Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35199716-20190730132006/@comment-26417457-20191020024629

Sentry 616 wrote: Actually, I'd kind of love for Cinder to try to justify it it, or better yet, Emerald to find out and defend Cinder, only for our heroes to point out that it hasn't been all sunshine and roses for them, but they keep moving forward and helping others. Cinder was abused? So was Blake. Yang lost an arm.

Honestly, Emerald defending Cinder's actions and being taught how your past may explain your actions, but not excuse it. She was ligitmately confused and frustrated at only seeing them happy. This lets her learn and grow as a character.

This kind of misconception is too common in-universes nand in real life. I can imagine Em finally getting the courage to ask Cinder if Cinder thinks what she's doing is right, only for Cinder to tell Emerald that she knows what she's doing is wrong, she knows she is evil and she doesn't care. Maybe for some comedic relief, it's revealed that Cinder does evil deeds because she finds it arousing.