Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-209.193.10.219-20131102040327/@comment-14909251-20131112085637

I think you need to consider that viewer perception of Weiss has been distorted somewhat deliberately. The initial set up for each of the characters was as such:

Ruby - Our hero who curbstomps some robbers and talks gleefully of the romance of fighting for justice.

Yang - She loveys her sister, our hero, so much and just wants her to be happy.

Blake - Defends our hero from the nasty person yelling at her and they bond over books.

Weiss - Wait! Who is that bitch yelling at our hero!? Why isn't she leaving her alone!?

For the first two episodes Weiss solely interacts with the hero and the other characters in a confrontational fashion. Naturally, people developed a negative opinion of her, but that perception is misdirected. The confrontations were, after all, quite normal and not the sort of stuff that speaks to a person's overall character.

To interpret all her actions as merely ones of advancing self-interest and not being genuine actions is to interpret her character all wrong.

Her whole "I don't care" response was exactly how I would expect Weiss to act given my understanding of her character. If I am not mistaken, those who are more cynical of her were certain she would need some help getting to the point of accepting Blake back into the fold. Sort of like how people insisted she would be a racist and mistakenly took Episode 15 as confirmation. People just can't get over the fact that when we first met Weiss she was yelling at our hero and are still determined to think the worst of her for it.