Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27143816-20160216033644/@comment-14909251-20160608220214

Arkantos95 wrote: See, the reason I feel like this would be terrible writing is that it requires my second most hated storytelling technique: a long string of incredibly convenient things have to happen in order for this to occur, and if so much as one goes awry the whole thing goes tits-up.

Pyrrha has to conviently have a piece of Amber's soul, or the whole thing doesn't work.

The damaged machinery Amber is inside of to has to conviently be able to revive someone who's had their soul sucked out, or the whole thing doesn't work.

The piece that Pyrrha conviently has has to conviently be more attracted to Amber's body than Cinder's, where most of the rest of the soul resides, or the whole thing doesn't work.

Amber has to conviently recieve an accelerated healing factor, or the whole thing doesn't work.

Amber has to conviently have full use and knowledge of Pyrrha's semblance, or she can't climb out of the elevator shaft (something that was straining for Pyrrha herself when she had an elevator to use) and the whole thing doesn't work.

Amber has to conviently avoid conflict with the ever-growing horde of Grimm around Beacon, or the whole thing doesn't work because despite unarmed combat being a viable system against the Grimm, getting in close in the middle of a horde is a terrible idea.

Amber has to conviently find a way off Beacon, a place that has thus far been shown to be accesible solely through air travel, or the whole thing doesn't work. The problem is every last thing you frame as "convenient" doesn't really require a lot of convenience at all. We know Pyrrha was already received some of Amber's Aura before Cinder interrupted so it is not a stretch to suggest her Aura was inside Pyrrha in whole or in part. We know the pod was meant to keep Amber alive with resuscitation being something completely within reason for a machine to have in its capabilities and damaged glass would not magically mean resuscitation was impossible.

You then proceed with more assumptions that Amber's Aura or soul has been transferred to Cinder, which is crucial for your claim of it conveniently going back to Amber's body as if Cinder only got the Maiden powers it would only make sense for Amber's soul to go back into her revived body. We know Aura has a rapid healing factor already so it is only natural to suggest more Aura means more rapid healing.

What's left is largely based on assumptions for which you have no grounds other than arrogant belief. Pyrrha's soul or Aura being in Amber, presuming Pyrrha was not still conscious, would very easily allow for Amber to already know how to use Pyrrha's abilities as Pyrrha knew how to use her abilities. For a skilled huntress there would be nothing convenient about being able to avoid conflict and there is no necessity that conflict translates to the entire horde descending on her exact position immediately without a chance of escape. There is also no reason to believe Beacon is inaccessible by ground as Roman's map shows no body of water separating the academy and other parts of Vale.

And why would the color signify anything other than Aura when they said:

''Ironwood: For the past few years, Atlas has been studying Aura from a more scientific standpoint; how it works, what's it made of, how it can be used. We've made... significant strides. And we believe we've found a way to capture it.''

''Qrow: Capture it and cram it into something else. (gestures to Pyrrha as she takes a second to realize what that means) Or in your case ... ''

And:

''Ironwood: And these are indeed desperate times. We can't transfer Amber's power to you, but we can give you what those powers are bound to.''

''Pyrrha: ... Her Aura. ''

What else is that supposed to mean? The color may signify Aura, though I personally think orange is kind of an autumn color so it makes sense for the fall Maiden powers to be colored orange and thus the color would signify that the Maiden powers were being transferred. After all, we aren't supposed to care so much about what happens to Amber's Aura since the objective is to transfer the Maiden powers.

I have already said the idea of Cinder getting Amber's Aura is possible and it would at least make some sense in that her interrupting the Aura transfer could have inadvertently led to Amber's Aura being sucked into Cinder along with the Maiden powers. However, we do know for certain that Pyrrha was already getting some of Amber's Aura, so it makes more sense that Pyrrha kept the Aura and that instead what we saw going to Cinder were the Maiden powers.

Why would survival mode kick in before disorentation other than, again, purely for the sake of convenience?

Because a skilled huntress would literally be trained to survive in the most dire of circumstances and set aside any distracting thoughts or feelings until the danger had subsided. Do you think a well-trained soldier is not capable of waking up and immediately moving into action without letting other thoughts or feelings distract from the core objective of surviving?