Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24993958-20181026055523/@comment-25936766-20181103122929

Alhazad2003 wrote:

1) Moreover, I'd say Raven let her keep the arm so she could give it everything she had, which made Raven's victory that much more complete, her warrior pride at work.

2) If she had no problem maiming Cinder, then she would've no problem killing Yang when she came down one-armed, 1) Wasn't Raven supposed to be at least somewhat pragmatic in combat though? Exploiting the enemy's weaknesses is just being smart.

Besides, she literally makes a living out of killing people who she knows don't stand a chance against her, so why the fuck should she suddenly care about her oponent's capability to fight when faced with a crazy power-hungry Maiden?

You speak as if she was some sort of Blood Knight who is willing to be incredibly stupid just for the sake of a "gud fight". Nothing in the show implies that, however, so that idea is pure spitballing.

2) That logic is super flawed. Cinder was a power-hungry Maiden working for the literal devil who had just killed the only bandit she gave a damn about and was outright trying to kill Raven to get her powers.

Yang is just there to prevent the bad guys from taking the Relic and aside from having no real love for Raven by this point, there's no bad beef between them.

Raven has every reason to slice Cinder until she looks like pasta. And wrecking Cinder that badly doesn't mean she would kill her daughter on the spot either, especially when Yang didn't even try to fight.