Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151213162620/@comment-26872876-20151221012623

WC-83 wrote: The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: I didn't see anyone really mentioning this possibility, but if take what happened with Yang and Mercury as a sign of darker things to come, then I have a very crazy idea for how the plan might have changed. We know Cinder has hacked into a lot of things at this point such as the stadium, Ironwood's tablet, and Penny. At this point, Cinder has all the access she needs to create one hell of a false flag attack. So imagine that in the middle of Penny's fight or after it, Cinder makes Penny go rogue. Right now, Cinder has the ability to also turn off the forcefield protecting the people in the stands. It is also within her ability to use her access to make it look like it was a direct command from General Ironwood and make it look like Atlas hacked into the stadium to turn off the forcefield. Hell, if he has put his tablet on any warships, she may even be able to control them. Cinder is currently in a position where she can orchestrate some massive "attack" by Atlas that slaughters a bunch of innocent people.

Just as a note, while I didn't think much of the laughing about Valentine's Day,that would have a level of significance in itself. Holy fuck...

On another note, I wonder if Penny's comment about staying has anything to do with the finale. Would she have to hide in Vale? Would she be forced to leave? Does the descision to stay have to do with Ruby (crack ship but, aside from Weiss, she's probably the one she has the most chemistry with)? I don't think it's the crack ship, but the treatment in general. Her life in Atlas is likely strict and largely deprived of real friendships. The best she'd have us her team and even then the one we've seen seems nice, but completely professional.

However Ruby is genuinely friendly and her team is pretty accepting. The environment far better suits her personality as well.