Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-148.253.184.233-20200128130653/@comment-45035259-20200211212636

I've been silently watching these threads over time like the grave mind from Halo, so now I shall talk and you shall listen:

Firstly, Holy S**T that cliffhanger! I’m excited for Volume 8 and it can’t arrive soon enough

Next, I have a theory that asserts that Salem can be killed, the key to this is Ruby's SEs, now before you say it, yes I am aware that Salem had SOME SORT OF INTERACTION with Summer Rose, however, there was no indication that Summer's eyes were used and failed. Knowledge about the SE has been scarce or very limited as mentioned by Maria, so summer would have had the same limitation that Ruby has now (although she is multi-classing into paladin for the smite ability).

The reason why the SE would affect Salem is that fundamentally the blinding light only works on darkness as Maria has stated that it only triggers in the presence of Grimm (The Wyvern, Cinder’s Arm, The Leviathan, although perhaps Maidens may also be a trigger, but that’s reaching at this point, not using that part.). Grimm are beings created by the God of Darkness and they are made out of…Darkness. Salem gained what she has now by leaping into a Grimm pool, her immortality protected her from dying, however it allowed the darkness to corrupt and turn her. A relevant out of universe example is Kerrigan when she entered the first spawning pool on Zerus, where her hatred and strong will allowed her to survive, but she was no longer human after she emerged, I believe a similar thing has happened with Salem.

Cinder is not fully Grimm, just her arm, so the light triggers and nearly obliterates her, so what would happen to Salem if the light were to be used on her seeing as she has been corrupted by darkness and is at least partially Grimm?

Also I can’t wait for Raven to return and rejoin the fight and also I would be so excited if Hazel were to defect, but I feel like he’d do it like Jinbe from One Piece except he would die rather than live.

Sorry for the Novel, just excitedly thinking