Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181124081953/@comment-25936766-20181128003306

SirGauoftheSquareTable wrote: 1) Don't tell me what I meant asshole.  I said what I meant. 2) We only see her use her powers in battle situations, so at what point would the fine control she demonstrated in this episode be necessary? Never, because this was such a small, parlor-trick feat. Sorry if I didn't word it properly.

3) Also, yes I will say Cinder is worse than Neo at CQC, but she wasn't in any danger whatsoever regardless.  Also, why are you evaluating Cinder with and without her Maiden powers?

4) and remember that Cinder is still wanted. If she angered Lil' Miss, she might get reported, or the commotion might attract unwanted attention. 1)  If what you say =/= what you meant, the problem's pretty much on you. No need to call me an asshole just for pointing it out.

2) She demonstrated fine control of Dust without needing to use her Glyphs for it. Then, if she could do that without Glyphs, then she could've done it without Glyphs in any fight she's had since leaving Atlas.

You seem very focused on what she did in the literal sense (tiny wisps that lit the candles up). Let me make it clear to you, that's not important at all. It's the precise control of Dust without the use of Glyphs what matters here.

Let's imagine a guy shoots a balloon with his eyes closed. In this case you're focusing too much on him shooting the balloon, while all I'm talking about is the fact that he did it with his eyes closed.

At any time she used her Glyphs to use Dust, including during fights, she could've shown us that she doesn't need to use her Glyphs to use Dust so skillfully. That's what I'm talking about, get that through your head, I don't care about the wisps, I care about Weiss doing that without problems without Glyphs.

3) And why not? Give me 1 good reason why I shouldn't evaluate Cinder's performance with and without using her Maiden powers. Cause I see none, especially after she spent most of a fight not using said powers and not being able to do anything to her oponent until she finally used them.

Which, again, implies that they're more of a crutch than anything. That as good as Cinder is, compared to others she only gets as far as she does because she has a cheat.

4) If she didn't want any attention, then why did she summon a fucking tornado just to intimidate Neo into staying still? Like you point out, she's a wanted woman, so why do something that would've drawn the attention of anyone in the nearby area?

But she did it anyway. Thus showing that she didn't have so many second-thoughts about showing off her Maiden powers. And thus she was perfectly capable of using them before the fight was taken outside.

She didn't want to anger Little Miss? But Cinder and Neo made the place a whole mess, and she didn't care. Clearly, that was never a problem, and even if it was Cinder could've just used Wind, or her swords. Uses of her Maiden powers that wouldn't make the building fall down upon them.