Talk:Pyrrha Nikos/@comment-32354841-20180312143812/@comment-4010415-20180318221613

SYUTK is exactly right.

The most we've seen is Ruby cringing when Lionheart mentioned Penny getting ripped to pieces. We need more of that.

Another example of them showing and not telling with Weiss is Weiss' reactions to people angrily yelling.


 * First was Ironwood in Volume 4, while Weiss was sneaking out of her home. She listened in on Ironwood and Jacques arguing, when Ironwood said he was closing Atlas' border. When Ironwood angrily yelled Jacques' name, she cringed.


 * Second was in Volume 5, when Yang raised her voice and threw her fists down, saying "Don't you dare talk about my family like that!" to Raven. If you focus on Weiss during that part, you'll see her flinch away from Yang.

She knows Yang wouldn't hurt her and that Raven was the one Yang was angry with, but she still flinched without thinking about it. This is typical behavior from someone who grew up with a parent who was physically or emotionally abusive or just generally shouts at people whenever angry. Who in Weiss' life shouts at people when he's angry? Jacques.


 * Weiss and Whitley's conversation early in Volume 4 implies that their parents yell at each other often enough for Weiss to automatically assume their mother is the one Jacques is yelling at.


 * We, the audience, heard Jacques yelling at Ironwood in both of the scenes where the two argue. In the second argument, we hear glass break, and Ironwood tells Jacques to control himself, implying that Jacques broke something out of anger. It's possible he sometimes lashes out when his anger peaks, and if we connect that with him slapping Weiss...


 * Speaking of that scene, he yelled at Weiss for her absolute faux pas at the charity ball.

My point is, we were shown how Jacques' anger has affected Weiss, rather than being told about it, simply through her cringing and flinching in reaction to people angrily yelling.