Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27686458-20180104020142

I know that sounds far fetched, but hear me out! (Believe it or not, I'm not the first person to come up with this theory, although I came up with this on my own, before I looked it up to see if anyone else had as well.)

[TL;DR: Neo's fight style is so calculated, graceful, and precise, that it's almost robotic. Her polychromatic color scheme and lack of a voice are among the few flaws that caused Penny's creators to give up on Neo. She does have a soul and aura, like Penny, since she has a personality and a semblance.]



THE THEORY:

I was watching some of Neo’s fights and thought back to how my friend told me that her style is redirecting your attacks and countering, and how she does it so gracefully and always seems to end up in the most favorable position after every grapple in a fight.

Then I thought: what if she’s a robot? I don’t expect this to be correct or anything, but my theory is that she’s some sort of failed prototype of Penny or something. Ironwood and his team decided that she wasn’t what they wanted and threw her out (her split color scheme and lack of a voice are the most obvious flaws, but there may be other flaws they noticed that we don’t know about).

They didn’t realize, however, that they had actually succeeded in giving a synthetic soul and aura to a robot, which is why she still has personality and a semblance. Neo, whom Ironwood and his team didn’t know had feelings, was super distraught that her very creators had deemed her a failure and rejected her.

Roaming the streets scared and depressed, a certain ginger thief practically made out of charisma found her and took her under his wing. He learned her situation, sympathised with her, and promised her vengeance on the Atlas jerks that abandoned her. He gave/made/stole (take your pick!) her an umbrella-sword-shield-gun and taught her how to fight.

She eventually adapted her fighting skills to her robot side, learning she could analyze her opponent every second of the fight, predict their course of motion, and calculate the optimal way to counter it. She also picked up on Roman’s charisma (spoilers! I was talking about Roman when I mentioned the red-haired incarnation of charisma!), instead applying it to her actions and visual personality (since she can’t talk) and especially her fighting style, which is why she’s so graceful and fabulous when she counters your every move, like she’s dancing with you.



FAST FORWARD TO THE PRESENT (This is the end of the "theory" portion. Everything past this is pure speculation and I have no evidence it will happen.)

Roman made Neo feel complete, like a finished product, but now that he’s gone, she doesn’t know what to do. She could be wandering Remnant, maybe as a thief, or just as a lone silent nomad, trying to find herself without Roman. Maybe she feels rage towards Ruby, like Cinder, since she blames her for taking Roman away. Maybe she’s indifferent. Who knows? I don’t! All I know is that I expect her to have changed her outfit and maybe hairstyle as she embarks on her journey (and I really hope they get Einlee to do her new design!!)

Anyways, I’m thinking Team RNJR + Weiss, Yang, Ozcar, and Qrow will add Penny’s creator to the group, at least for an arc, and their path will collide with Wanderer Neo’s. I’m not entirely sure what will happen after that. Maybe she will see her creator who abandoned her and attack in a fit of rage; maybe they’ll notice her first and her creator will feel remorse for not giving her a chance when in fact she did have a soul. I’m predicting after a short arc, Neo will forgive him and either join Ruby’s crew (like a replacement for Penny!) or just stay with her creator as an assistant.

 So, what do you think? Do you have any evidence to help or hinder my theory? 