Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-9962367-20130726233702/@comment-10390252-20130831180922

@ Angren,

Personally, I think that there is a significant chance of Pyrrha dying a heroic death later on in the show to save Jaune and that is what triggers his transformation to all-out-badass. Ruby ends up picking up the many emotional pieces out of friendship and then romance stuff happens as a consequence.

Dark story possibility - Ozpin set up Pyrrha to meet Jaune to unlock his aura and start him along the path to being a warrior and then set her up to die when a final push was needed to make him willing to fight.