Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28522425-20161227021237/@comment-4010415-20161227022604

Terminus99 wrote:

1. First, without apparent explanation, she stops answering his calls, while in a foreign country and studying to do the most dangerous job there is.

2. Jacques certainly knew that lately, Weiss had become more reckless and rebelious.

3. What does Weiss do in exchange for the trust that Jacques showed her?, she makes a scene and then (accidentally) attacks one of the guests when he tries to stop her. No wonder Jacques was so pissed.

4. I would also like to point out, calling out the guests was a pretty stupid move by Weiss. Yes, she was angry and they probably deserved it. But still, she obviously didn't change anyone's mind, and these people, snobs as they might be, were going to donate millions to Vale, which really could use the money. So in the end, all Weiss managed to do was embarrass the Schnee family.

5. Weiss proved herself, at least in his eyes, to be both disrespectful, and untrustworthy, so does it come as any surprise that he decided to make Whitley the heir. 1. Winter implied that the entire reason Jacques was calling was to try to convince Weiss to attend Atlas instead of Beacon and that this wasn't the first time Weiss would have to explain to him why she would rather study at Beacon. Now, on the surface, Jacques' insistence on her studying at the academy that's right next door to their home (maybe not literally next door, but you get what I mean) seems reasonable, until you consider that Jacques could be trying to control Weiss and simply doesn't like that he can't control her if she's in another kingdom.

The official manga tells us what was happening in the White Trailer (according to Kerry, this is canon). The reason Weiss had to fight the Giant Armor is because it was a test/bet from Jacques: If Weiss could defeat it, he would give her permission to attend Beacon. She already proved to him that she has what it takes, and he lost the bet, so why was he still trying to convince her to attend Atlas? They had an agreement.

2. Rebellious? Yes. Reckless? Haven't seen evidence of that.

3. Yes, because she damaged their reputation, which he seems to care an awful lot about.

4. True. Very true.

5. Because he can control Whitley, but he can't control Weiss. Weiss won't run the company the way he wants her to, but Whitley might.