u/Far-Profit-47

She went from dog boy to cat girl

I have absolutely no idea what’s the story behind the character but that doesn’t stop it from looking AMAZING!

the fire looks amazing to contrast the suit, the cape made of fire, the giant fists, the way his shoulder pads are made of charcoaled skulls, the weird mix of formal clothing (the tie) with military camouflage, and the casual shoes.

also the fact he has a NUCLEAR EXPLOSION for a head, it’s a extremely original design element that looks both cool and a bit silly but in a charming way.

Heres the link to check the character for yourself, and modify it if you have kitbash: Neumann (hero forge)

Also Pietro specifically mentions that her "core" was thankfully intact. He never explains what the core exactly is so it’s mostly the writers mentioning techno babble and Letting the audience fill the gaps, but we can assume it's the part of her that contains her aura or something close to it.

I believe she was not "killed" how a human would be. Her core houses her aura, and since Pietro specifically states the core was intact he was able to save her. He does not say he had to rebuild her or make a new Penny, and the story treats her as if shes the same person. This further proved by the fact Penny remembers Ruby and remembers the experiences she’s had with her. If she really was a new Penny, even with the memeories implanted I would highly doubt she would maintain the emotionally connection, not just be told "You know this person, you care deeply for them." It doesn't quite work in practice and if that was the case then Penny would be just as loyal to ironwood Who she was also told to follow.

Penny also in volume 2 clarifies she's the first artificial person capable of generating an aura. This is another huge, blink and you miss it, lore drop. She's not just a metal body housing part of Pietro's aura. She is actively sustaining this aura like any other person does. It can break, it can regenerate when depleted (not sure about the aura tho) She is not just a vessel for a part of Pietro, she is, by all definitions, her own individual and not an extension of him.

So I believe that when she "got turned into quarters" her aura was not send out to the afterlife like a normal dead person (remember it functions like a normal person's aura, and we never see it flicker or break on her… although that could just be a animation error which happen a lot in earlier seasons) Whatever her core is it probably protected her aura or at least part of it. She was brought back to Atlas and Pietro had to take a chunk of his aura to repair her aura and get her functioning again.

but everything I’ve said is just speculation and a bit of a head-canon, in reality we don’t have much of a explanation of how that’s possible except the sci-fi version of “a wizard did it”

to celebrate Villanous fully coming out I want to talk about one of my favorite designs

First off the great color use with the red working as accents to the dark blue suit, and the yellow with a fully golden smile.

then the great imposing body that makes him a titan AND the fur neck and the coat cape is absolute gold.

and the way he mixes the mafia boss/pimp asthetic with the card symbols all around his suit (the buttons, the collar, the hearings, the way his neck tie looking like a heart) to maintain the casino gimmick to stand out between his henchmen but still standing out.

He’s absolute gold, specially his teeth.

edit: I just noticed the top of his hat is a roulette