Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-148.253.184.233-20200128130653/@comment-4010415-20200211215415

CrplObvious wrote:

The reason why the SE would affect Salem is that fundamentally the blinding light only works on darkness as Maria has stated that it only triggers in the presence of Grimm (The Wyvern, Cinder’s Arm, The Leviathan, although perhaps Maidens may also be a trigger, but that’s reaching at this point, not using that part.). Grimm are beings created by the God of Darkness and they are made out of…Darkness. Salem gained what she has now by leaping into a Grimm pool, her immortality protected her from dying, however it allowed the darkness to corrupt and turn her. A relevant out of universe example is Kerrigan when she entered the first spawning pool on Zerus, where her hatred and strong will allowed her to survive, but she was no longer human after she emerged, I believe a similar thing has happened with Salem.

Cinder is not fully Grimm, just her arm, so the light triggers and nearly obliterates her, so what would happen to Salem if the light were to be used on her seeing as she has been corrupted by darkness and is at least partially Grimm? Yeah, I'm pretty sure the Silver Eyes don't affect Maidens. Otherwise, Penny would have felt pain when Ruby used them, but she was perfectly fine.

It's possible that the Silver Eyes could either cause Salem extreme pain or start cleansing some of that dark corruption from her.