Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20160109160106/@comment-26872876-20160110093042

HalointheSkye wrote: Grimmstride wrote: 63.140.103.134 wrote: With if hinting that Yang might be taking off on her own, a temporary stop on the team opens up for Penny.

Blake mentioned she was done seeing fights for the year. It suggests the Semester is almost over. I'm betting Yang is either planning to leave a little early to find Raven, but puts it on halt to help Ruby. Then maybe as the end of year break or something starts, she spends it going after Qrow. That, or we end up going back to the scene during Season 2 where she actually meets Raven (though some say that's a dream).

As for Penny, I can't see her replacing Yang. Especially with team name rules. She MAY replace Pyrrha though. Should anything happen to well... Cause her death or end her huntress career early. Unlikely though. And honestly I'd prefer to not change a member of JNPR. Especially when Jaune and Pyrrha get 90% of JNPR's focus. Aren't Jaune and Pyrrha basically the most canon ship in the show so far? Every volume, they've had their own arc and a lot of screen-time. People are saying Pyrrha's going to die soon - and I just really doubt that. She might die, but I don't see it anytime soon. Just something terrible will most likely probably happen to her.

Pretty much.

I also don't see her dying. And the reason for that is how the season has progressed. It doesn't feel like they are closing the book on Pyrrha. Instead, it feels they are setting her up to fail. From the series' start, she's been this untouchable warrior. Almost to a Mary Sue level. Which is why I feel as though everything is leading to an event that shatters this idea. Why? Because it's what she needs in order to develope as a character. She needs to get knocked odd the pedestal that every other character has fallen from.

I think next week we will see Pyrrha have that breakdown. And when that happens, I think it will shift the Maiden group's decision to use her, or she herself will refuse the offer either on the account of a shattered self confidence, or in respect to her thoughts on Destiny... Which you haven't seen.