Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170709002747/@comment-2A02:1811:DC01:8400:992C:F51E:442:E8DF-20170713191358

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: On Nicholas Schnee's health, he is rich in a country that is building androids so that does change the calculations a bit. However, it does sound as if he is dead whenever they talk about him. Doesn't mean he succumbed to illness.

As far as Willow is concerned, there is no reason to assume she didn't want to run the company. Some people here want to make Jacques a much better person than we've seen so it is more convenient for them to think he simply proved his worth and took on the task because no family member wanted the job. We don't know if their relationship was always this tense or when Willow began taking to the bottle.

Were he messing with her before he took over SDC, then maybe she was already losing it a bit and he used that against her. Perhaps Ole Nick wanted to keep it with blood family, but then Jacques in a very polite and concerned tone suggested that perhaps his wife that he loves so much might have issues that keep her from being the best person to run the company. People are more inclined to believe that Willow had a certain level of disinterest in the business because Nicholas chose Jacques over his own child to rule over the family business. That to me at least looks like either Nicholas and Willow didn't have a good father/daughter relation (highly unlikely), Willow wasn't interested enough in competing with Jacques for the position or there was some sort of reason why Nicholas chose Jacques over Willow(for example Willow not being interested enough in the company or not having the right personality to handle the position or Jacques being the obvious better candidate).

You are correct that we don't know if their relationship was always strained or when she started taking the bottle or if she lacked interest in the SDC. At the moment it just looks like she either lacked the interest and/or competency to compete with Jacques in the eyes of her own father.

There's of course the possibility with Jacques using drugs or magic or a sort of manipulation Semblance on Nicholas, but that would assume he has one or multiple of those three at his disposal. Not impossible, but not hinted at either.

I don't think people necesarily try making Jacques appear a better person than he is. They are merely trying to make him more human. A human is not completely evil (few exceptions to some people with extremely severe mental illnesses). People merely want to know what drives Jacques to do the things he does. Why does he treat his family the way he does? why is he so merciless? why is he as Qrow is obviously hinting at a general dick? Why is the Schnee name so important to him?

We know Willow is an alcoholic, Nicholas chose Jacques over her and that Jacques is very competent as a businessman. Three things that don't work in Willow's favor.

-TheShadowOfZama