Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151213162620/@comment-26872876-20151213203755

WC-83 wrote: Grimmstride wrote: 108.83.13.22 wrote: I think Blake and Yang will probably become protectors, if Ruby and Weiss are the summer and winter maidens. I could see that.

On the less theoretical side...

Mercury is a champ! Easily the most enjoyable of Cinder's faction (I'm not really including Torchwick). Taking a shotgun for the cause. And seemingly completely intentional. Especially with the smile when Yang stands back up. Looks like he'll go to the final and beat Pyrrha probably with Yang being disqualified. Yeah, after being knee-capped by a shotgun without protection. In RWBY it'd be healed and he be fine, but not in time for the tournament (besides, he was eliminated).

Yeah, I guess it just depends on the speed of the tournament and the effectiveness of healing in RWBY. I feel like he could maybe get better. But it could also be a means to take him off the Radar and let him start roaming behind the scenes. Inured kid taken to a hospital of sorts and then left unnoticed by the inner circle.

It also seems like a nice tool to end Emerald's forced fake friendship.