Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170417075739/@comment-14909251-20170511064432

Terminus99 wrote: @The Devil's Advocate: it is not that hard to understand why it is easy to take Jacques side about the whole thing, even if only a little.

Weiss lied to him (yes, it was to look at the painting, but given what happened, it would have been better if she hadn't left his side).

She yelled at the guests at the fundraiser he was hosting (guests that, despite being snobbish and elitists and stuff, were there to donate money to Vale, which I presume could really use the money).

She almost killed someone (accidentally).

She demanded to leave Atlas after the mess she caused, apparently without thinking about the consequences.

She insulted Jacques in the way she knew would hurt him the most.

And she didn't apologise for anything or showed even a little bit of regret.

None of that changes the fact that Jacques is an abusive asshole, but Weiss is not completely blameless about the whole thing either. At least you are being honest enough to say you are siding with him in this matter. However, the easiest way to show why this is erroneous victim-blaming is the fact that every single incident you mention had a precursor event provoking or causing it. Weiss only lied because Jacques would not even let her leave his side for a moment and physically grabbed her to prevent it. Also, while her superficial reason for wanting to leave his side was looking at the painting, the more fundamental reason is that she wanted to get away from him as evidenced by her exasperation after he spoke and overall body language. The rest have all been hashed out here already pretty much, but most of them also involve Jacques doing something to set Weiss off. You could even say that her blowing up at the guests was partly because of her father's smug condescending attitude in the conversation at the beginning.