Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-35941743-20190304195312/@comment-14909251-20190313203906

Somerandomguy93 wrote: I just cannot see that happening though. I see Ruby and Emerald having to work together, or Ruby saving Emerald's life. But for Cinder, I see Ruby leaving her to die after inflicting a fatal wound. All Cinder will do is keep trying to kill her if the former stays alive. What I really cannot see is Ruby killing Cinder in cold blood or leaving her to die. The Grimm are one thing, people are another. Plus, I think it kind of goes against what was implied about her character. She is the "more honest soul" necessary to defeat Salem. Her special eyes not withstanding, her greatest value in the fight is the fact that she is the pure-hearted idiot hero. A bit of a trope, but it is pretty strongly telegraphed that this is the key factor.

One feature all such heroes have is an uncanny ability to turn enemies into allies. I think speculating about Cinder is a bit difficult to do without any real hint of a backstory, but people don't suddenly become obsessed with power for no reason. Given the backstory of her inspiration, it isn't hard to imagine how she might have come to be so desperate as to turn to Salem. Yet she may not know Salem's real intentions.

Both of those factors could come into play with Ruby. She would be pretty sympathetic to someone, even Cinder, who experienced any kind of traumatic childhood. At the same time she would at least know bringing all the Relics together could trigger a humanity-annihilating apocalypse and may wonder if Cinder is really that angry about her past treatment. Maybe it wouldn't be a sudden heel-face turn, but it could plant enough doubt for her to eventually flip sides.