Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-32082639-20180422002301/@comment-36105773-20180707045629

If you rewatch Volume 5 Chapter 11 when Emerald creates a hallucination of Cinder and attacks Ruby, the hallucination just passes through. This, however, wouldn't completely foil Cinder's plans. Her speech after Pyrrha killed Penny and the ensuing invasion (Torchwick attacking, helicopters with Grimm arriving, and Atlas robots betraying the citizens) would have been enough to cause the fear and panic needed to attract more Grimm. It's likely that nothing except for a few minor details would change.