Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-31953669-20180124124137/@comment-27143816-20180204040222

I doubt she's dead. She won't die unless Jaune kills her, Ruby kills her, or Salem kills her.

Cinder probably was saved somehow by some sort of Merry asspull that they have become known for. She still has a role to play in the story as a main villain with a personal conflict with both Ruby and Jaune, as well as a Maiden who still needs to retrieve their Relic (As Ozpin says she doesn't have the Relic from Beacon). The only way I would have been convinced of her death is if we saw her Maiden powers transfer out of the pit to, let's say, Raven or pretty much anyone.

Plus even if she "dies" I bet Salem and/or Watts could probably stitch her together with robot and Grimm parts (on that note, hoping Tyrian gets a Deathstalker tail as opposed to a replacement scorpion tail or a robotic tail).