I'm still neutral on the "Penny Revival" theory some members of the FNDM are pushing. On one hand, I would love to have our precious copper girl back. On the other hand, bringing Penny back might invalidate the whole bringing back the dead is wrong thing the narrative has been pushing since Volume 4.
However, if Penny DOES come back, here are the two most like scenarios in my book.
Scenario 1: Penny data copy. Remember back in Volume 3 when Penny told Ruby that she had a plan to stay at Beacon Academy? I believe that Penny might have upload a duplicate of her AI into Beacon's mainframe, or possibly built a spare body for that copy to inhabit. And now I am haunted by visions of a Penny that looks like she was designed by the team behind Epic Mickey.
Scenario 2: Penny is still alive or something, but inside of Cinder's Grimm Arm. In their final battle, Cinder stabbed Penny and drained her aura with the Arm. However, in a possible battle, Either Jaune or Ruby or both could use their respective powers (Jaune's Aura Amp, Ruby's Silver Eyes) to resurrect not just Penny, but all of Cinder's past victims all at once, conveniently taking away Cinder's power at the same time. While this is the least likely concept, I love the idea of Cinder being given the Ozai treatment and have her special abilities stripped away.











