Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-31953669-20180124124137/@comment-26018514-20180308145909

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote:

I don't see why anyone should care or want Emerald to go full out evil. She is not even slightly as imposing a figure as Cinder. Why shouldn't Cinder survive? ...

Outside of the undeveloped backstory, there is also the fact that the whole Maiden power factor doesn't play out in any kind of way that is beneficial to the plot unless they go out of character. Either they start another Maiden hunt...

... or it transfers to someone she thought about. Despite what has been suggested, Emerald is not a likely recipient as that would go against what we've seen of Cinder's character. The likely recipients are either Raven, who already has powers, or Ruby, who really shouldn't be getting additional super-powers before she has even started exploring her current ones.

...Her Grimm parasite is another big reason to keep her alive as rehashing that with another character is a similar problem as having a new Maiden hunt and abandoning the plot point entirely would be a waste of serious potential. ...

1. Well, considering she is currently the most sympathetic villain having Emerald go darker or go off on a personal vendetta would be interesting.

2. Just because the plot doesn't go hunting for a character doesn't mean said character can't show up in the narrative

3. Or Salem manages to retrieve the Grimm and implants it on Emerald just because she doesn't want to let the power go... Cinder's Maiden powers are not guaranteed to transfer in the original ways anymore.

4. Again, Salem likely already represents what Grimm fusion can do, and forcing Emerald to take on Cinder's mantle would explore this aspect as much as is necessary before the heroes face her.