Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20131108040231/@comment-82.12.156.248-20140227172502

Let me ask you one more thing though: Let's say Weiss Schnee does fail; let's say she does die or, in some way, shape or form does something to dishonour or otherwise disappoint/fail her family. She's eitehr disowned or buried six feet deep, what becomes of the SDC if she IS the only daughter? Does her father hand the company over a trusted advisor? Does he let it collapse? Does it go to a niece or a nephew that didn't fail?

For some reason I doubt any of those would prove true. If we're going by your interpretation that family, status, success and perfection are everything then the Schnee family see the SDC as a symbol of their worth, and the worth of the SDC, and by extension themselves, is reflected in the handling of the SDC, that would be why they need a perfect heir to uphold and improve upon the legacy already created. Why would Weiss's father hand over the SDC, a company built by the Schnee that elevates their worth in the world, hand over the company to John Doe and let the Doe family carry that status, that worth, that legacy? And do you think Weiss's father would really let the SDC crumble? If he is a man of such pride as to throw his daughter into a fire and see whether or not she survives as a means of determing her capabilities for executive positioning, to make sure that she really is perfect: Then would he really let it fall if there was no one to succeed him?

Sure you could make a point that handing it over to his brother's son (if such beings exist) is a logical way forward should Mr. Schnee fail to find a suitable successor from his own blood line, but would he really want someone not of his own genes, his own blood carrying the family name? Ignoring the fact that it's entirely possible for his brother's son to go by the name "John Smith", meaning that once again the Schnee name dies with Weiss unless she becomes a mother. It's also possible that Mr. Schnee could see such a person as inferior simply because he's not his son. He's the product of his brother's genes and whatever woman he married. It's entirely possible that he could deem such an heir unworthy, especially if he would do such a thing to his very own actual daughter.