Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160117163823/@comment-14138255-20160129204528

Gastropod wrote: RWBY has so many characters they could probably afford to kill off one or two of them for dramatic effect. I think most of those would be cheap shock-thrills, but I think it would be pretty meaningful in Sun's case. I could see him being killed off or wounded by Adam, giving Blake more of a personal wangsty reason for being more serious in V4. It'd also be a complete reversal of Blake's development so far, which brought her from cynical to much more idealistic. It'd be interesting and have meaningful consequences, basically.

That said it doesn't look like it'll happen just from the Ep10 preview. If anything I feel like Sun will turn up again at Beacon and be all like "Leave. Her. Alone" like he did with Torchwick in V1 E16. Then Blake and Sun fight Adam together and win. Which sounds less cool. If Sun does die, for some reason I can see that working to help her. Chances are Sun's going to face death with dignity, trying to keep Blake's spirits up before passing. Blake will be shocked and upset for the time being, but when she sees Ruby mourning Penny on the way out from Beacon she uses Sun's dignified acceptance to help Ruby, and thus herself.