Talk:Whitley Schnee/@comment-47.36.191.169-20171211001604

Is there a chance that we could see Whitley as having done what he did in his own attempt to help Weiss? He said it himself when we first saw him, he didn't stop growing just because Weiss went away to Beacon. Perhaps he's reached that mental maturity age where he's better able to understand what is going on around him. If he is anything like Jaques (and as we have seen, he is...) then he knows how to be a snake. (Snake was actually my first thought when I first saw him). He knows how to pull the strings and indirectly influence those around him.

Think about it - if Jaques did not disinherit Weiss and give the title of heir over to Whitley, then Weiss would still be stuck at the Schnee manor doing next to nothing and suffering for it. Now, Whitley has, by accepting the title of heir, given Weiss exactly what she needed - nothing to hold her back from leaving. Weiss doesn't need to worry about the name, about her actions in public anymore, she can do what she feels is right without scrutiny and without pressure. Further more, Whitley may have annoyed Weiss, but he also gave her an opportunity to go all-out in her semblance practice without angering her father by telling her that he and Jaques were leaving the manor and would probably be a while, further giving Weiss the freedom she needed to get herself sorted out to properly leave.

He seems like a little snake right now, but with how difficult Weiss' childhood was, I wouldn't doubt it that Whitley's was just as difficult. He would see his father's fits of anger, his mother's drinking problems, I can see why he would resent Winter for leaving for the Atlesian military, because she's the eldest child and basically abandoned him and Weiss to a difficult childhood with very little guiding except by that of their servents and broken parents. His anger towards Winter (and Weiss as well for having left) I think is... justified. But he's older now, matured more, and he probably knows how to make life a little easier on his closest sibling.