Talk:Winter Schnee/@comment-226878-20140810020631

The superior theory: Winter is Elsa. Weiss is Anna.

The problem is that it hasn't been properly fleshed out. I think that Winter really [i]is[/i] Elsa rather than being [i]like[/i] her. So, Winter is some kind of [i]freak[/i] with ice powers similarly to how Cinder has fire powers. Note that Yang's Semblance produces flames when she gets angry but she has yet to be shown actually projecting flames toward her enemies. It's just a stylized visual aid of her getting "all fired up", the flames boosting her physical attack power.

The fact that Winter is a freak is the reason she is not Schnee's heir apparent, not being younger. In fact, Winter is Cinder's age, and both were once on a team with Summer Rose. In fact, Winter was Summer's partner, the timeless echo that is the next generation inheriting a similar connection despite being a cliche is still a possibility.