User blog comment:The Devil's Advocate WP/Weiss the Innocent Victim/@comment-16502426-20131106013655/@comment-14909251-20131106073903

You are missing so much perspective in this comment. When you talk of Blake joining the White Fang and then leaving it as a mark against Weiss, you are missing the part where she never had either option. Blake gets to choose to join the White Fang when they just killed the "deserving" humans and then gets to choose to leave when they begin killing innocent humans. Not only that, she can cut ties so completely that she gets treated like a human girl at school by simply wearing a bow, not bearing the burden of being a Faunus and certainly not carrying the stain of the White Fang.

Does Weiss have that luxury? She could not have simply left her family and even if she could have gotten away from her family, the name Schnee would follow her around and she would not be able to protect herself from anyone who might hurt her because of her family. Even if she changed her last name, she would still be likely to get recognized. For her, escaping would require a lot more than seperating a train car and not wearing a bow. Really, it would be impossible for a teenager acting on her own.

Even then, I think you are assuming too much to assume she simply believes what her father and the company say. The only times the SDC has been mentioned is when Blake cites the company's record as a personal slight against Weiss and when Weiss mentions the White Fang targeting the company. None of that tells how much she knows or cares about the company.

In fact, we can suggest that her being rebellious and wanting to be a huntress makes it likely that she is not exactly pleased with the company. She likely knows her company's reputation and, being well-learened, is aware of the difficult history of the Faunus. Her disdain for the White Fang and trouble trusting the Faunus is understandable given her personal experiences and does not require us to believe she is ignorant of the SDC's actions. The SDC being an abusive company would not change what Weiss experienced or change that she never had a choice. I suspect she does not wish to be distrustful of the Faunus, but simply cannot help it given her circumstances.

Lastly, the claim that she was playing the "victim card" and expecting to get off for her behavior because of it is missing some important context about her character. Weiss only says she is a victim when Blake says people "like her" are why the White Fang are so violent and hate humanity, which was actually kind of cruel since Blake was not ignorant of the history (the look she has as Weiss begins explaining it is a pretty good indicator that she knew she stepped in it with that one). However, she does not let Ruby take pity on her. She may be an innocent victim, but she does not want to be treated like one. That is a matter of her being a rather proud individual. Her pride may itself be a product of growing up in an environment where she was constantly living in danger yet sheltered from it, while also being pressured into becoming the future leader of the company. That is, she wants to prove herself worthy of respect and being pitied as a victim is not part of that.