Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25641997-20140803061618

Hey there, fellow RWBY fans and human beings! I'm new to this wiki, and I'm starting my foray into this wonderful fandom with this post. I'm assuming that I can just go ahead and post right after joining, but if I have to do something else first, then I guess I'll find out. Anyway, this is the first post thing I've made on this site, and I'm happy to finally contribute some kind of idea or topic of discussion. I've been visiting the wiki as a guest for quite some time, but I decided that I wanted to stop being a guest and make a profile to talk to people who care just as much, if not more, about RWBY as I do and hear their opinions. Anyway, here's something I've been wondering about since episode 2 of volume 2, and I'm curious to know what others think.

I am unashamed in my assertion that Weiss is my favorite character in RWBY, favorite anime (I'm calling RWBY an anime just to illustrate my point) character, and quite possibly favorite female fictional character. Basically, I really like Weiss. And she's really done a lot to grow on me even more in this volume, and there's only been two episodes. We've seen Weiss grow to love her team a lot; she's the only person to notice and address Blake's recent attitude problem, and she does it with classic Weiss Schnee style, and her volume 1 acceptance of Blake as a friend is also an indicator of her care for her friends. I feel as if showing such a kindhearted, caring side of her has really made her popular with the fans, and I like that. But seeing what makes her such a great person has made me think of what is her most glaring flaw and one of her most interesting traits as a character: her discrimination against the faunus and her relationship with her family.

Episodes 15 and 16 were just as important to Weiss' character development as they were to Blake's. We saw her racism in action and we got to see how her difficult childhood and family troubles have affected her views on the White Fang and faunus in general. Now, this is a very important part of her wonderfully flawed character and it also showed us, just for a second, a brief glimmer of a much more vulnerable Weiss, a far cry from the prideful, strong-willed and assertive Huntress we know and love. It showed us the Weiss of the White trailer. Now, as much as I love seeing her grow to care for her friends, I was also very intrigued when we got to see this side of her and I am very interested in seeing how it is dealt with in the story. I'm assuming, of course, that she won't be a racist forever. Now, since her views are strongly tied to her family and their company, I always assumed that her issues with the White Fang and her family would arise at the same time the Schnee Dust Company gained relevance in the story. My question is: when will the issue of Weiss' childhood trauma and racism pop up in the story, and will they share screen time with the reveal of the Schnee Dust Company's motives and history?

Since Weiss' issues and insecurities seem to be largely related to her father, and since he most likely runs the Schnee Dust Company with his spouse (we don't even know if he has a wife; he could be gay for all we know!), I personally think that the Schnee Dust Company will gain relevance in the story at the same time Weiss' issues with the faunus and her father resurface and start to affect the plot. I can see Weiss realizing the error of her ways, confronting her father, maybe even defeating him in combat, and playing a key role in bringing down the corruption that is the Schnee Dust Company and its affiliates (the SDC is an enemy of the White Fang. I think it's safe to assume that they're involved some very shady affairs). I just have no idea when it will appear in the story. I have a feeling that the SDC and Weiss' past will be touched on in volume 2, but with all the new characters and evil plans being thrown around, I also feel like volume 2 will be too full of story and development to fit in what I explained. However, Weiss has been given more character development and screentime than most, and this trend could continue (something I'd be totally okay with). And what if the SDC is brought into the story at a different time than Weiss' issues? Will it be before or after? My money's on before, but I personally still prefer the idea that the two will have intertwining roles and appreances in the story.

So...any thoughts? And I'm really sorry if this was too much to bother to read to get to the main point I'm trying to address. I have a tendency to ramble on a lot, especially in regards to Weiss. 