User blog:Megadracosaurus/Why I think Ghira is a leopard

For the longest time, Ghira has been said to be a 'feline'-based feline, as a reference to his claws. However, I have reason to believe we can actually pin point his exact species. And I have reason to believe he is a leopard faunus, a black panther to be exact. Please note that the evidence isn't directly adressed in the show, and its my personal theory.

The main reason why I believe Ghira is a leopard is because of his allusion. Ghira alludes to Bagheera from The Jungle Book. Now Bagheera is a black leopard (the term 'black panther' refers to jaguars and leopards that happen to be born with black fur). Now I know what some of you may think. Ghira may allude to Bagheera, but that doesn't mean he is therefore a leopard. The characters in RWBY aren't exact copies of their allusions, after all. This is correct. But with the faunus characters, we've seen that they dooften, if not always, allign with the creature they allude too. And even if they don't allude to a specific animal character, its usually very obvious from the name as to what kind of animal they allude to.


 * Velvet alludes to Velveteen Rabbit and is a rabbit faunus.
 * Sienna Khan, a Bengal tiger faunus, alludes to Shere Khan, whom just so happens to be a Bengal tiger himself.
 * Tock is a crocodile faunus who alludes to the crocodile from Peter Pan.
 * Leonardo Lionheart alludes to the Cowardly Lion.
 * Neon Katt alludes to Neoncat, and is a faunus.
 * The monkey faunus Sun Wukong refers to the monkey Sun Wukong from Journey to the East.
 * Saber Rodentia is a gerbil (rodent) faunus and is called Rodentia.
 * The Albain twins have fox-traits and are named after foxes as well.
 * Yuma and Trifa, a bat and spider faunus, are both named after a species of bat and spider.

There are some other things that make suspect he is a black leopard (such as his hair colour and roar), but I admit they aren't very solid evidence and are vague at best. So I won't go into detail when it come's to those.