Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25574297-20141024020130/@comment-70.72.38.180-20150531192113

^If Weiss is the oldest I think her parents migh have thought that an heiress having bunks beds would  be "too childish" for the Schnee image. She probably had to grow up fast.

I had this one idea in which Winter and Weiss's relationship would be a foil to Weiss and Ruby's relationship, a sort of "what if Weiss continued being a jerk to Ruby and those around her." What if Winter was like Ruby and that she wanted to please/impress Weiss by showing her that she can run the company to help ease the burden off of her presumebly older sister. Sadly it backfired because Mr Schnee ended up favoring Winter and pressuring Weiss to be more perfect, which in turn made Weiss become bitter if not jealous of Winter for getting dad's affection. By shutting herself away from her sister, it made Winter a become a bitter rival instead of the well-meaning sister she started out as.

This would show us that Weiss isn't just the sole victim of a messed up family. Maybe she made a mistake with Winter by treating her the same way she was treating Ruby (I also think Mr. Schnee treated Weiss that way. It's a never-ending cycle). It's almost like she's running away from her problems as well by choosing a school in another kingdom.