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hm.

raven intends to stab cinder in the back (and expects cinder to do the same) in the haven vault. this is a scenario she gamed out with vernal well in advance—“we planned for this” means more, i would assume, than just how to handle salem’s agents walking into camp.

but she doesn’t move to defend herself when she realizes cinder’s gotten the drop on her. she lunges forward and shouts to warn vernal.

“you won’t find [the power], because vernal isn’t the spring maiden. i am.”

“if you were stronger or more clever, then maybe you’d remember to watch your back.” -> vernal uses her last moment to shoot cinder, giving raven her opening to throw cinder over the ledge -> “…thank you, vernal.”

the last spring maiden’s death, and raven’s part in it, is mirrored by what happened with penny and jaune (and winter, who blames herself just as he does). [*technically we don’t know this for sure, but the writing is on the wall. “it was mercy!”—and raven thought of vernal’s safety before her own, when cinder pulled the trigger.]

summer involved raven and the spring maiden in her last mission. she joined salem. salem wants the relics; summer’s confidante was the spring maiden’s mentor. the spring maiden died that night. you do the math.

penny threw herself in between cinder and her friends, over and over. (“kill me, and i’ll make sure the power goes to you.”) cinder kills vernal with the intention of killing the spring maiden (i.e., raven). vernal finds the strength for one last shot to tip the fight to raven. (raven tried to protect her too.)

…the last spring maiden was fatally injured taking a hit meant for raven.

raven, who talks and talks and talks about how the strong die, the weak lives, those are the rules, talks and talks and talks about how she’s a survivor because she’s strong, raven “one save” branwen, raven “next time i won’t be so kind” branwen, raven “my semblance warns me when my loved ones are in danger and lets me reach them in time no matter where they are.” branwen, who sees cinder throw a bolt of magic at her and lunges forward in desperation to protect vernal.

“she was scared when we found her! weak! no matter how much training i put her through, she never learned! she wasn’t cut out for this world—” what would it do to raven to watch a girl she loved as family die saving her?