Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20180112214926/@comment-2001:8A0:D220:5A01:18F4:F23B:6F85:4DBF-20180114155835

KingFubuki92 wrote: BenRG wrote: That doesn't match up with the repeated warnings Salem gave Cinder that being a maiden made her extra-vulnerable to Ruby. She mentioned nothing about the Grimm biomaterial grafts. This is an inconsistency but one that I suspect will be explained. Except Salem never said it was because she was a Maiden, she said it was because of the Maiden's power. Its hard to catch, but there is a slight difference.

Salem : It is because of the Maiden's power. Make no mistake, Cinder, you hold the key to our victory. But your newfound strength brings with it a crippling weakness.

Had she said "It's because she is a Maiden this happened", then the answer explicitly says that Maidens are weak to SEWs. But as she said "because of the Maiden's power" she could be refering to the former, or be refering to this specific set of powers. Powers obtained by a Grimm. A Grimm that is living inside Cinder. And Grimm being weak to SEWs. The key to their victory was that this Grimm could theoretically house all four sets of power, seeing as Cinder tried to have 2 at once, but the crippling weakness is that the target of her Murder Boner need only set her eyes off and Cinder is out.

Yeah, a lot of people find this very confusing, I had to explain to someone on youtube a few days ago. But Raven not having been affected proves it and it would have given her game away, not just to Qrow (although he would know it for sure), but aqlso it would be a huge risk to anyone else there, including the villains. Maybe Cinder would not notice because she was being affected, but Hazel, Em and Merc easily could and tell her right away. I hope RT keeps being consistent with those that can be affected by SEW