Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151206164217/@comment-26872876-20151207061752

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: MetallicArcher wrote: I don't think Pyrrha will die... seems a bit early to kill a member of the B Team.

Even with her character inspiration, let's remember Monty said their intention wasn't to retell the stories the characters are based off. You know, let's just not turn Pyrrha's Achilles reference into another "so Cardin is going to set Jaune on fire?" thing.

Pyrrha could loose a leg, though. Alas to Achilles weakness being his heel. That could leave her out of combat for a volume... and then she can come back and have a prosthetic that's also a gun! It's important to keep in mind that every member of Team JNPR is inspired by a character who dies tragically during or after a battle. So, unless Team JNPR is also going to turn out to be Team Dies at the End, we should not assume Pyrrha's failure will be fatal. More likely the equivalents of their fates are going to be less extreme. Jaune was bullied by Cardin, who references the person who prosecuted Joan of Arc, but it was never particularly bad. With Pyrrha we already know her Achilles' heel is the fact her apparent invulnerability is a product of her using her Semblance surreptitiously and said fact being revealed would leave everyone in a position to take her down.

Unlike Achilles, she will probably not die as her equivalent of what happened to Achilles will probably occur in the singles match-ups. I personally think Cinder may intend to have her lose with her Semblance forced into the open during the fight. Best way to assure that would be to have her fight Mercury, though it may be worse to match her with someone who is otherwise unremarkable but her perfect foil in an environment she cannot exploit to her advantage. She would go from being the mysterious invincible girl that everyone worships to a disgraced loser whose critical weakness is known to all. That would be a pretty hard fall and Pyrrha would find that not being the object of anyone's adoration can be more horrible than having everyone too intimidated to approach her.

To be fair, Thor is a prophecy for when ragnarok occurs as opposed to it occurimg in mythology. And Hua Mulan (Assuming it is Ren) only dies in Renhou's Sui Tang Romance, and dies by suicide.

But as you mention, I also doubt that because characters die in mythos, it does not spell spell doom of RWBY characters. If Pyrrha dies, it certainly will be later on.

I anticipate Pyrrha vs Penny, and then Pyrrha vs Mercury for her single round fights. The first used to draw a line with Ozpin and Ironwood, and Pyrrha realizing Penny is a machine may additionally lead Penny to believe Ruby told her. Most likely she has to resort to semblance to beat Penny as opposed to a minor use of it alongside her usual level of skill. Then she loses to Mercury who knows her semblance. I think between the two rounds it will cause Pyrrha to question herself and break the unbeatable image she's portrayed. Character development ensues, and will then leave Nora and Ren open for development maybe in Volume 4.

As for disgraced loser... I don't think that will be the view from a public sense. I mean the crowd didn't seem that specifically focused on Pyrrha during the BRNZ fight. However, I think she will have an issue with the concept of failure both personally and socially. Considering she has sponsers (cereal company), she is probably expected to win. The loss may have monetary consequences with her sponsors, but also potentially with her family if they happen to expect her to be perfect.