Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20131108040231/@comment-24198837-20140311211646

Yes, but it's clear that he's had a massive impact on Weiss's childhood and her current character.

And in the alternate opening storyboard easter egg on the Volume One DVD, he's actually present. Well, it's not confirmed to be him, but who else would be the dark shadow figure watching her train?

But yeah, I'd like to see him as more of a failed parent than an evil one. He probably doesn't really know how to go about raising a girl, and Wiess doesn't have a mother figure because, well, we discussed that already.