Talk:Cinder Fall/@comment-144.13.179.65-20151030225928/@comment-26466954-20151116014144

I absolutely agree.

Cinder may be a sociopath, but it's as Blake said: "There is no such thing as pure evil." Something must have happened to her, something that caused her fall from grace and made her crave the power to make a difference. Her faith in an ancient, powerful, and likely forbidden art of fusing dust into her own body would ensure she'd have all the power she'd ever need. Cinder is obviously the type to take ridiculously dangerous risks... Hell, she didn't even change her hairstyle during her stealth mission and still gets away with being "that student" from Haven... And like Neo, there's always been something about her that seems... more than just human. Mercury admires Cinder's power as he knew she could take down Pyrrha with ease and almost mocks her for having all the answers... Emerald respects and looks up to Cinder as a role model. Cinder has them wrapped around her finger, but they DO have minds of their own.

She must have a certain quality that makes her level of power or skill unattainable for them.

Like people said, think of it this way... Cinder comes off as the type of insurmountable character with power to burn, literally. Rather than being gifted with all that power AND an intellect strong enough to outplay adult authority figures, she most likely just has TWO sources of dust reserves... one is sewed into her clothing and the other is built into her skin... With double the firepower, she appears to be unstoppable, when in actuality she's cheating and deceiving to make it appear like she's invincible. She would relate to Pyrrha in this sense, which could be why she found her interesting.

Cinder loves power... She probably wants more of it... This actually is not typical of characters who have a surplus of power to begin with... so she probably sought it in any way she could, especially in ways no one else would dare to follow.

Along with her overconfidence, I think this will contribute to Cinder's eventual downfall. When her secrets shatter and her metaphorical castles crumble, her days will be numbered.