Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-3146930-20140708014442/@comment-75.243.135.25-20140718051725

In Blake's defense - she's had to be cold to survive. Being cold drives people off, which is exactly what you want to do if your a "criminal hiding in plain sight". No one gets close to her, no one notices that she wears the same bow 24-7. No one pressures her untill she blurts out huge secrets, etc, etc.

While it was cold, it's forgivable. I see Blake's coldness as a result of years of training, of locking her feelings away so she never gave herself up. It's intentional. She knows what's going on and how terrible it is.

Bringing this back to the origional point of concern - Blake's vs. Weiss's attitudes... here are my thoughts: TL;DR - It's going to be easier for Weiss to re-build a broken personality that it will be for Blake to break a built-up one.

Blake is what I said above. Her life, for lack of a better word, sucked. She knew this and was strong enough to bottle up all of her emotions. She became cold. However, because the root of this was in an outside force, it's going to be very, very hard for Blake to accept that she has problems. Yes, they forced you to be the way you are. Yes, we all forgive you for the way you are. No, it doesn't change the way you are. She's going to finger point and name-call (most of which will be fully justified, but stay with me) to make excuses for why she's the way she is, when the why isn't the problem. It's simply that she's cold and stoic, and we'd like her to be warmer. We don't blame her for it, but it doesn't change the fact that there is room for improvement.

With Weiss, it's different. The way I see it, Weiss's personality was molded, and she was forced into the way she is, before she was as strong as Blake - before she knew how to bottle up her emotions. She was broken. When I see Weiss's nice side, I don't see a rare glimpse of out-of-character Weiss; I see what Weiss would've been, if not for whatever made her the way she is today. And honestly, I think she sees that too. She sees her potential, and she sees who she could've been, and still can be. And harkening back to her true character, is trying to do the right thing.

I can't blame a military veteran with PTSD for having an episode. I can, however, point out that he/she has a problem and recommend treatment. Same idea with Blake. I can't blame Blake for being cold. I can, however, request she take steps to improve - steps, I feel, Weiss has already taken. I don't want an overnight transformation, I want effort... and I see more of that coming from Weiss. Is it because it's easier for Weiss? In my opinion, yes. Does Blake still need to take steps to improve? In my opinion, it's a yes again.