Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170511131216/@comment-141.134.109.210-20170618215659

In regards to Weiss summoning the Boarbatusk. I was thinking maybe Whitley did it in order to frame Weiss. This is of course pure speculation, but we know that Whitley said he found Huntsmen barbaric. I feel it's safe to assume he doesn't like physical combat, however the Schnee semblance is pretty handy to avoid physical combat. You have glyphs for running away or for defense and you have summons to do the fighting for you.

I feel like it's a semblance with no cons for businessmen to possess. Personal shields and an additional army of 'bodyguards.' I have a hard time imagining neither Whitley nor his father recognising the potential. I personally believe if Whitley has it and has the aura reserve to use it the boy knows how to use it. Of course I could be wrong or perhaps he even has a different Semblance, one his father has. Something being genetical doesn't mean every child gets it, some things skip a generation for example or if it is something on the X chromosome then female off springs have a higher chance of getting (XX) it than male ones (XY).

Whitley also states that he hasn't stopped growing whilst Weiss was away to Beacon. This could allude in part to his ability to summon. Perhaps Weiss is more proficient with Glyphs, Winter is a knock of all trades and Whitley is the master summoner (also fits with the stereotype of the physically weaker antagonist with greater magical powers).

We know only defeated foes can be summoned and Whitley doesn't look like a figher. I don't think it ever specifies the foe needs to have done something special. We could argue with Weiss that the Knight has a close connection with her from the White trailer and the Manga. A personal nemesis, however that doesn't explain Winter's summons.

She summons a flock of tiny Nevermores. Was Winter scared of a small flock of tiny Nevermores? I don't think so. Neither do I really think that Beowolf was very special to her. Perhaps a foe that leaves an impression on you makes it easier to have as a 'first' summon, but I don't think it is requirement. By that logic all Whitley needs to do is finish off a wounded Grimm or if you want to go darker a human or Faunus and voilà a summon. Seeing as their father wasn't exactly against the idea of training (he was against going to Beacon as opposed to Atlas academy) Jacques probably delivered some Grimm for this purpose.

It was safe after all. His son didn't want to learn how to fight and become a Huntsman. He just wants a personal bodyguard squad. We of course come by the question. How did Whitley know Weiss killed at least one Boarbatusk in order to justify the summon? Weiss was there for six to eight months perhaps something slipped or perhaps a much simpler answer could be. Boarbatusks are very common Grimm it would be like guessing a pokémon player of level 15 would have defeated at least one Pidgey. Perhaps Weiss was visible on television, the feeds are down, but an Atlas civilian or journalist could still have filmed stuff on their scrolls, returned to Atlas and uploaded it somewhere locally.

Of couse it's just a theory for all we know Weiss could have indeed caused her own desinheritance completely on her own accord without Whitley needing to do anything whatsoever to become the heir to the SDC besides watching the powder keg get closer and closer to exploding. It would be nice though to perhaps put in. I mean Weiss would still have done most of the work herself (rebelling attitude) whilst Whitley gets an awesome chessmaster moment with him capitalizing on a perfect opportunity.

Whitley has potential, a lot of potential for becoming a great antagonist. Another example is "Cinder's clever little friend." I am doubtful the white W alludes to Watts. The guy perhaps has the smarts for creating a virus, but he had a different colour palet. The W also looked very formal and something definitely fitting of Whitley. It also wouldn't make sense for Cinder to call Watts little nor would I ever imagine her even sarcastically refer to him as a 'friend'.

Some people say she was referring to the virus itself. That still doesn't explain the white W on her screen. The virus was called the 'Black Queen virus." My guess is that it was Whitley who sent it to her. That doesn't mean it was he who created it as I doubt he would be capable of such a feat, but perhaps he was the one doing the safe keeping.

Of course the white W could refer to an as of now not yet introduced character, but I think from all those who have been introduced thus far I would go for Whitley over Watts. Perhaps the virus was designed to let the hijacked droids attempt to kill Weiss with a higher priority. I noticed that Weiss almost exclusively fights Atlesian Knights and Paladins. This could also be because Blake has a history with the White Fang thus more White Fang enemies are thrown at her, whilst Weiss has a history with the droids so they get thrown at her.

Still it would be a smart move to get the killer droids to make a high priority target of your sister. Nobody would question it since she is a Schnee if it was ever discovered people would just assume the White Fang probably put it in. She was also part of that one team that kept wrecking their operations so yeah...there is definitely a motive for putting such an order in.

Whitley safeguards their secret and perhaps leaks Dust shipment routes and in exchange they deal with his sister.

Anyway my guess is that Jacques and Whitley Schnee are probably sooner or later going to rid themselves of Ironwood by supporting some kind of coup, perhaps even working togther with Salem to pull it off. I posted a few theories on Whitley's wiki page in the comments about some parrallels that might appear between Atlas and Germany post world war 1 for those who are interested in that stuff.

-TheShadowOfZama