User blog comment:Warmachine375/Will there be character deaths in RWBY?/@comment-26018514-20150524171323/@comment-3257939-20150526081433

1. That point is overrated. Sure, not only Pyrrha is at a disadvantage against Cinder but Mercury and Emerald know about it. Still... it wouldn't make much of a difference. Instead, it will show to Mercury and Emerald that Pyrrha is someone they shouldn't mess with and instead leave her to Cinder. Also, you're back to circunstancial. You assume that somehow, Mercury and Emerald also have something that gives them the upper hand. Sounds like a deus ex machina if you ask me.

2. Again: circunstancial. How is Cinder going to kill Pyrrha with just a single accidental cut? Let's remember that we're talking about a girl who received the claw of a giant scorpion and survived without a single scratch. Obsidian blades? Yeah. Not sure how the type of blade would make a difference but Cinder didn't kill those guards despite they took the same blade to their bodies. And also, I said Ruby and Goodwitch. Plus Ozpin and Ironwood head of security for the Vytal Tournament know about her fighting styles. I doubt greatly that they will be stupid enough to not uncover Cinder if she put herself in the spotlight like that. Pyrrha is a celebrity after all. Everyone will watch that match.

3. To be perfectly honest. You're reasoning lacks a lot of things to the point it feels very forced. It's like if you only see a way for this story to end. Being weak and having a lot of self grow to come isn't plot armor. For example, Jaune is still in danger to be expelled if his transcripts become public news and Ozpin isn't able to stop other people like the council or Ironwood from punishing him. Plus we have World of Remnant to tell us, the audience, what's going on. Jaune is no longer "necessary" to the plot. And if you kill Pyrrha then how is he gonna keep growing if his teacher is gone? Ren and Nora might be the case since they have yet to get development but the same thing goes to Pyrrha. Just because she's strong doesn't mean that her death will leave much impact in the story. Basically your point is Pyrrha is strong so she's likely to die because a lot of the things you say can be argued with.

I personally wouldn't be against it if there was proper build up and development. And also, I'll like to see some genuine JNPR interactions. So far it has been Jaune x JNPR rather than Team JNPR as a whole. So killing Pyrrha right now without letting see how Team JNPR interacts would be bad for the characterization of the entire team. How do you expect us to care if we don't even know them? Pyrrha will die because she's done enough? Yeah right. And that means Ren and Nora are immune to death because they haven't done anything? As single characters, this might be true to some exent but as a Team? Nope. You just can't take a piece out of the picture just because you feel it doesn't add much.

Killing Pyrrha right now would be bad for the story. Her character is seriously bad. She's there to be Jaune's love interest, nothing more. If they kill her thus telling us that her role as love interest is done then that would be the worst thing RWBY could ever do that can compete with things like the bully arc and the Volume 2 finale in terms of bad writing and storytelling.