Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170112165458/@comment-4010415-20170125144154

KNN005 wrote: Nah, I see Emerald more like a pet. A master-servant relationship. Where the person has such low self worth and self esteem they don't think they could ever be that person. Emerald is Cinder's slave. Not from idolization, IMO, but from cowardice on Emerald part. Her fear of being abandoned. Her fear of doing something better with her life. Her fear of being good and meaning it, not just saying and doing things to get what she wants. Eh, I agree with Arkantos, to be honest. Recall the conversation in Beginning of the End:

Cinder: Follow me, and you will never be hungry again.

Emerald: Thank you.

^ That, plus Emerald being excited to see Cinder and seeming to try to hug Cinder in Best Day Ever seems to me like Emerald idolizes Cinder as her savior.