Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33754845-20190919204913/@comment-27745396-20190928201920

Kaitryona Acheron wrote: So you don't think that her romantic relationship with Ozma, wherein they conceived four children, was genuine love? You don't think that her choosing to let Tyrion off the hook with a slap on the wrist was mercy? You don't think the her sparing Hazel after his failure, or sparing Cinder after her failure, was mercy? Her feelings towards Ozma and their kids were likely genuine ones, but the rest of your examples not so much.

Salem has always known how to manipulate people, even before she become the Grimm like entity she now is. Her being able to convince entire nations to go fight two literal gods is enough proof of that.

She didn't let Tyrian off with just a slap on wrist. She knows that to Tyrian the greatest punishment is to disapoint his "goddess" so her saying that Tyrian dissapointed her was more powerful than any physical wound.

When it comes to Hazel, threatening him was all just act to proof the point to all her pawns, espicially to Mercury and Emerald. Letting him to live, on the other hand, was a way to ensure that the other minions wouldn't be too afraid of her and attempt to run away. Besides, why would she kill a man who she can still use?

And why would she want to hurt Cinder? Salem has put a lot of time and resources on her, not to mention how 2/5 of her current pawns are more loyal to Cinder than her. Plus she knows that if Cinder's thirst for revenge is ever pointed towards her, the Fall Maiden will do her everything to ruin Salem's plans.