Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-410526-20161029151102/@comment-10390252-20161029192435

My guess is that Remnant has nothing even remotely resembling the Earth tradition of 'primogeniture', the concept that males inherit over even older females. I'm guessing that, due to some obscure tradition, when she swore her oath to the Atlas Council as a soldier, Winter effectively disinherited herself (divided loyalties) so Weiss, as the next oldest child, is the heir apparent