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Sending this as a submission because I suspect this will get long-winded. Also, I can put a massive line break between this and the post; if you’d rather not bother this with all (perfectly understandable) you should just be able to delete this without reading it. I think. I’ve barely used Tumblr since the purge. Also, I’m perfectly willing to keep this discussion private.
Eh, I'd argue her backstabbing Watts and Neo actually still makes a lot of sense in her character change. Yeah, she realizes she has to be smarter which is what she did in regards to covering her tracks so that Salem won't suspect her of lying. I wouldn't say she kills them to show off how evil she is, she kills them because she simply doesn't like them, and as soon as they served her purpose, she got rid of them. I suppose you could say that's petty but Cinder is a petty person. But I wouldn't say her pettiness makes her any less of a good antagonist since now she's not relying on raw power anymore. Heck, she's basically acting like Salem since her motivation to destroying the gods became less about reuniting with Ozma and more just wanting to spite them.
But the problem is now she and Salem have nobody left to actually help them in their goal, even though Watts was nothing but loyal to Salem and was easily the smartest character in the entire show.
I just think Cinder is a boring villain, from her performance, to her personality, to her motivations, and to her backstory. All of them are just so generic and she was only made a threat because the writers didn’t know how to wrap up the Volume. I just don’t think she’s really worthy of being Salem’s second in command.
