Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24097785-20131101022713/@comment-173.58.251.107-20140310200738

Okay, first thing off, if all of team RWBY dies, show ends. Simple as that. That or they'd have to come up with new characters to replace the dead ones or the show would have to be rechristened JNPR (if they weren't killed off too) and the show would have to be about Jaune, Nora, Phyrra and Ren. And then they'd have to change the theme song and opening appearance, and the four actresses would have to be released from the show and they'd lose a source of income, and if that isn't enough then Monty effectively wasted his work by killing off the team he spent who knows how long dreaming about and putting into reality. And the final thing to top it off is that the fans would undoubtably be pissed that a show they (presumably) love ended simply because their title characters died. And if they didn't end the show, then there isn't a point anymore in watching a show about JNPR when the shows as (formerly) named RWBY.

Unless Monty intends on turning Ruby into Alpha and Alpha into Epsilon. Which would basically be RvB with more girls. And without Caboose. Or Sarge.

All in all, main characters generally don't die unless it's for a VERY good or at least unavoidable reason. Terminal illness, fatal battlefield wounds and natural causes count. Some "to advance the plot" justification doesn't work unless it's for a really good reason. As in it has to have multi-season/volume ramifications and a lasting legacy, like with Church and Tex, that was multi-season, and everyone is still wary about it to the point where saying "I'm a freelancer" will get guns pulled on you. But not a "one-episode" thing.