Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170217011737/@comment-25266931-20170221000554

But if he gave fake info sense the heroes aren't stupid, likely they'd call Ironwood and he would execute Tyrian once they felt he was just going to keep lying.

That still doesn't explain why hlshe risked her master plan on a fool's errand. Why send Tyrian to bother with Ruby when he could continue to focus on what matters, the maidens and the relics. By sending him out seeming to capture her to let Cinder get her revenge she shows much of her cards.

1) that she dotes of Cinder to the point to waste time getting revenge

2) if its not about revenge then this innocent soul must be more important than Salem would like to admit and she either wants her to join or wants to steal Ruby's SEs.

3) and be it 1 or 2 it also reveals that she's not as unshakable as she would like to be seen as. If Ruby is such a peon and nothing to her grand mast scheme then why not ignore her and soldier on with the plan. But no, as soon as Cinder whines about Ruby ("what about the girl") suddenly its "put a pause on finding the Spring Maiden, you know that important power I want, and go get that one girl who accidently fucked up my fangirl Cinder here."

You see what I'm saying. I've found a chink in Salem's armor. She showed her hand by wasting time on Ruby when Ruby barely knows about her or even her SE powers. If she's no threat then stick to the plan. If she wasn't doting on Cinder she'd have taken Watts advice and ignored Ruby leaving Cinder to get her own revenge later after she healed up. Now am I right or am I right?