Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24573226-20171012080158/@comment-24202917-20171015025945

Winter = Creation

Summer = Destruction

Fall = Choice

Spring = Knowledge

Guys there's something new we found out about the Maidens and upon rewatching I had a thought. The Fall Maiden is able to reach the Choice Relic right? I found that slightly funny because of how Pyrrha didn't really have a choice when she was going to become Fall. It was between saving the world or letting it end, never really a choice at all. And we don't know much about Amber's origins with the powers, but we know that Cinder inhereting the abilities wasn't necessarily Amber's choice either; it's possible Amber's power just sought out its other half rather than Cinder being Amber's final thought. All that being said, I'm questioning whether it was even really Cinder's choice to become Fall. We know it was part of Salem's master plan to get the Relics, but was this something Cinder chose for herself or did Salem hand pick her just for this purpose? Was Cinder manipulated into thinking this was what she wanted?

Anyway, all of this leads me to the Spring Maiden. We learn from Qrow that Spring is able to reach the Knowledge Relic, yet we also learn from Lionheart that Spring abandoned her training; she never gained the full knowledge of what she was capable of, of her duty, of her abilities. Spring abandoned knowledge. Fall abandoned Choice. Will Summer be the least destructive person we meet? Will Winter want to tear things down rather than create anything new? My point is the Maidens seem to be contrasting the Relics they are able to retrieve. Was this possibly done on purpose to prevent the Maidens from using the powers of each Relic, or am I just reading way too much into this? Probably the latter.