Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26417457-20190905232433/@comment-4010415-20190913172054

NVDelta wrote: Kaitryona Acheron wrote: I noticed that too. It was weird; like they were trying to make her seem like she was having doubts. And then V5 came along, and she just went back to normal. I wonder if the writers were thinking about taking her in that direction and then had second thoughts. I thought it was clear that she was trying to regain her lost pride in V5, since she was being a lot more showboating when compared to V1-3. ^^^^^^^^

In Volume 5, she was back out on the field, and she was determined to regain her pride and feel powerful again. I believe that's why she couldn't resist changing Salem's plans in favor of trying to get revenge on Ruby. It also may be why she got so aggressive with Jaune for trying to take her down. To her, he's just some kid with a mere sword and shield who only completed one year of Huntsman academy, so why the hell could he take down her - someone who's in her 20s who not only has experience wielding raw Dust (something most Huntsmen don't bother going through the extended training to do), but also straightup has magical powers. It was insulting that this ant tried to stop her.

There is also the fact that the Knights Chronicle crossover told us that Cinder is jealous of people who have natural talents, which hints at some level of inferiority complex. "Jealous of those with natural talents, Cinder has crossed every line to acquire the power of the Fall Maiden".

It's entirely possible that she's driven by such a complex, where she despises feeling weak and vulnerable. If so, then her behavior in Volume 4 was her being upset and frustrated at how vulnerable she felt and how weak she looked, especially with Watts taking jabs at her and Hazel questioning how she could have been taken down by a "novice". Once she got to finally be back out in the field in Volume 5, she may have been determined to get out of that weak and vulnerable feeling and be someone who you shouldn't mess with.