Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-35941743-20190304195312/@comment-14909251-20190721231617

Megadracosaurus wrote: So...Cinder somehow knew that taking out Weiss would take out so many people all at once, even though she had no idea what the group dynamic of the group was, aside from the fact Jaune cared about Weiss which she literally discovered seconds before trying to kill Weiss.

Yeah, no. If she wanted Jaune removed from the fight, she could have very easily just killed him there, and then move onto Ruby. That would be an all but garantueed victory and would have removed two people permanently from the fight. Targeting Weiss was to mess with Jaune, pure and simple. Also...Are you saying that killing people in front of their loved one’s and mocking them for being unable to safe them (even if its for revenge, let’s assume you are correct in that) is not even the slightest bit sadistic? Seriously? That’s just as sadistic as enjoying the kill itself! The fact remains that Cinder will go out of her way, ignoring logic and strategy, just so she can deal out as much pain (emotional and psychial) and vengeance as possible. How in God’s name doesn’t that raise any red flags?

And agreed, Reika. Someone seriously can’t bring up self defense when Cinder is the one attacking everyone in every fight they’ve had so far! Well, I gave it further consideration and it just makes even more sense the more I think about it. Maybe you could say Cinder wasn't thinking this far ahead, but Jaune and Ruby were both immobilized. The others were all in a position to evade or defend themselves from an attack. Weiss had depleted her Aura (the only one who had as I recall), was in an unguarded moment, and was keeping busy the person Cinder believed was the literal key to their plan. She went after the most vulnerable target still able to fight and freed up the one person she believed needed to be freed up to continue the plan. It was really the most advantageous move to take at that moment and had the added perk of getting a bit of revenge on someone who had injured her.