Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-158.125.243.29-20150329080244/@comment-26259025-20150417150039

Yes, made perfect sense. I like it, very poetic- very RWBY.

The one thing I would question though, and trying to be as respectful as you've requested, the armour may have been a trial set up be her father, but I'd have a hard time believing he has a semblance like that. Semblances aren't too well defined- does everybody have one? Do you have to unlock it somehow? It's a good theory, I just don't think Mr. Schnee's semblance would be that powerful.

I could be wrong though. I often am.

If, like you said, Weiss' mother was killed, I can kind of see this whole conflict of emotional grief going on in Mr. Schnee's head, after losing her. This awful feeling of "Weiss reminds me so much of her mother, I must keep her around. I can't lose her like I lost her mother. She must stay here with me. I have to protect her."

At the same time however,  "Weiss reminds me of my wife so much. I can't stand it. I can't talk to her. I can't tell her I love her. I can't look her in the eyes. It's just too painful."

Those two conflicting feelings would explain it- He needs Weiss to stay with him, where she's safe. She's his daughter, and he's already lost someone he can't live without. However, at the same time, he doesn't give Weiss the time of day. In those, let's say 5 years since his wife died, he spent no time with her. He couldn't look her in the eyes, listen to the sound of her voice, go anywhere near her without being reminded of his wife.

So, he's actually got no idea what to do. Let Weiss go, and be happy elsewhere, but be out of his reach. He can't protect her whilst she's at Beacon. And that tears him apart.

But he can't exactly keep Weiss with him. She wants to go become a Huntress. If he doesn't let her go, he's going to lose her anyway. She'll resent him, and probably does already. He knows he has to let her go, but, silently, wants nothing more than what's left of his family to stay together.

This kind of conflict would put a human face on Mr. Schnee.

Now I'm just imagining a scene in the white trailer at the end where Weiss finishes singing, and Mr. Schnee is in the crowd. He takes a letter out, clearly addressed to Weiss. Looking at it, it's from Beacon Academy. He decides he has to let her go.