2. Cinder Fall

This time, let's learn about Cinder Fall.

Cinder appears in the first episode of Volume 1 and acts as the leader of the villains up until Volume 3.

As you all know, the basic allusion of Cinder is Cinderella.
It means Cinder+ella in any language.
The name Cinder Fall is derived from Cinderella with the surname Fall combined.

She wears glass shoes and has a tattoo of a glass shoe-shaped emblem on her back.

The content of Episode 7 of Volume 2 is also a twist from the fairy tale. In the fairy tale, she leaves the ball at 12 o' clock when the magic disappears, but in RWBY, she enters the ball at 12 o'clock. There's more, but I'll skip those.

And Cinder Fall, as her name suggests, manages to steal the power of the Fall Maiden in Volume 3.

Cinder makes a deep impression as the main villain by playing the main character's role perfectly, and so far, Monty's intention was correctly displayed. 

The character narrative was perfect. What had happened to Cinder Fall from Volume 4 and onward?

This character had become a moron. After Monty had left us, RT has no idea about what this character should do. What should she do now? She wants to get revenge on Ruby Rose. And she shows that she is trying to get other seasons' Maidens' powers as well as the Fall's. Is this really Monty's intention?

What does it have to do with Cinderella?
What does it have to do with her past?

It may had been, but in Volume 8 the story of Cinder's past was just made up. 

I can speak with confidence. Salem and an older woman had to be in her past story.

So we have to look elsewhere for clues.

This time I got a lot of help from the fandom wiki.

Not only the main character teams, but also the villains can form Colur Naming Rule Teams.

Let's start with the villains, with Cinderfall as the leader.

The first four villains in animation were these four.

Wouldn't these characters be able to make a team name like the main characters?

Cinder Fall
Mercury Black
Emerald Sustrai

Roman Torchwick

Team CRME? Does it mean Metal Chrome?
It's plausible, but I can't say anything more about this.
I'm just speculating their team name, which wasn't mentioned in Volume 3, may had been CRME.
But we can find a way.

The really important thing is that when these two people join the Cinder's Faction from Volume 2, another meaning emerges.

Cinder Fall

Adam Taurus

Roman Torchwick
Mercury Black
Emerald Sustrai

Neopolitan

Team CARMEN.

It seems like the person who edited the Fandom wiki probably didn't know that word. 

Is there a need to twist it like that?

In fact, Carmen, Carmine, and Carmine all have the same etymology.

These words all mean deep red, and are perfectly in line with Color Naming Rules.

And in CARMEN, there's a new connection that never existed before.

Carmen. There is a famous work with this name.

Carmen is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée.
Carmen is a representative work of the Femme fatale genre in which the heroine leads the male lead and herself to destruction.

It is the heroine Carmen. 

The costumes of the heroine Carmen are expressed in the deep red color of the flamenco dress, mostly like the title. 

Are you familiar with something?

Cinder's early costume is also a Carmen color. 

Cinder's early costume is also Carmen colored. The costume design is just converted to a short dress, so it's a reminiscent of flamenco dress.

As I looked further, I found that Carmen is often used as figure skating music. 

Many skaters have Carmen costumes.

I guess Monty used the red dress style from this, not from the opera.

The most famous song in Carmen is the Toreador Song, also known as the Toreador March.

The refrain, "Toréador, en garde," forms the middle section of the prelude to Act 1 of Carmen.

Adam's appearance at the end of Volume 2 seems to indicate that Cinder's operation and performance will begin in earnest.

Another thing to note is the characterization of Cinder and Carmen. 

Carmen is a representative character of the femme fatale, known for destroying others. 

Among them, Carmen is the type who takes an active role.

Cinder Fall also shares similarities with Carmen. 

From her initial aloofness to her subtle emphasis on her sexual appeal, as well as her trajectory throughout the story, she is a perfect match for Carmen.

Just as Adam Taurus was Gaston rather than the Beast, Cinder Fall is not Cinderella with kind and righteous nature, but rather Carmen.

And it's also fun to combine the two allusions of Cinder Fall.

Let's talk about Cinder Fall's original allusion, Cinderella, once again.

The Cinderella tale is a story in which the protagonist overcomes hardships with patience and finally finds happiness by meeting a fairy godmother and a prince at the end.

However, Cinder is a character who, unlike the fairy tale, doesn't meet a fairy godmother or prince to save her, and instead becomes corrupted.

This is not unique to Cinder, but a common trait shared by the four members of Salem's Inner Circle. 

It is a distinct concept shared by team members.

And the story of Carmen is a tragic opera with four characters: Carmen, Don Jose, Micaela and Escamillo.

Carmen's downfall comes from her unnecessary desire not only for the love of Escamillo, but also for the love of Don Jose, which ultimately leads to her own and Don Jose's downfall. 

In short, Carmen is a character who meets her demise through her greedy pursuit of love.

This may be related to the subsequent actions and narrative of the fallen Cinderella. 

The reason for Cinder's quest for Maiden powers could be attributed to her resentment for not receiving compensation for the hardships she experienced in her past. 

Like Carmen, she may eventually meet her downfall by succumbing to greed.

Although I'm not sure if there is a male character associated with Cinder, I find it much more plausible to interpret "the loves Carmen desired = the Maidens Cinder desired".

Similar to Carmen not being satisfied with one person's love and destroying herself, Cinder's pursuit of "other Maiden powers" beyond the Fall Maiden could lead to her own downfall.

Personally, I think there is a considerable degree of completeness to this metaphor.

If there was a male character associated with Cinder, it might be Adam.

Cinder was a character associated with Blake, not Ruby.

The Fall Maiden was supposed to be eventually succeeded by Blake.

Monty's intention was that all Maidens would eventually be succeeded by Team RWBY.

That was Monty's original plan, of course. I don't know how RT's RWBY will play out, but I think their method of Maiden succession is absurd.

Let's look at her emblem again.

Her emblem represents love as well as glass shoes.
I think this is a simultaneous representation of Cinderella and Carmen.

But something's wrong.
Has Carmen ever been mentioned in the RWBY series?
Has RT ever mentioned Carmen?
I may be the first to bring it up.
RT offers no explanation as to why Cinder is so fixated on the power of the Maiden or the metaphorical symbolism based on external allusions inside and outside the work.
So why is Cinder acting like Carmen?

After Volume 4, Cinder continues to show the desire to obtain other Season Maiden powers, despite the  chaotic presentation and progression of herself.

This got me thinking about the possibility that Monty's original script exists.

They are relying on the script that Monty created.

While they are presenting the story according to Monty's writings, they can't explain why it is the way it is, both internally and externally, because they don't understand the character references.

This is why Cinder's character seems to be wandering since volume 4.

Anyway, we discovered another proof.

She also has more than two allusions, just like Adam.

However, Adam's allusions, the Beast and Gaston, are consistent because they are characters from the same animation.

But Cinder Fall is different. 

Cinderella and Carmen?

Is her real name Cinder Carmen?

Had there ever been any work that connects these two works?

I'm seeing it for the first time. 

I searched on Google and asked on ChatGpt, but it was just nonsense.

RWBY is probably the first.

If Cinder Fall is like that, then other characters might be like that.

Yes, a character can have references from two or more works that go beyond simply combining two or more characters.

This is a very important clue for understanding Monty's RWBY.