Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-35757751-20180602170102/@comment-26018514-20180707050749

ElderWqnd wrote: I think the reason Raven wasn't affected is because the second time Ruby used her SE powers, it was weaker and to a lesser extent than before. Ruby only reacted to a flashback of Pyrrha's death rather than the actual event so the SE powers weren't as powerful as the first time. Only Cinder was affected because either

A) Cinder might have been physically closer to Ruby than Raven, and the SE powers didn't expand to Raven before Ruby was knocked out by Emerald.

or

B) It wasn't strong enough to penetrate through and damage the Maidens but it did affect Cinder's exposed Grimm arm. But then you have the problem of "what do Silver eyes DO?" We KNOW they turn Grimm to stone, so why would they have a second effect that targets a different target AND doesn't do what they do to the only target we already know they effect?

The simplest explanation is usually the correct one, and with only the ability to petrify Grimm we already have an explanation for all known interactions.

Now, you might say we already have examples of multiple eye powers in anime like the sharingan … except all those abilities are pretty much:

A. keenness of sight

B. the ability to use Genjutsu through the eyes

or

C. requires unlocking a second/new state