Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-158.125.243.29-20150329080244/@comment-26206856-20150415042657

"Everyone is entitled to their own sorrow, for the heart has no metrics or form of measure. And all of it... irreplaceable."

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion of sorrow. Since the heart has no metric to measure it with, how sorrowful something is is up to the beholder. (Some may find major sorrow in something seemingly small or insignificant to another.)

Sorrow is also irreplaceable. A misfortune is a misfortune, and must be accepted into one's life, essentially molding them to who they are. (Think about how Weiss seems to be estranged from her family.)

Mirror, tell me something,

Tell me who's the loneliest of all?

Mirror, tell me something,

Tell me who's the loneliest of all?

Fear of what's inside of me,

Tell me can a heart be turned to stone?

Weiss is lonely and feeling like an empty shell. She may be fearing a darker side of herself, but more realistically be fearing that her heart may turn to stone. With everything going on, she may be hoping to block out her emotional pain over missing loved ones and/or a tough family. By turning her heart to stone, she would either be shielding herself, or learning to not care in order to suppress a mean, revenge-taking side. Alternatively, she may be fearing that she has the capacity to become like a certain family member, with an uncaring, percieved heart of stone. Mirror, mirror, what's behind you?

Save me from the things I see!

I can keep it from the world,

Why won't you let me hide from me?

Mirror could be her past self, or her inner self. As a past self, the innocent girl may be pleading to her 'monster' side to take on and deal with the things she's had to deal with in front of her.

Taking a different look at it, Mirror seems to be an outward reflection of herself. She could be looking behind it to find her true (inner) self. She wants that true self to fight back and save her from becoming just another (snotty, high-class, emotionless, etc.) Schnee. (Save her from the reflection of her outward appearance.)

She wants to keep something a secret (her true self?) and wants to let herself run away from 'herself'. It's odd to explain, but again, it deals with inner dialogue vs outer appearance and the two having conflicting ideals. This leads me to my thoughts as to what we see in the Trailer as being a trial of sorts set up by her father. Mirror, mirror, tell me something, Who's the loneliest of all?

I'm the loneliest of all. Because of the conflicting ideals fighting in her head, she doesn't feel at ease with being just a daughter of the Schnee family, yet has no way of breaking away to be around those sharing the ideals of her inner, more unique and individualistic self, creating a very lonely situation. Think about feeling estranged from your family, but being stuck in the family mansion and only meeting those who care about you for what your family does, and not for you yourself.

As such, my theory comes to this: The White Trailer is Weiss's trial to be able to apply to Beacon. After all the years of lonliness and conflicting emotions, she finally takes on her inner moivations, and decides on becoming a Huntress. Of course, this is a silly idea for someone of her status who is practically set for life, as it's been mentioned many times in the show.

As such, this trial is set up by her father who opposes the idea, thinking it will stop her, prove her wrong, and keep her as the innocent songbird she is, stuck in the mansion. Though, if she has the aptitude to defeat the golem and win, he will allow her to study at Beacon.

You'll notice that at first, Weiss only uses swordplay, and then steps up to her glyphs. These are her skills, and her skills alone as an individual. When she is finally knocked down, there is a reluctance in her gaze as she seemingly decides she needs to rely on dust (her family's power, not just her own) to defeat the golem and get things to go in her favor. In the very beginning it's hard to catch, and could be taken for using it out of rage, but the distinct shot after she disarms him shows pity and sorrow. For whatever reason, she seems to be disgraced by dust, be it from the way it is obtained (faunus labor), the strong family connotations, or the hardships it's brought to her family (missing members from WF attacks). Slowly she's accepting that she has to take it for what it is and let it be a part of herself, but she wishes it didn't. The final attack not only shatters the glass windows, but shatters the golem as well, signifying her inner self breaking free of the outer self she's portrayed for so long, and overcoming (shattering) the obstacle keeping her locked inside herself (her father).