Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27144409-20160226002630/@comment-27082610-20161031041359

KNN005 wrote: Well then that's it then. She's gonna have to live in fear and work for these people forever if she can't toughen up and high tail it out before she goes down with their sinking ship.

"Toughen up"? Really? Really? Please, explain to me how someone who grew up starving on the streets, was picked up by virtue of her unique talents, tricked into an abusive relationship (that you are doing some serious victim blaming about), and is now trying to comfort the closest thing to family she's ever been shown to have while trapped in a frozen hellscape surrounded by creatures that are the embodiment of dread needs to toughen up.

As far as Emerald is concerned, Cinder saved her from likely dying before the age of 20. She gave her food and shelter when no one else would. That creates a kind of loyalty that can't be broken by something as simple as a slap across the face, or even in some cases having to perfrom actions the consequences of which you may not be comfortable with.