Talk:Willow Schnee/@comment-73.109.80.49-20200128214726/@comment-25936766-20200212221347

The problem with Jacques though is that the writers don't have the balls to actually show his abuse.

Weiss at Beacon described him more as someone overstressed by the White Fang's actions against the SDC and his family. The worst he got was leaving Weiss pennyless in V3, but then again it was his money and Weiss didn't even respond his calls.

But even then, that makes him look like a shitty (and even sympathetic) dad, not an abusive one (financial abuse is debatable there). And then comes V4, they had their chance, but the cowards played it safe. Throughout V4 Jacques acted controlling and intimidating, but not blatantly abusive.

Even the slap fails to make him look very abusive when you consider he only did it in direct response to Weiss insulting him where it hurts him the most: not being a real Schnee. Its a human thing to react violently when your trigger button is pressed.

Which, as a sidenote, is a pretty interesting trait of him that will be buried into the underground now and never explained. Just like Adam's SDC brand.

The end result of V4 is that Jacques is solidly an ass, and easy to hate, but he also fails to live up to the image of this abusive monster that has been advertised for years, especially since he did have a point at times. V7 was more of the same, only that Jacques doesn't have a point to justify himself.