Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170918133425/@comment-14909251-20170930054310

I believe it has been noted before that Blake and Weiss had similar backgrounds and experiences in the vague sense, but there are also very big differences between the two. None of Blake's misery, to our knowledge, was due to circumstances beyond her control. There is no evidence she was exposed to random bigotry and it would be unlikely if she lived in Menagerie. Adam was someone with whom she chose to associate, whereas Jacques was someone Weiss had no choice in associating with and no ability to break away from until she was old enough to fend for herself. Even then, as we saw in Volume 4, that was not a guarantee that she could successfully cut him out. Blake's difficulties are largely a result of her own decisions.

All the same, I do agree on some level with their similarites being a reason we need to see more interaction between them. Part of that is to also highlight the significance of their differences. One thing that distinguishes Blake from the other members of Team RWBY is she appears to come from a complete and fully-functional family unit. Weiss has a complete family unit, but it is also the most ridiculously dysfunctional one. I think the most interesting interaction would focus on that aspect. Blake is supposedly going to show up in Mistral with her parents so Weiss may see a bit of the interaction. Since Blake has repeatedly attacked or needled Weiss over her family, I would love seeing Weiss turn that around on Blake. Plus, it could be a tad therapeutic for her.