User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative Author - What's the deal with Salem?/@comment-5426254-20160222003319

I can see where this is going:

1. Salem is a nihilist, either using her art to manipulate the Grimm to do her bidding, or what not to crush the hopes of others because she thinks the world is bleak.

2. The Grimm are revealed to be beasts that naturally feed on people's emotions, for they cannot live without it. Salem is trying to fight for them, "her people", like Queen Mynrah from Gears of War.

3. Salem has beef with Ozpin, and wants to take revenge by proxy.

4. Salem knows about the darkness of the denizens of Remnant, and thus uses the Grimm to cast judgment on them.