Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151129182644/@comment-27121183-20151204092840

MetallicArcher wrote:

Her advice to Weiss of going on her own and discovering herself is all nice but WEISS IS GOING TO NEED SOME FORM OF INCOME TO LIVE. And we have no indication that Winter intends to provide it.

There is also how she seems to delight on Mr. Schnee being aggravated by Weiss actions, and her way of encouraging Weiss to continue doing so includes taunting her about being humiliated by Mr. Schnee's and presenting the idea of accepting her economical reliance on him as shameful.

.... I dunno. Maybe I'm over-thinking it, but when I contrast how Winter gave Weiss the message that "you still have training to do, you have a long way to go." to how Qrow gave it to Yang and Ruby, it's comes to me as if it was being delivered with two completely opposite intentions.

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-- If Weiss were truly going to suffer, I don't think Winter would have pushed that choice on her. But she's old enough to be able to handle a job or find a way to earn money. This will be interesting, because she'll actually have to work under someone that's not her dad, for a lowly amount (to her, at least) and manage that with school and everything else. I could see her mood changing, grades dropping, etc. Funny enough, I witnessed quite a few of these in college -- parents say no, child doesn't care, parents cut them off financially ... About 90 percent of the time, the child would make amends after struggling a bit.

-- For me, the delight Winter showed was more reminiscing about her own time stepping up to Mr. Schnee, knowing first hand what Weiss was going through. My whole take on that conversation is this: Weiss is still a kid -- at least in the way she thinks, and somewhat acts, and she is still very much a spoiled rich girl. 'Gee, daddy cut me off -- wonder why?' I honestly think Winter is trying to help Weiss by making her options very clear now -- options that Winter had to discover for herself later in her life. It's also evident that the thought of her father riles her up, as she summoned the wee sword after being angry about him. Perhaps Winter understands that Mr. Schnee is not a positive in Weiss' life and maybe she needs some space away from him before she can truly improve her glyphs and summoning.

-- Qrow is talking about skirt-chasing while playing loud, bloody video games with Yang and Ruby in their room while Weiss and Winter appear to be having a quiet afternoon tea on a sun-lit lanai. I don't think the speeches have competing intentions at all -- I think it's just one of the ways to show how their families are different .. including how they communicate and speak to one another.