Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-158.125.243.29-20150329080244/@comment-25857155-20150417135709

Wow, I really wish I had been on this thread a lot earlier. ^.^; I did go back and read every post; you have all been putting a lot of thought into this, and I would like to add my own input on the original subject, being as follows.


 * Please note that the following theory is based on my own personal opinion, and as such, is subject to flaw. Feel free to point out such flaws as they may present themselves, but please do so in a respectful manner, that I may return in kind.

I believe the Armour that Weiss fights in the White trailer is simultaneously literal and symbolic. That is to say, I believe it was an actual event in which Weiss fights against a construct created by her father's semblance, but she views it as a way for her to fight against the image established for her - a way to break out of her own armor, so to speak.

Allow me to elaborate. I suspect Weiss' mother, like so many others in her family's circle, was slain by the White Fang at least five years prior to her attending Beacon. This tragedy would see the beginning of the escalation of Mr. Schnee's anger issues, thus Weiss' comment about her difficult childhood. Her father is likely very controlling, and thus reluctant to let her follow her own desires. When Weiss discovered her semblance, she realized that she might be able to fight, and no longer be helpless. Mr. Schnee likely entertained her wish for a time, acknowledging the wisdom in training her to defend herself - he likely hired tutors/trainers for her, rather than training her himself. Possibly as a result of one of her trainers' stories, Weiss got the idea that to become the perfect heiress to the Schnee family, she would become a Huntress - something that absolutely did not align with her father's crafted image of her.

In my theoretical storyline, the Armour was summoned by Weiss' father as a sort of final test. It was meant to be an unbeatable challenge for her, with the condition that if she could beat it, he would allow her to go to Beacon. If she had failed, he would have made her stay there. Weiss, however, saw it as a challenge to defeat the image her father had crafted for her to follow. Until that point, she had armored herself (so to speak) in her family's image, not realizing how restrictive it was. By defeating her father's construct, Weiss was breaking free of the version of her forged by her father. If she could not overcome herself, she could never reach her goal of perfection.

However, she was unable to defeat the Armour flawlessly, receiving that scar in the process (courtesy of the Armour proxy of her coldly angry father, who likely showed very little reaction). Now, likely sees the scar as a reminder of her current imperfections.

Did that make sense? =P