Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25177439-20170708072801/@comment-34633327-20170713010951

At the current moment,

Emerald: Her loyalty to Cinder is the determining factor in her affiliation. While she may hold remorse/pity from the Fall of Beacon, it is clear that Cinder comes first for her. So unless Cinder were to change sides, Emerald redeeming herself is unlikely.

Mercury: Oddly, I find him to have the most chance of ditching the villains, but not by much. Yes, Mercury is an asshole who killed Tukson, framed Yang, and tried to stop Ruby, but out of all the villains, he is the only one with virtually no reason to stay. Emerald we discussed, Cinder wants Power, Tyrian worships Salem, Watts and Hazel we know barely anything on, Neo we believe wants revenge for Roman, Adam is a terrorist, and Ilia is loyal to the same cause. Mercury was a hired hand though. He seems to only be apart of this because he was A. Bored, B. A bit unstable after killing his asshole dad, C. Cinder wanted his dad, who he killed, so he was the next best solution. The fact he is an assassin can explain his lack of care for harming people, but based on his expression in Volume 4, he did not want doomsday to happen. Emerald may have had a similar expression, but I refer to above. Again, this is still unlikely, as he would need a reason to find the good guys preferable over the bad guys, and odds are Yang will want to give him a few crotch shots with her new arm after what happened at Vytal. So while he is currently unlikely, he has better chances than Emerald.

Cinder: Cinder is a complex case. Before Volume 4 if you asked me, I'd say no. Volume 4 makes it complicated though. Alongside showing contradictory emotions (Afraid of Tyrian ripping a Beowolf a new one yet eager to roast Fake!Ruby alive), she also seems to hold some contempt for her allies, and frustration at Salem (We all saw the glare she had when Salem accused of her of lying about wanting Power), but works alongside their goals regardless. Even if she tried to redeem herself there is no guarentee she could. I'm not talking about her killing Pyrrha, orchistrating the fall of Beacon, or even allegedly killing Ozpin (There has got to be a reason he is inside a teenage boy, and death seems like one), I'm talking about the fact Salem would kill her before she could. Even if the heroes were willing to forgive her (which they aren't), Salem would sooner kill Cinder for even considering it, after taking the Maiden powers and putting them in someone else. Redemption chances seem near zilch.

Adam: -_- No. Just No. I don't need to explain do I? I'm looking forward to him gaining a nice little hole in his head.\

Ilia: Another complicated case, in that we have little to go on her, yet also have evidence to suggest it possible. Miles and Kerry did mention internal conflicts for her in the future, and she did seem to not want to fight Blake, but she was spying on the Belladonna's, reports to the Albains who report to Adam, and stabbed Sun. Her Redemption I'll say is 50/50.

Salem & Tyrian: *_* Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Miss Grimm herself and her most devout worshipper?! Hell no!

Watts: We know very little about him, so I can't offer an estimation.

 Hazel: While he did help Oscar, there is clearly something up with him. His comment about the SEW's means he had to have been involved in fighting them, if not killing them, and with Summer missing..... Plus Ozpin knows him but is wearing of him. If Ozpin is concerned about him, don't screw with them. For now though, I'll say 50/50 due to lack of knowledge like Watts, but some characterization lik