Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24198837-20140803015950/@comment-25641997-20140804052421

The Devil's Advocate WP wrote: The problem is that, Weiss is a victim. She is truly and purely an innocent victim. Whatever her father or the SDC did is not relevant to Weiss. If the White Fang were killing board members and family friend, what do you think their intentions were regarding the Schnee family? Blake has to worry that she might be harrassed or mistreated due to being a Faunus, but Weiss has had to worry about being straight up murdered or abducted. Unlike Weiss, Blake had the opportunity to stand up for herself by joining the White Fang. It would be absurd to expect a teenager like Weiss to break ties with her blood family and abandon them, especially when a violent terrorist organization would probably only see her as a high-value target who is now defenseless. It would also be absurd to expect a teenager like Blake to break ties with the organization that raised her and gave her a chance to stand up for herself, especially when doing so would make her wanted both by the law and the White Fang. But she chose to do so. Now, this doesn't make Blake any better than Weiss, nor does it justify her behavior towards her. She was out of line. But the point is that Weiss had the same choice. No matter how much influence she had from her family, she is still her own person and had the ability to make her own decision. I don't blame her for not abandoning them; I would have gone down the exact same road she did. But she is responsible for her actions, and her past doesn't justify her views on the faunus. She has no right to take her anger out on an entire species for things that a group of radicals did. She might not be responsible for the White Fang's actions or the SDC's actions, but she's responsible for her own, and her actions were unacceptable. And, like I said before, the White trailer quote comes into play in this situation. Sorrow is immesurable. Blake and Weiss both suffered, and Weiss shouldn't get special treatment because she may have more to worry about (which is debatable anyways. Blake is a traitor, and you know how the White Fang deals with traitors). The two might not be self-centered in the traditional sense, but they were both certainly too caught up in their own suffering to notice that of the other, regardless of whether they wanted to be pitied for it or not. They clearly both pitied themselves too much.

But there's no denying that you make very good points. I've always thought that Weiss is a lot kinder than some people gave her credit for, and she had legitimate reasons for having wanted to be the leader of team RWBY. She works hard for what she gets; she doesn't just sit around and expect to be given things and praise simply because of her status. That's why she's clearly not entitled in the traditional sense. And you said you noted elsewhere that Weiss shows true resolve in combat when protecting others. Do you mind explaining more? I've never actually thought about that before.