Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20180112214926/@comment-34633327-20180113023503

Alhazad2003 wrote: Cinder has become more and more of a Smug Snakeas the story has progressed, and we saw she didn't plot the Fall of Beacon alone, despite what the Beacon Arc showed at the time, so she's definitely no Magnificent Bastard,not anymore. Thing is though, she never was a magnificent bastard. In the Volume 5 Episode 12 Spoiler Thread, I practically wrote a The Reason You Suck Speech for her:

 Cinder has prattled on and on about the Maiden Power's belonging to her, that she is taking what is hers. Problem is, this power-hungry bitch has stolen all of the power she has. None of it is her own, its Salem's power if anything. Even the Fall Maiden power she stole is thanks to Salem's Grimm Glove. Cinder, none of her power is actually hers. She may want power, to be strong, to be feared. Well, she isn't any of that, and never was. Her strength was Salem's Grimm, Watts’ Virus, Emerald and Mercury's skill, Roman's connections, Adam's forces. None of them fear her, they fear Salem, and her power has never been her own. On her own, she is little more than a weak, pathetic girl.



 The only real strength she had was her use of what was given to her. Most of her actual strength and power though came from others. She's nothing more than a  Big Bad Wannabe.