Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-1599757-20151212162645/@comment-173.58.100.7-20151213010719

Lord Jaric wrote: It does seem far just to frame one person. But RWBY has been a torn in their side. By framing Yang that puts quite a taint to their name. I don't think Cinder cares about the cost, as long as it gets her what she wants.

I think the intention of tricking Yang into doing that was to display to the world that Ruby is an incompetent leader who can't get her team to understand when to fight and when not to fight, and Yang comes across to the public as a bloodthirsty, ill-tempered sadistic maniac with no impulse control.

Then that puts a rift between the team, Ruby/Weiss/Blake wonder what the hell Yang was thinking attacking Mercury like that, and Yang tries to prove her innocence but the evidence is all in favor of her attacking Mercury unprovoked.

- Surana