Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-67.70.92.41-20151228204640

Heres a question that ive seen going around, did mercury throw the fight agaisnt yang. I personnally think he did.

Reasons why I think he threw the fight

- Cinders team isn't trying to win (for all i know): they wouldn't really gain from winning the tournament, their plan seems to be trying to raise panic to attract grimm

-Plot wise it wouldn't make sense: when Mercury fought Pyrrha he seemed to just be toying with her and managed to figure out her semblance and disarm her twice, Pyrrha is a 4 times champion and supposedly the best fighter of the first years. Mercury wiped the floor with Coco and Yatsuhashi, at least second years (i dont know if they confirmed what year thier in) and having Yang beat someone who can beat 2nd years while smiling the whole time, makes the older students seam insignificant. 