Talk:Whitley Schnee/@comment-74.99.65.62-20170525160200/@comment-141.134.109.210-20170525193259

I momentarily prefer younger brother, because if he was the older one then they needed a reason as to why he's not the heir. That sets off some warning bells with me because we know Winter lost the position because she wanted to join the military. Whitley is perfectly fine with being under his father's thumb (at the moment at least), so that means there needs to be a good reason as to why he isn't a heir anymore.

Those could range from incompetence (not good at leading, having done something stupid to disgrace himself,...) to mental illnesses that made him unfit in his father's eyes. I prefer to see Whitley be a competent character who makes calculated decisions (like Azula from Avatar: The Last Airbender before she becomes crazy).

From what we know about Jacques the heir to the SDC needs to be both competent and loyal to him (share the same mindset as him). Whitley seems to have convinced him of the latter, so that means the only logical reason for him not being the heir if he were the elder brother that it had something to do with his perceived competency. You can say a lot of bad things about Jacques, but one does not make a company as great as the SDC by not recognizing opportunities and not having an eye for people and their talents.

That's why I currently prefer younger brother instead of older brother. Besides that I also like rooting for the underdog as well and him being the youngest makes him the underdog of the Schnee family. He's besides his father and perhaps mother (I do think she's trained though because her father was also a huntsman) also the only one without combat and aura training which definitely makes him one of the weakest characters (physically) of the show so far.

-TheShadowOfZama