Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-31953669-20180124124137/@comment-4141313-20180309234647

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: 73.Anon.52 wrote:

1. Well, considering she is currently the most sympathetic villain having Emerald go darker or go off on a personal vendetta would be interesting.

2. Just because the plot doesn't go hunting for a character doesn't mean said character can't show up in the narrative

3. Or Salem manages to retrieve the Grimm and implants it on Emerald just because she doesn't want to let the power go... Cinder's Maiden powers are not guaranteed to transfer in the original ways anymore.

4. Again, Salem likely already represents what Grimm fusion can do, and forcing Emerald to take on Cinder's mantle would explore this aspect as much as is necessary before the heroes face her. Honestly, that all sounds really lame. I have a hard time believing they could sell Emerald as a full-blown villain. She just seems far too pure even with her villainy. Previous Volumes she seemed at times horrified with what was happening or horrified by the Grimm. Having her go from that to something much darker is a stretch. Emerald doesn't fit in with that kind of narrative for me and I imagine many people would have a hard time buying it. There really isn't a good alternative to Cinder at the moment when it comes to villains. 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