Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24218038-20131202202153/@comment-24218038-20131203061835

Darkcloud1111 wrote:

Zathronas wrote: let me try to explain another way.

Being a member of a peaceful organisation is one thing

Being a member of an organization that do sabotage is a whole different can of worms.

There is ALWAYS consequences to you actions. Weiss explains the disappearance of family members and friends, she also explains how it made living under her house a kind of hell. I see Blake being confronted by her action and badly reacting to it. Now let me be clear, do not take my comment as saying I don't agree with Blake.

That being said when you put all this in order. Weiss and her getting in an argument over White fang. Weiss eventually explain why she thinks like she did. She runs away when she let slip she's a faunus. She explains her backstory to Sun then decide to see if White fang are behind the dust THEFT. Finds out white fang  is in Cahoots with Roman and fights him. note she never attacks the white fang but Sun does. on the roof she seemed sad to find the white fang IS behind the THEFT. BEFORE she sees Roman coming out of the plane noting they never needed that much dust. After all that she tells her teammate she has nothing to do with the fang anymore and all of this happened when she was younger. Again Note it is true but she let them think it has been a while.

Now add all this to her Attack with Blake of a shipment of Dust with its destruction in mind. Seems like either hypocrisy of her part or maybe something more? Not really, before the White Fang were destroying Schnee Dust products because they were using Faunus labor forces; probably as slave labor or just cheap labor. However stealing Dust and destroying Dust are two different things. She doesn't want to believe that the White Fang are behind the theft of Dust because that would mean they plan on doing something beyond their simply destructive tactics. She also knew that the White Fang was becoming more violent, but we don't know if Blake actually knew they were killing people.

Also, Blake mentions being in the White Fang for most of her life, including the years they were peaceful and their goal was a good one. Obviously she would feel some sympathy for the group she was once a part of and is able to recognize that they are drifting away from their original goals. This is why she defends the White Fang. However 99% of the population don't like the White Fang and see them as a terrorist organization and Weiss just got done talking about the White Fang's effect on her life, so of course she would run after letting it slip that she was a member. Not to mention that she is a criminal as she did take part in theft.

Also considering she had no idea that they were working with Roman, Blake is out of the loop on a lot of White Fang activities and there were more things she most likely didn't know about. I mean back when she was a member, they were just destroying Dust. Now they are stealing it for some kind of unknown plan, Weiss mentions they killed members of her family when she was a kid (this fits actually. Blake mentions the new leadership was 5 years ago, so Weiss would have been 12), and they are making deals with humans. As far as not attacking any WF members, she didn't really have the chance and it isn't her style. She went in and attacked the leader (Roman) to gain information. Then Roman dazed her with an explosion and forced her to retreat. That was when Sun jumped in and Blake circled around for another attack. After Roman was focused on Sun, Blake jumped in. After that Penny jumped in and it all kind of went to hell after that.

Then when Weiss shows up, Blake tries to explain and is very quickly cut off, only mentioning that she left when she was younger. This isn't misleading as she was younger when she left, we just don't know how long ago. Blake could have been 15 during the trailer or she is older then she looks and was 15-17 in the trailer and is maybe 18-20 in the series. If you are implying that she is still a part of the White Fang, I think she made it pretty clear in the trailer/series that she doesn't want anything to do with them. That's all well and good but the Black trailer definitely shows Blake not as a 12 year old but much closer to her actual age. Don't forget that Ruby jumped 2 years and is 15. That makes everybody in the team 17 except for her. Now you said attacking the leader is her style not the white fang goons. How do you know that? The only thing she fought before was robot and grimms. I'll agree it may have been circumstances.

Now for the trailer she looks EXACTLY like she did in the episodes and by the way that includes the bow she uses to hide her faunus ears. So she's hiding her ears for years then? It's the combination of everything that make me think something is not kosher here.

It could be explained by the fact she is a loner and is not used to having to explain herself to others But still there is circumstantial evidence that shows something is not right here. Look at all the trailers. All of them looks pretty much like they do now. Could it be 1 year earlier? I guess it could but I doubt it would be more than that. Now if she doesn't want anything to do with the white fang anymore as you stated, then why actively search for them? She even state that deep down she knew it was them from the start.

I agree she is against any violence against human. But with the change of leadership 5 years ago as she stated. She must not be the only dissatisfied member. Why could she not be part of an offshoot of the white fang who disagrees with the current administration and they are trying to find a way to make alliances with humans. What if she was sent to the academy to gauge if there is a possibility there? Would she reveal herself this early on? The fact that she hides something does not mean it is bad.

You have to admit something feels... off about the whole thing. Maybe that is why we see her backstory before any other in the show including Ruby. Because there is more than meets the eye