Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4010415-20170717151617/@comment-25936766-20170723040311

Son of Nemesis34 wrote: Someone needed to say something to that woman though and break her pretentious bubble. IIRC she said Beacon/Vale "got what they deserved", in other words saying anyone who died deserved to die because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Well, that's only if you forget the rest of what she was saying: Vale, at least from her PoV, relied too much on it's natural defenses, to the point where they practically had nothing else to protect them besides Huntsmen.

And true, by the time Beacon was attacked, there were only like 2 faceless Atlesian soldiers at the border, to prevent the horde of Grimm from getting to Vale. Naturally, they failed.

The Trophy Wife's point was not "they got what they deserved", it was ''"they were asking for it". ''And from a point of view, they were. The mountains and the ocean only protected Vale from the sides. Attacks from the North and the South were still possible, not to mention attacks from things between the mountains/ocean and the Kingdom. A wall won't save you if your enemy is on the same side as you.

Any defenses they had to protect Vale from attacks besides Huntsmen, were minimal and made no difference. In fact, Atlas was the one who provided any noticeable defense to Vale, with it's Fleet guarding the sky and the AKs guarding the ground. And they actually did pretty well until the Virus arrived.

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So overall, was the apathetic bitch being an apathetic bitch? Sure. But she did have a point regarding Vale anyway; if you make no noticeable attempts to protect yourself, don't be surprised if you can't protect yourself.

Of course, regardless of this, Weiss should've dealt with her like a member of the Noblesse should: Being passive-aggressive as hell and making her look bad. Not yell at everyone in the room.