Talk:Pyrrha Nikos/@comment-32354841-20180312143812/@comment-25936766-20180315145659

Character importance isn't just "Bob did X!", it's how much does it matter what they do, and how necesary it was. If Bob does X but the plot wouldn't have changed much, if at all, if he didn't do it, or if X happened for another reason, then we cannot say Bob was important just because he did X.

Pyrrha had a "huge impact on Jaune's story".....but outside Jaune, she's as important to the plot as the color of Oobleck's hair is to the plot. And even that "huge impact" amounts to nothing but being the love interest he ignored for 3 seasons, and then an object for him to angst about.

Jaune surviving the Initiation, or deciding to train to become a decent fighter, none of things needed Pyrrha to happen. Even Penny's death could have just been done in a different way without Pyrrha. The only things her presence makes a difference in, are giving Jaune angst after she dies.

Hell, not even her own death, that happened right in front of Ruby, had a single tiny effect on anyone or anything aside from Jaune. Ruby even casually dismisses the thought with "Eh, didn't know her very long, so whtv".

Pyrrha is unimportant to the story, and even to the characters whose name is not Jaune Arc. That's a fact. She's more important than other characters, definitely. But that doesn't mean she herself mattered much in the grand scheme of things.