Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160214165601/@comment-14909251-20160224232950

64.233.172.180 wrote:

What's even more annoying is those who are yelling that we need to accept that Pyrrah is dead when the very nature of the theory states that Pyrrah's death is what allows the possibilty for Amber to be alive. I guess it depends on how you look at it in terms of death. The RWBYverse strongly suggests that the soul lives on after death, so treating the survival of her soul as being alive is not entirely reasonable. At the same time, having her just pop into a new body would be seen as a cheap way of keeping her alive. Part of what like is that this theory allows her to be dead in every sense that matters and yet not be dead. She would have lost her body and no longer retain consciousness, which is effectively the same as being dead, but her soul would still be present in a living body. That sets up for a much bigger emotional conflict down the line and raises questions about the morality of the situation that would otherwise be spiked in a "both dead for good" scenario.

73.Anon.52 wrote: It's already been given, Penny(or Penny 2.0, etc.)

She fit's Jaune's criteria(a quirky redhead), fulfills Pyrrha's role as "the OP one", and fulfills both JNPR's Genderbend theme and CNR, meanwhile unlike Pyrrha she hasn't peaked skill-wise so the rest of JNPR can still shine in plenty of situations. The only difference is that Pinnochio doesn't die at the end of the story. Otherwise, it does work very well and I didn't even consider the gender-bending connection. It certainly lends more credence to the possibility of her being the replacement for Pyrrha.