Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-31953669-20180124124137/@comment-5430952-20180315015259

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: We have no reason to doubt that Cinder could break free of the ice and keep herself from falling at terminal velocity. People are just assuming she didn't. If she'd been frozen from the inside, then she couldn't do anything to save herself. Raven was simply encased in ice, so she still had a chance to break free before she lost consciousness. If Cinder had that chance, she would've taken it long before the stinger scene in "Haven's Fate." But up until that point, there was no evidence that Cinder had survived. And until RT shows otherwise, it's unwise to assume she could've escaped her fate when nothing supporting it is shown.

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: >Roman had full Aura Are we sure he even had his Aura unlocked? Because unless one's Aura is unlocked and is actively engaged, it can do nothing to protect its' wielder. And since we now know he never unlocked his Semblance, it raises the question of whether his Aura was ever unlocked.

BlizzardDragon wrote: Does that mean he is dead? Even though RT said he is (And I still take that with a grain of salt consider RT's history), I still agree his survival is the most plausible. Issue was, does RT have any way of using him? Wasn't that why they killed him off? They couldn't find anyway to utilize him? I think Someone summed it up pretty well in his previous post, it was Rule of Cool in effect yet again. Though storywise, once Beacon had fallen and Cinder had the Relic, she'd have no further use for Roman. Hence she'd probably dispose of him personally in order to tie up any loose ends.

And while I admit his death was a bit disappointing, I found it rather appropriate as well. A battlefield is the last place one should ever think of monologuing, lest one not notice their own death approaching. That's what happened to Roman, he was too busy ranting to realize the danger he was in until it was too late. Something like this anyway.