Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-72.233.169.11-20160215142931/@comment-72.233.169.16-20160216195913

LiveandSound wrote: Except that we already know how. It's the "why" that matters. Okay, where exactly does it say how Salem will attempt to achieve her goals? If her plan was "just have the Grimm attack people repeatedly" there's no reason for her to go through this long process. Sure, it takes away peoples defenses, but there are still lots of hunstmen, dust and weapons. Just because the kingdoms aren't working directly with one another doesn't mean that they are completely at her mercy. For all intents and purposes, each kingdom could continue on individually: the series never says that the reason the Grimm haven't destroyed humans is because Remnant's people are working together.

Besides that, since we don't know why she's doing this, we don't know if her plan is almost complete or if there still is a way to go. In fact, her monologue at the end implies that we don't know some things, as she states she wants to take away hope from humans. While what happened at Vale was a trajedy, it isn't enough to get people into such despair they can't/won't fight the Grimm-or at least, stop doing whatever it is that is impeding Salem's plans.