Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20131108040231/@comment-82.12.156.248-20140228065011

It's possible Weiss's mother was a huntress, it would explain why she is seemingly never mentioned by Weiss, because if it could be safely assumed that that she was rarely around. Weiss's father may not need a doting wife so he probably wouldn't care much about her lack of presence (though may still have been internalising lonelineess which Weiss could detect provoking her desire to learn to sing so she could comfort he closed and cold father) and the family as a whole could see her not being around for Weiss as forgivable since there'd still be people to take care of her (servants, nannies etc.)

However Weiss's father may have seen marrying a huntress as advantageous to his likely at-the-time unborn daughter, remember what Port said to Weiss "You have the blood of a true huntress in you!" Could that actually be more than a figure speech? Could it be an assumption in genetics of the world of Remnant that fighting ability is influenced by one's physiology? Because if so then marrying whom would likely be one of the best huntresses in existence would be believed to be advantageous to his daughter, not only would she get the brains of her father, but she'd get the combat prowess of her mother. There'd also be someone around that Weiss's father could trust to train the young girl, though it's probably more believable that it was done by a fencing, and then later a dust, instructor.

Lastly, if Weiss actually chose to become a huntress and in fact wasn't forced into it as a final trial to prove her abilities and worth, then having her mother play huntress AND a major role in the SDC could be convincing Weiss's father to let his stubborn daughter chase her dream, at least for a while. The fact that he married a huntress that always came back from the fight would also sooth any worries about Weiss's well being.

Or I could be completely missing the mark, either or.