Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-69.136.247.156-20151027043341/@comment-64.233.172.202-20151101212817

Roman called Emerald a street rat in the very first scene we see them interact with each other. I instintently thought of Selena Kyle, aka Catwoman, in the Dark Knight Rises, a character who turned into a criminal because it seemed like the only way for them to survive. Such character are often abandoned/orphaned and alone at young age. Such kids are often easy for gangs, cults, and even terrorist in some cases to be very loyal followers.

Emeralds loyalty to cinder who she idolizes (either with or without romantic feelings), and her annoyance and inability to understand how rwby can be so happy all the time, lead me to believe she is such a case. She was a misguided and lost soul who Cinder found and has molded into a loyal pawn (may even be the meaning behind queen has pawns). I'm curious what kind of character Emerald would turn into if she didn't have Cinder.

All that aside I can easily see Mercury, Cinder, Emerald, and Neo (whose relationship with Roman could be similar to Emerald's and Cinder' for all we know) continue their roles as villians or may even end up being anti-hero characters. We still don't knows what their true plans are or their reasons for doing whatever it is they are doing. I got to say though that I never really got people who said they loved colorful villians until rooster teeth made some awesome ones for rwby. Seriously Roman, Cinder, Adam, Mercury, Emerald, and Neo are all awesome villians!