Talk:Ruby Rose/@comment-38621229-20190224030056/@comment-4010415-20190224041854

1. Maria outright states that SEW powers only affect Grimm. Salem may have been referring to how Cinder obtained her Fall Maiden powers, which was through using a Grimm beetle that may have become absorbed into her body where it remained even during the episode where Ruby first used her silver eyes on her at the end of Volume 3.

2. If the SEW powers affected Maidens and if Ruby had affected Raven as well, the writers would have been obligated to show this due to the fact that Qrow was fighting Raven and would have noticed, connected the dots, and made a big deal about "You're the Spring Maiden! What happened to the previous one?!!"

On the off-chance that she was affected, then the writers left a plot hole in the fact that Qrow didn't notice nor did they show us her being affected. But again, Maria stated that SEW powers only affect Grimm. Not "Grimm and other magic users", just Grimm.