Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-70.72.38.180-20150401032633

Lately the songs Time to say Goodbye and Sacrifice have been theorized on the possiblilty that they are about Cinder and  her goals. Time to say Goodbye sings about saying goodbye to your 'childhood' and questioning if they (huntsmen) are really keepers of the peace or just tools for war, while Sacrifice in a nutshell sings "I'm done being your tool and will not die for you."

As we've all noticed the songs in the soundtrack do appear to hint on key plot ploints (RLR2 and From Shadows for example). Is it possible that these two songs are about Cinder's perspective on the current state of the world?

So here's the common theory:

The current Goverment is messed up (no suprise). They treat their huntsman and huntresses as disposable pawns to use and discard  them whenever they feel like it. Perhaps Cinder and possibly others like her (Summer perhaps?) have been victims to this system. This may also explain why the White Fang are teaming up with humans because they have been promised equality for years and yet they are still not getting it (yes I know that this still happens in real life in some places but we are focusing on this universe right now).

Cinder could've been idealistic like Ruby is in her youth until something bad happened to her that made her feel betrayed by those she has sworn to protect (the kingdom) and may even looked up to (Ozpin probably has something to do with it. You know, "many mistakes" and all). As a result she and others have decided to change that system by tearing down the current one step by step. Remember: "It's not about overpowering the enemy, it's about taking what power they have."

Once the power is taken away from the players (Ozpin, Ironwood, the students on the list) Cinder's faction will make thier move. 