Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151206164217/@comment-26872876-20151206231258

Spiegelmeister wrote: About the guardian role...

Remember we're dealing with two completely different views here in the world as a whole. There's the oblivious public side who are content with life, and just need a guardian to look up to for hope/comfort, and there's the darker hidden side that needs an army to fight against. Ozpin said it himself: the guardian is a symbol. Symbols don't necessarily act on their own.

I wouldn't be surprised if Pyrrah becomes the guardian, alongside Jaune as the white knights who look to be upholding the peace in a public sense. What happens with RWBY, is they get ported out/ sent off with Raven and/or Qrow to fight the real horror that no one knows about. With public appearances/menial tasks, team JNPR quickly gets swept up and away from team RWBY with their new position and roles, in addition to a possible physical separation between them which is foreshadowed in the OP.

I still want to know what's up with Raven's (i'm assuming) portal/sphere of black and red appearing in every OP to date. Every time, it's usually before something bad happens/ separates.

I feel like the trailer's separation may not be as much of a "JNPR is hurt badly" so much as it is, "In the face of a large obstacle, team RWBY has to go it alone." Reminds me of a lot of video game moments where your allies open a path and your team or character has to forge ahead to confront the big baddy at the end.

That being said, you have an interesting idea. Though I would hope such a role would be short lived. Simply because it would suggest Team RWBY would start pulling a large gap in skill from team JNPR. Plus as a figurehead, Jaune would start to hit a learning curve in becoming a hero. If this idea happens, I'd hope it would be until team RWBY suffers a notable loss, and JNPR steps down/revoks the title to help their friends.

The Penny vs Pyrrha fight sounds about how I also could see it going. With the whole Robot secret I'm getting a bit of the Terra from Teen Titans scenario. The fight has Pyrrha realize a truth, and Penny take it as a betrayal by Ruby, which leads to her being manipulated by Cinder's faction. And as you note, the battle could lead to an injury for Penny and a stike between Ozpin and Ironwood.

I don't see SSSN and JNPR meeting in doubles. Seems a little early for them to go out. Considrimg the opening shows JNPR, RWBY, SSSN, and Cinders trio, it kind of makes me feel the final four will be members from each team. Pyrrha vs Mercury, Yang vs Sun, and the final Yang vs Mercury. Cinder's plan maybe starts during the final match.