Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4010415-20170717151617/@comment-14909251-20170718010401

People can complain about it being a flashback, but to me this is actually very interesting. When Winter first showed up in Volume 3, I felt their relationship was a bit curious. This short just drives home my belief that Winter is not significantly better than Jacques. She is definitely less self-interested than Jacques, but the cold harshness is still present. Probably some impact from being the first-born of Jacuqes and also probably a product of her military history. This probably foreshadows a bit at the dynamic we might expect when Weiss shows up all: "Hey, sis, I ran away from home. Can I stay with you?" Winter may not give her quite the warm welcome she expects, not that I expect her to be extremely harsh.

Anyway, let's talk about that song, specifically the opening line: "It starts with the unexpected loss of something dear. The warmth that comforted and cradled just disappears." I mean, woah, what is that about? That is far more intense than the kind of lyrics she has had in her past songs. What it sounds like is that a sudden death had a very major impact on Weiss or the whole family. One possibility is that it refers to Nicholas Schnee, but that wouldn't be unexpected based on what was said in World of Remnant. Another possibility is this relates to the White Fang and the "executions" and "disappearance" that happened in their conflict with the SDC. Before anyone suggests it, that lyric makes it seem like far more than something more figurative such as a "loss of innocence" from dealing with the reality of her family. Perhaps not a death, but something of similar magnitude.