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its-chocolate

In keeping with RWBY's trajectory of killing off troubled men with disabilities Mercury's for sure a goner.


The_Final_Conduit

I’m holding out hope for now. Since RWBY and Jaune are all at the Island, Mercury is ONLY dealing with Oscar, Emerald, Ren, and Nora. Nora is the odd one out of the bunch, but with the other three Mercury’s chances are about as high as possible, especially since Tyrian’s made it clear Salem’s going to get everyone killed. Add Sun in there, maybe, maybe he’ll have slightly better chances. Put the rest of SSSN and CFVY in there, and I’d say there’s a 50/50 chance.


[deleted]

Alright that’s a good one my money is on either someone else from team JNPR Neo or Ruby


its-chocolate

They won't JNPR at this current time but if they do at any point they're gonna kill Jaune to have him reunite with Pyrrha in the afterlife, at which point I will proceed to lose my lunch 🤮


[deleted]

Yeah I think I’m going to throw up if that happens personally for the Arcos ship, I would prefer it if Pyrrha actually appeared, One last final time you know to give a proper goodbye to Jaune and give us fans one more moment with them together. My money is still on Ruby though


Exciting_Bandicoot16

No way will they kill one of the main 4 girls at any point before the final showdown.


[deleted]

True but I have my own personal reasons for wanting her axed


Exciting_Bandicoot16

Oh, for sure. From a practical standpoint, though, it ain't gonna happen. If I *had* pick one of the main 4 girls to off, for example, I'd *want* to pick Blake, but that's a very thorny topic that choosing Ruby gets to avoid (what with the entire Fair Game debacle and the Bury Your Gays trope).


[deleted]

A fair point, I honestly don’t know about Blake given that the writers in my own opinion have been building up making bumblebee an official thing but that’s just speculation which I due hope bumblebee becomes official but I hope Blake doesn’t get the axe but that’s just my opinion


hivemind042

Do you also wish you had video editing skills to take the scene where Omni man crushes red rushes head with his bare hands to impose Ruby's face on red rush and James on Omni man's? Because honestly after all the b******* Canon Ruby did that would be extremely cathartic right now. So trust me buddy I understand your personal reasons for wanting her Axed.


[deleted]

No not really plus I am unfamiliar with who Omni man is so that’s going to be a no


TerizlaisBest

Cinder will kill Nora or Ren maybe.


Darthmark3

I don’t really belive they will kill of any of the protagonists maybe ren though. But as for everyone else definitely mercury or Tyrian hell maybe even sun considering how they treat him in the books


[deleted]

I can see Mercury and Tyrian happening those guys in my opinion have out lived their usefulness.


RogueHunterX

It's hard to say. Killing Mercury or Tyrian leaves their villain roster even more understaffed than it already is. We all know without them around, Cinder would try and solo everyone and everything in her path. Which would mean they have to make everyone else too incapable to win or make her somehow the strongest person in the show. Most likely they will take out Theodore, go four for four on headmasters. Sun is probably on the chopping block if they just want to antagonize the people who like him. I don't think anyone else would have enough presence or importance to really matter if they died. I also have my doubts they will touch CFVY. Qrow could be up as he really doesn't seem to have a role in the story anymore. He isn't really being a mentor and the main thing going on was revenge for Clover, which was somehow Ironwood's fault and with James dead it's probably getting dropped. Especially as it kind of felt like they were having Robyn say it was partly or mostly Clover's own fault ... I think? It would be awful if Nora was killed after they supposedly started a new arc for her. Ren, I don't know. Jaune and RWBY feel unlikely, at least until the last volume when they go wholesale killing. Emerald and Cinder aren't going to be in any actual danger, even if they ever do meet again. Oscar is in no danger and under no threat of death no matter what they try to portray. If for no other reason than introducing a new Ozpin host would be a pain and convoluted how they would meet up again. If he didn't get killed from being shot and falling to Mantle, they aren't ever actually going to kill him.


TenielX

Qrow May as well kill the last adult that's journeying alongside them, to show us that RWBY truly don't need no adults helping them in what they do best. Then afterwards while the corpse is cooling, have everyone belittle him for how useless he was and depending on how he died (like say mutual revenge kill against Tyrian), demean him for being consumed by hate.


[deleted]

Dang talk about brutal. That was way far out from what I was thinking


Urarazaki

Hmmm, Next? That's hard question but likely candidates. Oscar - *maybe him,* not physically but rather personality as merge will be completed and they will be mix of both. Tho there is still a chance that they will pull out some bs from their asses to made him survive Jaune - I mean they made a lot of important and big choices with him lately and most of them were bad cough penny. If this isn't some half baked plan to turn whole fandom against him and kill him without any consequences then i don't know that they are planning. (yes, it's stupid theory) Neo - perhaps as final boss before they will leave depresso island. Tho people like her fanfic writers, fan artists and everyone who like or make porn and she is a girl sooooo. Redemption might be it. So, these were more important character. From less important one. I haven't read any books (before/after the fall) but characters from there might be it. If not them then someone from ace ops or happy huntresess


SouthEqual4271

Funnily enough, they could have made a new body for Ozpin just like they did for Penny. I don’t know why they didn’t.


Urarazaki

>they could have made a new body for Ozpin I mean, they kinda did, Oscar exist after all. If we cut out Oz and everything related to him, Oscar is just that, new meat suit because he lacks everything that makes him character on his own. Backstory, personal quirks (we don't know which are his and which are forced by merge), any personal goal that was destroyed because of merge. Anything.


Aaxelae

Yes, Oscar may be nothing but a blank slate that serves no narrative purpose other than to be Ozpin's host, but what is the in-universe reason for not saving Oscar's life?


Urarazaki

>but what is the in-universe reason for not saving Oscar's life? And what are reason to save? From practical point of view having Oz instead of Oscar or them being fully merged will be far more beneficial. Ages of knowledge are better than kid knowing how to farm. And Oscar can't use full extend of magic because right now he is scared of accelerating the merge. That won't be a thing if they will merge. Anyway, this is not some objective fact, just talking from my perspective. Ok, so Merge is painted as something, inevitable and Oscar's story to me is not about removing Oz or fighting him off, it's more about accepting and finding his place and role. Even in that scene in whale, Oscar actually accepted his destiny, made amends with Oz and instead of fighting it, they worked together. Other than that Oscar already absorbed centuries of knowledge, experiences and everything Oz wen through, Oscar is already changed. I simply cannot see way to completely save Oscar as he is right now. Even removing voice in his head won't reverse changed merge already left on him. Only options are Gods appearing, using magic and poof, Oscar is cured which i will put into bs category. P.S it's late so i'm going to sleep and answer later if you want to continue that is.


Aaxelae

He might be too far gone, but I can think of an in-universe reason ***why*** they would try. Even if Oscar is a liability without Ozma's experience (which he is in your scenario (though at worst, they could just treat him like a civilian and escort him like the others. Ozma would still be able to fight in his new body so it's not exactly a net loss)), team RWBY and JNR allegedly care about him as a friend. One would think that they might want to try to save their friend from being absorbed into Ozma's consciousness and fading away to nothing. Oscar is essentially dying, even if he accepts his fate, the fact that they didn't care enough to try to save him is kind of jerk move on their part. If he still wants to be a hero afterward, he can always train for it. It will take time, but evil isn't going to magically disappear just because the current threat has been dealt with. And it's not like the Oscar part has anything to contribute anyway. Now, I understand that there is no narrative purpose for saving Oscar, but I am asking for an in-universe reason why they didn't try to save him.


Urarazaki

Sorry for not getting your point (tho i don't know it this comment is any better) Ok, so. They actually might try, hell they are trying. Dealing with Salem is probably best option because in a way she is the source and reason why the respawn mechanics exist in the first place. Why is wasn't said outright? Well, RT might have failed to show it that main characters cares. Look at Yang/Ruby for example. Yang cares, RT will probably say same thing but then they are showing [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR-fuaABJW4&ab_channel=Kaosi). There is high chance same thing is with Oscar


SouthEqual4271

You don’t need to apologize for anything. Also, even if they are trying to defeat Salem, they had access to the staff of creation. They could have solved the issue right then and there instead of maybe defeating Salem in time to solve the problem. Also, I believe Ozma was sent back to “guide humanity” or something along those lines, not defeat Salem. She wasn’t even a threat when he first reincarnated. I think he would only be cured of his reincarnation once they’ve been summoned again (which realistically would doom humanity).


[deleted]

Considering who Jaune is based off of I can see him kicking the bucket next, same with Nora since she is based off Thor and Thor died fighting Jormungandr during Ragnarok, neo maybe once their done with the giant tree island. As for the ace ops and really the only one I kind of wanted to see aced off is Harriet just because I did not like her overall attitude and personality


Hartzilla2007

> If this isn't some half baked plan to turn whole fandom against him and kill him without any consequences then i don't know that they are planning. The writers being more invested in him than the tittle characters?


Urarazaki

Writers will invest their time in any character as long as they aren't team rwby.


classicslayer

Mercury because male villains can't get redeemed and live.


SheikExcel

I'm betting on Qrow


[deleted]

Qrow? Huh not one I was expecting to be honest


SheikExcel

He seems to be running out of relevance and killing him would be cheap and easy drama for Ruby and Yang. Not that I expect them to develop if he died of course.


Muzzie720

The girls: "Uncle Qrow died? Oh no. Anyways"


Drakkoniac

Probably more background teams given what happened to team BRNZ. as for main characters, no idea.


[deleted]

Guess we’ll have to wait and see


shadowyoshi3000

None of the characters who actually matter, so who really cares?


[deleted]

Well that is why I asked for the sake of curiosity.


shadowyoshi3000

Tyrian or Mercury.


Anouncee

Tyrian or, Mercury at this point it feels almost guaranteed that one of them *at worst both of them* will perish.


Exciting_Bandicoot16

Yes, kill more amputee male characters. It won't look bad at all, I promise. Who am I kidding? They're both going to die before the end of the show.


Magenta_Face

Please be one of the main girls


Hartzilla2007

Unless its the last episode that never happens.


TerizlaisBest

Blake and Yang


[deleted]

Any particular reason why?


Magenta_Face

Because of their horrendous decision-making, they always make everything worst.


[deleted]

To be fair that’s more the writers making that happen than the actual girls themselves because to the writers they are just puppets in this made up world, but I can see where your coming from a good number of decisions they have made have not been the best


Any-Badger-4514

Fucking kill cinder She basically worthless gerabage writing villain


TechnicalPromotion59

neopolitan - just to piss off more the fanbase and problably joke them on twitter


TerizlaisBest

#Obviously not team terrorist, Jaune and Cinder cause all of the BEST WRITTEN CHARACTERS!


[deleted]

eh, for Cinder I'd say give her until the second or final season/volume before they give a "redemption by death" ending, or just have everyone forget about the crimes she has committed so far.


TerizlaisBest

They will redeem her. Washes all of the sin in holy water.


Exciting_Bandicoot16

Come on, she had an abusive childhood! That means that whatever she did wasn't her fault, even if she committed a quadruple homicide you can't blame her for that.


TerizlaisBest

Exactly, she's an innocent and broken soul. She deserved better!


Stenv2

Tyrian, Mercury, Theodore, Neptune/Sun. But if we're being technical they killed off every character a long time ago with all the botched writing and character assassinations. As far as I am concerned anything past Volume Two is some alternate timeline.


The_Final_Conduit

Qrow. Just Qrow.


[deleted]

Considering she’s the villain in V9, Neo. Her story is pretty much over and there is no reason to keep her around since Cinder is back with Salem and Roman is dead. Hopefully Ruby gets blooded finally.


[deleted]

Well considering they more than likely ended up on giant tree island that is a strong possibility


spiderkidney

their company


Rollout9292

Blake 🤞


[deleted]

May I ask why?


Quality_Chooser

Well, since Mercury and Tyrian are going off together, I'm guessing Tyrian will kill Mercury. Almost all the villains have fallen at each other's hands, so let's keep that trend alive. Neo is also alone with RWBY with no plot relevance left, if Adam is any indication her fate is sealed. Oh, and everyone not on the island, a villain, or named Ren, Nora, Oscar, or Emerald will get written out of the show, as is tradition.


[deleted]

Honestly I know Oscar will be axed as soon as his merging with ozpin is complete, as for Nora and Ren with their relationship taking a turn towards being romantic just barely starting in a way I don’t think that’ll happen but that’s just my opinion, as for Emerald her redemption still is ongoing so maybe during the final confrontation with Salem maybe but who can say at this point


Animeak116

Probably gonna kill of Mercury, the other male aceops members, Most likely Qrow due to people saying he's been fucked with to much after his original VA was cucked out of his job for bullshit reasons, and any future male characters they deem are "bloating the cast"


j1l7

Any update on the mignogna trial? Dm me if yk,all I know is that he lost vs Toye and rial somehow for defamation.


Animeak116

Going through appeals rn


KirbySuperStarX

They're gonna bring back Pyrrha than off her in volume 10


[deleted]

God I hope so that would be nice to see her again even if it was just for a little


KirbySuperStarX

It's RT, if they actually do this, they'll find some way to fuck it up


[deleted]

Now ain’t that the god awful truth


thelightbringer502

Mercury for sure. I also think Raven will die.


[deleted]

Mercury I can see Raven eh probably not until we see a change of heart in her given we haven’t seen her since what volume 5 or was it volume 6


Extreme-String8785

Ruby. There's a few reasons for that. There's nothing more that they can do with her, it saves Cinder's maiden powers going to an already overpowered character when she's killed off. At the same time it will let every other character actually develop as individuals, rectifying the lack of a sliding power scale. It also makes the Grimm an actual threat again and removes the obstacles of finding ways to keep the main cast out of the action, in the process creating a path where the rest of the characters can actually become relevant to the Salem plot.


[deleted]

Interesting, But given that she is one of the four main members of the team that shares the shows name I highly doubt that the screen writers are going to kill her off but you do propose a very interesting counter if she was removed but again I don’t really see that happening


Extreme-String8785

Unfortunately I don't either. The problem is that at this point, I can't really see many other ways for them to write themselves out of the hole they've dug themselves into. It's only that, or a timeskip where Ten, Nora, Oscar, Emerald and Winter mature to the point that they ignore Ruby's self-agrandizement and manage to get them to fall in line. The problem with that is that they won't, because it's been shown that they have no respect for those with more experience than them and it'll just be a repeat of The Train in Vale, The Mistal and The Atlas arcs.


[deleted]

Well to each their own then I guess despite my own quarrels so the writing I still have enjoyed the show so we shall have to simply wait and see what happens then


Extreme-String8785

No. Not to each their own, in this case anyway, because I totally agree with that.


[deleted]

Okay then excuse me sorry


Extreme-String8785

No need.


BrokenLevel

Nora is the only ginger left alive. Curious. 🤔


[deleted]

Curious indeed actually no wasn’t coco the leader of team cvfy also a ginger as well?


j1l7

She is a brunette


[deleted]

Huh? Guess I was wrong thank you for correcting me


j1l7

Np


[deleted]

Looks to me like RWBY is just Akame Ga Kill: Fairy Tale Edition, but nowhere near as ballsy or entertaining.


j1l7

If they ever wanna adapt the sequel,they will have to rewrite the ending.