Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170709002747/@comment-14909251-20170714065234

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: Though this, nor any of those possibilities I'm quoting, really explains why Jacques is so obsessed with the family's PR. He barely acts like "The people must think Jacques is awesome", he always acts like "The people must think the Schnees are all awesome". It is his name too, though. Anything that reflects badly on the Schnee family ultimately reflects badly on him. That said, really it is a farce to say it is about appearances. His own methods of running the company have sullied the family name, which is why Weiss dissed him by pointing out it wasn't his family name when he suggested she was doing her best to hurt it. Previous attempts to justify Jacque's treatment of Weiss tend to ignore that part.

One thing I think really makes the idea of him using Willow's behavior against her as a way to take her inheritance from her is that it would be very much like the way he has treated Weiss. He pressures, demeans, manipulates, gets physical, and does everything else possible to break her down. When she reacts he uses her reaction against her and tries to act like everything leading up to it didn't really happen or was really her own fault.

Were he doing various little things to control and manipulate Willow to the point that she became broken and then used her brokenness to convince Nicholas that she wasn't stable enough to run the company, it would just illustrate that this is a pattern with him. I would say what Jacques was doing to Weiss this Volume is gaslighting and it would be what I am suggesting he may have done to get the Schnee Dust Company handed to him.