Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27687864-20160127193452/@comment-25936766-20160519213057

Azylus wrote:

On Cinder running, first of all Qrow only says that Grimm are afraid and effected by the Silver Eyed, he doesn't mention non-Grimm.

Cinder may have the full power of the maiden at this point but she had just been fighting Ozpin and Pyrrha and may have felt she was to exhausted to finish off Qrow in a fight. Especially since she couldn't have known whether or not reinforcements could be on the way for Qrow.

Finally, Qrow and Taiyang tell Ruby multiple times about how she froze the dragon in place atop the tower, but there isn't even a hint of if Cinder, the mastermind behind all this, is also present. -First paragraph is meaningless as it doesn't really help prove anything.

-She didn't look, feel, or act like she was even slightly exhausted. Hunters already have higher physical limits than the average person, and logically stamina is among them. A physical goddess would be expected to take even more before getting exhausted.

And if Qrow arrived, she could just nuke him out of the tower. Reinforcements? What reinforcements? The whole academy and nearby areas were filled with ever-growing waves of Grimm, and nearly all the other Hunters were busy with other things, like beating Grimm, or rescuing people. The chances of anyone coming to save Qrow were minimal.

-I admit that this does seem oddly specific. If Ruby was at the top of the tower, right in front of Cinder, and Qrow rescued her, then it seems odd he didn't mention Cinder as well.

Maybe he didn't notice in the rush if Cinder was there or not. Being more worried about Ruby. Meanwhile, the Dragon is huge, so you can see it even miles away.

Or maybe Ruby ended up overkilling her and Qrow didn't tell her so Ruby didn't get any heartcrushing thoughts, like "I killed someone?!". Especially after what she had already been through.