Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-25396609-20191102162031/@comment-4010415-20191113183148

73.Anon.52 wrote: 1. I never said he succeeded, I said he's attempted, Why would James talk with Jacques at all if he had no political backers or power, why would Weiss act like arrest gets her sent to daddy if Ironwood was the only one that mattered, yes he may just have cowed stooges, but that doesn't mean he is unlikely to have any stooges in the first place.

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3. I never said they weren't, I'm saying the seat likely belongs to the Mantle Representative, like Ironwoods are "Headmaster" and "General/military head" as in "seat Position x" is the Mantle District rep.

4. Again, I think Jacques already sits there or controls a seat as a backer, otherwise Ironwood wouldn't be going to his study to deal or inform him of policy, however that seats hands are tied out of fear or simply being outvoted, he needs another to do anything. I see. Unfortunately, overall, we don't know for certain how Atlas' council even works. What I'm stuck on is that the news article straightup frames it as Robyn and Jacques directly competing with each other.