Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-35941743-20190304195312/@comment-14909251-20190401210420

73.Anon.52 wrote: Personally I don't agree with this assertion because Cinder's baggage is about as large as her contribution, while her backstory is still lacking.

Thus all we need to establish a new Cinder is to establish her powers were transferred and the new Maiden's combat ability in relation to Cinder.

Yes we lose some personal antagonism between Cinder and the heroes, but tbh she doesn't really give a shit about anyone but Ruby, and their own hatred is really not the kind of plot the writing seems intent on following, unless a hero murders her after the others forgive her or something. Anyone on Salem's team with maiden powers NEEDS(talking about heroes motive, not story direction) to die, regardless of individual feelings the heroes might have, so any sort of conflict this might have on/with the protags morality stays intact without Cinder. One thing you do lose is the fact that Cinder having killed Pyrrha means JNR have less invested in the fight if she is gone. Her backstory not being explored is a reason to keep her around rather than an excuse to kill her. Would certainly be obscene if they killed Cinder off without doing anything with her backstory after the whole Adam situation.