Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170206193307/@comment-25266931-20170210070406

Forget about the looks, the words, the body language, and the powers. What do you really see when you see Cinder? This is Anime Rival 101 all over again. Stop me if you've heard this one: A person obsessed with power. Pride. Manipulation. Cold. Sees people as tools. Has lots of victories. Then suddenly, reality hits them and they're force to acknowledge "oh no, I'm not perfect, I don't always win, I can't kill people and just get away with it." They can't handle it and it start a downward spiral. Next thing you know you get the failed mission. Missions that should've been easy. Why? Because she's off her game. And any time she thinks of that one lost until she gets even and kills the person who bested her she's gonna obsess and vent.

Meanwhile the person who beat her. A simple, innocent, child-like hero is living life. Helping people, not overly worried about the losses and defeats and just tries to do better and help the people left in the Rival's wake. All the while slowly getting more skilled. It's Goku and Vegeta. Yami Yugi and Seto. Yoh and Ren. Somewhat, Naruto and Sasuke. The only difference is the genders. One character is cruel and gets whatever they want. The other cares about people and isn't obsessed with power and lording it over people.

Cinder's days are numbered. I could see her still winning a few more battles. But going undefeated won't happen much longer. Trust and believe.