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

So, I'm pretty late to the RWBY party (Even later to the trailers) but nobody I know likes RWBY, so I'm just going to post this here to organise my thoughts on Weiss' trailer.

I spell armour with a u. I'm English. Don't get on my case about it.

I've seen a fair few theories being flung around about what the Suit of Armour is supposed to represent. Such theories include "The armour is a representation of her inner turmoil", "the armour is her", stuff like that. But let's look at the evidence. Weiss' scar. For that to happen, she must have actually fought the Suit of Armour. It had to be a coporal thing.

The only exception to this was a differing theory I found, and really a theory I hope doesn't turn out to be true. The Armour is an extension of her turmoil, which is brought about by physical abuse from her father. I wish I could just say "Yeah, that's not right" and while I doubt that's the case, let's not totally write it off just yet.

Think about how Weiss acted when she was calling the company. She, through a thin veil of etiquette and smiles, seemed really quite adamant on not talking to him. Most characters who fit the "Spoiled Princess" trope like she does, are really quite close to their parents, or at least eager to speak to them. Weiss seems to have very little to say about her father.

"My father came home furious. That made for a difficult childhood."

That's another subtle hint. Again, I seriously doubt physical abuse is the case. Well, okay, DIRECT physical abuse.

Another theory that I dug up was the "This was part of her training" idea. Maybe to gain initiation to Beacon, her father set up the Suit of Armour as a test. I don't know about you, but If I set a Twelve-foot steel monstrosity on my daughter, which then punched her in the face, I'd start questioning my parenting. But maybe that kind of thing is common practice in Remnant. It's not like Weiss is incapable of looking after herself, but I don't think any reasonable father would let their child fight something like that by themselves, let alone make them do it.

So, here's where I come into my own theories. Now, this probably is completely wrong, but It'd make for a damned good story.

I think the Armour, despite lacking the Telltale markings, was a Grimm. Now, bare with me here. Weiss has not once mentioned her mother (Correct me if I'm wrong on that, it debunks the entire theory if she has). She has a fixation on her father, we know she has a sister- so, what about mother?

Back to the Grimm bit. Assuming the place the battle was fought is infact White Castle, I believe the Armour to be an expectionally unique kind of Grimm. One that killed Wiess' mother. In the song "Mirror Mirror" Weiss sings about being "The lonliest of all". perhaps she was close with her mother, and only her mother. And perhaps the Armour took that away from her. So, she did the only thing she could think to make it better. She got revenge.

Weiss is having this flashback DURING A PERFORMANCE. I cannot stress this point enough. As someone who sings live, when you perform, especially in singing, your mind is fixated on NOTHING ELSE but the performace. So, the memory of that fight has to have some kind of extreme emotional resonance for Weiss to be thinking back to it. And taking vengance on the thing that killed your mother would certainly cause extreme emotional resonance. Why would she be thinking back to "Just another battle"? It's got to be pertinent. It has to mean something more then just a fight.

This theory also covers all the other questions- Why Weiss can be cynical and bitter, why she shows remarkably strong protective instincts (Think about how many times her reflexive use of dust has stopped a teammate from being harmed), and just other aspects of her personality.

Anyway, that's my theory.Apologies for the length, I had fun writing this, and got a little carried away. With volume 3 on it's way, I hope we'll get an answer soon.

But we probably won't. 