Talk:Jacques Schnee/@comment-2602:306:805D:8C10:A9FC:9087:2078:AC2-20180218171243/@comment-2602:306:805D:8C10:D95C:C8E5:3755:71C4-20180317173754

As much as I would like to see that happen, it probably wouldn't. Jacques is untouchable by most of Atlas due to his status as the President of the SDC. Who would kill him?

James Ironwood wouldn't because it's not in his character to do commit murder.

Adam Taurus can't because he's on the run and with Atlas's borders closed, he would be arrested on sight.

Weiss wouldn't; as much as she despises him, she's not a murderer.

A fiiting end for Jacques would have his illegal activities and monopolizing exposed. What could happen is that Weiss convinces Jacques's PR Team to help her expose his activities and show the public who he really is...as well as the fact that he is not a true Schnee, since it seems that fact is widely unknown. At first, they refuse, but after seeing the damage Jacques is doing to the people of Atlas, one of them agrees to help Weiss. They post a video of Jacques's behavior, activities and overall, showing the public who he truly is. With his monopolizing and illegal activities exposed, Ironwood prepares to have Jacques arrested. Jacques tries to worm his way out by claiming that they're is no fitting heir to the SDC since both Weiss and Winter have been disinherited and Whitley is too young to run the company. However, James ensures that either one of his daughters will ensure the future of the SDC. He explains that arresting him means Weiss or Winter could take control of the SDC if they wanted because he is no longer the President and doesn't have the authority to deny their claims to the company anymore. However, until Weiss and Winter come to an agreement on who'll inherit the SDC (though mostly everyone support's Winter's claim due to her being the eldest child as well as her experience in leadership), James places one of his trusted friends to act as temporary president.

This leads to an argument among the Council on the future of the much needed SDC. Some insist that Winter is only fit for the military and doesn't have the experience needed to lead the SDC. Two or three (we'll assume there's like a dozen Council members) even suggest putting Jacques back in charge, but James reminds them that he has been publicly exposed as a criminal and allowing him to simply walk away would lead to horrible consequences. In the end, to prevent the issue being made worse, Winter agrees to become the new President of the SDC, which the Council agrees with the decision.

Weiss visits her father in prison and firmly states that he will never again tarnish the Schnee's reputation. Jacques gets angry at her for helping to expose him, believing that he made the SDC better than before and calls Nicholas a fool. Weiss tells her father that he is the fool for thinking that his sins would stay hidden forever and will now reap what he sows.

I don't know how politics run in Atlas, so I don't know how it'd actually play out. But if you ask me, making Jacques exposed and him losing everything would be a fitting end for him.