Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-174.135.62.244-20160603162025/@comment-25936766-20160722041602

92.236.194.211 wrote:

-We all know that Jaune is based on Joan of Arc. We all know that Joan of Arc burned to death. So a lot of assumptions have been made about Jaune's potential fate.

-And I know that Pyrrha was based on Achilles, but she didn't die from that arrow shot. -Just going to say: Character allusions are irrelevant regarding the plot. Joan of Arc was burned, yes, but it doesn't mean Jaune will die in any way. If Miles does decide to kill him (I doubt it, seeing how much focus he has given him), they may include a reference to Joan, like they did with Pyrrha, but Joan dying does not mean Jaune will as well, much less die burning.

So no real bets are off. The only bets that are off are that main characters now have some chance of dying. Nothing to do with their allusions.

Of course, Pyrrha is one exception, going off to die in battle like Achilles. Though Achilles was forced into it, Pyrrha went off to her death foolishly. And Pyrrha had no way to win, while Achilles only had a 1-in-a-million chance to die (because really, what were the chances of hitting Achilles in the heel during an all-out conflict between large armies).

-If you want to be technical, she was already death by the time she was incinerated. The arrow pierced her lungs, all the way to the back. She had pretty much died from asphyxiation. If anything, Cinder gave her a more merciful warrior's funeral.