User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author: What is Cinder's plan?/@comment-5217560-20140804062226/@comment-5217560-20140805030503

Wow when you break it down like that it seems easy. Usually I stay away from speculation (not that I have anything against it) just because I just like to observe and see where things go. So I guess you can say when it comes to this, my speculation skills are underdeveloped hahaha.

I think control is her MO. If she were a student of Ozpin and if she did attend beacon, I imagine while learning about the world and her role in it she began to develop ideas. Ideas that necessarily weren't aligned with the values of being a hunter. Maybe she saw that she could be so much more. That hunters could be so much more. She is woman who looks at the big scheme of things. Like you said, money and power clearly aren't a problem for her. And if she did have a vendetta against someone, why go through all of this? Theft, recruiting, and deciet? It seems to big for just vengeance alone. That could play a part but perhaps her end goal is even greater than that. Either the destruction of the current system in order to implement her own or subjugation of her will and the death of those who scorned her. MEh. That's all I got.