Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170206193307/@comment-25266931-20170212062850

But given Cinder's smarts, couldn't Cinder be preparing for something by keeping them on as her bodyguards well after Beacon fell? I don't like her but I don't sneeze at the planning she does. I just feel like some of her actions seem like plans for her own power play against someone. But not against Salem who she seems to idolize the way Em does to her. But I also think her obsession with pride and power is telling of a hidden low self-esteem. It's like a person always trying to wear lots of make-up and fish for compliments even though people already see her as cool or sexy. Cinder seems to be trying to hard to get power too quickly. And in a way it backfired. Now she has power but ruined her body for a time.