Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170112165458/@comment-25266931-20170129113334

That's what she was for in real life, but for the sake on in show canon, she didn't seem weak or stupid or easy to kill. She didn't make novice mistakes. She was even able to see thru Em's illusions. If it had been one on one between her and Cinder, Cinder would've been balled up and laid to waste. Cinder's on borrowed time. They're really driving home how corrupt she is. 3 vs 1 ambush. Killing comatose woman. Enciting chaos and getting off on it. I don't doubt she's evil for a second and I don't feel the that she's sympathetic either.

But one thing does nag at me. She said, likely to Salem, "I will claim what is our's." Now I was wondering, if Em needed another reason to follow Cinder, wouldn't it be easier to go along with it if Cinder spun a story of her as the victim? As if Salem and her were robbed of the relic and maiden power. Like they used to be part of their tribe or something and the arrogant and greedy Oz stole the relic from them? It wouldn't be the first time a woman was treated like a witch, went into hiding, gained power to fight back, became powermad and became the monster people accused her of. And that's what I think Salem really is and what Cinder wants to be.