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Gundam Legilis wrote:

128.151.150.18 wrote:

Gundam Legilis wrote:

128.151.150.18 wrote: I haven't seen the commentary, but what I have seen was a portion of some post finale interview or sth--forget what it's called or where I found it; but when asked whether Penny, Pyrrha, and Roman are really dead, all Miles and Kerry said was "Keep watching the show" because they didn't want to establish anything yet so idk.

If Roman's dead, he's dead, it'd be shitty way to kill him--like his story's cut short. However, if he did survive, here's how I think he did: So we already know that the Griffon didn't chew him so if anything really killed him, it'd be the ship explosion. How might he have survived that? With at least 2 possible lines of defense: (1) The Grimm that swallowed him could've taken all the frontal damage of the explosion and died as a shield, albeit a weak one. True, the explosion most likely would've went deeper and reached Roman but (2) he wasn't low on Aura at all. People who've mastered Aura have been seen to survive explosions and this wouldn't be the 1st explosion Roman would survive (train under Mt. Glenn as someone above mentioned). At worst, he'd probably just sustain major injuries.

However, a 3rd possible resort could very well be his Semblance; we don't know what it is but that's what adds to another possibility for his survival. Personally, I'd bet that his Semblance revolves around luck/probability given the abstract Joker/card theme that might've inspired his design or Roman's own claim that he's a gambling man. How he manifests this luck can be open to imagination. And this is why I refuse to believe Roman's dead. And why I would be outraged had he really died. Right, when a somewhat major or at least well-known and recurring character like him has died abruptly without even revealing his Semblance (one of the more defining characterisitics of a combatant), that's digging a massive, unbelonging hole. There we go! You really get how I feel about this, don't you? While I understand his overall importance to the story, I do recall a Facebook Q&A in the Spring of '15 that mentioned the possibility of his backstory and Semblance, with just a few winks. And if that Semblance turned out to be something worthwhile, then it makes yet another dent in the logic of this situation because he could have used his Semblance before he got swallowed up by that Griffon - assuming he died.

Tell me something, anon - do you think he's a well-known and recurring character? Let's see, (1) he's been around for quite a bit; we've seen him in all three volumes. (2) He's at least somewhat popular among fans and (3) has a known reputation within the series. Yeah, I'd say he's recurring and well-known enough.