Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25195920-20140902015031

Probably not the first to think along these lines, in fact i would be very dissapointed if no one else has thought about this, but i can't find anyone guessing along these lines in the other posts (maybe i'm finally going blind) so i'm just gonna cover it here.

A lot of people (or at least a number of posts) seem to be speculating that Cinder plans to eliminate the people on her list, and by eliminate I of course mean kill or critically wound. While this is an effective way to remove obstacles it is not the best way and i doubt it is what Cinder plans to do. I think she intends something far more clever and far more devious. I think she doesn't intend to kill the people on her list, i think she intends to either corrupt them or break them if corruption isn't an option. By corrupt them, i of course mean turn them to her side. This is a very potent option as it would not only add a soldier to her side, but it would also remove a powerful piece from her opponants' board and lower moral because the inevitable thought will be, "if they could turn evil, who's next?" or "if they're against us, what chance do we have?"

The second option i brought up, that is breaking the people on her list, is less potent in terms of increased firepower for Cinder but at least as bad from the moral aspect as corruption. Think about it, if one of the great heroes if her enemies side, one of their best, brightest, and purest, warrior lost the will to fight and was publically beaten they would become an extenssive symbol of defeat and despair instead of hope and victory. A person broken as i suggest would not fight and would lose all hope, draining the hope from his/her comrades, pulling them down until eventually few still dare to fight. Now for the part i bet some saw coming, but i actually believe Pyrrha is vulnerable to at least the breaking idea if not the corruption one. Pyrrha is a tournament champion, an excellent warrior, a great person, always willing to help others. But, she does keep the secret of her semblence, for reasons i cannot determine, and has used it in secret to win several difficult fights and even help others win fights. Now imagine if that big secret got out, imagine if it became known that the Invicible Warrior (saw someone call her that in the comments of episode 5 and it fits here) sometimes wins through deceit. That would likely remove her as a symbol of good and hope, not for her friends of course, they know better and know her better, but for those who don't know her? it would be a devastating blow.

So i think thats what Cinder is trying to do and why i think Blake needs to pull herself together fast because if she doesn't, and if Cinder is up to what i think she is, then there goes one more threat to her plans. 