Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-17760348-20160214233012/@comment-17760348-20160215005435

XiaoLongBurnsGold wrote: Personally. I think she's dead. She faded away in a colorful dust like the grim do when they die. We haven't SEEN anyone die in the series yet, so we don't know what happens when they do. Maybe that's just what happens when people die in this world. Any betting person would believe that she's dead (for good) but what I'm trying to look for is a way of maintaining something essential to RWBY, a bit of romance.

It's something I expect to see in all good shows, and Arkos has been a MAJOR component of this within RWBY up to now. Frankly, there is nothing approaching the same feel level in any of the other pairings, and I would hate to see that essential element be forgotten going forward. The only thing that could possibly replace it is if we get a bergining romance between Ruby and Jaune as the fight their way to Haven (and the guilt that goes with that).