Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-31953669-20180124124137/@comment-5430952-20180310074241

BlizzardDragon wrote:

Pure? Emerald? She is willing to let the world be fucked over all out of a misguided devotion to a single woman. People give Hazel crap for siding with Salem and damning humanity over his dead sister, Emerald is doing the same but for a single woman who treats her like crap.

As much as I want her to redeem herself, she isn't pure. She showed only one moment of remorse, and two volumes later she literally says she doesn't give a damn about what Salem wants, just that she owes Cinder much.

That is a personal bias then, not an accurate summation. And even then, right now there are three kinds of feelings for Emerald I've come across. Those that hate her and want her to die, those that want her to redeem herself, and those that want her to go further into villainy. So 2/3's of them would buy it.

Even then, there are good alternatives, namely Salem, Watts, Tyrian, and the new Villain they confirmed for Volume 6. All of them have more to offer to the plot then Cinder does, seeing as she currently is just treading the same water over and over now.

And before you bring up the Grimm Bug again, consider that they don't need to bring it up anymore. They've explored what they've could: What it is (A parasite that fused with Cinder), what it's job was (Absorb the Fall Maiden Powers), its risk in being used (turns the wielder into easy victim of SEW, no aura can cover it, and requires dominance over), and any additional benefits (Stretchy arm). They don't need to rehash it, cause if anything, its more a liability to Salem's plans than anything.

And, two questions for you:

1. What argument is there against her death outside of "No Backstory" (Which can be done post mortem) "Feud with Jaune and Ruby" (Which isn't a neccesity) and "Grimm Bug" (Which you have made clear is something you want to see, not something they should continue further)

2. What can you use to justify her reasonably surviving that battle outside of an asspull Pretty much agree with all points listed, Emerald is far from pure, she's a thief and a murderer whose Semblance involves toying with people's minds. Just once I'd love to see it backfire on her, then she'd realize what she's been doing to her victims.

Can't answer question 1, but as for question 2, she really couldn't have survived, not on her own accord anyway. My guess would be Salem warped her to her palace to avoid losing her completely, though once she learns the whole truth she'll probably regret saving Cinder for what she's fouled up. And then Cinder will wish she was dead rather than facing Salem's wrath. Hopefully they don't rush the plot again, that really hurt Volume 5. Let's all hope the next Volume is better, and that Cinder never disgraces us with her presence, the world is better off without her.