Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20131108040231/@comment-82.12.156.248-20140227220117

I imagine most people have actually forgotten how major the threat which the hunters and huntresses protect them from actual is. This is a world where civil protests and terrorism is rampant, two threats/problems that hunters and huntress can't actually prevent. Sure the SDC could hire Goodwitch to guard there next dust shipment, but that's just one dust shipment, and she's not actually preventing it. It is still happening, she's just fighting it. The Grimm have yet to be seen attacking outside of their own environment, in that respect the hunters ARE preventing the Grimm from threatening civilian peace, the WF is still a threat though.

Oh yeah I had a point to all this...

I wouldn't have thought huntsmen and huntresses are actually regarded highly, I think they are just a staple of life and are seen as such by most, exactly as our own military heroes are seen in the present day. There is no threat, there is nothing to admire. That being said I wouldn't have believed they were regarded lowly either, to most they are likely just another being in the world. However it is very possible that some of the higher class families who do actually willingly remember the reason why the hunters exist do value their skills, a sign that they are the best of the best in combat. Weiss's father may be having her train as a point of status because whilst civilians, provided they were intimidated whilst in the presence of a Schnee, it's probably nothing serious. "My daughter graduated top of her class at Beacon." "So?" (whom they likely don't care about) family's of similar worth may praise her for it and hold her, and by extension her family, in higher regard.