Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20180120015359/@comment-34633327-20180120205325

NeoVelociraptorDelta wrote: Yeah. Seems out of character for Raven to just kill her. That's the thing though, she didn't just kill her. She saw it as granting her mercy. Raven believes in Social Darwinism, that the Weak Die. But Spring wasn't weak. She was strong, but not in will. She saw Spring would be living in fear, of being hunted. So she mercy killed her. It wasn't malicious, it was supposed to be sparing her from the pain.

Why else would she get peeved when Cinder said Spring made a mistake in trusting Raven? Because Spring did trust Raven, trusted her with her life. And Raven did what she thought was best for Spring and relieved her of pain.

The fact Spring was still thinking of Raven in her dying moments could mean Spring was aware what was happening, but still trusted Raven's judgement. So for Cinder to say that judgement was misplaced angered Raven, as Spring not only trusted Raven with her life, but trusted Raven even in death. Trusted that Raven really was sparing her. Speak not ill of the dead, lest the dead speak ill of you. And seeing as a Maiden's soul is bound to the powers, Springs soul is with Raven. To insult Spring is to insult Raven.