Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20180112214926/@comment-2001:8A0:D203:3901:191C:BB46:311F:155E-20180113180837

Gundam Legilis wrote:

But let's assume Cinder did die right then and there. I will be so mad, because not only does this rob us of a possibility of a greater nuance behind her motivations besides generic egomaniac, but that she was written simply as a straw villain, an obstacle that went down so quickly, there would be no point to trying to have villains oppose the heroes, for their journey against Salem would be oh so ridiculously easy with her demise. I completely disagree. I mean, yeah, she's nothing more than a straw villain, but I just don't fix you can fix a character like Cinder if you didn't manage to do it 5 freaking seasons (I suppose we could count on 4, but 1) she's behind everything that happened during the 1st season 2) she still had 4 seasons).

And what sort of motivation are you expecting anyway? That's the problem: when you have a "the whole world/humanity is at risk", there's just not a lot of space for nuance.

Also it took 5 seasons to take down Cinder who probably is the least capable of Cinder's group, so no, it was not that easy for the heroes (not to mention they were not even the ones who did it)