User blog comment:Maki Kuronami/If RWBY faught Cinder.../@comment-67.1.251.16-20140930012337

I think Cinder would outmatch them at first, but she'd be forced to use up all her dust (which she's clearly dependant on in combat) and would either flee or surender (only to pull a Loki/Joker/Badguy from Skyfall-style escape later). It's simply too, too early to kill off major characters, esp. with so many unresolved plot lines in their personal stories (Yang's birth mom, Weiss's daddy issues, etc)

As much as I like villians that can win, I like villains that can win BUT have flaws/weaknesses that the heroes can later exploit (like a dust dependancy or addiction or whatev leads Cinder to hoard so much of it)