Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20130804124553/@comment-10390252-20130805135432

I'd love to meet the parents. I visualise Ruby and Weiss's parents as being a lot like Arthur and Molly Weasley - they're simple, working folk; not rich in anything but happiness. They've scrimped and saved to make Yand and Ruby's dreams come true and that is reward enough for them. What no-one knows or remembers (except Ozpin who keeps track of such things) is that they were Hunters for a while back in the day and have kept in practice; Mr Long even keeps his hand in by his current job in Vale City Council's Bureau of Dust Misuse.

I also visualise a sort of Weasley vs. Malfoy feud on between Mr Long and Mr Schnee. Vale City keeps bringing lawsuits against the SDC for not putting adequate safeguards on some of their products. The 'Dust for Dummies' pamphlet is the latest attempt on the SDC's part to mitigate this regulatory irritation. Mr Long is a fairly small fish but Mr Schnee is understandably annoyed to realise his daughter is associating with the children of this persistant annoyance. This only makes Weiss more determined to continue this association as anything that makes Daddy turn that interesting shade of plum is okay by her.