Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4010415-20141223120240/@comment-4010415-20150604121520

70.72.38.180 wrote:

Blake claims she wants people to see her for who she is. Well, how can she do that if she hides her Faunus side? Even if she was a human hanging out with Sun I can see her getting harassed over it. It's kind of no-win situation on Blake's part, which is why I would like see that happen in some way. It would make Blake ask herself which is better: Live a lie for the rest of your life or accept the past and embrace who you are now? The thing is, I see her reasoning behind hiding her Faunus side. She fears that if people know she's a Faunus, they won't give her a chance and get to know her. They'll take one look at her, think "That's just a Faunus," make a bunch of assumptions about her, and move on. If she hides what makes people make snap judgments about her, they'll actually take the time to get to know her.

In other words: They'll see her for who she is, not what she is.

If she hadn't been wearing the bow, Weiss would've done exactly what she fears people will do: assume she already knows enough about Blake and dismiss her as just another Faunus. One of the things that got Weiss to really think about accepting Blake is the fact that she had gotten to know Blake beforehand and realized that she wasn't quite what she thought all Faunus were. Then, she asked Blake if she really had quit the White Fang, and that was enough for her to finally decide.