Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190119003858/@comment-38271940-20190123193634

Alhazad2003 wrote:

3) Why, you ask?  His Aura was broken, and the loss of his sword made him panic.  So expecting him to think rationally, yes him think rationally, is probably asking for too much.  Especially since he let his emotions get the better of him before the final blow from Yang, big difference from the Battle of Beacon.  So he was in a kill or be killed situation, and thus had no time to deliberate, hence why he rushed for the broken sword.  I don't think it's asking too much, at all. It's like if Cinder forgot she was a maiden. It's a deliberate nerf or a forgotten tool and either way it's just out of character from everything we've seen about it.