Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-2600:E000:2E5:BFA0:280:AEFF:FE9E:6B9E-20180219011939/@comment-36105773-20180707052328

ChishioKunrin wrote: I think the powers would go right back to going to females once the male dies. After all, when Cinder tried to steal the Fall Maiden powers from Amber, the transfer was cut off before completion, thus splitting the powers. Ironwood said no one had ever seen the powers split like that. This was an unnatural occurrence. When Amber died, the remaining half went straight to Cinder, just like how Ozpin's group had theorized that it might seek its other half. The Maiden powers are smart enough to follow their purpose and remain in the state that Ozpin/the Wizard had intended for them.

I just wonder if there would be some kind of problem with the powers functioning properly when attached to a male soul, or any other kind of issue. I agree that using Grimm to trasnfer powers is an unnatural occurence, so it might be theoretically possible to transfer them to a male or older woman using the Grimm bug. Personally, I think that the Maiden powers would reject the male or older woman and wouldn't transfer even if the bug was used. Here's my reasoning:

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.