User blog comment:AK151/RWBY Villain Speculations/@comment-10390252-20140707131343/@comment-16241789-20140707150703

That's definitely an interesting way to think about the characters. I can kind of see your perception of Emerald, I can definitely see your perceptions of Mercury and Roman. However, with regards to Roman, I can imagine he'd only betray Cinder if he were to be safe from retaliation, as it's quite clear that she may very well be strong-arming him somewhat into helping them. And I agree that Cinder's going to be one step ahead of him, and part of me thinks that Roman knows this, and this keeps him in-line.

On a side note, now I'm imagining Cinder doing badass stuff with Magneto's First Class theme playing in the background.