#i'm just sick of that neo rumor circulating

[sillytorch]

Okay since Neo is about to face JNOR and Blake or Yang MIGHT be looking for JNOR from what they said, Neo is literally gonna be against potentially... SIX people!!!

I don’t think Neo’s gonna die this volume. Like I know everyone wants to dismiss her as just some fanservicey literary device just to accompany Cinder in Atlas but like...

1. Neo here is not the same Neo back in Volumes 2 and 3 where she’s smiling cuz she’s treating everything like a game. In fact, the only time we’ve seen Neo smile when doing any mission Cinder sends her on is when she got what she wanted (i.e. the ship, finding Ruby and the gang at Schnee Manor, and getting the relic from Oscar and being disguised as him to dupe JNR and anyone else.) And right now, Neo does NOT look happy seeing JNOR. She pointed her parasol at them and gave a serious look. Not a smirk. Not a smug sneer. A dead serious glare.

2. Neo’s a wonderful fighter but she’s gonna be overwhelmed by so many fighters. JNOR and possibly Blake and Yang if they join the fight. And even if she does gain the upper hand, I think I recalled Kerry saying that “farmboi is [my] favorite part of this volume]” and Oscar did point out about him not having a semblance this volume... so maybe he’ll finally find his in the finale? And I think that’s what could stop Neo?

3. Since Neo’s most likely not gonna die this volume b/c that would be a complete waste cuz she hasn’t even interacted w/ Ruby yet also no model of Roman yet... CRWBY BLS... I think she’s either gonna escape w/ or w/o the relic, get knocked out by one of the heroes, or get arrested. Maybe she might actually meet Ruby and it’ll end on a cliffhanger right there lol

4. I really REALLY doubt Neo’s gonna kill/maim Blake. I get that people are worried over that ad that was up this past week w/ the B getting slashed similar to the ad back in V5 where the W got slashed and Weiss almost died to Cinder. But let me reassure you for the last time... Neo may be a villain, but she’s a sympathetic villain. No doubt she’ll do bad stuff, but I’m not expecting her to stoop to Cinder or Adam’s levels. Especially since it’s pretty clear she’s not fond of Cinder at all and wants to get things overwith. So no, Neo’s not “gonna do something that’ll make us hate her.” (which btw, put that damn rumor to rest already! It was back in V3 when it started circulating and Neo wasn’t even meant to be in V6 until the writers decided to bring her back for Cinder’s storyline! You really think they’re gonna make us feel sympathy for Neo by having her mourning over Roman and her partnership w/ Cinder being clearly rocky and tense only for us to have Neo do something horrible on par with Cinder/Adam?)

TL;DR: Neo’s not gonna die this Volume, she’s not gonna maim/torture/kill Blake but she’s most likely gonna lose and PROBABLY (I’d say 50/50) meet Ruby by this Volume’s tail end (like I’d say at the Volume’s last minute).