die. Maria has barely tought Ruby anything. Until she actually teaches Ruby, she's safe.

Tyrian would have to be a contrived death since the only one able to match him at the moment is Qrow, and the Heroes don't aim to outright kill their enemies, so unless one of them deliberately foresakes this and tries to murder him, or another villain does so, he's safe.

Watts hasn't really done anything, and relying on a stereotype to justify a death isn't evidence. Plus, he isn't a moustache twirler. Those guys are "Look at how evil I am, look at my convoluted plan and how evil it is". Watts is just a snarky mad scientist douche.

The same argument could have been made for Jaune in Volume 5. Just because Cinder is there doesn't mean Jaune is doomed. And character inspiration doesn't automatically mean death. Nora hasn't been eaten by a massive snake, Ren hasn't committed suicide, Qrow hasn't been gutted, etc.

Winter appearing alone isn't justification she's gonna die.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, not every villain gets a backstory, and not having one doesn't warrant avoiding death. So Cinder is very liable to finally die, especially considering Neo is poised to backstab her, and Cinder's hubris is one of her biggest flaws, so it would themetically appropriate to have one of the decisions she made based on her hubris be her end.