Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20131101010653/@comment-22580009-20131103055210

You say that Blake is not ignorant of Weiss' situation, but there is no evidence of that. It is highly possible that Blake has been fed as much propaganda about the Schnee dust company as Weiss' picked up from her parents about the Faunus. In the trailer it is shown that Blake is surprised by Adam's willingness to blow up a train full of people. This shows that she not only had morals against killing people, but was not told what her mission would be. If she is not even informed of her own missions, then why should we assume she knows anything more about the WF's major plans or other dealings. Blake defends the group because she herself was misguided. She was told less of what was happening than actually occured, limiting the impact of her actions. If the WF is at war with the SDC as Weiss' claims, then it is also safe to assume that she was fed misinformation and exaggerated facts about the SDC to increase her willingness to attack anything involved with the SDC.

I'm not saying Weiss has no reason to be upset, she has every reason to. However it is wrong of her to group all faunus, and even all white fang member, together. Many are likely as misguided as Blake was. Blake herself was also wrong in the way she went about her actions, but there are two key differences. 1) she likely believed it was the only way to survive, or was at least told it was the only way the faunus could get equal rights and that she was doing good and 2) once she realized just how far the WF was going, she left and attempted to distance herself from the group so as not to be a part of it. Weiss is allowed to grieve for what has happened to her family, but she should not be assuming that a war has victims on only one side. Blake is as much a victim as she is. While Weiss is more innocent, Blake has to deal with the potential consequences of actions that she likely thought were necessary for her survival, and the guilt of knowing she is hated for her misguided actions and what they caused.