Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4786807-20170630203938/@comment-100.15.156.160-20170704182151

Sun has a lot of potential outside being teamed up with Blake. I believe the fact he's the only major character we've followed that's from Vacuo will be important later on. If RWBY/JNR go there he's the one that can be their guide and keep them safe. Maybe he knows information that's going to be important.

Given his lack of knowledge about some of the injustices Faunus face I'm guessing it's not a big deal where he comes from. Because everyone respects you as long as you can survive there. A more subtle plot with Sun seems to be him realizing just how screwed up the more "civilized" world really is for Faunus. Which in turn has him learning more about his people. This makes his role in the reformed White Fang so fascinating for me.

Blake is jaded but trying to redeem her past actions while Adam is the most extreme and violent. Sun is the only one of the three that is really optimistic and seems to be the most relaxed around humans. He might have grown up in a place where you fought to survive but he's seen humans and Faunus on better terms. Sun knows better than the rest that peace can be a reality.

Having Sun die wouldn't work, at least in my opinion, since he's pretty much been Blake's optimism when it comes to the White Fang. Which is underlined when Blake looks at the old WF flag and then sees him in the vol. 4 ending. He's a fellow Faunus that she can talk to, he's been involved in a good portion of WF, encouraged her more than once to deal with her friends and gives her an more upbeat POV. I can't see a plot that kills Sun doing more than let Blake sink into a further depression. That's not really a good build up if it's just done for drama's sake.

I think that his team might just be in the background or Neptune will be the only one to travel with him. Just because there's so many characters showing up and Sage/Scarlett aren't as important.