User blog comment:Warmachine375/Will there be character deaths in RWBY?/@comment-26018514-20150524171323/@comment-26018514-20150524212808

I do, and I've already shared it elsewhere... quite simply:
 * A. She is replaceable
 * B. She is OP for her level
 * C. She appears to have capped/reached her motivations fulfillment aside from Jaune
 * D. Name/inspiration

Out of the primary/secondary cast she makes the best choice to die because;
 * Jaune: is the everyman... we see the world through his eyes, no-one else is incompetent enough to require structural basis of the world be told to them... and honestly his death would prove no risk to the others lives.
 * Ren: little known backstory and constantly getting knocked out means that his death also wouldn't further the plot or add a sense of risk much.
 * Nora: reckless character, comedic relief, her death would mostly build Ren... who was never going to have many lines to begin with.
 * RWBY: 2 reckless MC's, a girl hunted her whole life, and the only faunus MC... I just cannot see anyone in RWBY dying as furthering the plot.
 * Penny: the only android and currently a side character
 * CDRL: lets face it... the only reason a full party wipe of this team would matter is that we'd be pissed they bothered introducing them.
 * Villains: not enough baddies at this time to think of killing them off
 * Pyrrha: as the strongest protagonist thusfar and romantic interest of Jaune her death develops the entire main cast(makes death a reality for RWBY, JNPR, SSSN, and CRDL), she is already the baddies known target, seemingly has mastered using every aspect of her abilities in combat, and has no known goals besides "make friends" and "make Jaune her boyfriend", which might get fulfilled rather soon... which leaves her with little plot benefit for continued existence.