Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-5136196-20181115013649/@comment-26018514-20181209072935

Whitennerdiest wrote: Lord Jaric wrote: Whitennerdiest wrote: Whether it would have been good foreshadowing or not is irrelevant, as Miles and Kerry chose not to put Ravens reaction in the show. Same thing with the idea that Qrow would have noticed. We didn't see his reaction, so we don't know if he noticed anything.

All I'm saying is that, since it wasn't on screen, we have no way of knowing if she reacted or not. It's entirely possible that she didn't react, but since it's also possible that she did, Raven not reacting to the SEW powers cannot be used as an argument against them affecting maidens. Yes it can actually. The lack of evidence of any reaction can be seen that Maidens in general are not effected by SEWs and that Cinder is a special case because she used a Grimm to obtain her power. Again there is no reason why they would be. Grimm and Cinder are the only things to be shown to be effected by them. That is not how logical deductions work. The evidence that we have states:

1) Cinder is affected by SEW powers.

2) Salem said it was because of he maiden powers that she was affected.

3) We have only seen one maiden on screen when SEW powers were used. (Cinder)

Until we see Raven or another maiden on screen when SEW powers are used, we have no way to tell if they are affected by SEW powers, but given Cinders reaction and SALEM'S VERY SPECIFIC COMMENT, for now, the evidencce points towards the maidens being effected by SEW powers.

This is incorrect; you are neglecting the evidence from VOLUME 3...; 1. The grimm bug summoned WAS inside her glove, afterwards, the glove disappears and she is visibly tattooed on her back because it entered her body... likely because it is literally an interface for the powers.
 * Note:* something to keep in mind is that it was never stated that the SEW powers are only anti-grimm powers. They are powers that happen to affect grimm. They could also affect other things.

2. Cinders arm was gone... if it wasn't made of grim before, why would she have lost just an arm? her powers only affect her eyes, so she would have lost them first if your theory was correct

3. Cinder was confused and de-powered BEFORE the SEW blast

4. Everything we saw of Cinder in V3 when she took the blast was "mirrored" off of Ruby's eyeball, that arm was the one facing AWAY from Ruby

5. "The hunger, I feel it" was a line in the flashback, in retrospect it makes more sense to be from a parasite she had then than some arm she has now, no?

SEW powers, when theorizing what any power does, it is important to realize the simplest explanation is a SINGLE effect, no matter what the target, the attack does something, this something can then cause chain reactions, but that effect remains the same, so what does it do? it PETRIFYS GRIMM, so what should it do to maidens? PETRIFY them... We were specically told grimm "fear" them, another word for that is "petrify"

But it didn't, so what did it do? it caused scars, deep scarring of the face, throat, and arm, causing so much damage to the latter it had to be removed, the question then becomes "why", the answer; She had something turn to stone inside her, try to run to the arm farthest from the blast, get stuck, and was removed along with the arm it likely shredded controlling muscle fibers for along the way.