Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-26397825-20161217142921/@comment-70.195.132.119-20161219015921

Good to see real substance behind Weiss statement back at Mt.Glen that "being a Schnee meant having a legacy of honor to uphold." I loved the visual of Weiss as Qrow talks about what will decide the future if the Schnee dust company.

By the way, do you think that Jaques serves as the male equivalent of the wicked queen from snow white and the Seven dwarfs? I've heard in some tales the wicked queen in snow White was able to trick the king into marrying her after his first wife died. Then she eventually take over and rules with an iron fist. I can't help but draw parallels with her and Jaques who married into the family and uses ruthless tactics to rule the dust trade. (He seems to have a monopoly, or is close to it).

This episode did make me wonder about how there was Schnee dust sites in the world of remnant on Vacuo because I think that implied the Schnee dust company mined an occupied Vacuo during the great war but this episode cements the Establishment of the company after the war.

Another thing I took away from the world building here and episode 6, is that although Jaques pays humans and Fanus the same wage it's too cheap for the back breaking, health risking labor and unsafe work conditions. So my guess is due to social economic circumstances, most of the miners are Fanus born poor enough that they're desperate enough to work in the mines and don't think they'll get a better job offer in Atlas. There are probably humans working in the mines with them as well, but it wouldn't surprise me if the ratio was 10% humans and 90% Fanuas.

-Defcon Deceiver