Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1446360-20171128032914/@comment-25936766-20171128040617

If anyone has to eat any humble pie, it's Weiss more than anyone in her family. First of all, take note that "To eat Humble Pie" refers to being humilliated, and said humilliation deeply affecting someone.

The worst thing Whitley is guilty of, is being a condescending prick who thinks he knows everything. But hey, he's a freaking teenager, he's like 14, raised in luxury as the son of the owner of one of the, if not the, world's richest and biggest company.

Teenagers are already often entitled know-nothing know-it-alls in a general sense, Whitley is just another one to add to that pile.

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As for Jacques, well, he's controlling, he's a shitty parent, but that's it.

Most of his actions and decisions in Vol.4 are justified once you remember that he's not any simple parent, HE'S THE FUCKING C.E.O. OF THE BIGGEST DUST-WORKING COMPANY ON THE PLANET, WITH DUST ITSELF BEING THE KEYSTONE OF EVERY KINGDOM.

He grabbed Weiss by the wrist rather harshly at one point, after she yelled at every guest in the room out of nowhere for no reason (from his perspective, anyway). And then, she almost killed someone, and didn't give a fuck about it, instead demanding to be granted what she wants without any consideration into whether she deserved it after doing that, at least so soon.

And sure, Jacques slapped her in the face....after she, ON PURPOSE, AND 100% AWARE OF HOW JACQUES IS WHEN PISSED OFF, insulted him in his biggest sensitivity: Not being a real Schnee.

And it's only after all that, that Jacques removes her from inheriting the SDC, and technically prevents her from leaving the manor without his permission. Both decisions make perfect sense:

1) THE SDC IS THE BIGGEST DUST-WORKING COMPANY ON THE PLANET. And Weiss was behaving like an inmature entitled brat at the time, with no regard for Public Reputation (Which is extremely important. Note how even huge companies like Disney make an effort to preserve good PR even if they're flooded with cash already), and not giving a damn about her actions and their possible consequences, instead demanding things and switching to personal attacks when not granted said things.

Is that really the kind of person that you would want to give control of the biggest - and one of the most economically-crucial (for every Kingdom) - companies in the world?

For comparison, all Whitley did was stand near Jacques and keep his hands on his buttcheeks while smiling like an idiot. Worst case scenario, he won't actively insult their clients.

2) Weiss had almost killed someone, and showed no remorse or damn about it in the slightest. Fuck if she is or isn't a "legal adult", if you let them do what they want after that, you're just raising a sociopath.

Hell, even the slap can be justified, since a good number of parents consider violence necesary to teach discipline when one's children cross the line. Considering he only slapped her once AFTER she threw a personal attack at him, that's hardly physical abuse instead of discipline.

Now: Yes, there are some things he does that aren't really justified, but those are more the exception than the rule with him, so far.

Even his extremism at times, can be excused as being a result of stress, caused by a combination of a rebellious child, being the CEO of such a huge company, and the constant White Fang attacks and the consequences of said attacks.

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So overall...Whitley and Jacques have little reason to Eat Humble Pie, so far. Weiss has much reason to, though to be fair, getting captured by bandits and kicked in the face might count a bit. At the very least, Weiss needs to eat more Humble Pie than Whitley and Jacques do.

Yelling at guests - which alone it's fair due to the reasons for it - and almost killing one - which is somewhat fair since it was an accident - and not giving a damn afterwards, then demanding things instead of reflecting on what she had just done, throwing personal attacks when she's not given what she wants, and accusing her brother of plotting against her when he's literally done absolutely nothing.

Of course, the main fault here lies on Miles and Kerry, who didn't even bother to make Jacques look like an actual truly-abusive asshole instead of someone who, you know, has reasonable excuses for his decisions.

Or for not bothering to imply Whitley actually planning something instead of just being a condescending brat.