Talk:Jacques Schnee/@comment-148.252.128.96-20180131223549/@comment-62.231.136.5-20180201103913

The question I'm speculating about is why he's such a money grubbing asshole? Why does he want the money and the status so much? It's a question similar to why Cinder wants power. Money after all is just a form of power, that which allows you to shape the world to your desires and to your will.

He doesn't have to be sympathetic. He has little empathy and is quite an asshole, that is clear. In the struggle to scale to the top of the hierarchy its often rather vicious people that win, people who are willing to put more on the line, and do things that make regular people balk to win. But being unsympathetic doesn't mean he can't have depth. The reasons beneath his fixation on growing the Schnee empire and his obsession with status can be more intriguing that Mwahahahaha! I want POWER!, and will make him a better character, even if it doesn't make him a better person.