Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160214165601/@comment-45.56.38.31-20160217143043

LucasVerBeek wrote: SpiritedDreaming wrote: For all you people who are crying out that everyone with red eyes must be connected to Salem in some way: Emerald has red eyes. If it weren't for her nifty semblance that made her really useful to Cinder, she wouldn't have been included in any plans whatsoever. So not all people are connected to Salem simply because they have red eyes, which means that there is every reason to say that the Branwen's aren't connected to her either.

I mean, there's every chance that they are, but red eyes don't mean that it's guaranteed.

I mean I know eyes are important and all in the show but this is just taking it a little to far besides Salem's eye glow and she has black sclera, not very similar after all. To me, the glow indicates her connection to the Grimm, while the fact that it isn’t always on shows that she herself isn’t Grimm. The black sclera could be another Grimm connection, or it could be a way to make her less human. I did notice Emerald’s eyes as well, but if you consider how hereditary traits are passed down, she could be a distant relation to the lineage. All we know about her history is that she was a starving street urchin--her family could have come from literally anywhere.