User blog comment:Maki Kuronami/Lesson 40: "IT WAS ME CINDER! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG!"/@comment-5217560-20160215042602/@comment-5217560-20160215134338

Indeed, it would have been nice to see just a minute or two of Ruby, the Silver-eyed Shinigami decimate Cinder and the Grimm dragon. That definitely would have smoothed things over a bit and have more of an impact. But the differece between Ruby and ATLA is that we knew Aang was the special person that could do miraculous feats. Personally, I didn't have an issue with the offscreen save of the day. I am betting when we do get to see Ruby unleash the warrior within, it'll make up for what we didn't see a dozen times over.

The simple, almost innocuous foreshadowing from Vol. 1 also helped. I was just listening to "This Will Be the Day" and holy moly. It all comes together now. The line, "They see you as small and helpless. They see you as just a child. Surprise when they find out that a warrior will soon run wild". O_O.

True that. She's safe. She has to be. MAIN CHARACTER PLOT ARMOR DICTATES IT.