Talk:Cinder Fall/@comment-27599548-20161008000151/@comment-25936766-20161008022351

Which is part of the reason I believe Cinder was frozen. The eyes stopped her, but did not kill her, so Ruby has no reason to be a Maiden and SEW.

@Chish: Actually, Qrow never said that. He said the SEW were so fearsome even the Grimm feared them. And that a single gaze from one could strike a Grimm down. And indeed, if a novice who didn't even know about them managed to freeze the Dragon in a single burst, imagine what it could do to weaker Grimm.

But, he never actually said it only affected Grimm. Yes, Qrow only mentioned Grimm.....but, it's not like that means it only works on Grimm. Before Hunters, before Academies, so the SEW were more or less the Hunters before Hunters. If we take it at face value, most of the time they would've used these powers on Grimm, hence why the legend tells of them using it against Grimm.

Humans and faunus are very likely also affected by the Eyes. The question would be if Aura intervenes, or is ignored by the eyes. Though it's half-irrelevant when it comes to Cinder; if we assume the effectiveness is proportional to the strength of the target, given how Cinder was a Maiden at that point, even if it ignored Aura the effect would not have been enough for a kill.