Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170417075739/@comment-14909251-20170423180844

LucasVerBeek wrote: Well yeah, it's an allusion. But she didn't die to the shot to the heel she died to an arrow that went through her heart and out her spine!

It's just the theory is flawed to begin with because it states that JNPR is based on Achilles, Mulan blah, blah, blah but they're wrong JNPR alludes to those heroes, specifically the parts of their tales where the crossdressed. An allusion and a basis are not the same thing. Plus when I point out that Ren would have to commit suicide for his death to match Mulan's, like he'd have to drink poison, they just patter out "Oh it could be a self sacrifice"...so basically he'd just die like Pyrrha...how original and deep. Their allusions go much deeper than that, but they aren't exact translations. For instance, Pyrrha very strongly alluded to Achilles in that she was seemingly invincible, but it was a ruse stemming from her Semblance. Not the same thing, but similar enough to make it an allusion. You also have Cardin being an allusion to the person who tried Joan of Arc. Let's not forget that Nora's Semblance is an obvious allusion to Thor. How deep the allusion go and how true they will be to the characters' stories is a legitimate thing to theorize about. I will note that according to Shane, Monty wanted Pyrrha's death to in some way be Jaune's fault. Maybe the original intent was that Cinder would try to burn Jaune to a crisp akin to his allusion, but Pyrrha would step in the way and die for him, thus negating the JNPR death theory.