Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20161204170804/@comment-14909251-20161204194442

Really, this makes me greatly dislike Blake's character. I liked to think she had experienced some real adversity in her life that caused her to join up with the White Fang, but now it looks as if she was just a rich girl who joined her daddy's organization. She lives better than 99% of Faunus and probably at least 95% of humans, yet still has a massive chip on her shoulder that comes out with a really bad attitude. People basically got their descriptions of Weiss and Blake backwards, because it now appears that Blake is the spoiled brat.

Weiss has a clear reason for her irritable behavior with the abusive and manipulative father and the physically present yet emotionally absent mother. Blake just seems to be echoing the sentiments of people of her race who experienced real struggles in their lives, as opposed to her much more cushy life with a pair of present and loving parents. The fact they apparently knew she was at Beacon suggests there wasn't even any distance between them other than physical distance and it seems they respect her independence.

I can only hope there is yet more to this that would make Blake's involvement with the White Fang and her general demeanor more sympathetic. Racism as an idea isn't enough here without some evidence of her experiencing some sort of difficulty because of it.