Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160214165601/@comment-136.224.87.229-20160219201840

There is no question at this point that Pyrrha is 100% dead (unless the writers change their mind and recon it but that's unlikely, or bring her back from the dead also unlikely). The real question is how are they qoing to effectively replace Pyrrha once team RWBY reforms?

Remember RWBY is produced by the same people who make Red vs. Blue. When ever a character in Red vs. Blue was definitively declared dead they replaced them with a character that was a spiritual successor. Alpha Church was replaced with Episilon Church. Agent Texas was replaced by Agent Carolina. Lopez looked like he was going to be replaced by Dos.0, but then they brought Lopez back from the dead and have him steal Dos.0's body. (and if your wondering about Grif's Sister she was shown to be alive in the season 13 finale).

Right now Ruby is an effective temporary replacement for Pyrrha on team JNPR, but once team RWBY reforms there going to have to come up with true replacement for Pyrrha. So far the only mention of that I've heard on this site is that when Penny is eventually rebuilt (which is very liekly), and she finds a way to stay and learn at Beacon, she'll then be placed on team JNPR to fill Pyrrha's vaccant spot. Would work to because her name also starts with a 'P'.

That said a part of me really hopes that Pyrrha has either has a twin or younger sibling that really looked up to Phyrrha but felt inadequate when compared to Phyraa. It would be intresting to see said sibling try to pick up Phyrrha's mantle and for Jaune to be their for said sibling, to help the grow stronger, the same way that Phyrra was there for him. Would kind of feel like Jaune helping to pass on some kind of legacy, don't you think?

A far more out there theory is that a new character will be created out of the reamins of Pyrrha's aura (and maybe Amber's as well. Similar to how in Kaze no Stimga the character Lapis was created from Tsui Ling's final thoughts. Only instead of getting an evil puppet we'd be getting a brand new person born from aura (would be really intresting if she inherited aspects and traits from both Amber and Pyrrha). Now that I think about it, maybe a connection was forge during the failed aura transfer. Then when Cinder incernerated Pyrrha, Pyrrha's aura could have gone into Amber's body. That could have created a new being or revive Amber with aspects and memories of Pyrrah. It's an out there, out of left field theory I know, but this is Speculation board and I'm not asking anyone to take Amber might be alive seriously.

Back to my main topic. I'd rather have JNPR get either Penny or a relative of Pyrrha to fill the empty team slot, but only time will tell. We could end up getting a complete new random and unrelated character that will be in the uncomfortable position of trying to completely replace a beloved and respected person.

-Defcon Deceiver