Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20161029151102/@comment-24219008-20161030131905

Have to admit, I'm kind of pissed about people already making assumptions that Whitley is "evil" and somehow involved with the bad guys. I simply think he's just a spoiled rich kid who hasn't had to deal with his parents' emotional abuse because he, unlike his sisters, does not have the responsibility of running the SDC on his shoulders, and he's still too young to join any combat school/academy, so right now, he's just a Daddy's Boy being a spoiled, rotten brat. I really don't think there's anything more to that, and if there is, I'm pretty sure he's being manipulated by his father. I don't know why people are already assuming that he's evil, and if they do make him "evil", I'm going to be really pissed, because it seems like the writers are making only the male characters look like complete idiots or giving them iredeemable traits. So far, most of the "evil" female characters seem to at least have a "justifiable" reason for being the way they are, and it seems to me Emerald is definitely going to switch sides (which I'm all for).

So making Whitley the "bad Schnee" yet again, simply because he's the only boy, is absolutely terrible writing, and it's bothering me that so many people seem to already think that Whitley is going to betray his sisters. I'd rather it be Whitley has been manipulated by his father all along, but Weiss will open his eyes to how horrible the SDC and their father is, and she will convince him to help her and Winter fix that. That's a story I can get behind.