Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-70.72.38.180-20150731170639/@comment-14909251-20150805230554

73.Anon.52 wrote:

Blake is already on the path to redemption before being ousted... Emerald shows little to no chance of sharing a similar arc. Emerald has no regrets for at least thieving, while Blake regrets just about everything about her former affiliation.

They are almost completely different, and again, this could change provided RT finally shows an actual threat apart from the current baddies. Not sure why you are so insistent on there needing to be a threat for her to change her mind. All it really requires is for Emerald to develop some feelings of obligation or gratitude towards someone Cinder is targeting and try to stop or impede her efforts. Then Cinder turns on her and Emerald leaves, but has nowhere to go and thus goes to the person who made her defy Cinder as that person is the only one she could presume would accept her. It is hardly the end of the progression, but it pretty much makes it inevitable at that point. She can just become a bit of an antihero.