User blog comment:Warmachine375/Will there be character deaths in RWBY?/@comment-26018514-20150524171323/@comment-25555436-20150530131925

I knew you would say bullshit Diego, it went all according to plan.

It's completely different, let me explain why:

-RWBY hasn't accomplished their goal: Defeat the bad guys. As such, they are still important to the plot, they need to stay. On top of that...

-Ruby needs character development, so she needs to stay otherwise if she died it would be shitty writing even by RWBY standards.

-Weiss has her family issues that haven't been explored yet, but implied to come later, so she needs to stay.

-Blake has upcoming character development and not just by Adam appearing, so she needs to stay.

-Yang has upcoming character development with her mother, and I'm sure her story won't end there in Yang's arc, so she needs to stay. Also, she's far from OP, which is why you just said bullshit. Only punches, barely any kick, easy-to-block shots, it's no wonder Neo kicked her ass. Hell, even Mercury can do it, because his fighting style would easily throw her off guard and own her (Kicks>Punches, in case you didn't know).

-Jaune needs training to get stronger, and more importantly he's the everyman, the n00b, the guy whose stupidity helps us understand more about the world we know barely any shit about.

-Ren and Nora will be getting character development in Vol.3 or 4.

In the meantime, Pyrrha is a more ideal choice at the moment:

-She doesn't need any character development nor is there any indication she will get some. (A flashback of her mother may as well be about 4 seconds before she enters the ring).

-Her goal has been accomplished, at least on the greatest part: Arkos becoming canon, or at least arriving near Canon Island's harbor. She didn't really have much of a role in the story other than that, and it has been accomplished.

-She doesn't really need training either, unlike Jaune. She already is an skilled fighter and has great control of her Semblance.

-Doesn't really offer much to the plot beyond the Jaune Arcs, while with RWBY they are the protagonists, they are the main main characters, their deaths would be like playing FF7 without Cloud in it. Who would move the story if our 4 protagonists die? Jaune? Would you really consider making JNPR the main main characters of RWBY? If Miles tried to do that, I would shoot him.

-Her death would effectively send the message that the villains aren't kidding around, or if a Grimm does it, that they are not (all) weak and being a Hunter means you can die no matter your level of skill. Granted, for this one CFVY is also a good choice.

The part about Penny being an ideal replacement is where I kind of disagree with Anon, but other than that, Pyrrha seems an ideal choice for a sacrifice compared to everyone else. She can be killed (I say killed, not replaced, that could be decided in Vol.4), and it wouldn't really cause any harm, but rather would cause good writing-wise depending on it's execution. Meanwhile, the other protagonists can't be killed for real just yet. I thought you would be able to see it. Too many dumb reviews must be hurting your writing senses.

Also, to finish this: Coco is not OP, hell she may as well be among the weakest for a 1vs1 fight. She can hardly turn while firing her gun, and gatlting guns have not the best precision. And they are heavy so movement is hurt too. Anyone that gets behind her is perfectly safe from her and can easily attack her, and she wouldn't be truly able to effectively defend herself, not even try to kick them.

Ruby, Blake, even Weiss could just get behind her and attack, and keep going until they win. The only reason Coco overkilled those Grimm was because the situation was in her favor:

-She had FVY covering her back.

-The Grimm were coming from just 1 direction so there was no much need to turn around.

-They were weak so there was nothing to fear. And the strong ones, her weapon is designed to deal with them (change Deathstalker for Tank and you get the same result) or didn't have enough armor and health to resist the damage (the Nevermores).

In another situation, if she doesn't have her team covering her, she can die easily. Her suitcase is basically a hammer with even shorter range, which may be cool, but is less practical too as that means she can't just kill wide number of enemies from as much of a safe range.