Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28171999-20190208002539/@comment-14909251-20190324225713

73.Anon.52 wrote: There are really low odds Cinder sees the last use of the lamp, at most we can watch RWBY use it 2x more and it's almost guaranteed the knowledge used is in the finale, given that Salem would have other questions and the villains could really use a critical win at this point to keep the series going another few years, the next question will likely go to either the heroes at large or forward Salem's agenda.

At less than half RT's estimate of seasons Salem can't die soon and to have her minions flip would be so premature RWBY would then need to protect them while having no conceivable method of doing so. Honestly, we are at like season 7 now. I don't see how they can make this go for 13 more seasons without doing something like a widespread war. Also, they don't have to flip Cinder and I wasn't responding to someone suggesting they would. Talking her down could just mean that she doesn't follow through on some of her intentions. Maybe she gives up on trying to kill Ruby, temporarily at least, as she tries to process what she learned. It would be a good way to flip Emerald, who almost certainly has no clue about the exact nature of Salem's endgame, but using the question just to flip Emerald would be a waste. However, she could easily get sucked into it alongside Cinder.