Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-25396609-20191214150938/@comment-14909251-20191226234214

Phantomlink959 wrote: I mean, whether or not Salem did it on purpose doesn't really change the theme; only the execution of it. Well, it does change the theme as this wasn't just some fluke that their stories turned out that way. It is quite ikely that all of their stories turned out differently because Salem wanted to recruit them. Kill Gretchen and get Hazel to blame Oz for it so as to recruit him, kill "Sherlock" and recruit Watts, kill "the frog" in order to save and recruit Tyrian, and finally kill the "Fairy Godmother" and recruit Cinder. One could say their shared theme is really that each of their stories had a Diabolus ex Machina event.