Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27186569-20170521134631/@comment-34633327-20170831183229

Animefreak1310 wrote: I think if Penny were to be rebuilt, she still wouldn't be herself. So maybe another android with an aura would be built, but whoever made her probably wouldn't let her roam out in the open this time. She would be a totally different andriod, and probably look different too. With the implication that her "Father" is her creator, unless he intends making Mark II be a seperate child, I don't think she'd be radically different if rebuilt, maybe a bit visually different like longer hair or paller complexion, but nothing too major, same for Personality. This would based on the idea that he'd want to rebuild his "daughter" as close to normal as possible. The only real difference would more than likely be memories and naivety.I'm in the camp that Penny could have part of her memory, but not all of it restored if rebuilt. From a narrative perspective it could serve to bring the original Penny back without her being the same Penny.

Let's use her relationship with Ruby for example. Say hypothetically her memory was restored but with chunks missing, one chunk in particular being her meeting with Team RWBY. If she'd meet Ruby again, she'd think Ruby was her friend, but she wouldn't know why. This could in turn cause her to want to learn more about Ruby as a way to rediscover what it was that made them friends. Another hypothetical idea could be that she remembers Pyrrha unleashing the magnetic wave, but not much else about her. We don't know if Penny knew anything about Pyrrha before the battle, whether it be through offscreen interaction or through Ruby. The former is unlikely since her fight with Pyrrha indicates it was the first time meeting her, but she may know abit about Pyrrha from Ruby. With this information missing, Penny could believe Pyrrha purposely released the wave and cause Penny to hold some resentment towards Pyrrha. This in turn could cause conflict with JN_R seeing as Pyrrha was there teammate, Jaune in particular may take issue with Penny if this is the case.

On the Naivety front, If Penny retains any memories from her prior incarnation and learns of her destruction, this could in turn cause Penny to attempt to lose her naivety or train more so as to not die again, meaning she may still be cheerful, but also more cautionary.