Talk:Silver-Eyed Warriors/@comment-24573226-20160530155202/@comment-3146930-20160530175157

@Sentry 616

Ruby has spent most of the series inspiring people in one way or another, so when she felt almost hopeless herself watching Cinder kill her friend, Penny being killed, and the events with Yang being framed, no one else would need hope more then Ruby at that moment. However when Ruby recovered, Yang has pretty much shut down but Ruby is still pushing forward. Maybe just the fact that Ruby still had hope after facing all the despair around her was enough to activate her SEW power and stop the Grimm. Or like LordKill90908 said, it may activate at a moment when hope is needed the most and Ruby carries the hope she inspires in others around like a battery.

I don't feel like it comes from negative emotions because that seems a bit contradictory. The SEW were said to be some of the best Grimm slayers in history, probably because of this power they have. However Ruby after using it was in a coma for days, so a powerful burst of negatively fueled emotions would just bring more Grimm to a helpless Hunter. Hope on the other hand seems to be a type of repellent against Grimm, as it is Salem's entire plan to extinguish as much of it as possible.