Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20161106163624/@comment-25936766-20161109012001

KNN005 wrote: I think at the end of Season 3 Cinder and Ruby should've fought and Cinder died. Summer child, you have no idea of good writing. Cinder was practically a minor goddess at that moment. Ruby was a rookie. If it wasn't for Silver Eyes, rational logic dictates Ruby should've died, because she was inferior to Cinder in literally everything. There was literally no way for Ruby to defeat Cinder, except via Silver Eyes of God.

At the same time, killing Cinder off via a Deus Ex Machina/Ass Pull like the Silver Eyes would be in itself horrible writing. It was significant enough that it froze the Dragon, exponentially lowering the Grimm spawning numbers, if Ruby killed Cinder at that moment then everything about the villains would be a joke. "Maiden powers? Bah, still 1-shot".

The Grimm already felt like pushovers pre-V3, and the villains didn't seem threatening enough. Had Cinder died, all V3 achieved in that regard would be nulled.

I don't believe in having the same villains stick around for more than 4 seasons a piece. It seems you missed a fun fact: Volumes 1-3 were the prologue. The beginning of the book. Volume 3 in particular was supposed to be part of V2, but due to lack of time was forced to become it's own Volume.

Yes, it took them 3-4 years to finish the prologue. Take that as you will. But the point is, the story has literally just begun.