Yeah, that was more for Soarel. And yes, those antagonists ARE more engaging, because they have more going on for them than just Saturday Morning Evil mindset, even Adam. Cinder wants personal power, Salem wants to kill all of humanity....why? Sure, knowing WHY these two want the things they do is important, but at this point, their actions kill all sympathy I might have had for them. Again, if they had shown us something of Cinder's life BEFORE the shot up Beacon, then I might have pity for her, at the very least. Azula got that and sympathy from me because the writers of Avatar took great care to show us how utterly messed up she was and showing that she was largely Daddy Ozai's little girl BEFORE she straight-up murdered Aang for five minutes (they did this while they were showing us Zuko's origins in Season 2, as he was traveling the Earth Kingdom alone) With Cinder, we had no reason to think that there was anyone above Cinder on the totem pole before Season 3 ended, and we knew nothing of her motives for personal power before that point. The timing of these things is important, and the time to showcase Cinder as someone who garners sympathy or even pity is gone.



Look up "Villain Tier List" on Google sometime. You'll see what I mean when I refer to that.