Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28171999-20190208002539/@comment-14909251-20190303183625

Granaatti wrote: Mr Schnee isn't violent person by any means. Sure, he slapped Weiss once (after she had embarrassed him in front of dozens of people and insulted him pretty badly) and hit a table during an argument with Ironwood, but I don't think he's a type of person who would get his hands actually dirty.

I think giving Weiss a "bodyguard" who is with her 24/7 and putting a tracker on her would be the most he would do to ensure her not running away again. I do get tired of people essentially siding with Jacques over the charity event. Let's review: Weiss was involved in a horrible battle in which one of her friends died and she was separated from the rest of her friends against her will, she is thus forced to stay at home with an abusive and controlling Jacques and her perennially drunken and emotionally absent mother, she was basically pressured into singing at a charity event for Vale, the charity event itself was merely a cynical effort by Jacques to hasten an end to the Dust embargo so he could make more money, after the concert her father is basically being an arrogant sonofabitch about the Faunus, she tries to walk away from his conversation when he grabs her to try and stop her, once she gets away a dude starts hitting on her only to admit he doesn't care about the charity event at all, she then hears some dude being disrespectful to the wait staff about a sundae, then we have the one woman who literally said "good riddance" about Vale being attacked, she loses it and calls this person and the rest of the snobbish elitists out, Jacques shows absolutely no consideration or concern for her feelings and starts berating and manhandling her, she pulls away and falls on the floor in the process, this accidentally triggers her Semblance that she had not been able to use for successful summoning previously, Jacques subsequently complains essentially about how she is making him look bad and losing him money, he hypocritically accused her of tarnishing the family name, when she called out his sanctimonious hypocrisy he slaps her, Jacques then badmouths her sister, and after playing like he is just being a stern parent he finally acknowledges that she may have experienced trauma only to make it clear he is using it against her as an excuse to disinherit her.

Still don't get how people can not see that Jacques is in the wrong on all of it. The fact Jacques seems to be aware she may have experienced trauma from the battle where her school was destroyed, one of her classmates was killed, and she got taken away from the rest of her friends, makes his behavior all the worse. He does not show the slightest hint of genuine parental concern for Weiss at any point, even as he pressures her into attending an event for Vale. Jacques is only interested in using her as a tool to achieve his own ends, insists on her being constantly under his gaze, and gets physical whenever she strays or is defiant. He doesn't use violence as a first resort, because he relies on other means to control people. It is clear that Jacques does not like any of the Schnee kids being out of his control. When he doesn't get what he wants using his more devious methods, he can get violent. Anyone who sides with Jacques against Weiss in all of this either has blinders on or has serious problems.

For Jacques, the fact she ran off is only going to enrage him further. Winter, seemingly, defied Jacques in a less brazen and outspoken manner and he still views her as essentially an enemy. In spite of her defiance, Winter is still a stern and compliant person who hasn't strayed too far from home. She just chose to be compliant to the military rather than Jacques. By contrast, all Weiss has been doing the entire time since first heading to Beacon is trying to get as far away from him as possible and be as little like him as possible. Her rejection of him as a role model and defiance towards him is more comprehensive. It is also proving to be an endless source of bad press. At least Winter chose a relatively quiet role that made her respectable, influential, and contained. Jacques likely sees Weiss as a serious problem that needs to be addressed by whatever means necessary. Letting her run around doing whatever she wants is not an option for him. Definitely, he will seek to use means other than violence, but should that prove unsuccessful, he has shown that he is willing to pursue violent means.