User blog comment:Doc Hamme/Those EYES...../@comment-23790511-20140728032610

Her clothing eyes glowed while she was using fire manipulation, so it could've just been her burning his cheek in a show of authority.

As for who Cinder is? I still hold Qrows message "Queen has pawns" in my mind whenever people claim she'll be the ultimate villainess of the show.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: no show is going to reveal the ultimate mastermind, doomsday, antagonist in only the first season. They're built up, kept in shadows, mentioned by their servants in high regard, and when they are revealed you truly get the idea that they are THE villain who's behind it all. To this, I think Cinder is a "pawn" to the "Queen." And I won't stop there. Doesn't every Queen need a King as well? Perhaps that's a shot in the dark by a blind man, but damn it all if my theory doesn't make a little sense.