Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25266931-20161109232722/@comment-26397825-20161110020244

Well, consider how she was able to turn Penny's status as a robot to her advantage when she literally found out a few days beforehand. She was able to use Yang against Ozpin despite having no guarantee that Yang would even make it to the Vytal Festival. She was able to hack Ironwoods scroll and get access to it despite not having any indication his scroll would ever come in contact with the Black Queen Virus.

She was able to get Torchwick locked up on the perfect ship to take control and upload the Black Queen Virus to the robot forces. She was able to sneak into Beacon, posing as a Haven student, and not once get even remotely suspected, even after the events of Dance Dance Infiltration.

Yeah, I think calling Cinder a mastermind at manipulation and capitalising on events around her is pretty much on the nose. There was literally nothing that RWBY or Ozpin did that screwed up her plans in any way until Ruby revealed herself as a Silver Eyed Warrior. Hell, even the events of Breach happening weeks in advance didn't screw with her plans; in fact, it made them easier as she was abl to get Roman onto that airship ahead of schedule and Neo was able to take out the soldiers a lot easier.