Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20180112214926/@comment-2001:8A0:D239:EE01:1CE7:B6EC:7E87:A3A-20180116190243

Soul reaper magnum wrote:

173.188.50.100 wrote: Also what people haven't considered is that Cinder was thinking about Vernal before she died. That means Vernal could have been the fall maiden for a few seconds and then she thinks of somebody else. Either Raven, somebody at the camp or Weiss.

I hope this is the case because otherwise, Vernal was kinda inconsequential to the story. random thought: I wonder if someone that's near death and receives maiden powers is healed enough to keep living? remember we still don't know ALOT about how magic works. Vernal's purpose was to fool both audience and every other character. She succeeded. If Raven has assumed she was the Maiden, Cinder would have attacked her with Grimm hand and probably died. Honestly, to me, that's a good enough purpose to exist in a story. The scenario of her becoming a miaden for a few seconds really wouldn't give her any more meaning and it would be really contrived. Besides, I doubt she outlived Cinder. Also, why would Cinder think of Vernal out of all people? Raven, Em, Ruby - they are all more likely. Even Jaune is more likely, just in that case it would go to a random woman.

So far, maiden powers and healing are not connected. If they were, then why would Cinder not survive? Why would Raven not fixed her aura? I suppose you can receive maiden powers when almost dead. However, it doesn't make much sense you won't die because you inherited those powers. But I doubt we'll ever see that happen to actually conclude anything with certainty