Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170417075739/@comment-14909251-20170509044130

Arkantos95 wrote: He wasn't reprimanding her for being distraught, he was reprimanding her for shouting at an entire party he was hosting. Nothing he did in that particular instance was out of line for a parent or abusive.

And it doesn't change the fact that Weiss almost comitted manslaughter, and thus deserved some kind of punishment. Jacques was out of line the moment he showed no concern for Weiss having been through a traumatic event, which the whole gathering is centered around and supposed to be honoring. The first time he even alludes to it is in the next episode and it is solely to diminish and patronize her with a lie that is more to save him face. Every last bit of it is just part of an abusive cycle.

Continuing to assert that she "almost committed manslaughter" after I already refuted it will never make it true and even if her accidental triggering of her Semblance wasn't a result of his own actions, it would still not justify his response. The fact it was a result of his mishandling of that situation, on account of him being a controlling and abusive parent who shows no understanding of his children, just makes it worse.

Terminus99 wrote: Jacques was most likely trying to take her to a quiet place to calm down. That seems to me like the appropiate action to take when your daughter starts yelling at the guests at a fundraiser about how horrible human beings they are for no apparent reason. I don't think we have much reason to believe he would ever do what is appropriate as a parent. Nothing we have seen up to this point shows him to be anything but a controlling and hostile figure who is quick to use physical force against his children, while showing no real compassion or understanding towards them. Nothing about his reaction betrayed a better nature or anything reasonable like you suggest.