Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20161022144159/@comment-10390252-20161022193318

In a word, no and that is a gutsy move for CRWBY to make. They're having the major villain of volumes 2 & 3 be seriously maimed and maybe even eliminated as a serious threat until the climax (I suspect that Salem has a special use in mind for the Maidens' powers). They even, from the way Cinder was grimacing at the other Generals' scorn, may be hinting at a possible redemption arc in the middle-distant future.