Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-174.135.62.244-20160603201323/@comment-14909251-20160727232004

LucasVerBeek wrote:

Since when is all of Team Juniper marked for death? Every member of Team JNPR is inspired by a character who dies at the end the story. Pyrrha was obviously inspired by Achilles, Jaune by Joan of Arc, Nora by Thor, and Ren by Mulan. In the last case it is certain versions of the story that end with the character dying, but the fact the other three have that in common suggests his inspiration is intended to be from that version of the story. What makes them essentially marked for death is the fact Pyrrha was killed and specifically killed in a way that was reminiscent of the death of Achilles because she was first shot in the heel with an arrow. Killing her off, particularly killing her off in that way, creates the unavoidable impression that these characters will ultimately endure the fate suffered by their inspirations in their stories. Not doing that makes Pyrrha's death look out of place.