Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20151116021418/@comment-27124136-20151116160926

I'm certain that Cinder is not "She."

Go over Qrow's discussion again. He begins by saying that the Infiltrator is not just another pawn. This already separates the infiltrator from being a grunt, but it also separates them from being the one in charge.

He goes on to say "they're" not "she is" but "they are". Clearly Qrow doesn't know the person/s gender and only recently was aware that they had infiltrated Beacon.

So assuming the infiltrator is specifically Cinder. Qrow knows that they're responsible for what happened to Autumn and that they came to vale/beacon, but he does not know their gender.

He however refers to She quite explicitly when talking about the person who made things of fear. So I assume that She isn't Cinder, but is the one behind Cinder.

And Cinder is not merely a pawn, but an important enough piece to be the reason Autumn is in a particular state.