User blog:ChishioKunrin/Weiss Schnee beneath the surface

On the surface, we know that Weiss is a spoiled, bratty, rich, tsundere heiress. Her attitude and personality so far seems typical of the spoiled rich girl character, at least at first glance. Oftentimes, the stereotypical rich girl/heiress doesn't really take education seriously and ends up with low grades, satisfied with skating by on C's. She takes advantage of what's available to her to get by, be it money, looks, popularity, or whatever assets she has available to her thanks to her parents. Weiss is not like this. There is plenty of evidence suggesting that Weiss takes her education completely seriously, to the point where a class clown makes her angry, especially if that class clown is appointed as her leader.

In The Badge and the Burden, she is seen trying to pay attention to Professor Port's story, and as Ruby continually goofs off, even making fun of Port, Weiss becomes increasingly annoyed with her. After class, in The Badge and the Burden Part 2, she says to Ruby, "Not a team led by you. I've studied and trained. And quite frankly, I deserve better." That night, she is surprised to find that Ruby fell asleep studying and takes on a nicer attitude toward her. What made Weiss angry wasn't just that Ruby was acting like a child; it was also the fact that Ruby, her leader, didn't take her studies seriously. She seemed to feel like Ruby did not work for her place at Beacon, much less her position as leader.

Because her education is so important to her, it isn't surprising that Weiss makes high grades. In The First Step, when Weiss does her soliloquy, she thinks, "The smartest girl in class combined with the strongest girl in class!" and "We'll get perfect grades!" Given that Pyrrha is known for being a star athlete who has won four tournaments in a row, that leaves Weiss as the smartest girl in class. In Jaunedice Part 2, she is quick to raise her hand to answer Professor Oobleck's question, showing that she immediately knew the answer and was confident that she was right.

It is clear that she studies and works hard to get through her huntress training, and although she uses a weapon that makes use of powdered Dust from her father's company, she doesn't rely on that asset to get by. As heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, she may have special expertise in how Dust works and its use in combat, which would easily make a Multi Action Dust Rapier, like Myrtenaster, the perfect weapon of choice for her. The Dust she uses may be much more available to her than it is for anyone else, but this fact is not the major reason she succeeds in the academy.

Overall, there is more to Weiss than a rich, bratty tsundere.