Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-2600:E000:2E5:BFA0:280:AEFF:FE9E:6B9E-20180219011939/@comment-26018514-20180711165759

ElderWqnd wrote:

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Salem chose Cinder specifically to steal the Maiden powers. If the Grimm bug could unnaturally transfer the powers to anyone, Salem could have chosen anyone in WTCH, maybe even herself, to get the powers. Therefore, we can conclude that only young women can possess the Maiden powers. or she chose Cinder as a guinea pig because she couldn't risk it failing and injuring the host, Tyrian and Hazel are insanely strong on their own, Watts is an engineer, and her own life is far too valuable to risk.

Whether it can work and being willing to let it fail on the off chance it doesn't work are not the same thing.